Xun Yu, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering and department chair, was selected as an associate editor for the new ASME Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy.

Radomir (Bill) Mihajlovic, Ph.D., visiting professor of computer science, worked on the book Emerging Trends and Applications of the Internet of Things, which is now available for purchase. In addition, on August 7, 2017, Mihajlovic appeared on Radio-televizija Srbije, to speak on a one-hour talk show on the potential threats artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Robert Amundsen, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Energy Management, authored an article, "Green Duel: Trees vs. Solar Farms," on August 3, 2017, for Energy Central, an online network of nearly 200,000 utility professionals.

Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, along with co-author with Sarah Meyland, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, had a journal paper, "FEW: A Case Study of an Autonomous Wireless Sensor Network System for Environmental Data Collection," published in Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, Food, Energy and Water Special Issue, August 2017.

Aydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received $142,200 from National Institutes of Health to supplement his previously funded award for "An Implantable Wireless System to Study Gastric Neurophysiology." The award will allow Farajidavar to provide an enhanced dataset to the SPARC Data and Resource Center. Including this recent supplement, Farajidavar has secured $696,731 through the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to conduct this research.

Reza K. Amineh, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored a journal paper with Abhishek Patel, a graduate assistant at NYIT, titled "Sub-Diffraction Holographic Imaging with Resonant Scatterers," which was published in Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 59, July 2017. The article proposes a novel technique to overcome the well-known "diffraction limit" in the resolution in holographic imaging.

Wenjia Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, published two articles, "Policy-Based Secure and Trustworthy Sensing for Internet of Things in Smart Cities," in IEEE Internet of Things (IoT) Journal (2016 SCI Impact Factor: 7.596); and "Effective Social Relationship Measurement and Cluster Based Routing in Mobile Opportunistic Networks," in MDPI Sensors Journal (2016 SCI Impact Factor: 2.677). In addition, he co-authored a paper titled "Energy-Efficient Contact Detection Model in Mobile Opportunistic Networks,".

Marta Panero, Ph.D., director of strategic partnerships, was awarded a grant of $24,783 from the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund, sponsored by NAFSA: Association of International Educators and CAF Development Bank of Latin America. Panero won the grant for NYIT's Innovation Across Borders study-abroad program, in collaboration with Instituto Tecnológico de las Americas in the Dominican Republic. Additionally, Panero presented her paper, "Linking Education to Water Sustainability and Lower Carbon Footprint in Latin America," during the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences Annual Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

Xun Yu, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical engineering and department chair, published three papers: "Highly Stretchable Miniature Strain Sensor for Large Dynamic Strain Measurement" in IEEE Sensor Letters, vol. 1; "Enhancing Mechanisms of Multi-Layer Graphenes to Cementitious Composites" in Composites: Part A, vol. 101; and "Reactive Powder Concrete Reinforced with Nano SiO2-coated TiO2" in Construction and Building Materials, vol. 148.

Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, oversaw NYIT's ten-week Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program, which provides opportunities for motivated, talented undergraduate students to collaborate with faculty and graduate students on cybersecurity research for smartphones and their networks.