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.
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 and SciencesEdward 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.
Lisa Sparacino
School of Health Professions NursingMercy Joseph, Ph.D., ANP-BC, RN, assistant professor of nursing, had her article, “Faith Blind Care: How Faith Based Leaders Cared for Community Dwelling Older Adults in a Natural Disaster,” in the World Journal of Advance Healthcare Research, on July 22, 2018.
Nada Anid
Strategic Communications & External AffairsNada Anid, Ph.D., vice president of strategic communications and external affairs, called for increases in manufacturing funding for education and workforce training programs to ensure U.S. competitiveness in the global market in an article titled "The ChE in Context: Educating the Future Advanced Manufacturing Workforce" in CEP Magazine on July 19, 2018. The article is Anid's second contribution as chair of the Public Affairs and Information Committee (PAIC) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), a 60,000-member global organization. Previously, in January 2018, she highlighted the importance of the Food-Energy-Water Nexus as an engineering and public policy priority in the aftermath of natural disasters like Hurricane Maria in an article titled "The ChE in Context: The food-Energy-Water Nexus: An Engineering and Public Policy Priority."
NAOMI FRANGOS
FemaleNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, presented results from her ISRC grant "Fabrication Innovation in Intuitive Design" in her paper “Modular Variable Flexible Formwork Design” at the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) 59th Annual Symposium on “Creativity in Structural Design,” held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, MA. July 16-19, 2018. Her paper features cast plaster and concrete prototypes testing modular frames and dynamic matter (sand) to generate variable forms. Both abstract and full paper were accepted in two rounds of reviews, with the abstract published in the Symposium Proceedings, edited by Sigrid Adriaenssens and Caitlin Mueller.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was featured in an article, “The Ethics Behind Artificial Intelligence: A Dialogue with the CIO of Insight Corporation," written by Mike Guggemos and published on Insight.com on July 16, 2018. The article took the format of a joint interview with LaGrandeur and Mike Guggemos, CIO of Insight, an international high tech consulting company.