Faculty News 2025
2024
- December 09
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New Research on How Ammonium Nitrate Forms Atmospheric Aerosols
A paper describing research led by Professor of Chemistry Robert Topper has been published online in the Journal of Physical Chemistry A. The first author of the paper is undergraduate chemical engineering student Ubaidullah Hassan ChE’25, and the work included a collaboration with chemical engineering alumnus Miguel Amat ChE’01.
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- November 22
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Assistant Professor Michelle Rosen Presents Innovative Soft Robotic Actuator Design at IROS'24
- November 13
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Cooper Engineering Students Attend 13th Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference
Four Cooper Union engineering students Allen Rakhamimov ChE’26, Sreevarshini Karthikeyan CE’25, Abduhla Ali EE’25, and Amelia Roopnarine ME’25, and assistant professor of civil engineering, Cynthia Lee, attended the 13th Annual Naval Academy Science and Engineering Conference (NASEC) held at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland.
Faculty: News
- November 13
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Transformation in the Making
To mark five years of progress toward the Plan to Return to Full-Tuition Scholarships, we spoke with various community members who have contributed to Cooper's positive transformation.
- November 12
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Cooper Awarded Teagle Grant to Reimagine HSS Core
The Cooper Union receives a $25,000 grant to reimagine the HSS curriculum as part of the Teagle Foundation's Cornerstone initiative.
- November 11
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Chemical Engineering Students and Faculty Present at the 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting
- October 23
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Honoring Professor Fred Fontaine's Elevation to IEEE Senior Member
Jesse Sherman Professor and Chair of Electrical Engineering, Fred Fontaine, has been elevated to the rank of IEEE Senior Member. This significant honor is held by only eight percent of the IEEE’s approximately 428,000 members worldwide.
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- October 23
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Three Questions for the New VP for Enrollment
Troy Cogburn joins Cooper as the new vice president for enrollment, overseeing admissions, financial aid, international student management, and the registrar’s office.
- October 03
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In Memoriam: Professor Constantine Yapijakis
The Cooper community mourns the passing of Constantine Yapijakis, a beloved professor of environmental engineering in the Civil Engineering Department who taught at the institution since 1986.
- October 01
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Faculty Collaboration Explores Algorithms in Creative Practice
A new article by professors Benjamin Aranda and Sam Keene presents a teaching model for exploring creative practice through generative algorithms.
- September 17
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Coco Fusco Video Debuts in Union Square
Coco Fusco's Everyone Who Lives Here is a New Yorker, a video that engages public perception of migrants in New York City, will be featured on select LinkNYC screens leading up to this year's presidential election.
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- September 10
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Meet Emily Palmer, Visiting Professor, Physics
Joining the Albert Nerken School of Engineering this fall is Emily Palmer, a visiting professor in the Department of Physics.
- August 19
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Prof. Sam Keene to Lead New Computer Science Department
Professor Keene will serve as the first chair of Cooper's new computer science program. We asked him to weigh in on his plans for the department.
Faculty: News
- August 14
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Writing Associate Liza St. James Receives NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship
She is one of 15 recipients for fiction
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- August 12
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Meet Abhishek Sharma, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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- August 09
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Assistant Professor Ja-Beom Koo Presents Research at NORDTECH
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ja-beom Koo, recently participated in the NORDTECH Workforce Development Summit held in Troy, NY. At the summit, he presented his research titled “Developing Microelectronics and VLSI Field Education for the Potential Workforce,” which was published in the 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition.
Faculty: News
- July 08
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Yuri Masnyj Named Asst Dean of School of Art
- May 24
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Assistant Professor Abigail Raz Co-Authors Paper Published in Discrete Applied Mathematics
- May 20
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End of Year Message from Acting Dean Eber
Faculty: News
- May 20
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Assistant Professor Cynthia Lee Co-Authors Paper Featured in Sustainable And Resilient Infrastructure
- May 17
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Associate Professor Stanislav Mintchev Co-Published In Mathematical Modelling Of Natural Phenomena
Associate Professor of Mathematics Stanislav Mintchev has co-published in Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena (Vol. 19, 2024). The paper delves into the topic of “Emergent properties in a V1-inspired network of Hodgkin–Huxley neurons.”
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- May 17
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Cooper Students Compete in the 2024 AIAA Design/Build/Fly Competition
Cooper engineering students and their faculty advisor, Dirk M. Luchtenburg, professor of mechanical engineering, competed in the 2024 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design/Build/Fly competition hosted by Textron Aviation in Wichita, Kansas
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- May 16
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Cooper’s Solar Decathlon Team at the 22nd Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Final Competition
Engineering students Larry Zheng CE’26, Amelia Roopnarine ME’25, Lawrence Zeng CE’26, Mizanul Hoque ME’, and Vito Di Gregorio CE’26, alongside architecture students Abraham (Bram) Cherner ARCH’26, Kyle Ku ARCH’26, and Miao (Miles) Xue ARCH’26, showcased their project at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Final Competition held at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado.
Faculty: News
- May 07
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Meet the New Saturday Program Staff
We spoke with José Ortiz, the new director of The Cooper Union Saturday Program, and Ciana Malchione A'21, who was recently promoted to assistant director.
- April 16
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Meet New STEM Outreach Director, Yvonne Thevenot
The Cooper Union welcomes Yvonne Thevenot as the new director of STEM Outreach, which offers a host of educational programs to New York City high school students.
Faculty: News
- April 12
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Introducing our Newest Staff Members
Blair Ribeiro, Lizbeth Soto, and Jake Zweiback have joined Albert Nerken School of Engineering Dean’s Office
- April 03
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Assistant Professor of Art Fia Backström Receives the Borlem Prize
Faculty: News
- March 25
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Professor Jennifer Weiser Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2024-2025
Dr. Jennifer Weiser, an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Biomedical Sciences to Austria for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.
Faculty: News
- February 29
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Cooper Solar Decathlon Team's Sure We Can Design Secures Finalist Position
Over the weekend, The Cooper Union Solar Decathlon team delivered a virtual presentation to a panel of jurors at the 2024 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge Semifinal and secured a place as a finalist under the Multifamily Building Division
- February 21
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Cooper Union Engineering Students Participate in 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry
Several Cooper Union engineering students participated in the 10th Virtual Winter School on Computational Chemistry to learn how computational quantum mechanics is used to study the structures, reactions, and applications of chemical compounds, biomolecules, and materials
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