<!-- begin

// dropdown item 1 submenu - who we are
var dropdown1 = new Array();
dropdown1[0] = '<table class="dropdown" id="dropdown1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">';
dropdown1[1] = '<tr><td id="nonlink">NCSU - Mechanical &amp; Aerospace Engineering</td></tr>';
dropdown1[2] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="http://www.mae.ncsu.edu/homepages/buckner/" target="_blank">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Gregory Buckner</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[3] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Denis Cormier</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[4] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Eddie Grant</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[5] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Prof. Bryan Laffitte</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[6] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="whoweare/grads.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Graduate Research Assistants</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[7] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="whoweare/undergrads.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Undergraduate Research Assistants</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[8] = '<tr><td class="dropdown" id="nonlink">ECU - Brody School of Medicine</td></tr>';
dropdown1[9] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="http://www.surgery.ecu.edu/chitwd.htm" target="_blank">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Randolph Chitwood</a></td></tr>';
dropdown1[10] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="http://www.surgery.ecu.edu/Nifong.htm" target="_blank">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Dr. Wiley Nifong</a></td></tr></table>';

// dropdown item 2 submenu - theses and dissertations
var dropdown2 = new Array();
dropdown2[0] = '<table class="dropdown" id="dropdown2" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">';
dropdown2[1] = '<tr><td><a href="docs/blah.doc" target="_blank">Word Doc</a></td></tr>';
dropdown2[2] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">Paper 2</a></td></tr>';
dropdown2[3] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">Paper 3</a></td></tr>';
dropdown2[4] = '<tr><td class="dropdown"><a href="#">Paper 4</a></td></tr></table>';

var menuclose = 250; // time before dropdown menu disappears upon mouseout (milliseconds)
var hidesubmenu = "yes"; // hides dropdown when an item is clicked

// menu functionality
var ie4 = document.all;
var ns6 = document.getElementById&&!document.all;

if(ie4||ns6) {
	document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;" onmouseover="clearhidemenu()" onmouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>');
}

function getOffset(what,offsettype) {
	var totaloffset = (offsettype=="left")?what.offsetLeft:what.offsetTop;
	var parentEl = what.offsetParent;
	while(parentEl!=null) {
		totaloffset = (offsettype=="left")?totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft:totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
		parentEl = parentEl.offsetParent;
	}
	return totaloffset;
}

function showhide(obj,e,visible,hidden) {
	if(ie4||ns6) {
		dropmenuobj.style.left = dropmenuobj.style.top = -500;
	}
	if(e.type=="click"&&obj.visibility==hidden||e.type=="mouseover") {
		obj.visibility = visible;
	}
	else if(e.type=="click") {
		obj.visibility = hidden;
	}
}

function IEtest() {
	return(document.compatMode&&document.compatMode!="BackCompat")?document.documentElement:document.body;
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj,whichedge) {
	var edgeoffset = 0;
	if(whichedge=="rightedge") {
		var windowedge = ie4&&!window.opera?IEtest().scrollLeft+IEtest().clientWidth-15:window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15;
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure = dropmenuobj.offsetWidth;
		if(windowedge-dropmenuobj.x<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) {
			edgeoffset = dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth;
		}
	}
	else {
		var windowedge = ie4&&!window.opera?IEtest().scrollTop+IEtest().clientHeight-15:window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18;
		dropmenuobj.contentmeasure = dropmenuobj.offsetHeight;
		if(windowedge-dropmenuobj.y<dropmenuobj.contentmeasure) {
			edgeoffset = dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight;
		}
	}
	return edgeoffset;
}

function populatemenu(what) {
	if(ie4||ns6) {
		dropmenuobj.innerHTML = what.join("");
	}
}

function dropdownmenu(obj,e,menucontents) {
	if(window.event) {
		event.cancelBubble = true;
	}
	else if(e.stopPropagation) {
		e.stopPropagation();
	}
	clearhidemenu();
	dropmenuobj = document.getElementById?document.getElementById("dropmenudiv"):dropmenudiv;
	populatemenu(menucontents);
	if(ie4||ns6) {
		showhide(dropmenuobj.style,e,"visible","hidden");
		dropmenuobj.x = getOffset(obj,"left");
		dropmenuobj.y = getOffset(obj,"top");
		dropmenuobj.style.left = dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj,"rightedge")+"px";
		dropmenuobj.style.top = dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj,"bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px";
	}
	return clickreturnvalue();
}

function clickreturnvalue() {
	if(ie4||ns6) {
		return false;
	}
	else {
		return true;
	}
}

function contains_ns6(a,b) {
	while(b.parentNode);
	if((b=b.parentNode)==a) {
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

function dynamichide(e) {
	if(ie4&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement)) {
		delayhidemenu();
	}
	else if(ns6&&e.currentTarget!=e.relatedTarget&&!contains_ns6(e.currentTarget,e.relatedTarget)) {
		delayhidemenu();
	}
}

function hidemenu(e) {
	if(typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined") {
		if(ie4||ns6) {
			dropmenuobj.style.visibility = "hidden";
		}
	}
}

function delayhidemenu() {
	if(ie4||ns6) {
		delayhide = setTimeout("hidemenu()",menuclose);
	}
}

function clearhidemenu() {
	if(typeof delayhide!="undefined") {
		clearTimeout(delayhide);
	}
}

if(hidesubmenu == "yes") {
	document.onclick = hidemenu;
}

// end -->