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VOLUME 11 n NUMBER 1 A World to Design Architects and Interior MAGAZINE Designers Craft Beauty and Structure nyit.edu Entrepreneurs and Enterprising Ideas How to Build a 21st-Century Business KeepingTogether it Shaun Mooney (B.S. ’95, M.S. ’04) safeguards the most powerful telecommunications hub on the planet VOL. 11 NO. 1 MAGAZINE CONTENTS nyit.edu PRESIDENT’S NOTE JEFF WEINER 4 Incubating the Future of Learning NYIT remains in front of global education by being entrepreneurial and forward-thinking. CAMPUS BUZZ 8 B15 Studios Launched to Serve Commercial Clients The motion capture lab at NYIT- Old Westbury provides professional services to industry partners. 10 Professor Receives NSF Grant for Cyber Security Research Ziqian Dong, Ph.D., enlists NYIT 16 A WORLD to DESIGN students to study the security of mobile devices and wireless networks. At the School of Architecture and Design, students tackle real-world design problems and embrace a global mindset in their approach to solving them. 11 NYIT Renames Osteopathic Medical School Say hello to the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. EMETIS S CHRISTOPHER 13 NYIT Partners with RFK Foundation in Mexico The Center for Global Health supports humanitarian efforts in Montaña, Mexico. SCOREBOARD 22 RESEARCH Granted Fueled in part by external funding and faculty committed to deeper inquiry, NYIT’s research activity and grant awards are at their highest levels in the institution’s 58-year history. ALUMNI NOTES 43 Grads on the Go JEFF WEINER 14 Bears Court Success 83 Keeping It Together Women’s basketball finishes the Shaun Mooney (B.S. ’95, M.S. ’04) over- season with its best performance in sees the energy management processes the program’s 30-year history. and operations at New York City’s historic 60 Hudson St. 2 n nyit.edu n MAGAZINE n Vol. 11 No. 1 28 ENTERPRISING MOVES NYIT alumni such as Jennifer Ulsheimer (M.B.A. ’04) are adopting an entrepreneurial spirit as they apply their degrees to launch innovative business ventures. CHRISTOPHER APPOLDT Vol. 10 No. 2 n MAGAZINE n nyit.edu n 3 PRESIDENT’SNOTE EDWARD GUILIANO, PH.D. Incubating the Future of Learning Y WIFE AND I WERE FORTUNATE TO ATTEND VARIOUS EVENTS MARKING THE identities in the cyber world. The College of Osteopathic Medicine encourages stu- M U.S. PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN JANUARY. dents to develop knowledge in addition to the standard medical curriculum, whether IT WAS A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND REGARDLESS OF ONE’S POLITICAL PERSUA- in business, information technology, or SION, IT WAS ImpOSSIBLE NOT TO FEEL TREMENDOUS PRIDE IN AMERICA THAT DAY. nutrition, to help apply it to specific areas of expertise—that is where the ON INAUGURATION DAY, U.S. CITIZENS—AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE AND NATIONS world is moving. Like all good communities, our alumni, THROUGHOUT THE WORLD—CAME TOGETHER TO COmmEMORATE THE LAUNCH OF faculty, students, and others come together A NEW PRESIDENTIAL TERM AS WELL AS TO CELEBRATE AND REAFFIRM LEADERSHIP. to reflect and reaffirm, to gain strength A ceremony at which an established leader and hands-on learning inside and outside heralds a new beginning brings to mind of the classroom. We also must reach out NYIT’s annual convocation, the traditional to students across global borders; it is a launch of our academic year, and the state- practical extension of what students and of-the-institution address I deliver to faculty societies already demand. and staff across our global campuses. NYIT has differentiated itself by In my last address, I noted how some getting out in front of global education. bright minds contend that the university By being entrepreneurial and forward- as we know it today is an anachronism, thinking, we have learned more than most dating from a time when information, of our peers over the past decade. NYIT knowledge, and even literacy itself were continues to bring that accumulated hard to obtain. Universities were founded knowledge and experience to each new on the idea that knowledge resided in opportunity, such as the dual-degree books and the minds of great thinkers, programs in engineering and manage- and that the purpose of an educational ment that we will deliver with Centro institution was to connect students to Universitário da FEI, a private nonprofit E DALE those resources. institution accredited by the Brazilian C Today, scarcity of information is hardly an Ministry of Education. issue. In the decades since its development, In a knowledge-based economy, the Internet has been adopted by roughly a education is our greatest natural resource. CRAIG WALLA third of the world, representing the fastest As information sharing becomes more from our shared purpose and common acceptance of new technology in history. But