The following members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics attended the 199th meeting of the American Astronomical Society Jan 7-10, 2002 in Washington DC.

STUDENTS: John Bochanski, Jeremy Sepinsky, Christopher Pilman, Jeffery Tracey, Lisa Winter, Jessica Castore, Mike Dulude, and Scott Engle
STAFF: Dr Edward Sion, Dr Edward Guinan, Dr Frank Maloney, Dr George McCook, Mr Larry DeWarf, and Dr Patrick Godon

The following papers were presented:


[62.05] Photometry of the Eclipsing Bright Classical Nova V1494 Aql: Light Curve Oscillations and Mapping the Variable Accretion Disk

D.H. Bradstreet, F.D. Jewett, D.P. Steelman (Eastern University), E.F. Guinan, J.C. Tracey, G.P. McCook (Villanova University)


[88.05] Observations of the Sun in Time with FUSE: Transition Region Physics and Evolution of FUV Irradiance

E. F. Guinan (Villanova University), I. Ribas (University of Barcelona), G. M. Harper (CASA)


[133.05] Seeing Spots: Wing Near-IR TiO and V-Band Photometry of Chromospherically Active Stars

R. Wasatonic (Villanova University), M. T. Mirtorabi (Inst. for Adv. Studies for Basic Sci., Zanjan, IRAN), E. F. Guinan (Villanova University), S. Messina (Catania Astrophy. Obs., Italy)


[60.19] Accreting Protoplanets around the Young Stellar Object SU Aurigae

J.F. Sepinsky, S.G. Engle, L.E. DeWarf, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University), I. Ribas (Universidad de Barcelona)


[5.05] A Glimmer of Light from the Heart of Darkness - Photometry and X-ray Observations of the Black Hole Binary Cygnus X-1

C.S. Pilman, J.F. Sepinsky, E.F. Guinan, G.P. McCook (Villanova University), I. Ribas (Universidad de Barcelona)

[62.02] FUSE FUV Spectroscopy of the Recent, Unexpected Outburst of WZ Sagittae

K. S. Long, C. S. Froning (STScI), C. Knigge (Southampton), E. M. Sion (Villanova), P. Szkody (Univ. of Washington)


[62.01] Multi-Component Synthetic Spectral Analyses of Three Peculiar Dwarf Novae

L. M. Winter, E. M. Sion (Villanova Un.)


[62.03] FUSE Observations of the Dwarf Nova VW Hydri During Quiescence

E. M. Sion, F. H. Chang (Villanova Un.), K. S. Long (STScI), P. Szkody (Un. of Washington)


[62.15] Accretional Heating by Periodic Dwarf Nova Outburst Events

P Godon, E M Sion (Villanova University)


[13.11] FUSE Spectra of LMC B Supergiants

D. Massa (Emergent), A.W. Fullerton (U. Victoria & JHU), R.K. Prinja (UCL), E.L. Fitzpatrick (Villanova)


[17.08] A Search for Variability Among Cool White Dwarf Stars

J. Bochanski (Villanova U.), T. Oswalt, N. Silvestri, G. Carlson (Florida Tech)