Accomplishments

Faculty Accomplishments: College of Engineering & Computing Sciences

The College of Engineering & Computing Sciences is excited to share recent accomplishments from our faculty and staff members.

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Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.


All Recent Accomplishments

Milan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was featured in an article, “New York Tech researchers develop computational simulations that reveal alarming abusive head trauma in impact study,” written by Tyler O'Neal and published in Supercomputing Online News on April 11, 2020.

Milan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, had an article, “Cerebrospinal Fluid Interaction with Cerebral Cortex during Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma,” published in the Journal of Pediatric Neurology on April 9, 2020. Toma co-authored the article with Hallie Zwibel, D.O., assistant professor of family medicine, medical director of academic healthcare centers, and director of sports medicine, and Alfonso Dehesa-Baeza, an undergraduate student at NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences.

Milan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been featured in an article, “Alarming abusive head trauma revealed in computational simulation impact study” in Medical Xpress, published on April 9, 2020.

Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of computer science and director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), joined the NY Metro ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) Chapter Board on March 17, 2020.

Batu K. Chalise, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, was awarded the Office of Naval Research (ONR) Summer Faculty Research Fellowship (SFRF) and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) SFRF, for 2020 on March 6, 2020. Under the ONR-SFRF program, Chalise will spend ten continuous weeks this summer at the Radar Division, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in Washington D.C., conducting cutting edge research on distributed detection theory and resource allocation for MIMO and passive radar systems. Under the AFRL-SFRF program, he will spend eight continuous weeks this summer at the AFRL Sensors Directorate, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, in Dayton, Ohio. Chalise will conduct research to develop deep learning techniques for multiple target tracking in surveillance radar systems.

Batu K. Chalise, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and computer science, and his postdoctoral research fellow, Sudarshan Guruacharya, recently had their paper, “Energy Distribution of Multiple Target Signal With Application to Target Counting,” published in IEE Signal Processing Letters (Volume: 27) on February 24, 2020.

David Nadler, Ph.D., department chair and assistant professor of environmental technology and sustainability, was awarded a contract from the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Water Supply on January 3, 2020. Nadler will be conducting a feasibility study of the wastewater treatment facilities in the NYC Watershed to analyze current treatment technologies and create life cycle assessments for potential upgrades. This project will put New York Tech in a position that directly affects the quality of drinking water for approximately nine million people.

Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was interviewed by Analytics India Magazine on December 23, 2019 about his knowledge of the international technological scenario regarding IoT and 5G. Beheshti also spoke about his role as dean, the background necessary to become a data scientist, the role of MOOCs and STEM education, and the rise of IoT and 5G.

Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was quoted in a December 8, 2019 Network World article, "5G in 2020: Still just a private party," about the implications of 5G and mark it will make in 2020.

Babak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was featured in an episode of the PBS program, SciTech Now. Beheshti spoke in a segment about the future of 5G on November 14, 2019.