Marjaneh Issapour Named SUNY Distinguished Service Professor
To the Campus Community:
I am pleased to share that Marjaneh Issapour, MS EE, PE, professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering Technology, has been awarded the rank of Distinguished Service Professor (link underlined to news story when live) by the State University of New York. The Distinguished Service Professorship is conferred
upon faculty who have achieved a reputation for service not only to the campus and
the University, but also to the community, the state, or even the nation, by sustained
effort in the application of intellectual skills drawing from the candidate’s scholarly
and research interests.
Professor Issapour is an expert in renewable and sustainable energy. She pioneered
New York State’s first Wind Turbine Technician certificate program, in addition to
launching FSC’s first Sustainable Energy Certificate. She served as founding director
of the Renewable Energy and Sustainability Center and has secured over $13 million
in grants and federal funding. She co-chaired the College’s reaccreditation review
by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and was a key to the successful
launch of our Master of Science Degree and ABET/ETAC accreditation. She also chairs
the annual International Energy and Sustainability Conference IESC and organizes the
annual Electrical Vehicle (EV) Symposium.
Issapour has held numerous leadership and advisory roles in a broad range of energy-
and sustainability-focused associations and committees within the community. She serves
on the Executive Board of the U.S. Green Building Council of Long Island, the Molloy
College Long Island Clean Energy Leadership Taskforce, NYSERDA's Workforce Development
and Education Committee, and PSEG Long Island's Environmental Advisory Committee.
In 2007 she received the prestigious SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty
Service, a system-wide accolade for sustained scholarship presented by the State University
of New York. Additional honors and accolades include the IEEE Outstanding Educator
Award (2017), and the ATMAE Excellence in Women's Technology Award (2019).
Please join me in congratulating Marj on this outstanding achievement.
Robert S. Prezant, PhD
President
Professor of Biology
