2015–16 COURSE CATALOG 131 THE COOPER UNION Officers and Deans Nader Tehrani Robert P. Hopkins Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin Chief Technology Officer; William E. Mea School of Architecture Associate Professor of Board of Trustees Acting President; Vice President B.F.A., B.Arch., Rhode Island Computer Science for Finance & Administration; Treasurer Richard S. Lincer School of Design; B.S., St. Joseph’s College, Indiana; B.A., Widener University Chairman of the Board Architectural Association, M.B.A., Fordham University M.B.A., Philadelphia University M.A.U.D., Harvard University Kevin Slavin A’95 Mindy Lang Stephen P. Baker Vice Chairman; Alumni Trustee Creative Director Vice President for Community Relations; Administration B.F.A., The Cooper Union Monica Abdallah ChE’17 Dean of Athletics Student Trustee B.S., New York University David Chenkin, Associate Registrar James Luciano Nils Folke Anderson A’94 B.A., Brandeis University Associate Director of Admissions Saskia Bos Alumni Trustee M.A., Yale University B.A., College of St. Rose Dean, School of Art Robert Bernhard M.S., Sage Graduate School Elizabeth Diller AR’79 B.A., University of Groningen; Jen E. Clarke Joseph B. Dobronyi Jr. M.A., University of Amsterdam Director of Institutional Giving David Minder B.J., Carleton University, Ottawa Director of Engagement Thomas Driscoll ME’77 Lawrence Cacciatore M.A., Carleton University, Ottawa B.A. Texas Tech University Jeffrey Hersch EE’87 Chief of Staff and Secretary Eric Hirschhorn ME’89 to the Board of Trustees Christopher H. Cloud Elizabeth Rivera Adrian Jovanovic BSE’89 B.A., M.A., New York University Interim Vice President of Alumni Major Gifts Officer Alumni Trustee Affairs and Development B.M., The University of North Carolina Christopher Mark Chamberlin Peter Katz A’76 B.A., The Florida State University at Greensboro Alumni Trustee Dean of Students M.B.A., Rollins College David Robbins Malcolm King EE’97 M.A.,The College of New Jersey; J.D., Tulane University Jessica Marshall EE’17 B.A.,The College of New Jersey Director of Housing Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría and Residential Education Student Trustee John Falls Edgar Mokuvos EE’78 Director of Assessment and Innovation; B.A., M.S., Bloomsburg University Associate Dean of Admissions Associate Professor of Social Sciences Alumni Trustee and Records; Director of Carol Salomon Robert Tan AR’81 M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social International Student Advisement Research; B.A., Ph.D., Universidad Library Director Alumni Trustee A.B., Mount Holyoke College B.A., St. John’s University Autónoma de Madrid; M.A., Royal Johnny C. Taylor Jr. M.L.S., Long Island University M.A., Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music, Madrid Rachel L. Warren M.S., Long Island University Jeremy Wertheimer EE’82 William Germano Jennifer Durst Inessa Shkolnikov Dean, Faculty of Humanities Senior Major Gifts Officer; Design Director Representatives to the Board and Social Sciences Assistant Director of Development B.F.A., Parsons School of Design Professor of English Literature B.A., Mount Holyoke College Toby Cumberbatch B.A., Columbia University; M.I.A., Columbia University Erin Stahl Full-time Faculty Ph.D., Indiana University Mike Essl A’96 David Greenstein Assistant Director of Admissions Stamatina Gregory B.A., Fairfield University Full-time Faculty Director of Continuing Education/ M.A., Columbia University Atina Grossmann Associate Dean, School of Art Public Programs B.A., New York University; Full-time Faculty B.A., Dartmouth College; Adele C. Stavish M.Phil./A.B.D., The Graduate Center, Yuri Masnyj M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University Human Resources Director City University of New York Part-time Faculty B.S., Montclair University Adrianne Greth Anthony Vidler Mitchell L. Lipton Associate Director of Admissions Robert Thill Full-time Faculty Vice President for Enrollment Services; B.A., Temple University Director, Center for Career Amy Westpfahl A’99 Dean, Admissions and Records M.Ed., Temple University Development Staff B.A., SUNY at Binghamton; B.A., California State University; M.P.A., New York University Marina Gutierrez M.F.A., Pratt Institute Director Saturday Program; Elizabeth O’Donnell Co-Director Saturday Yvonne L.C. Wong Associate Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin & Outreach Programs Director of Operations, Office of School of Architecture B.F.A., Cooper Union, Alumni Affairs and Development University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Vermont College B.A., Bryn Mawr College B.Arch., The Cooper Union; R.A. Justin Harmon Jolie Woodson Anita Raja Vice President for Communications Director, Engineering Career Associate Dean of Research and B.A. Princeton University Development & Outreach Graduate Programs; Professor of B.A., New York University; Computer Science Steven M. Hillyer MSEd, Baruch College, CUNY; B.S., Temple University; M.S., University Director, The Irwin S. Chanin School EdM, Columbia University of Massachusetts Amherst; Ph.D., of Architecture Archive University of Massachusetts Amherst B.Arch., The Cooper Union Charlie Xu Director of Financial Aid Richard Stock Stephanie Hightower B.A., Shanxi