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.
Julie Gallanty
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesJulie Gallanty, M.A., adjunct instructor of interdisciplinary studies, was elected to the Council of Certified Volunteer Administrators (CCVA) on December 31, 2018. She will work with the national board to elevate the work and professionalism in the volunteer profession.
Terese Coe
Ms.Terese Coe, M.A., adjunct instructor of English, had her villanelle, "Demented Carousel," published on December 31, 20018, in Love Affairs at the Villa Nelle, an anthology of villanelles, edited by Marilyn L. Taylor and James P. Roberts.
Reza Khalaj Amineh
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Electrical & Computer EngineeringReza K. Amineh, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, in collaboration with Maryam Ravan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and two NYIT graduate students, Hailun Wu and Aakarsha Kasturo, published a journal article titled "Three-dimensional holographic imaging using data collected over cylindrical apertures," in Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, on December 28, 2018. In this paper, they proposed holographic imaging techniques for volumetric inspection of non-metallic objects. In addition, Amineh also had two patents granted in November 2018, which have been filed with Halliburton Co.
Claude Gagna
College of Arts & Sciences Life SciencesClaude E. Gagna, Ph.D., associate professor of life sciences, had an abstract, "Left-handed double-stranded Z-DNA Microarrays," published in Molecular Biology of the Cell, on December 13, 2018. The abstract, as presented at the 2018 American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting, is connected to his research, based on the Gagna/NYIT patent, for the next generation of DNA microarrays, where he is developing prototypes of double-stranded left-handed Z-DNA microarrays. Z-DNA is an alternative form of DNA that plays a major role in regulating human cells. These prototypes, which represent the next generation of DNA microarrays, will be part of an STTR-NIH grant to commercialize them as biomedical research products for sale to scientists to use in a variety of research projects.
Marcella Del Signore
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureMarcella Del Signore,, associate professor of architecture, co-authored a book chapter on technological/urban/social resilience, titled "Learning from New Orleans: Social Resilience for Urban Ecosystems," featured in Architecture and Resilience - Interdisciplinary Dialogues, published by Routledge on December 13, 2018. This volume takes resilience as a transformative concept to ask where and what architecture might contribute. Bringing together cross-disciplinary perspectives from architecture, urban design, art, geography, building science, and psychoanalysis, it aims to open up multiple perspectives of research, spatial strategies, and projects that are testing how we can build local resilience in preparation for major societal challenges.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, was elected to the Delegate Assembly of the Modern Language Association, representing the Forum for Bibliography and Scholarly Editing on December 13, 2018.
Rakesh Mittal
School of Management Human Resource StudiesRakesh Mittal, Ph.D., assistant professor of human resource management, and Joshua E. Bienstock, L.L.M., J.D., assistant professor of human resource management, published an article, "Transformational leadership and polychronicity as antecedents of work-home boundaries," in Management Research Review, a prestigious Emerald Journal, on December 12, 2018. In addition to contributing significantly to literature on leadership and work-life interface, this research provides guidance to managers to follow practices that would augment the life satisfaction of their employees.
Thomas Verebes
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureTom Verebes, Ph.D., associate dean of architecture, had his chapter, “Sentience and the Specificities of Cities,” published in Mass Customization and Design Democratization on December 7, 2018.
Shaya Sheikh
School of ManagementShaya Sheikh, Ph.D., assistant professor of operations management, co-authored an article, "Flow shop scheduling problems with assembly operations: a review and new trends,"\nin the International Journal of Production Research on December 6, 2018. Motivated by diverse applications of mass production methods, Sheikh and his co-authors investigate current research in one of industry's most popular mass production techniques. called assembly flow shops, and provide directions for future research and new trends on this topic.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, published an article, "Happy Birthday, Scrooge!" online at Penn State University Press on December 3, 2018.