NJIT Newsroom tagged with "judith sheft"

New Biz Advisory Board Named for NJIT's Enterprise Development Center

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC) is pleased to announce the formation of a venture advisory board to provide business advice and guidance to portfolio companies located at EDC.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, jerry creighton

NJIT To Host Free Forum About Doing Business With the European Union

Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

If you want to learn more about helping your business or company grow in Europe, don’t miss a free one day business forum at NJIT on May 15, 2013, which will detail how to use technology and innovation to do business in the European Union.

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Life Science Inventions of NJIT Students Take Top Prizes in TechQuest

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Three life science inventions that may one day heal wounds faster, improve surgical outcomes and build stronger muscles took $10,500 in prize money for further research and development at NJIT’s recent TechQuest/Innovation Day. The inventions competed against 30 developed by undergraduate teams.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, college of computing sciences, albert dorman honors college, csla, ccs, judith sheft, physics, som, adhc, michael ehrlich, technology development, gordon thomas, cesar bandera, interdisciplinary design studio, ids, grace wang, innovation day

TEDxNJIT Event Surpasses Expectations

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

The recent TEDxNJIT event held on April 4 proved to be a great success, with 100 attendees participating on campus and an approximate additional 1,000 viewers via live stream.

Tagged: judith sheft, kevin ly

NJIT's Judith Sheft Reappointed to New Jersey Israel Commission

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, has been reappointed by Governor Christie to serve on the New Jersey Israel Commission.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, new jersey israel commission

Bloom Discusses Edge in Knowledge, Tech Advantage on Caucus NJ

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

"The Edge in Knowledge: Part 1," featuring NJIT President Joel S. Bloom opened Caucus: New Jersey this past weekend with a closer look at the importance of NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC).

Tagged: enterprise development center, joel bloom, edc, judith sheft, president, technology development, caucus new jersey

Watch NJIT's Judith Sheft on Caucus: New Jersey

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development, will be featured on Caucus: New Jersey.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, caucus new jersey

Catalent Licenses Innovative Taste-Masking Technology for Bitter Drugs Following R&D Collaboration with NJIT

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Following a successful research collaboration with NJIT, Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset has announced that it has exclusively licensed innovative taste-making technology developed by NJIT Distinguished Professor Rajesh Davé, who was the principal investigator of a research project funded by Catalent.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, judith sheft, technology development, rajesh dave

NJIT Represented in Tourism and Technology Conference in Spain

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology development and Cesar Bandera, president Cell Podium and adjunct professor in NJIT SOM gave a presentation at the recent Turismo Conference on Tourism and Technology in Oviedo Spain http://turismo.as/.

Tagged: judith sheft, som, cesar bandera, office of technology development, cell podium

NJIT's Judith Sheft To Participate on NJTC's Women in Technology Panel

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of Technology Development at NJIT, will serve as a panelist at NJTC’s Women in Technology Peer Network: Adapt, Innovate and Triumph – Women’s Entrepreneurship 3.0 on March 28 at the East Brunswick Hilton from 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, njtc, women in technology

NJIT To Host Brick City Tech Meetup on Jan. 25

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

The NJIT Innovation Acceleration Center, School of Management and the Enterprise Development Center will host the Brick City Tech Meetup on Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room in SOM.

Tagged: school of management, enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, innovation acceleration center, brick city tech meetup

Female Biz Owners at NJIT's EDC Named Top NJ Entrepreneurs

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Own It Ventures, in collaboration with New Jersey Monthly magazine will honor three women business owners located at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC).

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, marjorie perry

NJIT"s Judith Sheft To Be Keynote Speaker at NACEA Annual Conference

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development, will be the keynote speaker at the North-America Chinese Entrepreneur Association (NACEA) Annual Conference on Dec. 3 at NJIT.

