Three New Department Chairs Named in School of STEM
2022年6月23日
哈德逊山谷社区学院 announced the appointment of three new academic department chairs in the college’s School of STEM this week, including one for a new Department of Computer Science and Mathematics.
Dr. 琳达Lim, a faculty member at the college since 2004, 会领导新的部门吗, which includes students in associate degree programs in Computer Information Systems, 黑客和网络安全, 数学和科学. Lim has taught courses related to both mathematics and computer science during her tenure at the college and has been very active on campus. She serves as faculty advisor to the student Engineering Science Club and is on the self-study steering committee for reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. She also currently serves as vice president of the SUNY Two-Year Engineering School Association.
Lim is a familiar figure on campus around Halloween, when she leads her engineering design students in a friendly pumpkin launching competition using catapults, 抛石机, and other launching devices designed and built by the students themselves.
She received her doctoral and master’s degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and her baccalaureate degree from Messiah College.
Dr. 克里斯·麦克纳利 is the new chair of the Applied Technologies Department, which oversees students in degree and certificate programs in Automotive Management, 汽车技术服务, 汽车技术服务-Autobody Repair, 清洁能源管理, 电动汽车和自动驾驶汽车, Electrical Construction and Maintenance, Heating/Air Conditioning/Refrigeration Technical Services, Overhead Electric Line Worker and Mechatronics.
麦克纳利, who received the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2009, has been a faculty member teaching automotive technology at the college since 1996 and most recently led efforts to create the new associate degree program in 电动汽车和自动驾驶汽车. He also oversees a new National Science 基金会 (NSF) Advanced 技术 Education grant related to educating automotive and electrical construction students about electric vehicle charging systems.
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麦克纳利 received his doctoral and master’s degrees from the State University of New York at Albany, his baccalaureate degree from SUNY Oswego and his associate degree in automotive technology from Herkimer County Community College.
Dr. 迈克尔·谢伊 is the new department chair for the Biology, 化学及物理系, which serves students in the Biotechnology, 生物科学, Environmental Science and Physical Sciences associate degrees. 非洲酪脂树, who received the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in 教师 Service in 2020, has been a faculty member at the college since 2010.
He currently serves as chairman of the college’s Academic Senate Curriculum Committee, and also as the college’s representative on the SUNY 教师 Advisory Council on Teaching and 技术 (FACT2), 纽约州立大学教务长的咨询机构, advocating and acting as a resource for University stakeholders regarding technology, 教学与科研. 非洲酪脂树 has been praised for his innovative and creative teaching, his service to students in the Science Study Center and his willingness to take on leadership roles on campus.
He received his doctoral degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, his master’s degree from Hofstra University, his baccalaureate degree from SUNY Geneseo and his associate degree from SUNY Adirondack.
The creation of the new Department of Computer Science and Mathematics allows for a realignment of the college’s School of Science, 技术, 工程与数学(STEM), which will now house four distinct departments – Applied Technologies; Biology, 化学与物理, Computer Science and Mathematics; and Engineering, 建筑与制造业.
