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
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published an article, 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 , 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, 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, 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 in CEP Magazine on July 19, 2018. The article is Anid's second contribution as chair of the , 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
NAOMI FRANGOS
FemaleNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, presented results from her ISRC grant "Fabrication Innovation in Intuitive Design" in her paper at the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) 59th Annual Symposium on 鈥淐reativity in Structural Design,鈥� 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, 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.
Milan Toma
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, presented his poster titled, 'Mitral Valve Regurgitation Treatment with an Intravalvular Spacer: Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis" at the 8th World Congress of Biomechanics, held July 8-12, 2018, in Ireland. Toma was the first author of the study, which was conducted in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was the invited keynote speaker for a symposium in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Thursday, July 12. His talk, "Artificial Intelligence: Potential and Risk," focused on the future challenges and opportunities presented by AI for Latin American economies and societies. LaGrandeur was invited by the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) and its sponsored Latin American think-tank, the Institute for the Integration of Latin America and the Caribbean (INTAL). Various government ministries from Argentina were also involved with the symposium.
Joanne Grasso
College of Arts & Sciences Social SciencesJoanne S. Grasso, D.A., adjunct associate professor in social sciences, published her second book, , on July 9, 2018. Grasso is scheduled to follow up the publication with multiple public book talks in New York City and Long Island.