NJIT Newsroom tagged with "material"

NJIT Celebrates Growth of Solar Technology

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT celebrates a new phase in the growth of its solar technology effort with the rededication of a research center as the China National Building Materials Photovoltaic Materials Research Center. Expanding its previous work on Cadmium Telluride photocells with NJIT alumni-run Apollo Solar Energy, the new program addresses broader photocell technology and implementation studies.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, college of architecture and design, csla, department of physics, donald sebastian, fadi deek, ken chin, apollo solar energy, nexus house

Martina Decker, Expert in Sustainable Building Design, Appointed

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Martina Decker, an internationally renowned architect, who focuses on how new materials with novel properties might generate solutions to various contemporary challenges in sustainability and health and safety, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design as an assistant professor.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, school of architecture, martina decker, nanomaterials

NJIT's Mike Jaffe To Be Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT Research Professor Michael Jaffe, an expert in materials science and high performance polymers, has been selected to be a member of the 2012 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, department of biomedical engineering, michael jaffe, american chemical society, fellow, acs, polymers, materials science

NJIT Student Wins Best Student Presentation Award

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

During the 2012 TMS Annual Meeting in Orlando (http://www.tms.org/meetings/annual-12/AM12home.aspx), Vijay Kasisomayajula, PhD student in Physics, won the Emerging Materials Research (EMR) best student presentation award in the 2012 symposium on “Recent developments in biological, electronic, functional and structural thin films and coatings.”

Tagged: csla, physics

Joint Physics - MTSE Seminar on March 7

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Ravi Ananth, Onsight Technology USA, will discuss “Real Time XRD Microscopy” on March 7 from 2.30 to 4:00 p.m. in Tiernan Hall 406.

Tagged: seminar, csla, department of physics

NJIT Professors Organize, Present at Inaugural Symposium of Chemical Engineering Discussion Group

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Chemical Engineering Professor Norman W. Loney is an organizer and Biomedical Engineering Professor Treena Arinzeh will discuss “Biomaterials for Stem Cell Tissue Engineering” at the inaugural symposium of the Chemical Engineering Discussion Group on March 30 at The New York Academy of Sciences.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, treena arinzeh, norman w. loney

NJIT Professor Plans 2012 Sustainability Workshop in Canada

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT Associate Professor Maurie Cohen, in the department of chemistry and environmental sciences, is heading a committee to plan a two-day workshop about challenging consumerism and living well sustainably.

Tagged: maurie cohen, chemistry and environmental science

Joint Physics and MTSE Seminar on Nov. 2

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Alan E. Delahoy, former vice president, research and development at New Millennium Solar Equipment Corp., will discuss "Transparent Conducting Oxides with High Electron Mobility: A New Tool for Their Deposition" on Nov. 2, 2:30-4 p.m. in Tiernan 406.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of physics

Joint Physics and MTSE Seminar on Sept. 28

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Parag Borgaonkar, MS '10, a technical sales engineer at CSM Instruments, will discuss "State-of-the Art in Surface Mechanical Properties Characterization Methods" on Sept. 28, 2:30-4 p.m. in Tiernan 406.

Tagged: alumni, department of physics

NJIT Names New Dean of the NJIT School of Management

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Pius J. Egbelu, PhD, professor of industrial engineering at Louisiana State University, has been appointed the new dean of the NJIT School of Management.

Tagged: school of management, department of mechanical and industrial engineering, ian gatley, pius egbelu, operations research

NJIT To Host Materials Science Workshop for High School Teachers

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

For the first time, NJIT will host the American Society of Materials (ASM) Camp® for high school teachers on June 27-July 1.

New Issue of NJIT Magazine Available On Line

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

The Winter 2011 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available on line. The issue’s cover feature is “Seeing the Light,” which describes how NJIT researchers are expanding the boundaries of materials science at the National Synchrotron Light Source.

Tagged: alumni, njit magazine

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

Chinese City Named a Sister City of Newark at NJIT Ceremony; Delegates Set Up Agreement with NJIT to Learn More of Sustainability, Solar Energy

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

A delegation from Ningguo in the People’s Republic of China was named a Sister City of Newark on Nov. 18, 2010 during a special visit to NJIT. Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, represented Newark during the later signing since city officials were unable to attend. Earlier in the day, the group toured technology laboratories at NJIT to learn more of sustainable urban living and solar energy.

