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.
Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering TechnologyBabak Dastgheib-Beheshti, Ph.D., associate dean and professor of telecommunications and electrical and computer engineering technology, presented "Linux Kernel OS Local Root Exploit" at the 2017 IEEE Long Island Systems, Applications and Technology Conference (LISAT2017), May 5, 2017, in Farmingdale, New York.
Robert Amundsen
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Energy ManagementRobert Amundsen, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Energy Management, was featured in two articles: "Relying on Wind Power Could Cost Long Island" in Long Island Business News on May 2, 2017; and "Offshore Wind Farm May not Meet Peak Summer Demand on South Fork" in Newsday on April 16, 2017.
Joanne Scillitoe
School of Management, ManagementJoanne Scillitoe, Ph.D., associate professor of management, did a Q&A on entrepreneurship for a WalletHub piece, "2017's Best Large Cities to Start a Business." WalletHub is a website "dedicated to helping people efficiently attain top WalletFitness™ so they may enjoy life instead of worrying."
Anthony DiMatteo
College of Arts & Science, EnglishAnthony DiMatteo, Ph.D., professor of English, had three poems published in the international journal, Levure Littéraire, titled "Les Mots et Les Choses," "Mimicry," and "Black Day – April 20, 1989."
Aydin Farajidavar
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored an abstract, "A Novel System and Methodology for Continuous Ambulatory Monitoring of Gastric Slow Waves," which was selected by The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) as a Poster of Distinction for presentation during the organization's upcoming Digestive Disease Week (DDW) in May 2017 in Chicago, Ill. It was rated in the top 10 percent of all AGA abstracts selected for poster presentation at the event. DDW is the largest event in the gastroenterological field, with more than 14,000 attendees annually and more than 5,400 original lectures and poster/oral presentations.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, was a guest faculty member at the annual Harvard Medical School Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals course in Boston. This is his seventh year teaching the course, which helps physicians and healthcare leaders improve their writing skills and get their work published.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published a story, "'Treasure Box' Sheds Light on History of Motor Parkway," in the April 18, 2017 issue of the Newsday LI Life section. The Long Island Motor Parkway, which opened in 1908, was the world's first highway designed exclusively for automobiles. After it closed in 1938, the 44-mile highway receded into the woods and backyards of modern suburbia until a treasure trove of original maps and surveyor's drawings brought the "ghost parkway" back to life.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences, Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, published three articles in The New York Times: "Workers Are Working Longer—and Better" (March 2, 2017); "From Downsizing Boomers, a Flood of Donated Art" (March 4, 2017); and "Museums With Ideas, Goals and Sometimes Art. But Walls? No." (March 17, 2017).
Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringZiqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, had her paper, "Indoor Localization Framework with WiFi Fingerprinting," presented at the 26th IEEE Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2017), April 7–8, 2017, by her co-author, NYIT graduate student and NYIT Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow Rajan Khullar.
Purushottam Meena
School of Management, Operations ManagementPurushottam Meena, Ph.D., assistant professor of operations management, co-chaired a special session, "Recent Trends in Maintenance, Production and Quality," for CODIT'17, the IEEE International Conference on Control, Decisions, and Information Technologies, April 5–7, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. At the session, panelists and attendees reviewed integrated approaches in the management and design of production systems, which has become a topic of increasing importance over the past few decades.