NJIT Newsroom tagged with "research and development"

NJIT Specialists Highlight Remediating Brownfields, More at Upcoming EPA Conference

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT environmental experts will offer better ways to manage brownfields projects and the availability of professional help at NJIT at an upcoming national brownfields conference on May 15-17, 2013 in Atlanta.

Tagged: research and development, environmental protection agency, epa, brownfields, colette santasieri

TEDxNJIT Event on April 4

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on April 4, 2013 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will focus on connections and will feature leaders in the various fields discussing mechanisms for developing connections to expand the human experience and the role of technology in creating and enhancing connectivity. It will bring together faculty and students to share their passion for innovation and new ideas.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, albert dorman honors college, department of humanities, csla, donald sebastian, research and development, tedxnjit, bernadette longo

NJIT Students Study Better Ways to Manage Elizabeth, Perth Amboy Waterfronts

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

A handful of NJIT engineering and architecture student volunteers hope to better understand what happened to the storm-damaged public waterfront areas in Elizabeth and Perth Amboy. Earlier this week, working with Future City Inc., the students conducted physical assessments of the damaged waterfronts. Policymakers and constituents met with them. Tomorrow and Friday, they’ll be brainstorming solutions and writing impact assessments. Professional engineers will be available to listen. The exercise is bound to not only help the cities but instill pride in the volunteers. They also may walk away a lot smarter. Among the issues to be addressed: Can a living waterfront be integrated into the locality's flood management plan? And, if so where? How best to manage the impact of flooding and related damages? And what about future public access, considering climate change?

Tagged: alternative spring break, colette santasieri, office of research and development, strategic initiatives

NJIT Researchers Will Be Featured Speakers at 2013 Redevelopment Forum

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

How innovation districts can foster economic growth will be the focus of an upcoming panel, moderated by NJIT Senior Vice President of Research and Development Donald H. Sebastian at the 2013 Redevelopment Forum. The event, sponsored by New Jersey Future, is set for March 1, 2013 in New Brunswick. Other NJIT speakers will include College of Architecture and Design Dean Urs Gauchat, examining how new construction can “fit” into often delicate existing fabrics. Colette Santasieri, director of strategic initiatives at NJIT, will sit on a third panel, addressing the tensions between port operations and redevelopments for nonindustrial/nonport related issues.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, coad, donald sebastian, research and development, urs gauchat, colette santasieri, strategic initiatives

Pre-award and Grantsmanship Seminar on Jan. 30

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

The NJIT Faculty Council Standing Committee on Research will host a Pre-award and Grantsmanship Seminar on Jan. 30, from 11:30 am - 2:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall (Room 112). The Office of Provost and Office of Research and Development are sponsors.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, college of science and liberal arts, nce, department of biomedical engineering, csla, department of physics, donald sebastian, national science foundation, nsf, national institutes of health, zeyuan qiu, andrei sirenko, mesut sahin, office of research and development

NJIT's Donald Sebastian Invited To White House Meeting

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT Senior Vice President of Research and Development Donald H. Sebastian believes NJIT will play a larger role in the upcoming White House discussions on curbing gun violence. Sebastian expects NJIT to be called upon as technology experts to move along the development of innovative gun safety technology.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development, white house

NJIT Professors Received Last Night Coveted Edison Awards at R&D Council Event

Fri, 09 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow and NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas were the recipients last night of an Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey. The event kicked off the Council’s 50th Anniversary celebration and honored more than 30 inventors and 13 New Jersey companies and universities.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of physics, nirwan ansari, gordon thomas, reginald farrow, sheng liu, research and development council of new jersey, edison patent awards

TEDxNJIT Event on Nov. 1

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on Nov. 1, 2012 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will focus on connections and will feature leaders in the various fields discussing mechanisms for developing connections to expand the human experience and the role of technology in creating and enhancing connectivity.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, albert dorman honors college, department of humanities, csla, donald sebastian, research and development, kevin ly, tedxnjit, bernadette longo, carlos dominguez, randall pinkett, kathleen uske

Three New Jersey Universities Now Accepting Submissions to the New Jersey Apps Challenge: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Stevens and Rutgers Open Mobile Apps Development Comp

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0400

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Stevens Institute of Technology and Rutgers University are now accepting submissions to the New Jersey Apps Challenge, a mobile apps competition designed to spur homegrown innovation in New Jersey.

Tagged: college of computing sciences, enterprise development center, donald sebastian, ccs, joel bloom, edc, research and development, nj-hitec, new jersey apps challenge

MEDIA ADVISORY: NJIT Sponsors P2B Event with NJ DOL To Help 300 Unemployed Volunteer Professionals

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Business reporters, editors, TV producers, bloggers and social media gurus are invited to attend an entrepreneurial “Talent Network” (P2B™) for some 300 pre-screened unemployed professionals.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, continuing professional education, research and development, gale spak, workforce development, department of labor, media advisory, unemployment

NJIT, China's Bengbu Glass Institute Sign Agreement for R&D, Training

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT signed a cooperation agreement with the Bengbu Glass Industry Design Institute for personnel training, technical exchange, and research and development at a recent ceremony at NJIT.