pervasive and the world shrinks, centers values, and to stimulate discourse and the if education can largely be gathered online of higher learning assume roles that no exchange of ideas as we boldly forge ahead. or via information sharing, I asked, “What is government, K-12 education, industry, I encourage you to share your personal the role of the university?” think tank, or even life experience can stories and professional successes with To be sure, NYIT and universities will fill. We must become the unique idea NYIT Magazine. Our 95,000 graduates be here for many lifetimes to come, but incubators that enable students to fully worldwide remain the best examples of they will evolve. Institutions of higher engage and learn how to leverage new how NYIT circulates knowledge and learning perform the vitally important work technologies as well as formulate timely solutions worldwide. n of bringing knowledgeable and creative solutions, approaches, and visions. graduates into the workforce, but we must For our part, NYIT’s colleges and Sincerely, acknowledge and adapt to the ongoing schools continue to expand ways for Edward Guiliano, Ph.D. paradigm shift in the educational process. disciplines to work together. This col- President Research has shown repeatedly that laboration comes to life in many forms, certain practices improve motivation and such as NYIT graduate students under- learning: internships and clinical experi- taking research with faculty members Read President Guiliano’s article published ences; practicum; international exchanges; to make breakthroughs in validating on the Huffington Post at nyit.edu/president. 4 n nyit.edu n MAGAZINE n Vol. 11 No. 1 “I wanted to give back.” Tony Epifane (B.S. ’85, M.B.A. ’09) knows a good idea when he sees one. And when he heard about NYIT’s Alumni Mentor Pro- gram, he took the opportunity to contact the university’s Office of Career Services and ask what he could do to help. As director of sales and applications engi- neering for Karl Storz Endoscopy, a ma- jor U.S. distributor of medical devices, he felt gratitude to NYIT for his own professional success, which spans nearly three decades. The Office of Career Services con- nected him with biomedical majors Kavita Ramdeen and Shanice Doyle, both from Trinidad, who were look- Tony Epifane (B.S. ’85, ing for a mentor. Immediately, the M.B.A. ’09) mentors trio bonded as Epifane took them NYIT students Kavita on tours of New York City medical Ramdeen (left) and facilities, gave them valuable real-world Shanice Doyle. insight, and answered questions they had about their education and future career planning. “He is wonderful, so friendly,” said Ram- deen, who is interested in pursuing a ca- reer in prosthetics. “It’s mind-blowing when you find out what you can do with an NYIT degree. You can really do anything.” For Doyle, joining NYIT’s Alumni Mentor Program was, in her words, the best deci- sion she ever made. “The opportunities and experiences I have received have been price- less,” she says. “Anytime I had questions, Tony would call or email back and talk about his contacts. From day one, he showed inter- est and made sure we got everything we possibly could out of the experience.” Mentor an NYIT Student Interested in participating? Contact the Office of Career Services: 516.686.7527/212.261.1537 • nyit.edu/mentoring efore an audience of 7,500 gathered at the Old longest-standing member of NYIT’s board of trustees; Westbury campus, NYIT saluted 3,215 graduates of and Yang Zhen, Ph.D., president of an NYIT partner the Class of 2013 at its 52nd annual commencement institution in China, Nanjing University of Posts and on May 19. The university’s latest alumni include Telecommunications, which has been instrumental in the degree holders from throughout the United States success of the NYIT-Nanjing campus since it opened in 2007. and more than 75 countries. Fifty-two percent of Thulani Ngazimbi (B.S. ’11, M.S. ’13), Class of 2013 students earned undergraduate degrees; 48 percent earned student orator, urged his fellow graduates to “have the graduate, medical, professional, or post-graduate degrees. vision to see beyond what is right before you, and have the In his keynote speech, President Guiliano stressed that an willingness to engage in what you see every day.” Originally investment in higher education leads to prosperity on many from Zimbabwe, Ngazimbi served as graduate director of the fronts, and emphasized the value of connectedness in the Community Service Center at NYIT-Old Westbury and was networked 21st century. “No one moves in a straight line in a a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. He network,” he said. “You move from one node to the next. You concluded by noting, “NYIT has helped us to think critically turn corners and often find surprises. Wrong turns can lead to and to engage and learn.