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.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, delivered an hour-long talk, "For all those ‘curiouser and curiouser’ about a man and his Alices,” at San Diego State University on March 9, 2019, in conjunction with the semi-annual meeting of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
School of Architecture & Design ArchitecturePablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, published an essay “The Post-Digital as Design Authorship in Informed Material Processes” in Instabilities and Potentialities, edited Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher, in New York, on March 7, 2019. His essay discusses two projects crossing relationships between computational design through algorithms and robotic fabrication. \n
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was elevated to the grade of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Senior member on March 5, 2019. Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, had an op-ed "How the architecture of border walls creates division (or inspires trust)," published in Salon on March 2, 2019. The column highlights his research examining how architecture can impact nation-state borders like the Korean DMZ, and how spatial design can be more about inclusion rather than exclusion.
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published a research article titled, "Coup-contrecoup brain injury: fluid–structure interaction simulations," in the International Journal of Crashworthiness on March 1, 2019.
Marcella Del Signore
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureMarcella Del Signore,, associate professor of architecture, won first prize in the Duncan Plaza competition in New Orleans on March 1, 2019. Vector-Flow, a full scale responsive urban prototype designed with Tulane School of Architecture Professor of Practice Cordula Roser Gray, will be developed through a grant to support design development, fabrication and on-site implementation. Vector-Flow is developed in collaboration with The Arts Council of New Orleans and the Downtown Development District and will open in Duncan Plaza in May 2019.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, was interviewed by Dan Schneider on his program Comosetica, on February 28, 2019. The interview highlighted Rogoff's career in "edutainment," including her work as writer, producer, and director on numerous award-winning television series, such as Sesame Street and Big Blue Marble, here in the U.S. and Rechov Sum Sum (the Israeli Sesame Street) in Israel. Also discussed was Rogoff's mobile and PC Endanger Series, which was built by an interdisciplinary team of art, technology, business, and communications students and faculty at NYIT‘s Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.
Terese Coe
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishTerese Coe, M.A., adjunct instructor of English, had six poems published in the Alabama Literary Review, edited by Bill Thompson, on February 2019. The selections include the original poem, “Sweep;” four translations of Heinrich Heine's poems from the German; and a Pierre de Ronsard translation, “In Memoriam for Timothy Murphy,” a poet and hunter who was a friend, adviser, and colleague at The Able Muse.
Jonathan Goldman
Spanglish FlyJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, had his edited volume, Joyce and the Law, (U of Florida Press), reviewed in the flagship journal of James Joyce scholarship, The James Joyce Quarterly on February 20, 2019. Goldman's volume was also reviewed in The Review of English Studies on August 31, 2018, by Richard Bowyer, who writes, "Joyce and the Law brings together 15 essays that provide readers with a rigorous examination of the subject matter...expertly woven by the editor."
Ravichandran Krishnamoorthy
School of Management - Abu DhabiRavichandran Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D., associate professor of finance on our Abu Dhabi campus, was notified on February 19, 2019, that he has moved to the finalist stage for two projects he submitted for the 2019 WSIS Prize. The first project, "Sustainable ICT model for Educational Institutions of the Arpuda App Private Limited," was selected in the category of e-Learning, while the second project, "Women Power—A Sustainable Rural Development Initiative of the Women Power International Foundation," was selected in the category of e-Employment. Both projects were voted into the top five in their respective categories, out of 1064 nominated ICT success stories and 1140 projects submitted by the WSIS Stakeholders' community. The winners will be announced at the 2019 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum on April 8-12, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.