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 | MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had an article, “Membrane filtration with multiple fouling mechanisms,” published on December 3, 2019 in the Physical Review Fluids. The article, written in collaboration with Linda J. Cummings, professor of mathematical sciences, Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, details their simplified mathematical model which characterizes membrane internal pore structure via permeability or resistance gradients in the depth of the membrane, accounts for multiple membrane fouling mechanisms (adsorption, blocking, and cake formation), defines a measure of filter performance, and for given operating conditions, is able to predict the optimum permeability or resistance profile for the chosen performance measure.
Melanie Smith
Office of Academic AffairsTraci Nickdow, assistant registrar, Mohammed Moizuddin, acting director for institutional research, and Nicole Sheehan, manager of the Advising & Enrichment Center presented "Boosting Your Graduation Rate and So Much More," about the efforts by New York Tech to identify stop-out students that are close to graduation, at the Middle States Association of Collegiate Registrars and Officers of Admission (MSACROA) regional conference in Poconos, PA, on December 2, 2019.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences | MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, presented a talk and chaired a session on the effects of particles diffusion and membrane pore elasticity on membrane filtration performance at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics on November 26, 2019.
Sarah McGough
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Dean's OfficeBabak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., dean of College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was featured in an episode of the PBS program, SciTech Now. Beheshti spoke in a segment about the future of 5G on November 14, 2019.
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Academic Affairs / Center for Teaching & LearningFrancine S Glazer, Ph.D., associate provost for educational innovation and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, presented at the 44th annual Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education conference in Pittsburgh, PA on November 14, 2019. Her session, “When I Know but Don't Change: Deep Work and Mindfulness,” introduced Kegan and Lahey's immunity to change framework as a way to diagnose resistance to incorporating productive practices. Her co-presenters included Roben Torosyan, Ph.D. of Bridgewater State University and Allison Pingree, Ph.D. of Harvard University.
Francine Glazer
Academic Affairs / Center for Teaching & LearningFrancine S Glazer, Ph.D., associate provost for educational innovation and director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, was named incoming president-elect of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education at its 2019 annual conference held November 13-17, 2019, in Pittsburgh, PA. Her three-year term will start in March 2020.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts and SciencesElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., professor of English and associate dean of curriculum and student engagement for the College of Arts and Sciences, delivered remarks in a book roundtable celebrating the publication of Black Madness: Mad Blackness, with author Therí Alyce Pickens, at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies, Columbia University, in New York City on November 12, 2019.
Amy Bravo
International & Experiential EducationTerry Nauheim, M.F.A., associate professor of digital art and design, Michael Hosenfeld, associate professor of digital art and design, Paul Demonte, M.A., adjunct instructor of communication arts, Adrienne McNally, M.S., director of experiential education, and Amy Bravo, M.A., senior director of international and experiential education, presented at AACU's Transforming STEM Higher Education conference on November 9, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Their presentation, “Strategies for Reforming Academic Models to Support Community Partnership,” spoke about Ready for Take-Off, a student-driven documentary film project that raises public awareness about flight, mobility, and advancement for people with disabilities. Ready for Take-Off engaged students and faculty of New York Tech to produce a short documentary film, commemorating the fifth anniversary of a JetBlue flight for disabled high school students of the Henry Viscardi School of the Viscardi Center.
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, presented a poster about "Experimental Engagements" at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of California in Irvine, California on November 9, 2019.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, and John Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English presented “An AR Hamlet Mystery” at the Conference of the Society for Literature, Science and the Arts, in Irvine, California on October 31, 2019.