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.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, with his students from New York Tech, Mikhail Smirnov, Daniel Chin, and Hamad El Kahza, presented three talks at the 14th Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter (NCS14) Workshop on January 15, 2021.
Saverio Marsicano
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Dean's OfficeSaverio Marsicano, senior lab engineer for the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was recognized as one of the Top Techies on Long Island by Long Island Press on January 10, 2021.
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 "Labour-Friendly Practices and Value Maximization: a SEM approach" in the International Journal of Law and Management on January 10, 2021.
Robert Amundsen
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Energy ManagementRobert N. Amundsen, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Energy Management, presented “Relocalization: Challenges and Strategies” at the NCSE Drawdown 2021 Conference: Research to Action - Science and Solutions for a Planet Under Pressure, held virtually January 5-9, 2021.
Steven Shapiro
Steven Shapiro, Ph.D., professor of finance, was a panelist at a National Association of Forensic Economics session on Alex Morgan, et al. vs. the United States Soccer Association at the 2021 Allied Social Science Associations Annual Meeting, held remotely on January 3, 2021. Shapiro and the other panelists discussed the measurement of damages resulting from alleged sex discrimination against the members of the United States Women’s National Team.
Charles Pavia
College of Osteopathic Medicine Basic Sciences Biomedical SciencesCharles Pavia, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Gary P. Wormser of New York Medical College, Valhalla, had their research article, “Passive immunization and its rebirth in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic” published in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents on January 2, 2021.
Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis
College of Arts and SciencesLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published a book review on January 1, 2021, of God's Wife by Amanda Michalopoulou. The book review appeared in the winter issue of World Literature Today.
Viswanathan Rajagopalan
NYITCOM-ArkansasViswanathan Rajagopalan, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences at NYITCOM-Arkansas, was elected as a Fellow of the Cardiovascular Section of the American Physiological Society (APS), on March 18, 2021. APS is a community of scientists devoted to expanding knowledge related to biological function, founded in 1887.
Batu Chalise
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences | Electrical & Computer EngineeringBatu K. Chalise, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his postdoctoral research fellow, Sudarshan Guruacharya, have published an article entitled, “MAP Ratio Test Detector for Radar System,” in IEEE Transactions Signal Processing (impact factor 5.230, 2019), vol. 69, 573 - 588, 2021, on December 14, 2020. The research associated with this article was funded by Air Force Research Laboratory.
Wenjia Li
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences | Computer ScienceWenjia Li, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, published an article entitled “AIT: An AI-enabled Trust Management System for Vehicular Networks Using Blockchain Technology" in IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020 SCI Impact Factor: 9.936) on December 14, 2020. This research work is co-authored with Chenyue Zhang, a New York Tech master's student he is currently advising, and two other colleagues from universities in China. In this research, the emerging blockchain technology and the deep learning algorithm are both applied to help evaluate the trust of vehicles in a more accurate and efficient manner.