NJIT Newsroom tagged with "technology development"

Life Science Inventions of NJIT Students Take Top Prizes in TechQuest

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Three life science inventions that may one day heal wounds faster, improve surgical outcomes and build stronger muscles took $10,500 in prize money for further research and development at NJIT’s recent TechQuest/Innovation Day. The inventions competed against 30 developed by undergraduate teams.

Tagged: college of science and liberal arts, college of computing sciences, albert dorman honors college, csla, ccs, judith sheft, physics, som, adhc, michael ehrlich, technology development, gordon thomas, cesar bandera, interdisciplinary design studio, ids, grace wang, innovation day

NJIT's Judith Sheft Reappointed to New Jersey Israel Commission

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, has been reappointed by Governor Christie to serve on the New Jersey Israel Commission.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, new jersey israel commission

Bloom Discusses Edge in Knowledge, Tech Advantage on Caucus NJ

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

"The Edge in Knowledge: Part 1," featuring NJIT President Joel S. Bloom opened Caucus: New Jersey this past weekend with a closer look at the importance of NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC).

Tagged: enterprise development center, joel bloom, edc, judith sheft, president, technology development, caucus new jersey

Watch NJIT's Judith Sheft on Caucus: New Jersey

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development, will be featured on Caucus: New Jersey.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, caucus new jersey

TIAA CREF CIO To Forecast IT's Future at Free NJIT Talk: Public Invited

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Annabelle Bexiga, the senior managing director and chief information officer at TIAA-CREF, will trace the dramatic changes that have taken place in the field of information technology when she addresses this year’s 2013 Gilbreth Colloquium at NJIT.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, albert dorman honors college, murray center for women in technology, sigma xi, office of technology development, lillian moller gilbreth

Catalent Licenses Innovative Taste-Masking Technology for Bitter Drugs Following R&D Collaboration with NJIT

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Following a successful research collaboration with NJIT, Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset has announced that it has exclusively licensed innovative taste-making technology developed by NJIT Distinguished Professor Rajesh Davé, who was the principal investigator of a research project funded by Catalent.

Tagged: newark college of engineering, nce, department of chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering, judith sheft, technology development, rajesh dave

NJIT Represented in Tourism and Technology Conference in Spain

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology development and Cesar Bandera, president Cell Podium and adjunct professor in NJIT SOM gave a presentation at the recent Turismo Conference on Tourism and Technology in Oviedo Spain http://turismo.as/.

Tagged: judith sheft, som, cesar bandera, office of technology development, cell podium

NJIT's Judith Sheft To Participate on NJTC's Women in Technology Panel

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of Technology Development at NJIT, will serve as a panelist at NJTC’s Women in Technology Peer Network: Adapt, Innovate and Triumph – Women’s Entrepreneurship 3.0 on March 28 at the East Brunswick Hilton from 8:30-11:00 a.m.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, njtc, women in technology

NJIT Faculty, Staff To Participate in IEEE Innovation Day 2011

Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT will have a strong presence at the IEEE Innovation Day 2011 on May 17 at NYU-Poly in Brooklyn, NY.

Tagged: department of electrical and computer engineering, judith sheft, ieee, career development services, durgamadhab misra, technology development, gregory mass

Innovation and Collaboration Showcase To Feature Panel Discussion, Poster Presentation and More

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A panel discussion on "The Entrepreneurial Professor-New Opportunities for Women in Academia“ and a poster session featuring recent research advances by NJIT women faculty and graduate students will be presented at the Innovation and Collaboration Showcase on April 20, 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in Eberhardt 112.

Tagged: office of technology development, njit advance, innovation and collaboration research showcase

NJIT's Judith Sheft Briefs Conference of Entrepreneurs on Commitment to Start-ups

Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Judith Sheft, associate VP of technology development at NJIT, was one of four NJ research university representatives who briefed a conference of entrepreneurs last week on their commitment to commercializing new discoveries to move them out of the lab and into the economy.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, entrepreneur, new jersey entrepreneurial network

NJIT's Judith Sheft To Participate on Entrepreneurship Conference Panel

Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of Technology Development at NJIT, will serve as a panelist at the North American Chinese Entrepreneur Association Annual Conference: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the 2010s and Beyond on Oct. 24 at the Hilton Hotel in Iselin, NJ.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, north american chinese entrepreneur association

NJIT’s Judith Sheft Featured Today at Innovation Coalition Press Conference Held at AT&T