University Acting Dean, Albert Nerken Director Outreach Program; M.B.A. Temple University School of Engineering Co-Director Saturday M.A.IA, Ohio University B.Sc (Hons), University of & Outreach Programs Nottingham, England; B.F.A., University of Dallas, Milton Yuen M.S., Ph.D., West Virginia University M.F.A., Pratt Institute Controller B.S., New York University MBA Fordham University 132 THE COOPER UNION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART Emeriti William W. Flexner* Jean Le Mée Cooper Union Alumni Association Faculty/Administration Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Professor Emeritus of 2015–2016 Executive Board B.S., Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering Dore Ashton B.S., Ecole Nationale de la Marine Nils Folke Anderson A’94 Professor Emeritus of Art History Stanley M. Forman Marchande, Nantes; President B.A., University of Wisconsin; Professor Emeritus of Physics M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University M.A., Harvard University; B.A., Ph.D. Kelly Occhiuzzo Zack A’90 Litt.D., Moore College Niki Logis Vice President/Alumni Activities Sue Ferguson Gussow Professor Emerita of Art Eleanor Baum Professor Emerita of Architecture Mina Greenstein A’56 B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY Dean Emeritus, Albert Nerken Pratt Institute; Vice President/Faculty and School of Engineering The Cooper Union; Arsete J. Lucchesi* Student Liaison B.E.E., CUNY City College; The Brooklyn Museum; Associate Dean Emeritus, Sean Cusack BSE’98 M.E.E., Ph.D., Polytechnic Institute of B.S., Columbia University; Albert Nerken School of Engineering Secretary & Treasurer New York M.F.A., Tulane University Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Kelly Smolar ME’07 B.S., Queens College, CUNY; Richard L. Bory Hans Haacke Nominating Committee Chair M.S., New York University Dean Emeritus of Admissions Professor Emeritus of Art Carol Wolf, A’84 and Records M.F.A., Staatsexamen, Staatl Philip Nudd* Annual Fund Committee Chair B.A., St. Bonaventure University; Werkakademie, Kassel, Germany; Professor Emeritus of M.Div., Christ the King Seminary; Hon. D.F.A., Oberlin College; Electrical Engineering Ciera Lowe ChE’14 M.S., Queens College, CUNY Atelier 17, Paris; Tyler School of Art; B.S.E.E., M.S., P.E. Communications Committee Chair Pratt Graphics Center John L. Bové George Sadek* Past Presidents Professor of Chemistry Emeritus John Q. Hejduk* Frank Stanton Professor Emeritus Peter Cafiero CE’83 B.A., M.S., Bucknell University; Dean Emeritus, The Irwin S. Chanin of Graphic Design John Leeper AR’85 Ph.D., Case-Western Reserve School of Architecture; Professor B.A., M.F.A. University Emeritus of Architecture Melvin Sandler Alumni Trustees The Cooper Union; Richard S. Bowman* Jesse Sherman Professor Emeritus Peter Katz A’76 B.S. in Arch., University of Cincinnati; Professor Emeritus of of Electrical Engineering Edgar Mokuvos EE’78 M.Arch., Harvard University; Comparative Literature B.E.E., M.E.E., Ph.D. Polytechnic Kevin Slavin A’95 Università degli Studi, Rome; University Robert Tan AR’81 Shang-I Cheng Hon. L.H.D., University of Illinois Professor Emeritus of at Chicago; Ricardo Scofidio Chemical Engineering R.A.; N.C.A.R.B.; Professor Emeritus of Architecture B.S., National Chekiang University; Fellow of the Royal Society; The Cooper Union M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida F.A.I.A. B.Arch., Columbia University; R.A., N.C.A.R.B. Wallace Chinitz Richard Henderson* Professor Emeritus of Associate Dean Emeritus, The Irwin Ysrael A. Seinuk* Mechanical Engineering S. Chanin School of Architecture; Professor Emeritus of Architecture B.M.E., City College of New York; Professor Emeritus of Architecture Degree in Civil Engineering, M.M.E., Ph.D., Polytechnic University B.Arch., Cornell University; University of Havana; R.A. P.E., F.A.C.I., C.Eng., F.I.C.E., F.A.S.C.E. Arthur Corwin Professor Emeritus of Art Joel W. Hollenberg* Fred Siegel Ozenfant and Hans Hofmann, Professor Emeritus of Professor Emeritus of History Schools of Fine Art; Mechanical Engineering B.A., Rutgers University; The Cooper Union; B.E., The Cooper Union; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh B.F.A., B.Arch., Yale University M.S., Ph.D., Stevens Institute Michael G. Sundell* of Technology; Richard G. Costello* Professor Emeritus of Humanities P.E. Professor Emeritus of B.A., A.M., Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Henry B. Hope David H. H. Tung B.E., The Cooper Union; Professor Emeritus of Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering M.S.E.E., New York University; Chemical Engineering B.C.E., M.C.E., Ph.D., P.E. Ph.D., University of Wisconsin B.Ch.E., M.A., Ph.D. David Weir Peter D. Eisenman Leo S. Kaplan* Professor Emeritus of The Irwin S. Chanin Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Social Comparative Literature Professor Emeritus of Architecture and Behavioral Sciences B.A., University of North Alabama; B.Arch., Cornell University; B.A., City College of New York, CUNY; M.A., University of Alabama; M.S.Arch., Columbia University; M.A., Columbia University Ph.D., New York University M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge, Ralph Knapp England; R.A., N.C.A.R.B., F.A.I.A.