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.
Andreas Theodoridis
School of Architecture and DesignAndreas 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
College of Arts and SciencesSophie 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 and 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.
\nColleen Kirk
School of ManagementColleen P. Kirk, D.P.S., associate professor of marketing, published a paper titled "Saying No: The Negative Ramifications from Invitation Declines are Less Severe Than We Think" in the American Psychological Association's Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The paper was accepted for publication on October 9, 2023.
\nAmanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, gave a lecture on “Sylvia Plath’s Poetry,” for Koh-Ed Talks, at École Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France, on October 5, 2023.
Deborah Y. Cohn
School of ManagementDeborah Y. Cohn, Ph.D., interim dean and professor of management and marketing studies; Joshua E. Bienstock, L.L.M., J.D., director of the Center for Risk Management and associate professor; Kevin O’Sullivan, director of MS Risk Management and associate professor; and Victoria Neubauer, senior major gift officer, were awarded a 2023 Risk Management and Insurance Course Development Grant on October 2, 2023, for $27,500. The grant will be funded by Spencer Educational Foundation.
Amin Milani Fard
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesAmin Milani Fard, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, was awarded the Most Influential Paper award at the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation in Bogotá, Colombia, held on October 2 to 3, 2023. This award is for the paper "JSNose: Detecting JavaScript Code Smells", published 10 years ago at the same venue, for its impact on the research and professional community. The work has been cited over 180 times (33 in top-tier software engineering conferences including ICSE, FSE, ASE, ICSME, ESEM, and journals including TSE, TOSEM, ACM Computing Surveys, Empirical Software Engineering, and JSS, as well as 32 Theses work). JSNose open-source tool has been used by other researchers and developers to enhance the quality and maintenance of web applications.
Askia VanOmmeren
Career Success and Experiential EducationAskia VanOmmeren, assistant director of experiential education, and Denniesia Cameron, associate director of student employment, presented Innovative Programming: Widening the Lens of Inclusive Experiential Education Programs at the Society for Experiential Education's 52nd Annual Conference on September 26, 2023. Their presentation explored how they have widened the lens of New York Tech's experiential education programming to address increasing diversity of the student population. They presented how the International Student Employment Fund and Consultants for the Public Good have aided international students in finding their niches through project-based volunteering, better access to on-campus employment and continual targeted support in their career development.
\nJane Polizzi
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesJane Polizzi,, assistant dean, administration and operations, College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, will represent New York Tech at the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). On September 25, 2023, it announced the 2023–2024 cohort of the Emerging Leaders Program, a professional development experience for promising mid-level managers in higher education business and finance. Seventy-three business officers at member institutions were selected for the program, which helps participants enhance their leadership skills, expand their cross-campus relationships, and build their professional network. Designed for business officers who want to advance in higher education business and finance, the program focuses on higher education business models and financial communications.