Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

 

Dr. Bruce Liby, associate professor of physics and chair of the physics department, and Ryan Scholl authored the paper “Using a Michelson Interferometer to Measure Coefficient of Thermal Expansion of Copper,” which appeared in the May 2009 issue of The Physics Teacher, a publication of the American Association of Physics Teachers. To read a short abstract, click Here.

Dr. Nicholas De Lillo, professor of mathematics and computer science, completed the paper “Simulations of Finite-State Automata Using Java 6.0. Part 3: Generalizations.” It was accepted for publication in the June 2009 issue of the Technical Report Series of the Graduate School of Computer Science and Information Technology, an official publication of the Ivan G. Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Services at Pace University. Part one of the paper was published in November 2008, and part two appeared in the March 2009 issue.

In addition, De Lillo delivered the invited lecture Simulation of Deterministic Finite-State Automata Using Java 6.0 at the Computer Science Seminar at Iona College on April 16.

Dr. Claudia Setzer, professor and chair of the religious studies department, gave the closing address at the conference Resurrection and the Gospel of Matthew at Tilburg University in the Netherlands in April.

Dr. Jonathan Hartman, assistant professor of marketing, and Dr. Hung Wu Chu, assistant professor of management, authored the paper “Mergers and Acquisitions: The argument for holistic, integrated measure of success,” which recently appeared in the Leadership and Organization Management Journal.

Dr. Anirban De, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, delivered the invited lecture Use of Geotechnical Centrifuge to Study the Effects of Surface Explosions to the Mid-Hudson Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers in Newburgh, N.Y., this past October.

Dr. Robert Geraci, assistant professor of religious studies, gave the public lecture  In Whose Image? Cloning, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Souls at First Presbyterian Church of Katonah, N.Y., on March 8.

The New York City Department of Environmental Protection (NYCDEP) has awarded a $500,000 contract to HDR Engineering, with Manhattan College as the major subcontractor. The award is for the study of stormwater management practices within the New York City drinking water supply watershed. The duration of the study is five years. The principal investigator for Manhattan College will be Dr. Scott Lowe, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering. Read.

Dr. William Merriman, dean of the school of education, was nominated and elected to membership in the New York Academy of Public Education. The academy was founded in 1912 to provide a forum for constructive educational thinking and leadership. Merriman was inducted into the academy at the Princeton Club on Feb. 4.

Dr. Claudia Setzer, professor of religious studies, gave the opening talk at a conference on The Human Body and Resurrection at the University of Regensburg in Regensburg, Germany, in December.

Dr. Powell Draper, assistant professor of civil engineering, co-authored a chapter in the book Felix Candela: Engineer, Builder, Structural Artist, which was named one of the best architecture books of 2008 by ArchNewsNow.com.

Dr. Jonathan Hartman and Dr. Yassir Samra, assistant professors of marketing, published the paper “Crisis Management: An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Improvisation on New Product Development in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Industries” in the journal Insights to a Changing World.

In addition, Hartman and Samra published “Effect on an Improvisational Approach to New Product Development During a Crisis: An Empirical Study of NPD Teams in the Field of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,” which Samra presented at the proceeding of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in Philadelphia this past November.