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.
Aydin Farajidavar
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Electrical & Computer EngineeringAydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, published his paper, "Bioelectrics for mapping gut activity," on August 15, 2018, in Brain Research. In this paper, Farajidavar described the current state-of-the-art mapping of the bioelectrical activity of the stomach and the technology required to advance the field. The paper was an invited review paper for the series, "Where the gut meets the brain," edited by Melanie Maya Kaelberer and Diego V. Bohorquez of Duke University.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., associate professor of English, recently edited the book, Literatures of Madness: Disability Studies and Mental Health, published by Palgrave Macmillan on August 13, 2018. The book brings together scholars working in disability studies, mad studies, feminist theory, Indigenous studies, postcolonial theory, Jewish literature, queer studies, American studies, trauma studies, and comics to create an intersectional community of scholarship in literary disability studies of mental health. The volume addresses the under-representation of madness and psychiatric disability in the field of disability studies, which traditionally focuses on physical disability, and explores the controversies and the common ground among disability studies, anti-psychiatric discourses, mad studies, graphic medicine, and health/medical humanities.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, was invited to join the Board of Editorial Advisors of Textual Cultures: Texts, Contexts, Interpretations, the peer-reviewed journal of the Society for Textual Scholarship on August 12, 2018.
Susana Case
College of Arts & Sciences Behavioral SciencesSusana Case, Ph.D., professor of behavioral sciences, has had her book of erasure poetry, Erasure, Syria, based upon newspaper coverage of the war in Syria, published by Recto y Verso Editions on August 10, 2018.
Jonathan Goldman
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was featured on WNYC's syndicated show and podcast Soundcheck on August 10, 2018. The segment, "NYC-Based Spanglish Fly Leads the Boogaloo Revival," includes an in-studio performance by Goldman's Latin music group Spanglish Fly, interspersed with host John Schaefer interviewing Goldman about Latin music history. Goldman's music project is corollary to his NYIT Latino/a culture courses and research and writing​ about Latin/Puerto Rican music and culture in the USA.
\nKevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, appeared on Argentinian TV news in a segment on August 2, 2018, about the possibilities for using AI in relation to agriculture. The program, "Hoy Pampero" (Today's Farmer), is geared toward farmers in Argentina's grain belt.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, presented his paper, "Young Dickens and the Language of Cinema," at the 23rd Annual Dickens and Language Symposium, held July 30 - August 1, 2018 at the University of Tubingen, Germany. Guiliano also served as moderator for the panel, "Women's Word."
\nMilan Toma
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published an article, "Fluid–structure interaction analysis of cerebrospinal fluid with a comprehensive head model subject to a rapid acceleration and deceleration" in the Journal of Brain Injury, on July 30, 2018. Toma's paper discussed the use of fluid-structure interaction simulations to assess numerically the interaction between cerebrospinal fluid flow induced by trauma and brain.
Milan Toma
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, gave a presentation on "Cerebrospinal Fluid-Brain Interaction Simulations Subject To Loading Conditions" at the 13th World Congress on Computational Mechanics, held July 22-27, 2018, in New York City. Toma was the sole NYIT representative at the conference, which attracted 3,500 researchers from around the world.
Michael Urmeneta
Planning, Analytics & Decision Support Analytics & Business IntelligenceMichael Urmeneta, M.S., director of analytics and business intelligence, served on a panel, "Moving from Cost Modeling to Analytics to Achieve Your Mission & Financial Performance," at the annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) on July 22, 2018. Urmeneta and his fellow panelists discussed how analytics can support mission, facilitate decision-making, and generate economic value across the enterprise.