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.
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 and SciencesLynn 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 New York Tech‘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.
Sheldon Fields
School of Health Professions NursingSheldon D. Fields, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, professor of nursing, is the second lead author of "Pre‐exposure prophylaxis initiation and adherence among Black men who have sex with men (MSM) in three US cities: results from the HPTN 073 study," which was published in the Journal of the International AIDS Society on February 15, 2019.
Terese Coe
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishTerese Coe, M.A., adjunct instructor of English, had her translation of Heinrich Heine's German poem, "In the Dream" published in the Winter 2018 edition of Able Muse on February 15, 2019. The Prufrock Blog also published a link to the online version of the poem.
\nSabina Khantimirova
Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteSabina Khantimirova, M.A., learning specialist with the English Language Institute, presented a workshop entitled "Fusion of World Citizenship through Media" at the 40th Annual Applied Linguistics Conference (ALWC) in Binghamton, NY, on February 9, 2019. The presentation shared developed practices to raise awareness of global citizenship and how they relate to international students' life expectations, experiences, and the human condition.
\nMilan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, gave a talk titled "Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of Cerebrospinal Fluid with Comprehensive Brain Model" on February 5, 2019, in workshop organized by the Department of Defense's Working Group on Computational Modeling of Human Lethality, Injury, and Impairment from Blast-related Threats.