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2013
NJIT Graduate Student - Wins Academic Award in Catalent Institute Global Life Science Competition
June 05, 2013
NJIT doctoral student Maxx Capece was awarded one of three, $2,000 first place prizes in a competition sponsored by the Catalent Institute. His winning submission entitled, “Modified Release of Dry-Polymer Coated Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients,” provided a review of applications of dry-polymer control release drug delivery technologies on the particulate scale. >>
Watch NJIT Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood design like a rock star on the new season of HGTV Star! Atwood will be the newest designer on season 8 of HGTV Star! >>
COAD Honors Outstanding Architecture Students
May 24, 2013
Congratulations to the dozen graduating bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of the NJ School of Architecture saluted earlier in the week at the College of Architecture and Design ceremony for outstanding students.
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NJIT Structural Engineer Teaches Webinar on Design and Construction of Low-Rise Buildings
May 22, 2013
Rima Taher, senior university lecturer at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, taught a live webinar yesterday on “Design and Construction of Low-Rise Buildings for High Winds and Hurricanes.” >>
The College of Architecture and Design concluded yesterday’s 2013 NJIT morning commencement ceremony at the Prudential Center with an afternoon balloon launch and luncheon back on campus for grads, friends and relatives.
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Every spring semester, second year students at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design are assigned a studio project to design a masonry building. This year’s project focused on the Harrison PATH Station and throughout the semester, ten teams produced and built their designs with the assistance of masonry journeymen.
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With woops, cheers and mortarboards flying, NJIT today awarded 2,643 degrees to the members of the class of 2013. This brings the total number of degrees awarded by the university to more than 74,678. The ceremony was held at Newark’s Prudential Center. >>
NJIT offers innumerable opportunities and the students who avail themselves of the many campus attributes ranging from 121 degree programs to an enviable 15:1 student-faculty ratio often leave NJIT to enjoy a rich, rewarding future. Five inspirational stories below exemplify that if you stay in school and work hard, success follows. >>
If you want to learn more about helping your business or company grow in Europe, don’t miss a free one day business forum at NJIT on May 15, 2013, which will detail how to use technology and innovation to do business in the European Union.
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Technology evangelist and Cisco System Senior Vice President Carlos Dominguez; and alums U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, PhD, and Edward Cruz, principal of Hop Brook Properties, will receive honorary degrees at the May 20, 2013 NJIT commencement. The event, set for 9 a.m., will be held at Newark's Prudential Center. The university will confer close to 2000 doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees on members of the Class of 2013. >>
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. >>
NJIT continues to demonstrate the value of its educational offerings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), according to the latest 2013 PayScale college rankings for return on investment (ROI). NJIT is 6th (top 1 percent) among 437 public universities and 27th (top 2 percent) among 1,511 public and private institutions in the U.S. >>
Provident Bank Foundation Helps NJIT Students Bring Design Skills to Communities Affected by Hurricane Sandy
April 29, 2013
The Provident Bank Foundation announced a $25,000 grant to NJIT in support of the new Center for Resilient Design, a program where students travel to different areas of the state to lend their design expertise to homeowners, businesses and municipalities affected by and rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy.
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NJIT Sr. Vice President for Research Donald Sebastian and Associate Professor Michael Recce discuss safer gun technology. Watch the video on Bloomberg TV.
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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. >>
Students from the PCI Architectural Design Studio at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design recently visited Universal Concrete Products, a leading manufacturer of architectural precast concrete products, as part of the program’s “beyond-the-classroom” learning experience.
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NJIT’s Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research recently showcased the research of eight doctoral students. The students’ work was featured in presentations and posters displayed in the area. The annual event aims to give doctoral students and their professors from the center a chance to exchange information from a year’s worth of work. The Center is located in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering. >>
NJIT Professors Featured Tonight on Television and Radio
April 18, 2013
Watch Richard Garber, associate professor in COAD’s School of Architecture, tonight on One-on-One with Steve Adubato. The program, which will discuss the subject of sustainability, is scheduled to air at 5:30 p.m. (WHYY), 7:00 p.m. (NJTV) and 12:30 a.m. (WNET). >>
This Week's Upcoming Seminars and Lectures
April 15, 2013
Check out some of the upcoming lectures and workshops taking place this week. >>
This Week's Upcoming Seminars and Lectures
April 08, 2013
Check out some of the upcoming lectures and workshops taking place this week. >>
SOM Students Participate at CFA Institute Research Challenge
April 02, 2013
Jose Rubiani III, Anthony Boon, Orest Bidnyk, and Reem Nakshbandy recently represented NJIT at the CFA Institute Research Challenge (IRC), where the School of Management (SOM) students competed head-to-head against 27 other universities, some of the best schools in the region.