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT Associate Vice President of Technology Development Judith Sheft highlighted today contributions to invention and innovation made in New Jersey for more than a century by NJIT. She was among the featured speakers, which included Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, at a press conference to announce a new corporate and higher education coalition focused on innovation.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development, kim guadagno, at&t

NJIT's Donald Sebastian and Judith Sheft Receive Honorary Faculty Designations from Peruvian University

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

Donald H. Sebastian, interim provost and senior vice president for research and development and Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development, were awarded the title of Honorary Professor of the Faculty of Commerce and International Relations by the Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (UIGV) in Lima, Peru. They were invited by Daniel Jara on behalf of the Statewide Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of NJ (SHCC), which co-hosted the First USA-Peru Trade & Investment Forum Peruvian Products Exhibition. The event marked the beginning of an international initiative designed to help bring awareness as well as to showcase selected products of Peru, international trade opportunities, and the information necessary to trade internationally to SHCC members. “The objective is for NJIT to form a relationship with UIGV to help them develop incubation and extension programs that can move the country’s economy from one of exporting raw materials to one that captures more of the value chain,” said Sebastian.

Tagged: donald sebastian, judith sheft, office of the provost, office of technology development

Discoveries at NJIT Including Drug To Stop Brain Injury Receives $1.4M Funding

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

A drug to stop bleeding during a brain injury and a bed that will prevent bedsores are among the scientific discoveries at NJIT that received earlier this week more than a million dollars in funding from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology.

Tagged: enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, technology development, business incubator, new jersey commission on science and technology, edge therapeutics, healthy functions, simphotek, early stage companies

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

Financial Training, Planning Programs at NJIT for Cash-Strapped Entrepreneurs

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The New Jersey Center for Innovation Acceleration, a joint initiative of the NJIT School of Management and the NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC), will offer a series of business planning and financial modeling courses for entrepreneurs funded by North Jersey Partners.

Tagged: seminar, enterprise development center, edc, judith sheft, workshop, north jersey partners, aron spencer, financial

NJIT's Office of Technology Development To Host Research Commercialization Webinar Series

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

NJIT’s Office of Technology Development is hosting an 11-week series of webinars focused on commercialization of research (life science and engineering-based technology), on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 14–March 25, 1-2:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 1403. Co-organized by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer, the course will discuss the practical business and legal issues that researchers need to understand to commercialize their research. Contact Judith Sheft, Associate Vice President Technology Development at 973-596-5825; sheft@njit.edu.

Tagged: national science foundation, judith sheft, national institutes of health, office of technology development

NJIT's Office of Technology Development and EDC To Host Advanced Invention to Venture Workshop

Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NJIT's Office of Technology Development and the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) along with North Jersey WIRED will host an Advanced Invention to Venture Workshop on June 9-12, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at the EDC, 211 Warren St., Newark. An optional SBIR Proposal Writing workshop will be held on June 13. Scholarships are available for NJIT faculty and students. Contact: Judith Sheft at NJIT's Office of Technology Development at x5825.

Tagged: enterprise development center, judith sheft, workshop, office of technology development, sbir

NJIT Associate VP Featured in Online Business Magazine

Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, explains technology transfer and commercialization within New Jersey's universities and its importance for the growth of our economy in a new video featured in the May issue of NJ Entrepreneur.com.

Tagged: judith sheft, entrepreneur, office of technology development, commercialization

Tips from NJIT for Women Inventors Who Want To Succeed

Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500

Don’t give up, network and pay attention to detail, numbered among the many good ideas offered to women inventors by Judith Sheft, assistant vice president, technology development at NJIT. Sheft spoke at a day-long conference held on Oct. 28 at Kean University.

Tagged: judith sheft, technology development

Blogger Billy McDermott Offers How-To Tips at NJIT Management Seminar

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Twelve tips on successful blogging were among the highlights of a day-long business and networking event held yesterday at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The event, aimed at encouraging men and women with technological expertise to start their own companies, was organized by NJIT’s School of Management, Office of Technology Development, Enterprise Development Center and the North Essex Chamber of Commerce.

Tagged: school of management, enterprise development center, office of technology development, billy mcdermott

Motivational Speakers, Business Tips Encourage Entrepreneurs at NJIT Event

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0400

Four motivational speakers, tips on starting a business and more recently highlighted an event at NJIT to encourage business men and women to launch a technological business. Event organizers included the School of Management, the Enterprise Development Center and the Office of Technology Development, all at NJIT.

Tagged: school of management, enterprise development center, office of technology development, business