Tagged: judith sheft, north american chinese entrepreneur association, nacea

iSpeech Wins Investor Comp at Conference Hosted by NJIT

Wed, 25 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A promising new venture based at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center was selected as the winner at iEvening New Jersey, an innovative new business event attended by more than 160 startup founders and entrepreneurs, and hosted by NJIT on May 19, 2011.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, cory booker, jerry creighton, ispeech

NJIT's Nancy Steffen-Fluhr Honored by Soroptimist International

Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, an associate professor in the department of humanities and director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, was honored recently by Soroptimist International of the Greater Westfield Area for helping women to succeed in academe.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of humanities, judith sheft, murray center for women in technology, nancy steffen-fluhr

NJIT Faculty, Staff To Participate in IEEE Innovation Day 2011

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will have a strong presence at the IEEE Innovation Day 2011 on May 17 at NYU-Poly in Brooklyn, NY.

Tagged: department of electrical and computer engineering, judith sheft, ieee, career development services, durgamadhab misra, technology development, gregory mass

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department To Present Three Seminars on March 28

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will host three Graduate Seminars on March 28, beginning at 11:30 a.m.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of civil and environmental engineering, judith sheft

NJIT's Judith Sheft Briefs Conference of Entrepreneurs on Commitment to Start-ups

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate VP of technology development at NJIT, was one of four NJ research university representatives who briefed a conference of entrepreneurs last week on their commitment to commercializing new discoveries to move them out of the lab and into the economy.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, entrepreneur, new jersey entrepreneurial network

NJIT's Judith Sheft To Provide Training at First Peruvian-American Business Incubator

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, will visiting Lima, Peru, on Dec.17-21 to provide incubator training to managers at the new Peruvian-American Business Development Center-Incubator sponsored by Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, NJIT, the Peruvian American National Roundtable and The Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey.

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, cesar bandera, statewide hispanic chamber of commerce of new jersey

Delegation from Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, China Visits NJIT

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The visiting delegation from Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, China visited NJIT on Dec. 3 and was led by Vice Mayor and General Secretary Mr. Xiao Ping Li. He was accompanied by Mr. Qiliang Gui, Vice Secretary and Jian Lin Lu, as well as Mao Su Yan and Violet Gu of the Zhenjiang New Area Investment Promotion Center with Rongjun Ni and Weihua Cao of the Zhenjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone.

Tagged: department of physics, donald sebastian, judith sheft, ken chin, center for building knowledge, apollo solar energy, renewable energy

Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge Finalists Present Projects; Four Winners Named

Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Six finalists in the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge presented their projects this week at NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC). In the end, Anson Wilson (Mave), Harsh Mehta (T-Shirt Tech), Mario Rannamae (Elect Charge); and Daniel Cerone (WordHerd) were awarded Capital One Summer Innovation Acceleration Fellowships of $2000 each to help support them during the summer so that they can spend time working in the New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center Entrepreneurial Learning Lab at the EDC.

Tagged: donald sebastian, robert altenkirch, judith sheft, robert english, jerry creighton, newark innovation acceleration challenge, john ason

Federal Support for EDC Health Care Innovators

Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Five technology-based high-tech ventures that have achieved success in the health care field with the assistance of NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC) are the recipients of more than a million dollars in funding awarded in 2009 and 2010 under the federal program “Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Grants for the State of New Jersey.”

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, edge therapeutics, healthy functions

NJIT Physics Professor Wins Biotech 2010 Innovation Corridor Best Poster Award

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT Physics Professor Gordon A. Thomas was one of eight poster winners announced for the Biotech 2010 Innovation Corridor, the tenth annual joint symposium of BioNJ and Pennsylvania Bio. As part of the process, the eight posters and presenters were selected to participate in a special one-on-one mentoring sessions with experts in scientific research, business development, legal issues, and investments. Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, served as a co-chair of the symposium.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of physics, judith sheft, gordon thomas

NJIT's Judith Sheft To Participate on Entrepreneurship Conference Panel

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of Technology Development at NJIT, will serve as a panelist at the North American Chinese Entrepreneur Association Annual Conference: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the 2010s and Beyond on Oct. 24 at the Hilton Hotel in Iselin, NJ.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, north american chinese entrepreneur association

