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.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English in the Department of Humanities, presented “‘Editing Sylvia Plath at 90” at the American Literature Association Conference in Boston, Mass., on May 27, 2023. She organized and spoke on a panel, "Sylvia Plath at 90," which featured leading scholars including Elizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., New York Tech associate dean and professor of English, who presented “Psychiatric Disability and Asylum Fiction."
John Misak
CAS/HumanitiesJohn Misak, M.A., D.A., associate professor of humanities, held a session on 26 May, 2023,“Don’t Fear the ReaperGPT: Chatbots Will Enhance College Composition Papers, Not End Them."A presentation on using ChatGPT and other AI tools to improve the student experience in college humanities courses and prepare them to interact with AI technology in their future careers.
Amba Sekhar
SOM Acct&FinanceAmba Sekhar, Ph.D., associate professor of finance, presented a research paper titled "Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Firm and Impact on Financial Performance" at the Global Conference on Business and Finance held in Costa Rica, May 23–26, 2023. It was awarded the Best in Session award at the conference.
Nicole Calma-Roddin
College of Arts and SciencesNicole Calma-Roddin, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, presented a poster titled "Students Have Fun and Learn Using a Text-Only Narrative Game" at the Teaching Institute of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Psychological Science in Washington, D.C., on May 25, 2023.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
School of Architecture and DesignPablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, has published the book Digital Signifiers on an Architecture of Information: From Big Data and Simulation to Artificial Intelligence in May 2023, published by Routledge. This 500-page book contains 20 chapters and covers over 20 years of research on the connection between big data and simulation in order to achieve artificial intelligence emergent programming. It suggests ways to advance the field by identifying challenges related to computational linguistics and visual semiotics in architecture and urbanism. Additionally, the book puts forth the idea of revising architecture history and theories by identifying insights in buildings and urbanism.
Chinmoy Bhattacharjee
PhysicsChinmoy Bhattacharjee, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, hosted the Long Island Physics Teachers Association meeting on the Long Island campus on May 20, 2023. Teachers held discussion on AP physics exam. Bhattacharjee presented information about the New York Tech Physics, B.S. program to teachers from 10 different school districts on Long Island. The event was featured in the LIPTA Spring 23 newsletter.
Matthias Altwicker
School of Architecture and DesignMatthias Altwicker, M.U.P., B.Arch., associate professor of architecture, presented a paper, "The Unfamilliar," at the National Conference of the Beginning Design Student in Fargo, N.D., on May 19, 2023. The paper detailed the methodologies and results of 15 years of international workshops run collectively by New York Tech, North Dakota State University, and Fachhochschule Potsdam.
Wei Zeng
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesWei Zeng, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, in collaboration with a team of researchers in the U.S. and China, published an article titled "Modeling of active skeletal muscles: a 3D continuum approach incorporating multiple muscle interactions.'' The paper was published in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, on May 18, 2023.
Radoslaw Nowak
School of ManagementRadoslaw (Radek) Nowak, Ph.D., associate professor of human resource studies, has published a paper, "How resistance to change impairs innovation," in Emerald Insight's Journal of Strategy and Management on May 9, 2023. The paper explained how employees can derail the process of innovation in their organizations.
Liat Jarkon
College of Osteopathic Medicine, Center for Behavioral HealthLiat Jarkon, D.O., M.P.H., associate professor of family medicine and director of the New York Tech Center for Behavioral Health, wrote a commentary article, "Diversity – We’re not one size fits all," which was published in MDedge Psychiatry on May 9, 2023.