NJIT Newsroom tagged with "power"

NJIT Professor Speaks at 2013 Advanced Energy Conference

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Roberto Rojas-Cessa, associate professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering, was an invited speaker at the recent Advanced Energy Conference 2013 in New York.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering, nce, ece, roberto rojas-cessa

NJIT EDC Company Installs Innovative Solar Parking Lot System

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

WattLots LLC, an active member of NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center, recently completed the installation of the ground breaking “Power Arbor”™ parking lot system at Runnells Specialized Hospital in Berkeley Heights.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, alumni, enterprise development center, school of architecture, coad, edc

NJIT To Host 2010 Digital Empowerment Broadband Summit on April 23

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

"Broadband: Closing The Economic Divide," The Alliance for Digital Equality's Newark Digital Empowerment Broadband Summit, will be held on April 23, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center. Speakers include: Newark Mayor Cory Booker; CNN Contributor Mario Armstrong; New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortez-Vasquez; JNET President and CEO David Jefferson; FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn; and National Urban League President Marc Morial as well as other distinguished panelists and participants locally and nationwide. For more information or to register, log on to: www.alliancefordigitalequality.org

Tagged: newark, cory booker, alliance for digital equality, digital empowerment broadband summit

Apollo Solar Energy Funds New $1.5 million CdTe Solar Research Center at NJIT

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

NJIT received today from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. a three-year, $1.5 million grant to establish a solar research center.

Tagged: donald sebastian, apollo solar energy, solar research center, thin-film solar electric power modules

16 Ways To Outrun the Recession: Try New Master’s Programs at NJIT

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

NJIT has developed 16 new master’s programs, designed to help professionals succeed in today’s economy. The new programs emphasize business and computing, the bio-tech field, and civil infrastructure. Each has a unique 21st century focus that draws on the rich technological expertise of NJIT.

Tagged: office of admissions, information technology, environmental engineering, biostatistics, bioelectronics, energy, enterprise development, economy, healthcare systems management, international systems, degrees, masters, recession, emergency preparedness processes, pharmaceutical systems processing, professionals, bio-tech, power, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical systems management, civil infrastructure

American Society of Civil Engineers Names NJIT Structural Engineer Fellow

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

A structural engineer and world-renowned expert on how structures respond to natural disasters, M. Ala Saadeghvaziri, PhD, a professor at NJIT, has been named a Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Saadeghvaziri, of Basking Ridge, researches the effect upon buildings and other structures due to time, usage and loadings or the outcome of disasters such as earthquakes or explosions.

Tagged: awards, national science foundation, ieee, civil and environmental engineering, american society of civil engineers, asce, us department of defense, ieee transactions on power delivery, multidisciplinary center for extreme events engineering, structural engineer, saadeghvaziri, national conference on bridges and highways

Students from India's Heritage Institute Gain Hands-On Training at NJIT's Summer Research Experience Symposium

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT conducted a summer research program in partnership with the Heritage Institute of Technology (HITK) in Kolkata, India. The 20 students enrolled in NJIT’s Undergraduate Research Experience Symposium were able to participate in a state-of-the-art research facility with world-class faculty. They were accompanied by Srabanti Basu, a senior lecturer in biotechnology at HITK. The program was initiated and managed by Durga Misra, PhD, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, who also encouraged the participation of faculty and the Albert Dorman Honors College students who mentored the HITK students after hours in their residence hall. “The Summer Research Experience is a rare opportunity to receive hands-on training with NJIT professors and students at the university’s facilities,” said Misra. “A group of three students worked in NJIT’s new Vincent A. Stabile Systems Engineering and Management Laboratories to gain experience with the Stabile Laboratories’ Festo System.” Student research projects included low-power microchip design, drug delivery systems, nanoelectronics, ultrafiltration to scalable web search, clean slate Internet design and management systems analysis.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, albert dorman honors college, department of electrical and computer engineering, durgamadhab misra, heritage institute of technology, festo system, stabile laboratories, clean slate internet design, ultrafiltration, management systems analysis, nanoelectronics, srabanti basu, undergraduate research experience symposium, low-power microchip design, drug delivery systems

NJIT Alumnus Frank Cassidy, PSEG Power President, Receives NJIT Award

Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Frank Cassidy, president and chief operating officer of PSEG Power, a subsidiary of Public Service Enterprise Group and affiliate of Public Service Electric and Gas, received the President’s Medal from NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch at NJIT’s annual black-tie benefit dinner, called Celebration, on Nov. 10 at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange.