Tagged: college of architecture and design, csla, department of physics, coad, donald sebastian, research and development, ken chin

NJIT Invites Manufacturers To Free Summit About Clean Energy

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Large or small New Jersey manufacturers looking to grow their base won’t want to miss NJIT’s upcoming free summit on clean energy supply chains.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, donald sebastian, electrical and computer engineering, continuing professional education, ece, research and development, cpe, saul fenster, meredith aronson

Live From Newark: TEDxNJIT Simulcast, March 23, 2012 to Viewers Worldwide

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on March 23, 2012 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, albert dorman honors college, school of management, csla, donald sebastian, research and development, richard garber, sustainability, kevin ly, tedxnjit

Chinese Delegates to Visit NJIT to Learn of Sustainability, Solar Energy

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -0500

A delegation from Ningguo in the People’s Republic of China will visit NJIT Nov. 18, 2010 to learn more about sustainable urban living and solar energy. The delegation would like to transform Ningguo into China’s “Solar City.” The trip follows a visit this past July from an NJIT delegation led by Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, in which an agreement was signed with city officials to help them achieve their solar goals. Ningguo is located in eastern China in the province of Anhui. The city has a population of 380,000.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development, sustainability, apollo solar energy, solar energy, renewable energy

Digital Data Forensics Expert at NJIT To Be Feted by R&D Council for Patents To Stop Data Hiding; Hall of Fame Honors NJIT Inventors Earlier This Month

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

An expert in digital data forensics and information assurance, Yun-Qing Shi, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, will number among 30 New Jersey inventors from eight companies and universities to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards on Nov. 4. Hosted by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, the ceremony and reception will take place at the Liberty Science Center.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering, alumni, nirwan ansari, timothy chang, robotics, yun-qing shi, patents, digital forensics, steganography, thomas alva edison patent award, research and development council of new jersey, digital data forensics, ultra-high precision systems, genetic systems, information assurance, richard caizza, steganalysis, guorong xuan, motion control, vikki hazelwood

Menssana Research Inc. Receives $4.2 Million BARDA Contract To Develop a Breathalyzer Test for Radiation Exposure

Fri, 08 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority in the US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Menssana Research Inc., a company with research facilities in the NJIT Enterprise Development Center, a contract for $4.2 million to develop a breath test for radiation exposure. If the contract is exercised with options, it could total $22.84 million.

Tagged: enterprise development center, breathalyzer test, us department of health and human services

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 Donald Sebastian To Appear on My Nine News Tonight at 11 p.m.

Tue, 04 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, will be interviewed on My Nine News tonight at 11 p.m.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development

NJIT Receives More than $23 Million in Recovery Funds To Facilitate Use of Electronic Health Records by 2014

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

The White House announced yesterday that New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive more than $23 million of the $2 billion allocated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to achieve widespread meaningful use of health IT and facilitate use of an electronic health record (EHR) by every person by the year 2014.

Tagged: donald sebastian, robert a. altenkirch, grants, american recovery and reinvestment act, department of research and development, white house, continuing and professional education

NJIT's Donald Sebastian To Participate Tomorrow on Life Sciences Day Panel in Trenton

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

Donald H. Sebastian, interim provost and senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, will be one of four panelists speaking tomorrow at the State House as part of the Life Sciences Trenton Day. The event is designed to create awareness of the importance to and impact on the state of the bio-pharma industry.

Tagged: donald sebastian, office of research and development

NJIT's Don Sebastian To Serve as Panelist Today at "Best and Brightest" Medical Innovation Forum

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Donald H. Sebastian, provost (interim) and senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, will participate in a panel discussion at the “Best and Brightest” Forum on Medical Innovation today at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. Other panelists include Dick Gephardt, chairman of the Council for American Medical Innovation and former Missouri representative and House Majority Leader, and Bob Franks, president of the HealthCare Institute of New Jersey and former New Jersey representative. Sebastian will be speaking on related topics at the New Jersey Technology Council Regional Commercialization Conference on Dec. 10 in Wilmington, Del.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development, office of the provost, njtc

Four NJIT Researchers To Be Honored by NJ Inventors Hall of Fame

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Two NJIT faculty members will receive Innovators’ Awards and two recent alumni will be honored at the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame dinner on Oct. 22, 2009 at Stevens Institute of Technology.

Tagged: awards, donald sebastian, honors, board of overseers, research and development, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, office of the provost, kamalesh sirkar, ali abdi, nj inventors hall of fame

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

Notable Chemical Engineer at NJIT Named AAAS Fellow and AIChE Awardee

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Kamalesh Sirkar, PhD, distinguished professor of chemical engineering at NJIT, and internationally-renowned expert in membrane separation technologies, has been named a Fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, awards, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, honors, chemical engineering, excellence in research award, kamalesh sirkar, thomas alva edison patent award, water, aaas, membrane separations, aiche, biotechnology

Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch has announced the appointment of Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development, to the position of interim provost, effective Jan. 1, 2009.

