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.
Dong-Sei Kim
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, presented his ongoing research animation 鈥淎 Construct The Koreas (Never) Made Together: Deconstructing the DMZ For The Imaginary 鈥� 2019,鈥� in the held at the Culture Station Seoul 284, March 21 - May 6, 2019 and June 6 鈥� July 7, 2019.
Melissa Battista
Global Academic Programs English Language InstituteMelissa Battista, M.S., learning specialist at the English Language Institute, presented a workshop at the 2019 TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo in Atlanta, Georgia on March 13, 2019. The workshop demonstrated how to use Twine, an open-source tool for creating interactive stories and short text adventure style stories. This was the first time anyone from NYIT was accepted to present at this conference, the largest professional development event in the TESOL field.
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, co-authored a research paper titled, published in the Annals of Biomedical Engineering on March 11, 2019.
Edward Guiliano
College of Arts and SciencesEdward Guiliano, Ph.D., professor of English, delivered an hour-long talk, "For all those 鈥榗uriouser and curiouser鈥� about a man and his Alices,鈥� at San Diego State University on March 9, 2019, in conjunction with the semi-annual meeting of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
School of Architecture & Design ArchitecturePablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, published an essay “The Post-Digital as Design Authorship in Informed Material Processes” in , edited Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher, in New York, on March 7, 2019. His essay discusses two projects crossing relationships between computational design through algorithms and robotic fabrication. \n
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, was elevated to the grade of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Senior member on March 5, 2019. Senior member is the highest grade for which IEEE members can apply.
Dongsei Kim
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureDongsei Kim, M.Des., assistant professor of architecture, had an op-ed published in 厂补鈥媗辞苍 on March 2, 2019. The column highlights his research examining how architecture can impact nation-state borders like the Korean DMZ, and how spatial design can be more about inclusion rather than exclusion.
Milan Toma
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, published a research article titled, in the International Journal of Crashworthiness on March 1, 2019.
Marcella Del Signore
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureMarcella Del Signore,, associate professor of architecture, won first prize in the Duncan Plaza competition in New Orleans on March 1, 2019. Vector-Flow, a full scale responsive urban prototype designed with Tulane School of Architecture Professor of Practice Cordula Roser Gray, will be developed through a grant to support design development, fabrication and on-site implementation. Vector-Flow is developed in collaboration with The Arts Council of New Orleans and the Downtown Development District and will open in Duncan Plaza in May 2019.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts and SciencesLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, was on his program Comosetica, on February 28, 2019. The interview highlighted Rogoff's career in "edutainment," including her work as writer, producer, and director on numerous award-winning television series, such as Sesame Street and Big Blue Marble, here in the U.S. and Rechov Sum Sum (the Israeli Sesame Street) in Israel. Also discussed was Rogoff's mobile and PC Endanger Series, which was built by an interdisciplinary team of art, technology, business, and communications students and faculty at 黑料导航鈥榮 Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.