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.
Ahmadreza Baghaie
Electrical and Computer EngineeringAhmadreza Baghaie, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, had his article, “Quantitative microstructural investigation of 3-D-printed and cast cement pastes using micro-computed tomography,” published in the prestigious journal, Cement and Concrete Research, on September 1, 2021. This research was done in collaboration with researchers from Princeton University and Purdue University on developing novel image processing-based methodology for quantitative investigation of 3-D printed and cast cement pastes by means of micro-computed tomography.
Sophia Domokos
College of Arts and Sciences/PhysicsSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, had her paper "Holographic hadron masses in the language of quantum mechanics," published in the European Journal of Physics on August 23, 2021. The paper, co-written by Robert Bell, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of mathematics, and two New York Tech undergrads, Trinh La, and Patrick Mazza, describes how to translate aspects of string theory's mathematically and conceptually complex "holographic duality" into the simpler language of quantum mechanics.
.Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., associate professor of English, Department of Humanities, was Interviewed for two episodes of the podcast Ear Read This on August 13, 2021. One episode focused on the poem “The Colossus” (1959) by Sylvia Plath, and the second episode focused on Golden's monograph, Annotating Modernism: Marginalia and Pedagogy from Virginia Woolf to the Confessional Poets (2020): “'It is Sort of Taboo': Amanda Golden on Writing in the Margins."
Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesBabak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of the NYIT College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was featured as an Impact Creator in IEEE Transmitter on August 10, 2021. IEEE Impact Creators are a curated collection of IEEE members from around the globe that work to inspire a global community of engineers to innovate for a better tomorrow by sharing insights on engineering, computing, and technology.
Marta Panero
SCEAMarta Panero, Ph.D., executive director of external affairs, SCEA, was invited to join the Steering Committee of the NYC STEM Education Network on August 10, 2021. During her two-year tenure, she will help strengthen the Network's cross-sector collaborations between city agencies, youth development and education-focused organizations, higher education institutions, museums, cultural institutions, and long-term private funders. Marta's work will effectively make the city’s rich array of STEM learning opportunities more accessible to young people, and help build the capacity of after-school programs to deliver STEM. The Network also creates links to other sub-components of the city’s STEM ecosystem, such as NYC Urban Advantage, the NYC Hive Network, Queens 2020, and the STEM Educators Academy.
Venugopal Prabhakar Gantasala
School of ManagementVenugopal Prabhakar Gantasala, Ph.D., associate professor and M.B.A. program director, Tareq Na’el Al-Tawil, and Hassan Younies, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of management & marketing studies, published "The Potential Impact of the new UAE Foreign Direct Investment Law and Side Agreements", in the ICSID Review - Foreign Investment Law Journal on August 8, 2021.
Sophia Domokos
College of Arts and SciencesSophia Domokos, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, presented her paper "A Pedagogical Introduction to Holographic Hadrons," at the AAPT Summer Meeting on June 25, 2021. The paper, co-written by Robert Bell, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of mathematics, and two New York Tech undergrads, Trinh La, and Patrick Mazza, describes how string theory's holographic duality can be translated into the language of quantum mechanics.
Pejman Sanaei
MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, was awarded a $204,085 grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences on June 18, 2021 to study "RUI: Asymptotic and Numerical Techniques in Mathematical Modeling of Membrane Filtration."
Beth Elenko
Health Professions/Occupational TherapyBeth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, was a guest editor for a special issue on early intervention published in the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (Volume 9, Issue 3, (2021) Summer 2021), and sponsored by the New York Tech Department of Occupational Therapy, on July 15, 2021. In this special issue, Elenko highlights current practice and research in occupational therapy with the youngest clients, from birth to 3 years of age, and their families in EI. The issue includes three articles by Elenko, including "Bringing the Family to the Center of Early Intervention in Occupational Therapy," where she proposes integrating AOTA’s core competencies in practice and research for young children and their families in EI, and two “They Said” Q&A features.
Yusui Chen
PhysicsYusui Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of physics, published an article entitled “Dynamical quantum phase transitions in the spin-boson model” in Optics Express on July 13, 2021. This research work discovers dynamical quantum phase transitions in the few-body quantum systems in a strong non-Markovian environment.
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