LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ -- In preparing his a textbook on Structured Query Language (SQL), Dr. William J. Amadio of Lawrenceville, associate professor of computer informations systems at Rider University, is serving as a consultant at Lehman Brothers in New York for the 1997-98 academic year so he can explore real world database applications.

Able to conduct this in-depth study through a paid research leave, Dr. Amadio said the book will explore how SQL is used in professional practice. "I plan to synthesize this research into a comprehensive case study that will form the basis of the book," he said.

The audience for the book is the advanced CIS major and the practicing professional. He is still considering the best format -- a traditional printed book, CD Rom, or Internet publication.

At Lehman Brothers, Dr. Amadio is helping the futures clients implement a system called Lehman LOGIC, the most sophisticated Internet system for institutional traders of futures, forwards, and options in the industry. "As I help Lehman and its clients identify issues and develop solutions over the Internet, I hope to arrive at the most effective way to publish my own material and use it in the classroom," he added.

What he finds intriguing is that financial markets are "truly global, 24-hour-a-day, 7 day-a-week institutions." The Lehman LOGIC project has clients around the world. He answers e-mail from London, while trying to set up an appointment for the next day in Zurich.

Most clients, Dr. Amadio notes, are too busy to deal with a new system during trading hours which leads to unusual meeting times and calling schedules.

"The Asian clients are just coming on line with the system, and recently I participated from London in a conference call involving people in New York, Chicago, Tokyo, and Singapore," he said. "In a firm like Lehman, this kind of communication occurs thousands of times per day. I really did not appreciate the extent of globalization until I was thrust into it on this project."

In 1989, Dr. Amadio wrote a textbook textbook, "Systems Development: A Practical Approach" with Mitchell Publishing, which was based upon the new technology at the time called Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE). The following year he wrote with Camille Amadio a textbook entitled, "Systems Development Projects," published by McGraw-Hill. Then in 1993 he published "Excel for Business Users" with Crisp Publications.

A member of Rider's CIS faculty for 23 years, he also taught at Polytechnic Institute of New York and Staten Island Community College. He earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Polytechnic Institute and his B.S. degree in mathematics from Booklyn College.

Rider University is an independent, coeducational, nonsectarian institution with a 353-acre campus in Lawrenceville, NJ, and a 23-acre campus in Princeton, NJ. The University offers 58 undergraduate programs and 15 graduate programs in business, liberal arts, science, education, and music. Ninety-five percent of Rider's faculty members hold doctoral or other appropriate terminal degrees. U.S. News and World Report has again ranked Rider in the top tier of northern universities based on the quality of its programs.