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.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences Biological & Chemical SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., professor of biological and chemical sciences, had his "Letter to the Editor" titled "DNA Data Storage" published in the Chemical & Engineering News (Volume 99, Number 21) on June 7, 2021. The article discusses the potential of the DNA molecule as a novel way to store huge amounts of computer-based data for commercial and private use.
Kate E. O'Hara
CAS/ Interdiscplinary StudiesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, presented "Relationship Building through High Impact and Engaging Practices" at the Relation-Centered Education Conference on June 7, 2021. In her session, O’Hara explored a variety of approaches for developing positive educational relations with college-level students, including the implementation of engaging, student-centered, high-impact practices (AAC&U, 2008), such as service-learning and capstone courses. The presentation also addressed culturally responsive pedagogy within the context of curriculum design.
Pejman Sanaei
MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, with his students from New York Tech, Dave Persaud, and Mikhail Smirnov, published an article entitled "Modeling of the Effects of Pleat Packing Density and Cartridge Geometry on the Performance of Pleated Membrane Filters." The article was published in Fluids on June 5, 2021.
\nYusui Chen
CASYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled “Stochastic Schrödinger equation derivation of non‑Markovian two‑time correlation functions” in Scientific Reports on June 4, 2021. This research work, co-authored by Peng Zhao, a New York Tech CoECS master's student, demonstrated two-time correlation functions in a non-equilibrium environment and revealed the significant differences beyond the results from a traditional quantum regression theory. This work, as the start of a research project on quantum chemistry/biology, has paved the way for applying non-equilibrium quantum theories in chemical and biological systems.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented the paper, “‘Armed with Poetry’: Sylvia Plath’s Marianne Moore Archive,” and chaired the panel, "Reading Moore's Poems," at the Marianne Moore and the Archives Conference, hosted virtually by the State University of New York at Buffalo on May 25, 2021.
\t\t\t\t\nSophia Domokos
CASSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, and Melissa Huey, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology, had their paper, “Simple Metacognitive Prompts for Enhancing Student Learning” published to the Journal of Education on May 23, 2021. This interdisciplinary study investigated the effect of simple self-reflection assignments — like “minute papers” — on students’ performance in physics and psychology classes, using a benchmark exit test as our metric. The positive impact of the assignments was significant in psychology and marginally significant in physics. Interviews with a focus group of students revealed that the metacognitive assignments helped them organize their studying, and helped them locate new concepts in the context of familiar ideas.
\nAmanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published the essay, “Digital Landscapes: Mapping Global Modernist Women Writers,” in the collection Teaching Modernist Women’s Writing in English, edited by Janine Utell and published by the Modern Language Association on May 22, 2021.
\nAmanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, presented “Ecovering Gwendolyn Brooks's Pedagogy” at the Society for Textual Scholarship Conference, hosted virtually by The New School in New York, NY on May 19, 2021.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O’Hara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, was selected as one of the artists in the juried show, What Does Community Look Like to You?, at the Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell, Massachusetts. O’Hara’s two photographs, "Encouragement" and "Waiting," draw from her background in social science and arts-based research in particular. During the opening reception on May 8, 2021, O’Hara shared that she considers her photography a phenomenological approach to understanding structures of experience and consciousness. Her aim is to capture the lived experience of her subjects, with a pictorial representation of their situatedness: context within place and space.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & SciencesKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, had his article, “Are We Ready for Direct Brain Links to Machines and Each Other? A Real-World Application of Posthuman Bioethics,” published by the Journal of Posthumanism on May 8, 2021.