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TEDxNJIT Event on April 4
April 01, 2013
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.
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Watch NJIT This Weekend on Television
March 28, 2013
Watch an interview with Campus Gateway Development President Monique King-Viehland this weekend on Caucus: Up Close. Program dates are scheduled for 3/30 (NJTV, 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.); 3/30 (Thirteen, 12:30 p.m.); 3/31 (NJTV, 8:30 a.m.); 3/31 (NJTV, 11:30 a.m.); 4/2 (WHYY, 5:30 p.m.); 4/5 (WLIW World, 7:00 a.m.) and 4/17 (NJTV, 12:30 a.m.).
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A group of students and faculty from NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design recently visited Architectural Polymers, Inc., a leader and innovator in the concrete form fabrication industry as part of their studies in the Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute (PCI) Architectural Design Studio.
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WHAT: The NJIT bus deposits daily some two dozen NJIT students adorned in bright yellow t-shirts at Long Beach Island’s long-standing and beloved Surflight Theater, ravaged unfortunately by Sandy. The students are performing not Shakespeare, but light construction work plus cleaning up and tending to small repairs. For over 60 years, Surflight has been home to local actors and actresses as well as students getting their feet wet in the world of community theatre.
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Media Advisory: NJIT Students Clean Up Beach at Asbury Park
March 21, 2013
WHAT: Every day this week some 35 NJIT students wearing bright yellow t-shirts, who call themselves the “bucket brigade” take a 90-minute bus ride down and back from the NJIT campus to rebuild fencing and plant scrub-brushes on dunes in Asbury Park. Come Friday as the fruits of their labors become more visible a hearty party is planned featuring a rock band.
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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?
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NJIT students, professors, staff and others from universities throughout the US are descending upon New Jersey this week to eradicate the remaining devastation from Super Storm Sandy. Some two dozen projects located at points as far north as the IHS Development Corporation in Newark and as far south as the Surflight Theater in Beach Haven will receive help. Daily buses leave the NJIT campus filled with students and others in bright yellow t-shirts and even brighter smiles.
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NJIT Professor Introduces Engineering to Girls
March 19, 2013
Rima Taher, PhD, PE, university lecturer at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, was recently invited to Westwood Regional Jr./Sr. High School in Washington Township to address the eighth grade class and introduce the young students to the engineering profession as part of “Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.”
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Some 25 members of NJIT’s men’s track and field team will volunteer their brawn and brains tomorrow to tackle cleaning up the headquarters of IHS Development Corporation, Newark. Ravaged by hurricanes Sandy and Irene, the building remains in need of help and students’ efforts. Volunteers will remove light debris, lift moderate boxes and materials and perform minor carpentry repairs. The students are part of a larger 600-body task force assembled during the past month by NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD). Dubbed the “Alternative Spring Break,” the effort has targeted cleaning up facilities, residences and areas damaged by the super storm. Students from other colleges and universities are also participating.
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Media Advisory: Hundreds of NJIT Students Participate in Alternative Spring Break: Rebuild Communities Devastated by Sandy
March 14, 2013
WHAT: During Alternative Spring Break, over 500 NJIT students, faculty, staff and alumni will do volunteer work from Newark to the Jersey shore, cleaning up devastated areas and helping towns rebuild in a resilient manner. Students will work on removing debris from beaches and parks, removing floors and wallboard, replacing floors and walls, painting and carpentry, stocking and distributing food and clothing, and compiling information on areas affected by Sandy.
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The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology has approved $200 million in construction and infrastructure projects on the university’s Newark campus, designed to enhance and expand NJIT’s role as the state’s science and technology university and a leader in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and research. The university will apply to the Secretary of Higher Education for $152 million from the Building Our Future Bond Act, state revolving funds and other sources to support the projects.
