Poly eBriefs

Students Return from National Concrete Canoe Competition

erin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:44:09 +0000

Team members steer their “green” canoe into 11th place at the 2008 National Concrete Canoe Competition in Montreal. Sixty percent of the glass used in the canoe’s concrete mix was recycled from deposits made on NYU-Poly’s campus.
After winning first place at the Metropolitan Regional Concrete Canoe Competition in late August, NYU-Poly’s Student Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) took to the waters of Montreal on June 19 - 21 to compete in the National contest.The team came in 11th place overall, 7th in final product design, and won the Spirit of Competition award for focusing on sustainability and using recycled glass in their concrete mix. (more…)

Randy Sofia Set to Wed in September, Polytechnic Plays Cupid (Sort Of)

erin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:43:45 +0000

Randy Sofia, Systems Engineer on the WebTeam, will wed Crystal Cook, a second grade teacher from Rochester, in September. And in a roundabout way, Polytechnic played the role of cupid in their story.

Last October, Randy attended the Higher Education Web Development conference in Rochester. His well-known lead foot got the best of him on the drive up and he received a speeding ticket. It was on his return trip to Rochester to traffic court when he met Crystal through mutual friends.

Randy and Crystal will wed September 12th in Rochester where they’ll set off (by plane) to their honeymoon in Aruba. For more about Randy and Crystal, you can visit their wedding web site.

Emeric Deutsch Delivers Speech at Conference in Tuscany

erin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:43:19 +0000

Professor Emeric Deutsch (retired) of the Mathematics department was one of four invited speakers at the 2008 GASCOM (Génération Aléatoire et exhaustive de Structures Combinatoires) conference June 16 - 19 in Bibbiena (Tuscany).

His talk was titled “Deco polyominoes.” The conference topic was “the random and exhaustive generation of combinatorial objects and bijective combinatorics with focus on the theoretical point of view.”

Another Swimming Success for Allan Goldstein

erin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:42:53 +0000

Under a hot sun in 64 degree water, Allan Goldstein, Instructor of English/ESL, placed in the top six in his age group at the United States Master Swimming’s One-Mile Open Water National Championship on June 21. 300 competitors from across the country swam in the race, including Allan’s wife who came in first in her age group!

Allan is an avid swimmer who trains with the NYC Hydras based at Baruch College. He achieved personal records for the 800M freestyle (12 min 10 secs) and 400M freestyle (5 min 57 secs) events in December at the New England Masters Short Course Meters Swim Championship. Alan encourages others to l earn more about the Hydras and join the team.

Take a Look: Poly to NYU-Poly in Time-Lapse Video

erin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:42:28 +0000

Thank you to Ardis Kadiu and Lukasz Antkiewicz of the WebTeam and Jeremy Schaller and Antonio Ramirez, graduate IDMI students, for this video which is currently running on the new digital displays in Rogers Hall.

Join Pres. Jerry Hultin at a Cyclones Game; Mon. July 14

erin — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 15:27:30 +0000

Jerry Hultin invites you, your immediate family and significant others, to be his guest for a Brooklyn Cyclones game. There will be food and beverages for all (free, by the way) and best of all, you’ll be in the company of your Poly teammates. There are 100 tickets and they will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. You do have to get there on your own (directions) but everything else is on the house!

When: Mon., July 14; 7:00 p.m.
Where: KeySpan Park on Coney Island
Reserve tickets: email Kate Smith (ksmith@poly.edu)

Bagel Breakfast Wed., June 11

erin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:43:05 +0000

The Office of Human Resources cordially invites you to join your fellow faculty and staff members for a bagel/muffin breakfast.

Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Time: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
Location: Private dining room

Christopher Leslie Receives Fulbright Award UPDATED

erin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:24:59 +0000

Congratulations to Christopher Leslie, Instructor of Liberal Studies and New Media and Co-Advisor, Science and Technology Studies, for receiving a Fulbright Award to Postdam, Germany. Christopher will be teaching in the American Studies program at Postdam University for the 2008-09 school year.

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship program in international educational exchange. Since the program’s inception in 1946, approximately 279,500 participants — chosen for their academic merit and leadership potential — have had the opportunity to exchange ideas and to contribute to finding solutions to shared issues. Read the official press release after the jump. (more…)

Lecture by Nobel Laureate Dr. Martin L. Perl ‘48, Wed. June 18

erin — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:41:28 +0000

Developing Creativity in Engineering and Science, a Presidential Lecture by Dr. Martin L. Perl, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Physics

Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Pfizer Auditorium, Dibner Building, Brooklyn Campus (directions)
Please RSVP by June 16 to Dina Cruz-Cadiz: 718.260.3485; dcruz@poly.edu

Dr. Martin L. Perl graduated summa cum laude from Polytechnic with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering in 1948. He has spent his career as a professor at the University of Michigan and the Stanford University Linear Accelerator Center. He received the Nobel Prize in 1995 for his discovery of the tau lepton. Dr. Perl currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Scientists and Engineers of America, an organization committed to promoting sound science in American government.

Spotlight on Successful Student Leadership: 2008 Student Activities Banquet

erin — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:36:46 +0000

On May 12, the Student Council and the Awards Committee recognized more than 170 students for exemplifying the leadership, dedication and support that participation in student clubs and organizations instills.

Members of Poly’s 35 student clubs and organizations — from PolyRadio and the Society of Women Engineers to the Polytechnic Reporter and the Society for Human Resource Management — made over 200 nominations for this year’s awards. (more…)