2022 New York Tech Energy Conference

In line with the career-oriented mission of NYIT, Babak has led the CoECS in building a strong partnership with industry/government including NASA, Zscaler, IBM Red Hat, Xilinx, Soter Technologies, and Zebra Technologies.

Babak has served as a member of the IEEE Board of Directors (2018–2019), and a member of the Board of Directors of Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet). In 2022 Babak serves as a member of the Educational Activities Board and the Chair of the Continuing Education Committee. He also serves on the Board of IgniteLI – Long Island Manufacturing Consortium and is a member of the Advisory Board of The International Association of Transportation Regulators.

Babak is a recipient of the IEEE, MGA Leadership Award, IEEE Millennium Medal, the IEEE LI Section Athanasios Papoulis Outstanding Educator Award, and three IEEE Region 1 Awards, including the 2008 IEEE Northeastern Region Technical Innovation Award.

Babak received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and his master's and bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering at Stony Brook University.

Each year, Amundsen helps to plan the annual Energy Conference, bringing leading experts in the energy and environmental fields to New York Institute of Technology. He is an enthusiastic promoter of energy efficiency and works tirelessly to protect the environment and save energy wherever possible.

Amundsen is also an advocate of using innovative technologies in virtual and material classrooms. He encourages students to take advantage of distance learning options in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from travel.

As president of the Long Island Chapter of the Association of Energy Engineers, Amundsen is actively involved in local events that showcase new trends and technologies in the energy field. He is a past recipient of the Environmental Educator of the Year Award, and the Energy Professional Development Award. He served as the Engineering Faculty Advisor for the NYIT Solar Decathlon Team.

The Indigenous lived-experience, Indigenous knowledge systems, languages and cultural practices are the foundation for the resilience of Indigenous people, some of whom can trace their histories for thousands of years. Across the scales from the local impacts to the global implications, the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People are influencing the role of Indigenous rights in government, industry, and nations as a whole.

Global climate change issues have unique and diverse impacts on Indigenous communities. As a passionate educator, Andrew founded ReconciliAction Consulting Ltd in 2020 to contribute to the ever-growing awareness of Indigenous rights and responsibilities as we face contemporary challenges including those linked to adaptation to climate change impacts.

For over 30 years, he has worked on projects from wood-frame houses to precast concrete office buildings, interior renovations to free-standing towers, design competitions to physical construction, and ecological design, to The Museum of Modern Art. In addition, Cody has taught design studios at all levels with particular concentration in the comprehensive design studio, building construction, architectural theory, and study abroad in Italy and Scandinavia. He has also been the New York Tech NCARB AXP coordinator and AIAS faculty advisor since 2012.

Dr. Sbiroli has given numerous lectures and grand rounds presentations throughout the country to a wide variety of audiences, including students ranging from high school to graduate health professionals, practicing clinicians, engineers, and lay audiences on the topics of climate change health impacts and health care sector sustainability. She has developed and led curricula for medical students and physician training programs on climate and health, and participated in California state advocacy initiatives.

She shared the stage at the Environmental Media Association Impact Summit, was featured on a podcast with At Home with Drew and Linda Scott, and has presented at California's American College of Emergency Physicians, FemInEM, and CleanMed. In 2019 she was named an inaugural Emerging Physician Leader by Health Care Without Harm's Physician Network. As a National Physician Fellow, she is currently working with Health Care Without Harm and the US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Science and Impacts Branch.

As Assistant Director of Energy Management and Sustainability for Stony Brook University, Tom plays a key role in analyzing and identifying ways to reduce energy on campus. Tom has managed more than $90 million in energy efficiency projects which has led to a 21% reduction in the overall energy consumption despite a campus expansion that has added more than 1.5-million square feet of new buildings since he joined the University in 2012.

She has completed several years as a teacher and student supervisor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of British Columbia. Her corporate experience includes project management, commercialization of technologies, and business development related to environmental science and sustainability. She joined NYIT-Vancouver as an assistant professor of energy management in 2016.

Stefan has an interdisciplinary engineering background and is a specialist in energy policy, energy efficiency planning, life cycle analysis, and the long-term financial management of commercial buildings. His areas of expertise include data science, automation, risk analysis, operations and maintenance, financial modelling, post occupancy evaluation, energy performance verification and measurement, indoor environmental air quality, and whole-building environmental impact analysis.

In that role, he has helped the building industry adapt to the continuously evolving building code requirements. Charron has headed the Master of Science in Energy Management at NYIT-Vancouver since its launch in 2016 where he serves as an assistant dean and associate professor.