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.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, had his article, published in the special Museums section of The New York Times on March 9, 2018.
Lynn Rogoff
College of Arts and SciencesLynn Rogoff, M.F.A., adjunct associate professor of English, spoke on a panel, "VR-AR Production on Edge—The Amazing Journey of Imagination: Storytelling in Content and Advertising," at the Digital Hollywood Conference Media Summit on March 8, 2018, in New York City. Rogoff spoke about the Endanger VR game series, partially developed on an interdisciplinary grant from 色界吧 to develop a game series to find and save endangered species, worldwide.
Kapil Bajaj
College of Osteopathic Medicine Dean's Office-JonesboroKapil Bajaj, director of academic and research technology at NYITCOM at A-State, received his Certified Professional in Healthcare Information & Management Systems (CPHIMS) certificate on March 6, 2018, from the Healthcare Information and Management Society (HIMSS), a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better health through information and technology.
Aydin Farajidavar
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Electrical & Computer EngineeringAydin Farajidavar, Ph.D., assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, had his paper, published in the IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems on March 5, 2018. The paper, co-authored by Amir Javan-Khoshkholgh, postdoctoral researcher, and former NYIT graduate students, Zaid Abukhalaf and Rui Wang, proposes to develop and validate a miniature system that can wirelessly acquire gastric electrical activity called slow waves, and deliver high energy electrical pulses to modulate its activity.
Naomi Frangos
School of Architecture & Design ArchitectureNaomi Frangos, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, self-published the exhibition catalog, ,鈥� featuring the work produced during a five-day collaborative workshop in fabric form concrete. ISBN: 978-1-38-880024-6. Exhibition curated by Naomi Frangos, Center Gallery, Ed Hall, NYIT, New York.
Rozina Vavetsi
College of Arts & Sciences Digital Art & DesignRozina Vavetsi, M.SC., associate professor and chair of the Department of Digital Art and Design, made a visual presentation entitled 鈥淒esign your Information鈥� at the 2018 Design Principles and Practices conference on March 5, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain. The presentation focused on the visualization methods used to showcase complex information in digestible and aesthetic ways and emphasized the importance of information design as an integral part of the graphic design curriculum.
Terese Coe
College of Arts & Sciences EnglishTerese Coe, M.A., adjunct instructor of English, had two of her poems, "To the Know-It-All," and "America," published at New Verse News on January 12 and March 1, 2018, respectively.
John Hanc
College of Arts & Sciences Communication ArtsJohn Hanc, M.A., associate professor of communication arts, had his article, published in The New York Times on February 28, 2018. The article, which was featured in a special Retirement section, focused on older adults who had found second careers in tech-related jobs.
Frances Campani
School of Architecture and DesignFrances Campani, M.Arch., associate professor of architecture, and Jon Michael Schwarting, M.Arch., professor of architecture, delivered a lecture on the Aluminaire House Project at the Palm Springs Museum of Art, Palm Springs, CA, on February 23, 2018. The lecture was part of the annual Modernism Week series of lectures and events. A related article, published on February 23 on Smithsonian.com, cites an article from NYIT Magazine, Modern Artifact: The Story of Aluminaire House," and the work of Campani and Schwarting.
\nBabak Dastgheib-Beheshti
School of Engineering & Computing Sciences Telecomm & Electrical Engineering TechnologyBabak D. Beheshti, Ph.D., professor and associate dean of NYIT School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, moderated a panel discussion, "Smart Cities and the Internet of Things," at the on February 22, 2018. The panel included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, NYC Councilman Rodriguez, NYC Department of Transportation CTO Cordell Schacter, Benjamin (Britt) Harter, director of state and local government practice at PWC, and Joe Fasone, founder and CEO of Pilot. The conference is a day-long program of thought-provoking presentations and candid discussions featuring New York's information leaders from government and industry.