Faculty & Staff Accomplishments
We are excited to share recent accomplishments from faculty and staff members at our campuses around the world.
Accomplishments are listed by date of achievement in reverse chronological order, with the most recent first.
Richard Pizer
College of Arts and Sciences, Life SciencesRichard Pizer, Ph.D., professor of life sciences, had a peer-reviewed research paper, "Boron Acid Complexation Reactions with Polyols and A-Hydroxy Carboxylic Acids: Equilibria, Reaction Mechanisms, Saccharide Recognition" published by Elsevier's ScienceDirect in October 2017.
Fang Li
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Mechanical EngineeringFang Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, in partnership with X-wave Innovations, Inc (XII), recently received a $125,000 NASA Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I grant to develop a passive, wireless, high-temperature embedded sensor system that is capable of providing high-bandwidth measurements of temperature, pressure, and strain on both rotating and non-rotating propulsion engine components. This system will provide a highly flexible instrumentation solution to monitor remote or inaccessible measurement locations for NASA's rocket propulsion test facilities.
Sarah Meyland
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesSarah Meyland, J.D., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, was appointed to the New York State Drinking Water Quality Council by Governor Cuomo. The Council is charged with advising New York State and the involved agencies (DOH and DEC) on such issues as drinking water standards for chemicals of concern that are not regulated at the federal level.
Nabi Sertac Artan
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringN. Sertac Artan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, along with co-author, Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, presented two papers, "TETRIS: Smartphone-to-Smartphone Screen-Based Visible Light Communication," and "Indoor localization through visible light characterization using front-facing smartphone camera," at The 14th International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS 2017): The Fourth National Workshop for REU Research in Networking and Systems (2017 4th REU Research in N&S), Orlando, FL, in October, 2017.
Daniel Cinotti
College of Arts & Sciences School CounselingDaniel Cinotti, Ph.D., assistant professor of school counseling, was featured on The Academic Minute, a radio show airing on NPR's Albany-based affiliate WAMC. The segment, discussing bullying of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) students, was also posted to the Inside Higher Ed website, where it is accessible by a national audience of nearly one million listeners. Additionally, assistant director of campus life, Justin Beauchamp, interviewed Cinotti during a Facebook Live session hosted by NYIT. The interview was a continuation of The Academic Minute spot and featured questions pertaining to identifying and preventing bullying of LGBTQ students.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education, won the Best Paper Presenter Award at the 2017 International Research and Education Conference for her paper entitled "Uses of SMILE (Stanford Mobile Inquiry-based Learning Environment) to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices in the Science Classroom." The conference, hosted by the Association of Filipino Teachers in Eastern America, was held October 27–31 in New York City. Hsu had previously given a similar lecture at Math for America for Master Teachers of Math and Science (MfA) in September 2017, also in New York.
Xun Yu
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Mechanical EngineeringXun Yu, Ph.D., associate professor and department chair of mechanical engineering, is serving as a guest editor for a special issue on "High Performance and Smart Nano Engineered Composites for Civil Infrastructures," for Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, a SAGE journal, with the first papers to be published in October 2017.
Anthony DiMatteo
College of Arts and ScienceAnthony DiMatteo, Ph.D., professor of English, had two poems published in The Ekphrastic Review, which features poetry written in response to visual works. DiMatteo's poems, "River of Light" and "Fake Sun," were based on works by Caravaggio and Edward Hopper, respectively.
Christian Pongratz
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesChristian R. Pongratz, M.Arch., professor and interim dean, was a panel speaker in "WHAT: StN | Behind the Rock (tectonic alchemy)," at the Center for Architecture, New York, organized by the AIA NY Global Dialogues Committee, where he presented his professional design work and discussed the latent potentials in the design with stone as a performative but also emotional building element.
Richard (aka Batt Johnson) Johnson
Academic Affairs College of Arts & Sciences Communication ArtsRichard "Batt" Johnson, M.A., adjunct assistant professor of communication arts, published his fourth book, Tango Intoxication: Wit, Wisdom, Stories & Secrets of the World's Most Intimate Dance, on September 19, 2017.