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.
Amanda Golden
College of Arts and SciencesAmanda Golden, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, presented, "Digital Transitions: Recovering Edna O'Brien's Sylvia Plath Screenplay" at the in Boston, Massachusetts on March 23, 2019. This paper addressed her NYIT students' digital project interpreting the Irish writer Edna O'Brien's manuscripts for her unpublished screenplay about the American poet Sylvia Plath housed in Emory University's Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library.
Sarah Meyland
College of Engineering and Computing SciencesSarah Meyland, M.S., J.D., associate professor of environmental technology and sustainability, spoke at a public forum on drinking water presented by Blank Slate Media on March 21, 2019, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY. Meyland responded in great detail to questions regarding the continued safety of Long Island drinking water and also addressed the need for better comprehensive oversight of the Long Island aquifer system in order to preserve a sustainable supply of drinking water for the region.
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.