Student Profile: Melanie Jelen
Master’s candidate Melanie Jelen (B.S. ’20) is the recipient of the 2021 Women Economic Developers of Long Island Madeline Orsini Scholarship. She spoke to The Box about the award and her plans for the future.
Alumni Profile: Shreya Bendre
As a research analyst at Discovery, Inc., Shreya Bendre (B.F.A. ’19) monitors trends to help determine programming and other marketing initiatives for the global real-life entertainment company.
Alumni Profile: Ronald E. Daniels
Ronald E. Daniels (B.S. ’70) says he has never met a problem he wouldn’t tackle. He has kept that attitude throughout his life, leading him to a successful career in engineering career.
Alumni Profile: Randolph Duke II
College of Engineering and Computing Sciences alumnus Randolph Duke II (B.S. ’11) is part of Facebook’s diverse and collaborative team of UX researchers working to create the best platform for its users.
Alumni Profile: Patricia A. Young
Patricia A. Young, Ph.D. (B.F.A. ’85), took her love for learning and technology and turned it into a career focused on educational technology and instructional design.
Alumni Profile: Amant Paul
Amant Paul (B.Arch. ’20) uses his architecture background to help individuals on the autism spectrum.
Alumni Profile: Peter J. Romano
Throughout a long and successful career running his own architectural firm, Peter J. Romano (B.Arch. ’76) has remained an active member of the New York Tech community, joining the Board of Trustees in 2011 to ultimately being named chair in June 2021.
Alumni Profile: Mingyang Akihiro Yu
After graduating from the School of Architecture and Design, Mingyang Akihiro Yu (B.Arch. ’19) received his master’s degree and landed a job with HYP-Arch in Shanghai, China, leading the company’s international project department.
Alumni Profile: Jiawen (Mani) Huang
When Jiawen (Mani) Huang (M.S. ’20) graduated from the physician assistant studies program, she had already been offered a position at New York-Presbyterian—Queens Emergency Department. By the fall of 2020, she was thrust into emergency patient care amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about her journey.
Alumni Profile: Brandon Hamchuk
Brandon Hamchuk’s (B.S. ’07) New York Tech education helped him strike out on his own and start BKH Architecture. Now, he’s designing multiple-family dwellings throughout the New York metropolitan area and landed a project to turn Yankee Stadium into a COVID-19 vaccination site.
Alumni Profile: Radhika Mehta-Sharan
Radhika Mehta-Sharan (M.B.A. ’02) believes being a true leader is having the ability to lead through times of uncertainty. As a wealth management advisor at Merrill Lynch, she guides her clients through economic ups and downs to help them reach financial success.
Alumni Profile: Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou
When he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1984, Kyriacos Athens Athanasiou, Ph.D., was only beginning to dream of where his focus and field might take him. In the years since, he has become one of the world’s foremost thinkers, inventors, and leaders in the world of biomedical engineering.