NJIT’s Judith Sheft Featured Today at Innovation Coalition Press Conference Held at AT&T

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT Associate Vice President of Technology Development Judith Sheft highlighted today contributions to invention and innovation made in New Jersey for more than a century by NJIT. She was among the featured speakers, which included Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, at a press conference to announce a new corporate and higher education coalition focused on innovation.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, kim guadagno, at&t

New Companies With Cutting-Edge Research Join NJIT’s High-Tech Business Incubator

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

“The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT is still growing rapidly to be the largest high-tech business incubator in the USA with 95 portfolio companies, despite the tough economy! Entrepreneurs and individual initiatives in the EDC are working to help NJ solve economic growth problems and make NJ a state leading in technology development and the right place to live and work!,” said Jerry Creighton Sr., EDC Executive Director.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, business incubator, department of research and development

NJIT's Enterprise Development Center To Host Venture Acceleration Workshop for Technology Entrepreneurs, May 18-21

Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Aron Spencer, PhD, an assistant professor in the School of Management at NJIT, will be the instructor and facilitator for the Advance Invention 2 Venture (AI2V) Venture Acceleration Bootcamp, May 18 through May 21, 2010 in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center III, 211 Warren St., Room 407. To register, click here. For additional details, call Judith Sheft at 973-596-5825 or email sheft@njit.edu.

Tagged: school of management, enterprise development center, judith sheft, aron spencer, venture acceleration workshop, center for innovation acceleration

Honors College Colloquium Series To Present Panel Discussion on Women and Entrepreneurship

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Sandi Webster and Peggy McHale, founding directors of Consultants 2 Go, will discuss "Empowering Women through Entrepreneurship: Practical Tips to Get You Started" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on March 24, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, will join Webster and McHale for the panel discussion.

Tagged: albert dorman honors college, enterprise development center, judith sheft, business incubator, colloquium series

NJIT's Donald Sebastian and Judith Sheft Receive Honorary Faculty Designations from Peruvian University

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Donald H. Sebastian, interim provost and senior vice president for research and development and Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development, were awarded the title of Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Commerce and International Relations by the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV) in Lima, Peru. They were invited by Daniel Jara on behalf of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of NJ (SHCC), which co-hosted the First USA-Peru Trade & Investment Forum Peruvian Products Exhibition. The event marked the beginning of an international initiative designed to help bring awareness as well as to showcase selected products of Peru, international trade opportunities, and the information necessary to trade internationally to SHCC members. “The objective is for NJIT to form a relationship with UIGV to help them develop incubation and extension programs that can move the country’s economy from one of exporting raw materials to one that captures more of the value chain,” said Sebastian.

Tagged: donald sebastian, judith sheft, office of the provost, office of technology development

Discoveries at NJIT Including Drug To Stop Brain Injury Receives $1.4M Funding

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A drug to stop bleeding during a brain injury and a bed that will prevent bedsores are among the scientific discoveries at NJIT that received earlier this week more than a million dollars in funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, technology development, business incubator, new jersey commission on science and technology, edge therapeutics, healthy functions, simphotek, early stage companies

NJIT Professor To Facilitate Venture Acceleration Workshop for Technology Entrepreneurs

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Aron Spencer, PhD, an assistant professor in NJIT's School of Management will be the program facilitator at the Venture Acceleration Workshop, an intensive four-day program designed for technology-based businesses focusing on licensing or commercializing technology-based products or services. The workshop will be held on four consecutive Saturdays: Sept. 26, Oct. 3, Oct. 10 and Oct. 17 at Seton Hall University. By the end of this four-day session, participants will have a complete commercialization plan and be able to deliver a pitch-ready PowerPoint presentation to investors and/or strategic partners. Registration fee is $250 and scholarships are available. To qualify, participants must live, work or operate a business in Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union or Warren counties in NJ. Class size is limited to 25 participants. For additional details, call Judith Sheft at 973-596-5825 or email sheft@njit.edu. Click here to register.

