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July 12, 2012
NJIT Alum Alwin Ventura Helped Create Draw Something, the Smartphone App That Swept the Nation
A game changed the life of Alwin Ventura.Alwin helped to create Draw Something, the smartphone app that allows players to illustrate words and phrases for other players to guess. Soon after it... read more!
Tagged: alumni, college of computing sciences, information systems, class of 2006, game development
Alumni Profile
July 9, 2012
NJIT Alums Build the Biggest Biodiesel Plant in the U.S.
A team of NJIT graduates is building a biodiesel production plant -- one that will be the largest in North America.When it opens in the fall, Metro Biofuels will produce 110 million gallons of... read more!
Tagged: newark college of engineering, alumni, mechanical and industrial engineering, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, career development services, nce, norman loney
Scene & Heard
May 15, 2012
Students Connect with the World During Commencement
Over the years Professor Angelo Perna, who has taught at NJIT for 45 years and rarely missed a graduation, has watched tens of thousands of students graduate from NJIT.  On this graduation... read more!
Tagged: newark college of engineering, alumni, biomedical engineering, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, electrical and computer engineering, nce, class of 2012, engineering management, computer engineering, commencement, graduation, environmental science, joel bloom
Alumni Profile
February 28, 2012
His Engineering Could Uncover Life on Mars
If there is life on Mars, the engineering work of Lee Carlson could help uncover it.Carlson, a systems engineer for Honeybee Robotics, has built robotic mechanisms for several NASA missions to... read more!
Tagged: newark college of engineering, alumni, robotics, robots, mechanical engineering, class of 2004, honeybee
Alumni Profile
February 28, 2012
His Hardware Is On Mars
When astronauts eventually set foot on Mars, they might stumble upon hardware built by Mike Passaretti. He built robots that Mars Rovers used to grind into the Martian surface and collect soil... read more!
Tagged: newark college of engineering, alumni, mechanical and industrial engineering, electrical and computer engineering, robots, robotics, class of 2005, engineering management
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