Faculty & Staff Accomplishments

Milan Toma

Milan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was co-author of a white paper, "Computational Fluid Dynamics Assessment Associated with Transcatheter Heart Valve Prostheses: A Position Paper of the ISO Working Group," published in the Journal of Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology on April 19, 2018. The paper was drafted by members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group, comprising experts from academia and industry, and represents the position of the group regarding considerations for computational fluid dynamic assessment of transcatheter heart valve substitutes.

Milan Toma

Milan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, gave a talk on traumatic brain injuries at the Mid-Atlantic Brain Research Conference, on April 17, 2018, in North Brunswick, N.J. Toma was one of only twelve presenters at the conference, which was held to provide an overview of brain research in the region and establish a network among researchers.

Jeffrey Raven

Jeffrey Raven, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the graduate program in architecture, urban and regional design, is the coordinating lead author of the chapter on Urban Planning and Urban Design in a new book, Climate Change and Cities, published on April 16, 2018 by Cambridge University Press. The confluence of research and operational application in this scholarship provides a blueprint for how to convincingly configure sustainable and climate-resilient urban districts. Raven has been presenting this work across multiple platforms and locations worldwide and is organizing workshops with urban designers/urban planners, climatologists, policymakers, stakeholders, and graduate students working side-by-side.

Patricia Happel

John Hanc

John Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, had his story, Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning," published in the special Learning Section of The New York Times on April 5, 2018. The article discusses innovative experiential programs for secondary school students.

Kevin LaGrandeur

John Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, and Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, have been honored to be selected to participate in an NSF I-Corps Boot Camp this spring. Their application was selected by the NYC Regional Innovation Node of the NSF to put them among a select group of entrepreneurs for activities at Columbia University to help develop their project for creating an augmented reality (AR) mobile application for the English classroom.

Jonathan Goldman

Jonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was interviewed and appeared in a segment of CUNY-TV's "Asian American Life," focusing on Latin music singer/songwriter Joe Bataan, which first aired on April 4, 2018.

Carol Dahir

Carol Dahir, Ed.D., adjunct professor and chair of the Department of School Counseling, and Megyn Shea, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, co-authored a chapter, "Utilizing Group Work and Group Facilitation Skills to Support the Multitier System Supports (MTSS) Process," in School Counselors Share Their Favorite Group Activities, edited by Sarah Springer and Lauren Moss, and published April 3, 2018 by the Association for Specialist in Group Work (ASGW).

Kevin LaGrandeur

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his review of the book, Nietzsche and Transhumanism: Precursor or Enemy?, edited by Yunus Tuncel, published in the Spring 2018 edition of The Agonist: A Nietzsche Circle Journal, a refereed journal.

Kevin LaGrandeur

Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, The Future of Humanity: The Story of an Intimate Techno-Relationship,” published in the March 2018 issue of Making Weconomy: Collaborative Enterprise Magazine. The article was republished in April 2018, on the website Foresight for Development. The Foresight for Development initiative is part of the Southern Africa Node of the Millennium Project, dedicated to supporting the effective use of foresight for Africa's future by aggregating, enhancing and promoting futures thinking and practice in Africa.