Tagged: donald sebastian, robert altenkirch, research and development, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, exxon mobil foundation, commercialization, new jersey nanotechnology consortium, nj homeland security technology systems center

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

Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Tagged: donald sebastian, robert altenkirch, provost, research and development, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, new jersey high tech hall of fame, exxon mobil foundation, newark institute for regenerative medicine, new jersey nanotechnology consortium, nj homeland security technology systems center

Council To Salute NJIT Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Expert

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Research & Development Council of New Jersey will present on Nov. 6, 2008, a coveted Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award to NJIT Distinguished Professor Yeheskel Bar-Ness, a prominent expert in the field of wireless communications and signal processing.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of electrical and computer engineering, donald sebastian, national science foundation, yeheskel bar-ness, center for wireless communication and signal processing research, new jersey commission on science and technology, richard codey, wireless communications, institute of electrical and electronics engineering, research and development council of new jersey, thomas alva edison patent award, signal processing, samsung, zoran latinovic, panasonic, alcatel-lucent

Justice Department Awards NJIT $254,889 To Continue Developing Gun Technology

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 -0400

The Department of Justice has awarded NJIT $254,889 to continue developing childproof child-safe gun technology. US Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and US Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-08) earmarked the grant in last year’s annual Congressional appropriation bill.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development, smart gun, grants, funding, biometrics

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

Donald H. Sebastian To Discuss Alternative Energy Timelines on NJN Science Series

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president of research and development at NJIT, will discuss alternative ways to meet future energy needs with Rutgers researcher Paul Falkowski on NJN Public Radio this month via radio broadcast, live streaming, or podcast. Hosted by NJN News Science Correspondent Patrick Regan, upcoming air times for Episode 2 of the "Sounds of Science" series are on April 26 at 3:30 p.m. and on April 30 at 9:30 p.m.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development, njn, patrick regan

NJIT Magazine Is Now Digital

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0400

The first completely electronic version of NJIT Magazine is now available on the NJIT Website at http://magazine.njit.edu. Featuring articles about leading-edge research at NJIT and other university and alumni news, the issue’s new electronic format offers enhancements such as audio files with comments from President Robert A. Altenkirch, Senior Vice President for Research and Development Donald H. Sebastian, and Professor of Physics Dale Gary. Take our short survey. This digital spring NJIT Magazine is one of three 2007 issues, with the winter and fall issues being in the publication’s traditional paper format. Everyone on the magazine’s mailing list was sent a special postcard announcing the digital issue and asking that readers provide feedback about the digital version.“With many institutions publishing electronic magazines, we felt that it was time for NJIT to move in this direction and to evaluate reader response by publishing a digital issue this year,” said Jean M. Llewellyn, executive director of university communications. “The electronic format allows us to add exciting multi-media dimensions to a publication that has kept readers abreast of university and alumni news for nearly 50 years.”

Tagged: alumni, donald sebastian, robert altenkirch, president, jean llewellyn, alumni magazine, magazine

Donald H. Sebastian Receives Award from SMART

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Donald H. Sebastian, Sr. PhD, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT received the “Academia Award” from Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART), at the organization’s annual awards banquet held in Wilmington on Jan. 5, 2007.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development

NJIT To Host New Jersey Science Olympiad Regional Competition

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500

More than 500 students representing 17 high schools and 17 middle schools in the state will travel to NJIT tomorrow to compete in the New Jersey Science Olympiad. NJIT will host the event for the first time this year and also is a co-sponsor with the Research and Development Council of New Jersey. NJIT faculty and staff will supervise and judge the 16 different events.

Tagged: research and development council of new jersey, new jersey science olympiad

Research Council Feted NJIT Chemical Engineering Professor

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

The Research and Development Council of NJ presented one of its highest awards this week to Kamalesh K. Sirkar, PhD, distinguished chemical engineering professor at NJIT. Sirkar, an internationally regarded expert in the field of membrane separation technologies, holds a total of 22 patents; he received the honor for his patent to remove volatile organic pollutants from waste gas streams produced from manufacturing processes before the toxic pollutants are released to the atmosphere.

Tagged: chemical engineering, kamalesh sirkar

NJIT To Host Intellectual Property Law Workshop

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

Learn more about intellectual property law, specifically patents, trademarks and copyrights from two United States Patent and Trademark Examiners at a lecture sponsored by the Office of Research and Development at NJIT on Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Rm. 1400. The event is open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

Tagged: office of research and development

NJIT SVP of Research and Development To Be Inducted into NJ High-Tech Hall of Fame

Thu, 04 May 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president of research and development at NJIT, was inducted into the New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame in the academic category. “It is a tremendous honor to be recognized by the members of New Jersey’s high-tech community,” said Sebastian.

Tagged: donald sebastian, research and development