Tagged: school of management, judith sheft, aron spencer, venture acceleration workshop

NJIT Honors Judith Sheft of Westfield for Achievement

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, of Westfield, associate vice president, technology development, in the office of research and development, received the Excellence in Service Award at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration held on Sept. 2, 2009.

Tagged: awards, donald sebastian, convocation, honors, judith sheft, provost, essex county college, zachary yamba, technology development, department of research and development

NJIT Professor To Facilitate Venture Acceleration Workshop for Technology Entrepreneurs

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Tagged: school of management, judith sheft, aron spencer, venture acceleration workshop

A. Zachary Yamba To Be Keynote Speaker at Upcoming NJIT University Convocation: Teachers, Staff, Students To Be Honored

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT marks the start of the new school year on September 2, 2009 with University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony. The event, which recognizes the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff, will be held at 3 p.m., in the Jim Wise Theatre in Kupfrian Hall on the NJIT campus. A reception follows.

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Financial Training, Planning Programs at NJIT for Cash-Strapped Entrepreneurs

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Center for Innovation Acceleration, a joint initiative of the NJIT School of Management and the NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC), will offer a series of business planning and financial modeling courses for entrepreneurs funded by North Jersey Partners.

Tagged: seminar, enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, workshop, north jersey partners, aron spencer, financial

NJIT's Center for Innovation Acceleration To Host Workshops for Technology-Intensive Startups

Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT's Center for Innovation Acceleration and North Jersey Partners WIRED will host several seminars and certification programs. The Advanced Invention 2 Venture (AI2V) workshop will be held on June 8-11, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., in the Enterprise Development Center III, Rm. 407. Click here to register (click on June 8-11 link). Contact: sheft@njit.edu or call 973-596-5825. In addition, The New Jersey Center for Innovation and The Entrepreneurs Group will present "Build Your Financial Model and Develop Cash Management/Valuation Skills," a program consisting of two hands-on and intensive workshops to assist small businesses and entrepreneurs in raising capital. For more information as well as dates and locations, click here.

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, center for innovation acceleration, north jersey partners wired

Panel Talk at NJIT To Focus on Area Female Entrepreneurs

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Interested in starting your own business? Then don’t miss an upcoming round-table discussion at NJIT on March 23, 2009 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.

Tagged: judith sheft, new jersey economic development authority, meagan hopper

NJIT's Women's History Month Focuses on Women Taking Lead To Save Planet

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500

“Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet” is the inspirational theme of a plethora of intriguing events this month at NJIT to celebrate Women’s History Month. Join NJIT for activities ranging from green, money-saving tips to a lecture from a Harvard sustainability guru about saving the planet. Except where noted, all events are free and open to the public. For further information, please contact: Talina Knox at 973-642-4671 or view the calendar.

Tagged: judith sheft, workshop, murray center for women in technology, sustainability, society of women engineers, donna spuhler, event, lillian gilbreth colloquium, talina knox, monique hutchinson, lectures, us green building council, felicia amaechi, sigma psi kappa, department of public safety, leith sharp, nomas, ace network, tau kappa epsilon, leadership in energy and environmental design, green living, meagan hopper

NJIT To Host Major Biomedical Engineering Showcase and Career Fair

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

More than 300 people and 30 companies are expected to attend the sixth annual biomedical engineering showcase and career fair on March 13, 2009 at NJIT. The annual event, to be held from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in NJIT’s Campus Center, unites industry professionals and academics interested in the applied-life sciences.

Tagged: seminar, judith sheft, campus center, biomedical engineering, science, career fair, showcase, applied life sciences, assistive technologies, biotechnology, health

Entrepreneurs Wanted for NJIT Workshops About How To Launch a Business

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Have a great idea or invention but don’t know where to turn? Then consider yourself a candidate for an upcoming day of four workshops for first-time entrepreneurs sponsored by the NJIT Enterprise Development Center and the Alumni Association of NJIT.

