NJIT Newsroom tagged with "somenath mitra"

Biomed Innovations, Architecture, Nano Carbons Take Top Honors at NJIT Research Day

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

From exciting architectural plans for the August 2013 Chinese Solar Decathlon to a better hospital rating system, six student research projects recently captured the imagination of judges at the 2013 NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase, held last week on April 17, 2013. Seventy-two graduate and undergraduate students participated.

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Somenath Mitra, of Bridgewater, Promoted to Distinguished Professor With Tenure at NJIT Convocation

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Somenath Mitra, PhD, of Bridgewater, a professor in and chair of the department of chemistry and environmental science, has been selected to be promoted to Distinguished Professor with tenure at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, convocation, department of chemistry and environmental science, somenath mitra

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.

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NJIT Prof Offers New Desalination Process Using Carbon Nanotubes

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A faster, better and cheaper desalination process enhanced by carbon nanotubes has been developed by NJIT Professor Somenath Mitra.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, department of chemistry and environmental science, somenath mitra, carbon nanotubes, ornthida sae-khow, water desalination

Xiangxin Meng, of Edison, Receives NJIT Top Honor for Research

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Xiangxin Meng, of Edison, a doctoral student studying chemistry with chemistry professor Somenath Mitra at NJIT, received on April 14, 2010, the second-place bronze medal for her graduate entry “Polymer Films Containing Microparticles of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients for Oral Drug Delivery” at the NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Day Showcase.

Tagged: awards, somenath mitra, dana knox research showcase

Kenneth Gethard, of Fairfield, Receives Honor for His Scientific Research at NJIT

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Kenneth Gethard, of Fairfield, a doctoral student in environmental science at NJIT, received the second-prize silver medal for his graduate project “Desalinations Using Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Membrane Distillation.” His advisor was Somenath Mitra. The award was presented at the annual NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase held April 14, 2010.

Tagged: awards, donald sebastian, honors, somenath mitra, dana knox research showcase, department of chemistry

NJIT PhD Student Takes First Place in NJCG Student Research Poster Competition

Wed, 06 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Ornthida Sae-Khow, a doctoral student in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT (shown here with advisor Somenath Mitra), took first place and received a $1000 cash award in the North Jersey Chromatography Group (NJCG) Student Research Poster Competition. Her poster was entitled "Micro Scale Solid Phase Extraction Using Carbon Nanotubes as Adsorbents."

Tagged: department of chemistry and environmental science, student, somenath mitra, carbon nanotubes, ornthida sae-khow

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 Professor Featured on Engineering TV

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, discussed his current research on "Organic Solar Cells" and "Smart Coatings" on Engineering TV.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of chemistry and environmental science, somenath mitra

NJIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive, Easy Process To Produce Solar Panels

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Researchers at NJIT have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. “The process is simple,” said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science. “Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers.”

Tagged: somenath mitra, solar panels

NJIT Chemistry Workshop Touts Value of Process Analytical Chemistry

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Dan Watts is on a crusade. The NJIT research professor would like the pharmaceutical industry to adopt safer, greener, more efficient and more effective manufacturing processes. Last week Watts brought his crusade down to the grass roots level at a five-day workshop at which 16 faculty from universities around the nation developed ways to encourage their students to pursue careers in the pharmaceutical industry so this new way of thinking can flourish.

Tagged: department of chemistry and environmental science, chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, somenath mitra, chemistry, piero armenante, daniel watts

NJIT Students To Present Leading Research During Provost’s Student Research Showcase

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Students at NJIT work side by side with professors on the university’s most prominent research projects—projects that could lead to new technologies in fields such as biomedical engineering and cancer research. During the Third Annual Provost’s Student Research Showcase on April 11, top students will illustrate that research with poster presentations, which will run from 1-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The event is free and open to the public.

Tagged: students, somenath mitra, research showcase

NJIT Researchers Seed, Heat and Grow Carbon Nanotubes in Long Tubing

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400

In less than 20 minutes, researchers at NJIT can now seed, heat and grow carbon nanotubes in 10-foot-long, hollow thin steel tubing. “The work took us three years to develop and get right, but now we can essentially anchor nanotubes to a tubular wall. No one has ever done anything like this before,” said lead researcher Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, department of chemistry and environmental science, research, somenath mitra, carbon nanotubes

NJIT Chemists Cook Up New Strain of Carbon Nanotubes

Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Kitchen chemistry is alive and well at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as chemical researchers report cooking up a new and more water-soluble strain of carbon nanotubes. An article about this work, “Rapidly Functionalized, Water-Dispersed Carbon Nanotubes at High Concentration,” appeared Jan. 11, 2006, in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

Tagged: somenath mitra, chemistry and environmental science, nanotubes

NJIT Chemists Modify Carbon Nanotubes Using Microwaves

Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Researchers at NJIT have discovered a novel method of changing the chemical characteristics of carbon nanotubes by heating them in a closed vessel microwave oven. Somenath Mitra, PhD (at left) and Zafar Iqbal, PhD, both professors of chemistry and environmental sciences, will discuss their findings on March 17 from 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at the 229th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. “We understand ourselves to be the first in the world to have discovered this method,” said Mitra. “The beauty is that our method is green and clean.”

Tagged: somenath mitra, chemistry, zafar iqbal