NJIT Newsroom tagged with "promotion"

NJIT's University Convocation Recognizes the 2011 Top Professors, Staff, Students

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will mark the start of the new academic year on Sept. 14, 2011 with the annual celebration and awards ceremony at its University Convocation.

Tagged: awards, treena arinzeh, ian gatley, somenath mitra, richard garber, jay kappraff, university convocation, haim grebel, katia passerini, james geller, bryan pfister, daisy gallegos, sotirios ziavras, andrei sirenko, andrew gerrard, victor matveev, georgeen theodore, horacio rotstein, richard moore, promotions, pius egbelu, trevor tyson, jose alcala, ashish borgaonkar, steve adubato, cheickna sylla, min song, margaret yobbi, tian tian, laramie potts

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

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

KUDOS-November 2008

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Congratulations to Theologos Homer Bonitsis, Christopher Funkhouser, and Elizabeth Avery-Gomez '07 and students Nilufa Rahim and Brian Novello on their recent accomplishments.

Tagged: department of electrical and computer engineering, school of management, department of humanities, awards, honors, kudos, department of information systems, christopher funkhouser, scholarship, digital poetry, promotions, brian novello, elizabeth avery gomez

New Jersey Institute of Technology Announces Promotions of Faculty

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT announced the promotions of faculty members. Brief biographies (including hometowns) follow. (EDITOR’S NOTE: Contact Sheryl Weinstein, 973-596-3436, for high resolution electronic photos or to set up interviews.)

Tagged: convocation, atam dhawan, john carpinelli, taha marhaba, zeyuan qiu, john federici, nancy coppola, rajiv mehta, roy goodman, andrei sirenko, promotions, jorge golowasch, shanthi gopalakrishnan

NJIT Awards Set Sept. 3, 2008; Bell Labs Physicist Delivers Keynote Address

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will mark, once again, the new school year with University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony recognizing students, faculty and staff accomplishments.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, college of science and liberal arts, college of computing sciences, school of management, mathematical sciences, convocation, new jersey school of architecture, electrical and computer engineering, award, civil and environmental engineering, information systems, mechanical engineering, david rothenberg, computer science, humanities, priscilla nelson, atam dhawan, nirwan ansari, master teacher, taha marhaba, excellence in research award, john carpinelli, john federici, zeyuan qiu, rajesh dave, katia passerini, nancy coppola, piero armenante, rajiv mehta, roy goodman, bruce kirchoff, kwabena narh, yehoshua perl, andrei sirenko, promotions, jonathan curley, zoi-heleni michalopoulou, jorge golowasch, shanthi gopalakrishnan, quentin jones, zeynep celik, joga rao, robert herrera, excellence in service award, michael booty, mark somers, alice white, methi wecharatana, peter papanicolaou

Iowa Corn Promotion Board, NJIT to License Breakthrough, Safe Bio-Plastic Alternative

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Iowa Corn Promotion Board (ICPB), NJIT and University of Sao Paulo today announced a joint agreement for licensing four pending patents on a safe, building block chemical derived from corn known as isosorbide to chemists. The agreement marks a step forward in developing applications and markets for corn-based chemistry.

Tagged: donald sebastian, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, research and development, michael jaffe, isosorbide, iowa corn promotion board

KUDOS-September 2006

Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT has promoted one faculty member to the rank of distinguished professor, six to the rank of professor and 13 to the rank of associate professor with tenure. PROMOTED TO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR Rajesh DaveChemical Engineering PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR Asokan AnandarajanManagement Lisa AxeCivil & Environmental Engineering Timothy ChangElectrical & Computer Engineering Steven I-Jy ChienCivil & Environmental Engineering Nancy JacksonChemistry & Environmental Science Burt KimmelmanHumanities PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE Tara AlvarezBiomedical Engineering Treena ArinzehBiomedical Engineering Maurie CohenChemistry & Environmental Science Christopher FunkhouserHumanities Chengjun LiuComputer Science Ronfang (Rachel) LiuCivil & Environmental Engineering Neil MaherFederated History David MendoncaInformation Systems Cyrill MuratovMathematical Sciences Vincent OriaComputer Science Marguerite SchneiderManagement Darius SollohubArchitecture Jian YangIndustrial & Manufacturing Engineering

Tagged: kudos, christopher funkhouser, treena arinzeh, maurie cohen, darius sollohub, burt kimmelman, timothy chang, neil maher, rajesh dave, promotions, marguerite schneider, professor, nancy jackson, david mendonca, lisa axe, jian yang, chengjun liu, steven chien, cyrill muratov, asokan anandarajan

New Jersey Institute of Technology Announces Promotions of Faculty

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0400

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has promoted one faculty member to the rank of distinguished professor, five to the rank of professor, and another five to the rank of associate professor with tenure. Three faculty members have also received tenure without a change in their titles. (Editor’s Note: Here is a brief biography, along with hometowns, of the faculty members who received promotions.)

Tagged: david rothenberg, haimin wang, rajiv mehta, dana knox, robert barat, leonid tsybeskov, promotions, edward dreizin, janice daniel, symeon papavassiliou, raj sodhi, alexandros gerbessiotis, thomas juliano, ljubinko kondic, david washington