Tagged: enterprise development center, donald sebastian, ken chin, apollo solar energy, oak hall, njit center for building knowledge

NJIT Patent May Be Able To Replace BPA; Make Consumer Products Safer

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Michael Jaffe, a research professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT, has received a patent for a chemical derived from sugar. This new material is a derivative of isosorbide and may be able to replace bisphenol A (BPA) in a number of consumer products, including the lining of tin cans.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of biomedical engineering, michael jaffe, anthony east, national research council, luiz catalani, iowa corn promotion board, yi zhang, isosorbide, materials science

Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Graduate Seminar on March 1

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Huixin He, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry at Rutgers University-Newark, will discuss "Nanomaterials for Biosensors and Nonviral Delivery" at the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Graduate Seminar Series on March 1 at 2:45 p.m. in Tiernan Hall, Rm. 373. The seminar is open to the public. .

Tagged: seminar, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, nanomaterials

College of Architecture and Design To Host AIANJ Material Evidence Symposium on Oct. 28

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

A series of noted architects and educators will discuss their work as material evidence of emerging forms of contemporary design practice, the various technologies being used, and to what end they are being applied at the AIANJ Material Evidence Symposium on Oct. 28, 1:15-7 p.m. in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The symposium is a public forum for discussion and debate on the changing status of technology in architectural practice and emerging potentials for its role in the design of our built environment. Attendees must RSVP to Amada Belton, amada@njit.edu, 973-596-5566.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, symposium, aianj

Stem Cell Applications and Research Highlight NJIT’s First Research Cafe

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Stem cell researcher Treena Livingston Arinzeh will discuss current stem cell applications at NJIT, including the regeneration of bone and cartilage for bone fracture and osteoarthritis treatments, spinal cord repair, and liver regeneration at NJIT’s first Research Café.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, seminar, department of biomedical engineering, workshop, research, treena arinzeh, jay kappraff, conference, event, talk, research cafe, stem cells

World-Renowned Physicist To Speak at NJIT on May 15

Thu, 14 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Distinguished Visiting Professor James C. Phillips, PhD of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University will discuss "Breaking the Protein Amino Acid Code (aka the Code of Life)" on May 15 at 11 a.m. in Tiernan Hall Rm. 408. The seminar is a joint presentation of NJIT's Department of Physics and the Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, seminar, department of physics

Civil and Environmental Engineering Department To Host Seminar on March 30

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Perumalsamy Balaguru, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss “Recent Research on Infrastructure Materials and Structural Mechanics” at the Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar on March 30 at 11:30 a.m. in Colton Hall Rm. 416.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, civil and environmental engineering

Material Handling Society Gives NJIT $3000 Scholarship

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Material Handling gave NJIT last night $3,000 to fund students studying material handling or management. NJIT students who study this discipline are enrolled in the industrial engineering discipline offered by Newark College of Engineering.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, mechanical engineering, scholarship, grants, industrial engineering, layek malek

NJIT Professor To Speak at Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Michael Jaffe, PhD, Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry and director of the Medical Device Concept Laboratory at NJIT, will discuss the “Impact of Process and Physical Structure on the Performance of Polymeric Biomaterials” on Jan. 30 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall 3.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of biomedical engineering, michael jaffe

2009 Newsmakers at NJIT

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Searching for an up-and-coming newsmaker for 2009 to round-off your new year’s spotlight? Why not take a closer look at three young, dynamic NJIT professors with a visit to “Spotlight” in the NJIT Newsroom. There you’ll find the following three winning professors with contact information so you can reach them today!

Tagged: department of mathematical sciences, department of humanities, david rothenberg, history, neil maher, lou kondic

NJIT To Host Seminar on Nanostructured Magnetic Materials

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Hng Huey Hoon, PhD, an assistant professor at Nanyang Technological University, will discuss the "Processing-Properties Relationship of Nanostructured Ni-Fe-Mo Magnetic Materials” on Dec. 9, 3:30-5 p.m., Tiernan Hall Room 406. Contact: N.M. Ravindra, 973-596-3278; ravindra@njit.edu.

Tagged: n m ravindra

ASM International To Offer One-Day Materials Education Institute Course at NJIT

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0400

“Wear and Corrosion of Metals and Alloys" is the topic of a one-day course to be presented by the ASM International Materials Advantage Society on Nov. 5, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. in Faculty Memorial Hall, Rm. 413. Free parking is available. Contact: Dr. Roumiana S. Petrova, Dept. of Physics, 973-642-4076 or via e-mail: Petrova@njit.edu.

Tagged: roumiana petrova, asm