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.
Michael Nizich
Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of computer science and director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), recently had a book chapter published in on March 9, 2021, by Emerald Publishing. The chapter, 鈥淐onsiderations for Blockchain Adoption and Integration,鈥� was co-authored by former student and ETIC grad assistant, Michael Campisi.
Kevin LaGrandeur
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences EnglishKevin LaGrandeur, Ph.D., professor of English, chaired a panel and gave a presentation, “Are We Ready for Direct Brain Links to AI and Implanted Memory Chips?,” at the on March 2, 2021. The conference was based in Belgrade, Serbia and sponsored by The Center for the Study of Bioethics and the University of Oxford's Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities.
Milan Toma
College of Osteopathic Medicine / Dept. of Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of clinical sciences and two NYITCOM students, Jonathan Arias and Gregory D. Kurgansk, published their paper, “Fluid鈥揝tructure Interaction Analyses of Biological Systems Using Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics” in Biology on March 2, 2021.
Milan Toma
College of Osteopathic Medicine / Department of Osteopathic Manipulative MedicineMilan Toma, Ph.D., assistant professor of clinical sciences, Michael Nizich, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of computer science and director of the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center (ETIC), and two CoECS students Y. H. Pandya and D. Dongre have published a paper titled, “,” in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, on March 1, 2021.
Ehsan Kamel
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Dean's OfficeEhsan Kamel, Ph.D., assistant professor of energy management has been accepted to attend the course ENGY 718 - High-Performance Building Envelopes remotely. Kamel has created , an opportunity for the New York-based and Milan-based students to collaborate on different modeling and simulation computer tools such as THERM, WINDOW, and WUFI.
Venugopal Prabhakar Gantasala
School of ManagementVenugopal Prabhakar Gantasala, Ph.D., associate professor and M.B.A. program director, Swapna Bhargavi Gantasala, Ph.D., associate professor of management, Tareq Na鈥檈l Al-Tawil, and Prerana Prasad published in the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education on January 27, 2021.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, had his research paper, “” published in the Journal of Fluids and Structure on January 25, 2021.
Pejman Sanaei
College of Arts & Sciences College of Arts & Sciences MathPejman Sanaei, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics, with his students from 懂色帝, Mikhail Smirnov, Daniel Chin, and Hamad El Kahza, presented three talks at the on January 15, 2021.
Saverio Marsicano
College of Engineering & Computing Sciences Dean's OfficeSaverio Marsicano, senior lab engineer for the College of Engineering and Computing Sciences, was by Long Island Press on January 10, 2021.
Venugopal Prabhakar Gantasala
School of ManagementVenugopal Prabhakar Gantasala, Ph.D., associate professor and M.B.A. program director, Tareq Na鈥檈l Al-Tawil, and Hassan Younies, Ph.D., adjunct associate professor of management & marketing studies, published in the International Journal of Law and Management on January 10, 2021.