Tagged: robert altenkirch, celebration, frank cassidy, pseg power

NJIT's Open University To Host Digital Forensics Talk

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Denman Powers, a detective with the New Jersey State Police who is currently assigned to the New Jersey Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory, will discuss Digital Crime and Computer Forensics on Nov. 1 at 4 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Rm. 1400. Refreshments will be served.

Tagged: computer forensics, digital crime, new jersey state police, denman powers, new jersey regional computer forensic laboratory

Super Powers for Humans May Be Just Around the Technological Corner

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Humans may soon have the super powers of superheroes now found only in comic books and movies, says bestselling author and social commentator Joel Garreau, who will speak on Nov. 9, 4-5:30 p.m. at NJIT's Campus Center. The talk is part of NJIT's Technology and Society Forum series.

Tagged: technology and society forum, super powers, joel garreau

NJIT To Host Seminar on Electrical Power Distribution Automation

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Radhakrishna Chebiyam, PhD, director of Global Energy Consulting Engineers, will discuss electrical power distribution automation on Nov. 29, 5 p.m., ECE Center, Rm. 202. Contact: Timothy Chang, 973-596-3519; changtn@njit.edu

Tagged: electrical power distribution automation, radhakrishna chebiyam, global energy consulting engineers

Financier and Banker Arthur F. Powell Joins NJIT Board of Trustees

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Financier and banker Arthur F. Powell, of Warren, the president and founder of Powell Capital Markets, Inc, joined the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Board of Trustees. The nomination was approved and confirmed by the New Jersey Senate on Dec. 13, 2004. Robert A. Altenkirch, PhD, president of NJIT, welcomed Powell to his new position. “It is a great privilege to welcome Art to the NJIT Board of Trustees,” Altenkirch said. “I look forward to working with him to meet the challenges of the present and to realize our vision of being a preeminent technological research university known for innovation, entrepreneurship, and engagement. Serving as a trustee at NJIT represents to me one of the highest ideals of service to our home community of Newark, the state of New Jersey and the nation. The wealth of experience and breadth of perspective that an individual like Art brings to this position is invaluable to the continuing success of NJIT's mission in education, research and economic development.”

Tagged: powell capital markets, arthur power

Power Outage Strikes Again

Thu, 28 Aug 2003 00:00:00 -0400

As hundreds of transfer students and students from abroad arrived on NJIT's campus Wednesday, they were met by a power outage that shut down the computer system and emptied some buildings. The outage was due to a failure in the Newark power grid feeding NJIT's Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC) and Central Avenue Building. Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) reported that power was out from just before 6 a.m. August 27 to 6:15 p.m. the same day. Using generators and by running heavy-duty extension cords out the fifth floor windows of GITC, the computer center staff borrowed enough power from adjoining buildings to bring part of the computer network back up. E-mail was out all day. But the available generators were designed for emergency lighting, not for running computers, said computer services' Dave Ullman. "It's 'dirty power,' with voltage spiking from 70 volts to 120 volts," he said. When the PSE&G outage began, "uninterrupted power supply" batteries kicked in and warned system users their computers were shutting down in 10 minutes, says NJIT information systems analyst Matthew Hoskins. "We had a smooth shutdown of the system; so far no one seems to have lost any files," Ullman said. Generators to run the NJIT system would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, said Ullman. It's been a tough two weeks for Ullman's department. First came an international computer virus attack, followed by the blackout that affected much of the nation, then a second attack by more computer viruses. In addition to Wednesday's partial blackout, Ullman's department faces the prospect of more computer-related problems once classes start, he said. All students arriving with personal computers will have to have their PCs checked to make sure they the appropriate software "patches," to prevent the spread of the recent virus outbreaks. "If we don't, their computers will spread these viruses like a kid with a cold through a Kindergarten class," Ullman said. ---Gale Scott

Tagged: guttenberg information technologies center, gitc, power outage