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.
Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Electrical and Computer EngineeringZiqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, had her paper, presented at the 26th IEEE Wireless and Optical Communications Conference (WOCC 2017), April 7–8, 2017, by her co-author, NYIT graduate student and NYIT Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow Rajan Khullar.
Purushottam Meena
School of Management, Operations ManagementPurushottam Meena, Ph.D., assistant professor of operations management, co-chaired a special session, "Recent Trends in Maintenance, Production and Quality," for CODIT'17, the IEEE International Conference on Control, Decisions, and Information Technologies, April 5–7, 2017, in Barcelona, Spain. At the session, panelists and attendees reviewed integrated approaches in the management and design of production systems, which has become a topic of increasing importance over the past few decades.
Christina Finn
School of Health Professions, Occupational TherapyChristina Finn, M.S., assistant professor of occupational therapy and clinical associate of the NYIT Center for Sports Medicine, presented her poster, "The Role of Occupational Therapy in Concussion Management," at the 2017 AOTA (American Occupational Therapy Association) Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia. While there, she gave an on the role of occupational therapy in the treatment of concussions, which was promoted on social media sites by ImPACT Applications, Inc., the maker of the leading computerized concussion management tool.
Hui-Yin Hsu
College of Arts & Sciences Teacher EducationHui-Yin Hsu, Ph.D., chair of the Department Teacher Education, and Shiang-Kwei Wang, Ph.D. presented a paper, "" at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting in Texas. Hsu also presented, "Impact of Teachers' Uses of the Stanford Mobile Inquiry-Based Learning Environment (SMILE) to Enact Student-Generated Questioning Practices in Science Classrooms."
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, was quoted at length in "," an article at , the website of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In his quote, LaGrandeur laments the slow adoption of robotics in North America and Europe versus their growing acceptance in Japanese households.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, launched her new book, , at a roundtable event on April 2017 at The New York Public Library. Golden moderated the event, which convened poets and critics featured in her collection of essays—the first devoted to Sexton's poetry in more than two decades.
Elizabeth Donaldson
College of Arts & Sciences, EnglishElizabeth J. Donaldson, Ph.D., associate professor of English, gave the invited lecture, "Writing Madness: Fredric Wertham and the Psychiatric Utility of Literature," at Columbia University's Disability, Culture, and Society seminar series in March 2017. The seminar "provided a venue for scholars working in disability studies—which examines the social, political, cultural, and historical factors that define disability—to interrogate the current state of the field and identify the most crucial problems and concerns for its future."
William Werner
School of Health Professions, Physical TherapyWilliam Werner, Ed.D.,associate professor of physical therapy, co-authored "," which was published in the International Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy in March 2017.
Sarah Meyland
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, Environmental Technology and SustainabilitySarah Meyland, M.S., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, gave a public testimony in person and by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for New York City regarding the opening of NYC wells in Jamaica, Queens on June 2017.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D. had an article, "Textbook Greek: Thoby Stephen in Jacob's Room," published in the , a "refereed journal publishing substantial new scholarship on the work of Virginia Woolf and her milieu."