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.
Patthara Chandaragga
SOMDiamando Afxentiou, Ph.D., professor of economics, and Maya Kroumova, Ph.D., professor of human resource studies, presented a paper titled "A Comparative Analysis of Baby Boomers’ Homeownership and Millennials’ Homeownership" at the Northeast Business and Economics Association 50th Annual Conference, held October 26–28, 2023.
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College of Arts & Sciences / HumanitiesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, co-chaired the local organizing committee for the Modernist Studies Association 2023 Conference held in Brooklyn, New York, from October 26 to 29, 2023. She and co-chairs, Patrick Deer (NYU), Matthew Hart (Columbia), and Nico Israel (Hunter College, CUNY Graduate Center), spent six years planning this major interdisciplinary, international conference that was initially to be held in 2020. The conference featured over 700 participants, including world-renowned scholars. Golden also co-organized the seminar, "Electrifying the Streets" on modernism and technology with Heather A. Love of the University of Waterloo; chaired a roundtable; and organized a publishing workshop and an excursion to the Brooklyn Museum.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
SoADPablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., Ph.D., associate professor of architecture and author of Digital Signifiers in an Architecture of Information: From Big Data and Simulation to Artificial Intelligence, was reviewed by Parametric Architecture on October 25, 2023. The review discusses the use of robotics and artificial intelligence in architecture and urban design.
Colleen Kirk
School of ManagementResearch by Colleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, was cited in an October 25, 2023, Psychology Today article titled “Do People Care More for Their Dogs Than for Their Cats?" Kirk’s experimental research, which was published in the Journal of Business Research in 2019, explains why dog owners are willing to spend more on their pets than cat owners.
Ehsan Kamel
The College of Engineering and Computing SciencesEhsan Kamel, Ph.D., assistant professor of energy management, accepted the AEE Northeast US Region \nEnergy Innovator of the Year Award for 2023. The award was presented at the AEE World Energy the Conference and Expo on October 25, 2023, where The Association of Energy Engineers came together to network, stay informed on the latest trends, and acquire tools and training needed to maintain a competitive edge. This award is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement and innovation in promoting the adoption of renewable, green, or other innovative energy technologies. Kamel’s research concentrates on creating physics-based large-scale building energy models, assessing the future impact of global warming on energy consumption, and addressing carbon dioxide emissions in the buildings sector.
Diana Moronta
LibraryDiana Moronta, M.S.L.I.S., was a panelist for Where do we go from here?, a panel discussion on the future of library leadership. The event was part of the Rest, Reset, and Re-Engage: Centering EDI in the New Normal symposium hosted by the Brooklyn Public Library and Metropolitan New York Library Council on October 24, 2023.
Andreas Theodoridis
SOAD / ArchitectureAndreas Theodoridis, Ph.D., assistant professor in the architecture department, gave a lecture titled "Air Cycles in the Built Environment: United Atmospheres for Improving Urban Air Quality/Inequality" at Kean University, Michael Graves College, Robert Busch School of Design, School of Public Architecture, Union, New Jersey in October 2023. He was invited to speak as part of the Fall 2023 Public Lecture Series.
Sophie Christman
CASSophie Christman, visiting assistant professor of humanities, was awarded a $1,000 grant from Humanities NY to support a Community Conversation at the New York City campus on "American Healthcare in the Big Apple."
Vidita Gawade
School of Management, Department of Business & Quantitative AnalyticsVidita Gawade, Ph.D.,assistant professor of Business & Quantitative Analytics in the School of Management, presented "Explainable AI for Layer-wise Emission Prediction in Laser Fusion" at the 2023 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences Annual Conference as an Invited Talk under the Quality, Statistics, and Reliability (QSR) track on October 17, 2023. Her work explored Explainable Artificial Intelligence techniques to advance the understanding of convoluted links of process physics, online time series sensing data, and process anomaly of powder bed fusion processes (an additive manufacturing process). This contributes to the smart manufacturing world by providing better interpretation and trust of deep learning in 3D printing.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture and DesignDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, had his research work, “A Construct The Koreas (Never) Made Together: Deconstructing the DMZ For The Imaginary – 2019," invited to the "Negotiating Borders" exhibition and displayed at the Korean Cultural Center Canada in Ottawa, Canada, from October 13, 2023, to January 27, 2024.
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