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.
Christian Pongratz
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesChristian R. Pongratz, M.Arch., professor and interim dean, wrote the foreword to two books. In , he explores versatility and sustainability in the combined use of advanced fabrication technology and natural stone applications. In , he discusses student design proposals for the city of Matera in the Basilicata region of Southern Italy.
Roger Yu
College of Arts & Sciences, PhysicsRoger Yu, Ph.D., professor of physics, published "Chaos in a Stadium-Shaped Acoustic Cavity" in the November issue of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA) in which he discusses "a numerical scheme [that] has been developed to solve wave equations for chaotic systems such as stadium-shaped cavity."
Mindy Haar
School of Health Professions, Interdisciplinary Health SciencesA quote by Mindy Haar, Ph.D., director of academic management in interdisciplinary health sciences, from an article titled "" in Rodale's Organic Life, was reposted on three additional sites, including MSN Lifestyle, , and .
Azhar Ilyas
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAzhar Ilyas, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-authored a conference paper, "," for the Materials Science & Technology 2016 Conference & Exhibition, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He also presented his research work, "Electromechanical Fingerprinting of Cells for Tagless Identification of Cancer," at the 13th Key Symposium: Bioelectronic Medicine Technology Targeting Molecular Mechanisms at The New York Academy of Sciences in September 2016.
Wenjia Li
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Computer ScienceWenjia Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of computer science, delivered a tutorial, "Cloud Computing for Smart Transportation," with assistant professor Dr. Ashwin Ashok of Georgia State University, at the , in September 2016. In October 2016, Li published a research paper titled, "," in Springer's Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (PUC) Journal, with Dr. Yehua Wei, associate professor at Hunan Normal University, China, and then-visiting scholar at NYIT.
James Scire
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Mechanical EngineeringJames Scire, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published his article, "," which he also presented at the .
Anand Santhanakrishnan
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringAnand Santhanakrishnan, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, published two articles in September 2016: in MOJ Proteomics and Bioinformatics, and in IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networks.
Babak Dastgheib-Beheshti
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering TechnologyBabak Dastgheib-Beheshti, Ph.D., professor of telecomm and electrical engineering technology, published the articles, "," for (In)Secure Magazine in September 2016, and " ," in The Wall Street Journal on July 2, 2016.
Andrew Costello
College of Arts & Sciences, Behavioral SciencesAndrew Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral sciences, is the featured expert in a at Real Work Matters, a "resource for people interested in a non-traditional education path." Costello says, "A criminal justice degree will help in subject matter related to promotional exams over other degrees. Having a completed bachelor's degree prior to entry [in the field] will also allow for more effort in practice specialization within law enforcement while going up the supervisory ranks."
Sarah Meyland
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Environmental Technology and SustainabilitySarah Meyland, Ph.D., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, gave testimony addressing Long Island water quality and contamination to the NYS Assembly and Senate Standing Committees on Environmental Conservation and Health, and presented "" on episode 2 of "Water Matters," a web program on Long Island groundwater, produced by Grassroots Environmental Education, in October.