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
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Mechanical EngineeringMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of mechanical engineering, presented a paper titled at the Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2018, in Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 13-14, 2018. The associated paper is published in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 880, pages 557-568, Springer. Toma also chaired a session titled "Software Engineering" at the conference.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, published in Modernism/modernity Print Plus, Volume 3, Cycle 3, on November 13, 2018.
Carol Dahir
College of Arts & Sciences Masters School CounselingCarol Dahir, Ed.D., adjunct professor and chair of the Department of School Counseling, was the keynote speaker and a workshop presenter at the 18th Annual Convention of the School Counseling Circle of the Philippines, November 13-14, 2018 in Manilla, Philipenes.
Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa
School of Architecture & Design ArchitecturePablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, had his peer-reviewed article, "Data and Politics of Information: Rezoning New York City through Big Data" included in , edited by Anastasia Karandinou and published on November 12, 2018. In his essay, he discusses the neoliberal model of city planning with regard to the current environmental crisis, issuing a call to action with radical futuristic proposals that can be implemented today through information-based surveying data gathering processes that can inform participatory city growth in an interactive real-time process through an interface application project.
Jonathan Goldman
Spanglish FlyJonathan Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of English, was featured in a from Goldman's Latin music group, Spanglish Fly, in All About Jazz on November 12, 2018. According to reviewer Chris M. Slawecki, "Jonathan Goldman sure seems like one interesting dude. An Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology, Goldman edited the seminal study Joyce and the Law (University of Florida Press, 2017) and leads one of the most famous reading groups for one of Joyce's most infamous works, Ulysses. And as lead trumpet and bandleader for New York's own Spanglish Fly, he's one of the world's leading proponents of the irresistibly liberating rhythms, sounds and beats of Latin soul and boogaloo."
John Misak
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishJohn Misak, D.A., assistant professor of English, served as a panelist at Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association's 116th conference at Western Washington University in Bellingham on November 10, 2018. As part of his presentation, , Misak displayed a prototype of an Augmented Reality application that both he and Kevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, are working on to teach complex humanities texts, like Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, organized and presented on the roundtable, "Feminist Designs: Visualizing the Future of Modernist Digital Humanities" at the in Columbus, Ohio, November 10, 2018.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, had her collection, , published in paperback by the University Press of Florida on November 9, 2018.
David Nadler
NYITDavid Nadler, Ph.D., assistant professor and chair of the Department of Environmental Technology and Sustainability, presented "Translating Agency-Collected Data to Inform Policy" as a panelist at the New York City Town+Gown Construction Data Analytic Symposium, presented by the NYC Department of Design and Construction on November 9, 2018. Along with other panelists from the University of Chicago, Columbia University, and NYU, he spoke about the horizontal and vertical logistics city agencies face during the implementation of new local environmental laws.
Naomi Frangos
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, published her article in The Architect鈥檚 Newspaper on November 9, 2018. In the article, Frangos reflects on 鈥渄ynamic archetypes鈥� in nature and technology, and morphology relationships between generative and computational design and digital fabrication.