Tagged: seminar, enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, workshop, research and development, entrepreneur, business, jerry creighton, office of alumni relations, leon baptiste, marge perry

NJIT's Office of Technology Development To Host Research Commercialization Webinar Series

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT’s Office of Technology Development is hosting an 11-week series of webinars focused on commercialization of research (life science and engineering-based technology), on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14–March 25, 1-2:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 1403. Co-organized by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, the course will discuss the practical business and legal issues that researchers need to understand to commercialize their research. Contact Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President Technology Development at 973-596-5825; sheft@njit.edu.

Tagged: national science foundation, judith sheft, national institutes of health, office of technology development

Moving New Technologies from the Lab to the Marketplace

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development at NJIT, has been awarded funds from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology to assist faculty researchers with the most promising patentable inventions with funding grants of up to $50,000.

Tagged: department of electrical and computer engineering, department of biomedical engineering, department of physics, department of computer science, department of chemistry and environmental science, judith sheft, research, somenath mitra, timothy chang, nanotechnology, rajesh dave, carbon nanotubes, treena livingston arinzeh, zafar iqbal, sergiu gorun, tonometer, tissue engineering, chengjun liu

Exciting New Companies at NJIT’s Small Biz Incubator Get 100K in Grants

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology has awarded almost $100,000 as part of its SBIR bridge grant program to two start-up companies based in NJIT’s high technology business incubator. Applechem Inc. and Lenterra, located in NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC), each received Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) bridge grants.

Tagged: edc, judith sheft, somenath mitra, grants, department of chemistry, aerospace

NJIT's Office of Technology Development and EDC To Host Advanced Invention to Venture Workshop

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT's Office of Technology Development and the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) along with North Jersey WIRED will host an Advanced Invention to Venture Workshop on June 9-12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the EDC, 211 Warren St., Newark. An optional SBIR Proposal Writing workshop will be held on June 13. Scholarships are available for NJIT faculty and students. Contact: Judith Sheft at NJIT's Office of Technology Development at x5825.

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, workshop, office of technology development, sbir

NJIT Associate VP Featured in Online Business Magazine

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, explains technology transfer and commercialization within New Jersey's universities and its importance for the growth of our economy in a new video featured in the May issue of NJ Entrepreneur.com.

Tagged: judith sheft, entrepreneur, office of technology development, commercialization

NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center Celebrates 20 Years

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC) has given startups an edge since 1988. Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, this high-tech business incubator housed at NJIT is open to early-stage companies that have, or will have, a proprietary technology as a significant source of revenue.

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, njtc, cyberextruder, noble device technologies, neurotrax, bob tarantino, bandemar networks

NJIT To Host Major Biomedical Engineering Showcase and Career Fair

Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

More than 300 people and 30 companies are expected to attend the Fourth Annual Biomedical Engineering Showcase and Career Fair on March 9 at NJIT. The event, to be held from 7:30 a.m.-1:45 p.m. in NJIT’s Campus Center, unites industry professionals and academics interested in the applied-life sciences.

Tagged: judith sheft, biomedical engineering, career fair, showcase

Tips from NJIT for Women Inventors Who Want To Succeed

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Don’t give up, network and pay attention to detail, numbered among the many good ideas offered to women inventors by Judith Sheft, assistant vice president, technology development at NJIT. Sheft spoke at a day-long conference held on Oct. 28 at Kean University.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development

College of Computing Sciences To Offer Open University Training Series

Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT's College of Computing Sciences (CCS) will offer a series of free seminars and workshops on a wide range of market-driven skills not usually covered by the academic curriculum. Faculty, students, external businesses and those interested in acquiring practical knowledge, career development and real-world problem-solving skills are invited to participate. Judith Sheft, assistant vice president, technology development, NJIT; Nicole S. Percel, Esq., coordinator, patents and licensing, NJIT; and Dave M. McConoughey, Esq. will speak on the topic of intellectual property and commercialization on Sept. 21, 4-6 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 1100. Contact: Osama Eljibiri, oe2@njit.edu.

Tagged: ccs, judith sheft, computing sciences