The following is a list of some notable current and former faculty of New York Institute of Technology .
New York Institute of Technology faculty and researcher Dr. Claude E. Gagna in his office at NYIT. In 2005, Gagna and NYIT earned a U.S. and Japanese patent for the “next generation” of DNA and RNA microarrays—including the ability to immobilize not only single strands, but also intact, naturally occurring DNA segments.[1] [non-primary source needed ] James H. Clark , computer scientist, founded companies including Netscape Communications Corporation Pat Hanrahan , computer scientist. Turing Award winnerEdwin Catmull , computer scientist and president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios . Turing Award winnerReino Aarnio , architect
Rebecca Allen , artist
Ernie Anastos , won 28 Emmy Awards and nominations, and was nominated for the Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in writing
Jim Blinn , computer scientist known for his work as a computer graphics expert at NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Harvey Jerome Brudner , theoretical physicist/engineer
Carter Burwell , composer of film scores
Edwin Catmull , computer scientist and president of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios . Turing Award winner
James H. Clark , entrepreneur and computer scientist, founded companies, including Netscape Communications Corporation
Evan Conti (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player and coach
Franklin C. Crow , computer scientist
David DiFrancesco , photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer.
Tom Duff , computer programmer
Ed Emshwiller , visual artist
Bernard Fryshman , physicist
Andrew Glassner , expert in computer graphics
William E. Glenn , inventor known for his contributions to imaging technology . He was awarded 136 U.S. patents.
Ralph Guggenheim , video graphics designer
Lance Williams , graphics researcher
Alvy Ray Smith , pioneer in computer graphics
Greg Panos , writer, futurist, educator
Mehrdad Izady , contemporary writer on ethnic and cultural topics, particularly the Greater Middle East, and Kurds
Lynn Rogoff , film and television producer, and stage playwright, theatre director and professor
Sheldon D. Fields , scientist
Frank Genese , architect
Pat Hanrahan , computer graphics researcher. Turing Award winner
Frederic Parke , creator of the first CG physically modeled human face
Barbara, Lady Judge , Chairman Emeritus of the UK Atomic Energy Authority
Jacques Stroweis , visual effects artist and computer scientist
Melda N. Yildiz, two-time Fulbright Scholar.[2]
Bruce Perens , computer programmer and advocate in the free software movement
Harry Hurwitz , film director, screenwriter, actor and producer
Morrie Yohai , food company executive best known for his creation of Cheez Doodles
Joel B. Snyder , served as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers President
W. Kenneth Riland , osteopathic physician (D.O.) whose patients included 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon and Nelson A. Rockefeller
Manfred Kirchheimer , documentary film maker
John Lewis , computer scientist
Han Schröder , Dutch architect and educator.
Tony DiSpigna , American type designer and graphic designer
Leonard Dinnerstein , American historian and author.
Myrna Bain , American political activist, grass-roots organizer, scholar and writer.
Rahmat Shoureshi , scientist
Phyllis Birkby , American architect, feminist, filmmaker, teacher
Francis Glebas , American keynote speaker, writer, film director, storyboard artist, and teacher. He worked in films such as Aladdin , The Lion King , Pocahontas , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , Dinosaur , Hercules , Treasure Planet , Fantasia 2000 ,[3] Piglet's Big Movie ,[4] Space Chimps , Rio and Ice Age: Continental Drift .
Hank Foley , scientist
Edward Guiliano , author
Harriet Harriss , UK-licensed architect, writer, and historian
Alexandra W. Logue , behavioral scientist
Bob Malvagna , American college baseball coach
Richard "Buz" Cooper, MD, a hematologist/oncologist who founded University of Pennsylvania 's Cancer Center.[5]
Barbara Ross-Lee , American physician, academic, and the first African-American woman to serve as dean of a U.S. medical school; she is also known as the sister of Diana Ross along with being the aunt of actress Tracee Ellis Ross , and singer-songwriters Rhonda Ross Kendrick and Evan Ross .
Alexander Schure , American academic and entrepreneur.
Matthew Schure , American educational psychologist, professor
Frank Catalanotto , baseball coach
Aaron Resnick , structural engineer and architect
Norman Gevitz , medical sociologist and historian
Alessandro Melis , Italian architect and the curator of the Italian National Pavilion at the 17th Venice Biennale
James DeWoody , American painter, printmaker, and sculptor
Peter G. Jordan , educator
Elliot Tiber , artist, professor, and screenwriter
William L. Haney , painter
Michael Rees , American artist practicing sculpture making, installation , animation, and interactive computing
Frank Mruk , an architect, author, artist and researcher
Jerry W. McDaniel , American heterogeneous artist, graphics artist, illustrator, communication designer, and modernist painter.
Stephen A. Lesser , an American architect
Tyler Cymet , physician. In 2006 he discovered a new syndrome called Erondu–Cymet syndrome .[6]