Team: Interior Design

Students
Nadin Ahmed	Shan Huang	Mary Merges	Rishi Ramdath
Kathleen Blackley	Joanne Iulo	George Millas	Melissa Sciscioli
Catherine DeVito	Karen Jack	Sarah Morici	Iman Spencer
Kristen Emory	Joanne Kuruvilla	Wendy Nunez	Kristen Svorka
Juli Hamilton	Stephanie Lopes	Heather O'Donnell	Teresa Tallarico
Laura Hanshe	Rachel Martineau	Gennet Persaud

Faculty
Robert Allen	Martha Siegel

	Name:	Nadin Ahmed
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Nadine Ahmed is a fourth-year Interior Design student. After graduation, she would like to work for a firm in the United States or Egypt.
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	Name:	Kathleen Blackley
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Kathleen Blackley is a second-year Interior Design student. She graduated from Oceanside High School in Oceanside, N.Y. She wants to work in the commercial sector of interior design, starting at a small to mid-size firm and eventually owning her own business.
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	Name:	Catherine DeVito
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Catherine DeVito, a second-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Carey High School, Franklin Square, N.Y. She plans to work in commercial design.
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	Name:	Kristen Emory
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Kristen Emory, a fourth-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Attleboro High School, Attleboro, Mass.
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	Name:	Juli Hamilton
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Graduated May 2005 with BFA in Interior Design. Currently working for an architectural team inupstate New York. Worked on the design of the kitchen and bathroom for the Green Machine.
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	Name:	Laura Hanshe
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Laura Hanshe, a graduate of Division Avenue High School, Levittown, N.Y., is a fourth-year Interior Design student. When asked what her aspirations were, she said, "To have 'Laura Hanshe' as an answer to a future History of Interiors quiz."
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	Name:	Shan Huang
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Shan Huang, a second-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Cascades High School, Manhattan, N.Y. She plans to work in commercial and furniture design.
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	Name:	Joanne Iulo
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:
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	Name:	Karen Jack
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Karen Jack, a third-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Ross High School, Brentwood, N.Y. She plans to work in commercial design in California after graduation.
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	Name:	Joanne Kuruvilla
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Joanne Kuruvilla, a graduate of Dr. Phillips High School, Orlando, Fla., is a fourth-year Interior Design student. She plans to pursue a master's degree in architecture.
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	Name:	Stephanie Lopes
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Stephanie Lopes, a second-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Carle Place High School, Carle Place, N.Y.
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	Name:	Rachel Martineau
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Rachel Martineau, a fourth-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Cicero-North Syracuse High School, Cicero, N.Y.
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	Name:	Mary Merges
	Title:	Team Leader - Interior Design
	Bio:	Mary Merges, a second-year Interior Design student, graduated from Roslyn High School, in Roslyn, N.Y. She plans to work in commercial and industrial design and is considering a master's degree in Architecture. She would eventually like to open her own firm.
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	Name:	George Millas
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	George Millas, a graduate of St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, N.Y., is a second-year Architecture student. He plans to be a contractor.
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	Name:	Sarah Morici
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Sarah Morici, a second-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of St. Mary's Preparatory High School, Manhasset, N.Y. She plans to be an interior architect with her own firm.
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	Name:	Wendy Nunez
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Wendy Nunez, a third-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Fashion Industries High School in New York, N.Y. She plans to work for a commercial firm with a focus in bar, lounge and restaurant design.
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	Name:	Heather O'Donnell
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Heather O'Donnell, a second-year Interior Design student, graduated from Walt Whitman High School, South Huntington, N.Y. She plans to earn master's degrees in Interior Design and Architecture, as well as open her own firm.
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	Name:	Gennet Persaud
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Gennet Persaud, a fourth-year Interior Design student, is a graduate of Bloomfield High School, Bloomfield, N.J.
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	Name:	Rishi Ramdath
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Rishi is a second-year Architecture student and a graduate of Andrew Jackson High School in Cambria Heights, Queens, N.Y.
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	Name:	Melissa Sciscioli
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Melissa Sciscioli, a fourth-year Interior Design student, graduated from Massapequa High School, Massapequa, N.Y. She plans to design furniture and textiles.
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	Name:	Iman Spencer
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Iman is a senior in NYIT's Interior Design program. She spent part of her junior year working on the work/storage unit(s) under the stairs of Blue Space.
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	Name:	Kristen Svorka
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Kristen Svorka, a graduate of Greenwich High School, Greenwich, Conn., is a third-year Interior Design student. She plans to specialize in furniture design.
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	Name:	Teresa Tallarico
	Title:	Designer
	Bio:	Teresa Tallarico, a graduate of Glen Cove High School, Glen Cove, N.Y., is a fourth-year Interior Design student. She plans to open her own firm and design commercial spaces.
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	Name:	Robert Allen
	Title:	Interior Design Faculty Advisor
	Bio:	Robert Allen AIA, assistant professor of Interior Design received his Masters Degree in Architecture from Harvards' Graduate School of Design, 1981. Founding Principal of the US office of the multi-disciplinary group, Metalhouse, his work has been extensively published and has won numerous design awards worldwide. Recent achievements include 2004 AIA New England and 2002 AIA CT design Award for a corporate loft renovation and a 2003 CT AIA Design Award and 2003 IIDA Acclaim Award for his furniture system, "Tablet" for Geiger/Herman Miller. Other notable achievements include his work on the UN member-nation sponsored NYC Mosque and Chase Operations Center for SOM , NY and headquarters for Unilever, Fort James , CBS/Group W Cable, Guiness, Prodigy, Elf Aquitane and Hewitt Associates. He also established the North American offices of the Swiss corporate identity design firm, Zintzmeyer & Lux whose accounts included BMW, Lufthansa and Deutsche Telecom.
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	Name:	Martha Siegel
	Title:	Interior Design Faculty Advisor
	Bio:	Martha Siegel has been the chairperson for NYIT's Interior Design department since 1998. Martha has been an Assistant Professor for Interior Design since 1996. She received her masters degree in Interior Design from Pratt Institute. Her work focuses on designs for healthcare, commercial, and residential projects.
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