NEWARK , November 10, 1999 - Twenty-five students from River Dell and Emerson High Schools learned about career opportunities in engineering at a Career Exploration Program sponsored by New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. at Burns and Roe's offices in Oradell, NJ.

      The students, who are all considering engineering careers, also received a tour of a high tech computer-aided design (CAD) facility and a demonstration of CAD techniques at the industry-leading engineering firm. The program included lively discussion with practicing engineers and college professors and lunch at Burns & Roe's corporate cafeteria.

      "Burns and Roe is proud to co-sponsor this exciting program with NJIT," said Robert Hemler, Chief Operating Officer of Burns and Roe. "It will provide a positive learning experience and motivate high school students with interests in math and science to pursue an engineering career."

      Burns and Roe is a full-service engineering, construction, operations and maintenance firm headquartered in Oradell, New Jersey. With over 2,000 personnel worldwide, Burns and Roe provides comprehensive services for private and governmental clients in the power, process, industrial, energy, and advanced technology industries. For more information on Burns and Roe, please contact the company at (201) 265-2000 or through its website, www.roe.com.

      NJIT is a public research university enrolling nearly 8,200 bachelor's, master's and doctoral students in 83 degree programs through its five colleges: Newark College of Engineering, School of Architecture, College of Science and Liberal Arts, the School of Management and the Albert Dorman Honors College. Research initiatives include manufacturing, microelectronics, multimedia, transportation, computer science, solar astrophysics, environmental engineering and science, and architecture and building science.

      Yahoo! Internet Life magazine has ranked NJIT as America's "most wired" public university for two consecutive years, U.S. News and World Report's 1999 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT among the nation's top universities, and Money magazine's most recent issue of Best College Buys rated NJIT as the sixth best value among U.S. science and technology schools and among the top 100 overall. In September 1999, Mademoiselle ranked NJIT as the second most Internet-connected university in the nation.