Highlights
The College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University’s faculty body includes distinctions such as 66 NSF CAREER awards; 16 SUNY Distinguished Professorships; members of the National Academy of Engineering; as well as recipients of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology.
Here are some of our faculty’s most recent recognitions and awards:
Professors Scarlatos and Koga Recognized with Chancellor Awards
Professor Tony Scarlatos of the Department of Computer Science is the recipient of a SUNY Chancellor Award for Excellence in Teaching, and Professor Maya Koga Endoh of the Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering is the recipient of a SUNY Chancellor Award for Adjunct Teaching. The Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence are system-level honors conferred to acknowledge and provide system-wide recognition for consistently superior professional achievement and to encourage the ongoing pursuit of excellence. Twenty-seven members of Stony Brook University’s faculty and staff have received the 2023-2024 State University of New York (SUNY) Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. Congratulations to Professor Scarlatos and Professor Koga!
News 12 Interviewed Professor Farhadzadeh
News 12 recently interviewed Ali Farhadzadeh, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, about the recent storm's affect on Long Island's infrastructure, particularly in Glen Cove.
Professor Farhadzadeh’s research interests focus on nearshore hydrodynamics, coastal processes and beach morphology, wave-structure interaction, resilient coastal protection systems, storm surge and wave modeling and coastal flooding and inundation. He is a registered Professional Engineer (PE) with several years of industry experience both in the US and abroad.
Professor Glimm Celebrated
A workshop on The Modeling and Simulations in Fluids was held on September 7 and 8, 2024. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the workshop honored Professor Jim Glimm who celebrated his 90th birthday. Glimm, a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, was also awarded the National Medal of Science for his contributions to computational fluid dynamics. The event was organized jointly by Remi Abgrall from the University of Zurich, Tulin Kaman from the University of Arkansas and Gretar Tryggvason from Johns Hopkins University. The Institute of Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) of Brown University also collaborated on this workshop which brought together researchers to discuss modeling and simulations of realistic fluid flows.
Three SBU Faculty Awarded SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance Grants
Professor Erez Zadok, Professor Michael Ferdman, and Professor Niranjan Balasubramanian of the Department of Computer Science were among 14 researchers from the State University of New York’s four university centers who have been awarded 2024 SUNY-IBM AI Research Alliance grants. The alliance is part of a partnership between New York State and IBM to create a global research hub for developing next-generation AI hardware. The awarded grants fund projects ranging from cloud computing to sustainable energy to optimizing the next generation of supercomputers.
Professors Balasubramanian, Ferdman and Zadok are working to develop tools and solutions for efficient execution of large-scale AI systems encompassing both hardware and software-based approaches toward reducing system costs and enhancing performance, while dramatically improving their energy requirements and carbon footprint, which is the single largest challenge of the current AI revolution.
Newsday Interviewed Professor Li
Newsday recently interviewed Professor Li of the Department of Civil Engineering in regard to the possible repairs and restoration after the extreme rainfall. The storm caused much damage including the destruction of a section of Harbor Road which caused the failure of the dam and draining of Mill Pond in Stony Brook.
Professor Li, a civil engineer and geoscientist, has a strong interest in the geosystems that sustain the life and infrastructure above; and host water, wastes, and resources within. The overarching goal of his research is to advance the engineering of geosystems in the context of climate change, infrastructure resilience, and energy and water resources.
The CELT Celebration of Teaching Awards recognize and celebrate faculty members who excel in their teaching practices and contribute significantly to enhancing the educational experience at the university.
Ahmad Esmaili, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science, received the award for Excellence in Teaching an Online Course.
Kevin McDonnell, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, was awarded the Provost’s Outstanding Lecturer Award.
Matthew Reuter, a professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics and Institute for Advanced Computational Science was recognized with the Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award.