Suzanna Schmeelk

Instructor, Retraining Program for Immigrant Engineers

Dr.Schmeelk enjoys teaching and helping people learn. She has over 15 years of industry/teaching experience and holds 2 doctorates: a D.P.S. in Computing specializing in Mobile Security from Pace University and an Ed.D. in Mathematics Education from Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. Dr. Schmeelk also holds a Masters of Business Administration specializing in Cybersecurity (Expected 2021), 4 Masters of Science degrees (M.S. Cybersecurity, M.S. Data Visualization, M.S. Computer Science, M.S. Technology Management; and a B.S. in Computer Science with a minor in Mathematics), 2 state certificates in Cybersecurity (Stanford University and New York University) and multiple industry certifications.

Suzanna Schmeelk's CV can be viewed here.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.