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.
Lissi Athanasiou-Krikelis
College of Arts and SciencesLissi Athanasiou-Krikelis, Ph.D., associate professor of English, published a book review on January 1, 2021, of God's Wife by Amanda Michalopoulou. The appeared in the winter issue of World Literature Today.
Viswanathan Rajagopalan
NYITCOM-ArkansasViswanathan Rajagopalan, Ph.D., associate professor of biomedical sciences at NYITCOM-Arkansas, was elected as a of the American Physiological Society (APS), on March 18, 2021. APS is a community of scientists devoted to expanding knowledge related to biological function, founded in 1887.
Batu Chalise
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences | Electrical & Computer EngineeringBatu K. Chalise, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his postdoctoral research fellow, Sudarshan Guruacharya, have published an article entitled, “,” in IEEE Transactions Signal Processing (impact factor 5.230, 2019), vol. 69, 573 - 588, 2021, on December 14, 2020. The research associated with this article was funded by Air Force Research Laboratory.
Wenjia Li
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences | Computer ScienceWenjia Li, Ph.D., associate professor of computer science, published an article entitled in IEEE Internet of Things Journal (2020 SCI Impact Factor: 9.936) on December 14, 2020. This research work is co-authored with Chenyue Zhang, a 黑料导航 master's student he is currently advising, and two other colleagues from universities in China. In this research, the emerging blockchain technology and the deep learning algorithm are both applied to help evaluate the trust of vehicles in a more accurate and efficient manner.
Pejman Sanaei
MathematicsPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had his paper published in Fluid Mechanics RAPIDS on December 9, 2020.
Kate E. O'Hara
College of Arts & Sciences Interdisciplinary StudiesKate E. O鈥橦ara, Ph.D., associate professor of interdisciplinary studies, published her chapter, “Bring Us Back: Photographs for Meaning Making and Knowledge Production,” in the edited volume, , published by Brill Publishing on December 7, 2020. O鈥橦ara鈥檚 chapter is narrative style, relating the process and pedagogical methods for engaging students in critical reflection, meaning-making, and knowledge production through the use of visual and textual heuristics.
Mindy Haar
School of Health Professions School of Health Professions Interdisciplinary Health SciencesAlex Rothstein, M.S., program coordinator of exercise science, and Mindy Haar, Ph.D., director of academic management for the Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, had their research paper titled “” published in the Journal of Allied Health on December 1, 2020.
Charles Pavia
College of Osteopathic Medicine College of Osteopathic Medicine Basic Sciences Biomedical SciencesCharles Pavia, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, and Gary P. Wormser of New York Medical College, Valhalla, had their research article, “,” published in Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, on December 1, 2020.
Ahmadreza Baghaie
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Electrical & Computer EngineeringAhmadreza Baghaie, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, had an article, “,” published in the Journal of Computational Dynamics on December 1, 2020. This research was done in collaboration with researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Medical College of Wisconsin on developing novel dynamic mode decomposition and Kalman filter-based techniques for the denoising of time-resolved data, with applications in computational fluid dynamics and medical blood flow imaging.
Beth Elenko
School of Health ProfessionsBeth Elenko, Ph.D., associate professor of occupational therapy, published an article entitled “,” in Reflections In Helping Professions on November 27, 2020. The paper is a reflection on Elenko's transition from practicing OT to doctoral student to academic professor providing continuing education to other providers about early intervention (EI) services for infants and young children under the age of three and their families.