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COAD Lecture on March 11
March 11, 2013
Tony and Margaret Santos, professor and adjunct faculty in NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (CoAD), will present “New Portuguese Architecture” on March 11 at 5:30 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall as part of the Spring 2013 Lecture Series.
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NSF CAREER Award Workshop: Register Today
March 07, 2013
The NJIT Research Committee will host the NSF CAREER Award Workshop on April 3 from 11:30 – 2:30 p.m. in 112 Eberhart Hall. The objectives of the workshop are to provide an open forum for the newly hired faculty members to interact with the NSF CAREER awardees on campus and help them jump-start their CAREER proposal preparation and submission.
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Two new patents to improve orthogonal space time codes and decode data transmissions of space time spreading were recently awarded to NJIT Distinguished Professor Yeheskel Bar-Ness, executive director of the Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research. Co-inventors with Bar-Ness on both patents were NJIT alums Amir Laufer and Kodzovi Acolatse. >>
COAD To Host Spring Symposium on March 6
March 04, 2013
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) will host a spring symposium on “Distributed Intelligence” sponsored by AIANJ as part of the Spring 2013 Lecture Series on March 6 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall. The symposium was originally planned for Fall 2012 and was rescheduled due to Hurricane Sandy.
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COAD Lecture on March 4
March 01, 2013
Nataly Gattegno and Jason Johnson, principals of Future Cities Lab, will present “Live Models” on March 4 at 5:30 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall as part of the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) Spring 2013 Lecture Series.
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NJIT To Host Spring Career Fair on March 6
March 01, 2013
NJIT’s annual spring Career Fair, sponsored by NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS), will be held March 6, 2013 from 12:30 -5 p.m. throughout the campus. It is expected to be the largest ever, with more than 175 companies and government agencies coming to interview upwards of 2,000 students and alumni. >>
NJIT Researchers Will Be Featured Speakers at 2013 Redevelopment Forum
February 28, 2013
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.
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NJIT Celebrates Growth of Solar Technology
February 26, 2013
NJIT celebrates a new phase in the growth of its solar technology effort with the rededication of a research center as the China National Building Materials Photovoltaic Materials Research Center. Expanding its previous work on Cadmium Telluride photocells with NJIT alumni-run Apollo Solar Energy, the new program addresses broader photocell technology and implementation studies. >>
NJIT EDC Company Installs Innovative Solar Parking Lot System
February 15, 2013
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. >>
Fourth year architecture students Ksenyia Kudlai, Nick Jaroni, Liz Opper, and David Perez have been awarded internships with City Hydroponics LLC, a member of NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center (EDC), as a result of their outstanding work in a course taught by NJIT Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster last semester.
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Anyone interested in the worlds of architecture and design won’t want to miss the upcoming, free annual AIANJ Fall Symposium in Weston Hall, Summit and Warren streets, home of NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD).
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Undergraduate Research Showcase on Feb. 6
January 29, 2013
Inspiration, innovation and invention will be this year’s theme for the annual campus-wide undergraduate research showcase on Feb. 6, 2013 from 2-6 p.m. in the second floor gallery and ballroom of the NJIT Campus Center. >>
NJIT President Joel Bloom Named To NJ Biz Power 100 List
January 29, 2013
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom was named to the NJ Biz prestigious power list of the 100 most powerful people in New Jersey business. Dr. Bloom was ranked 55. >>
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design To Present Five Lectures by Outstanding Faculty on Jan. 31
January 29, 2013
College of Architecture and Design faculty members Martina Decker, Keith Krumwiede, Jesse LeCavalier, Tony Schuman, and Darius Sollohub will share their ideas, passions and projects in the second "Think Pieces" event on Thursday, January 31, at 6 p.m. in Weston Hall I.
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NJIT Professor Featured on Design Milk
January 24, 2013
Kudos to Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood whose Sylki Chair, made from super thin metal making it weigh in at just 8 lbs, is featured in the current issue of the electronic publication Design Milk.
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Biotrial, Leading International Clinical Researcher, to Build North American Headquarters In Newark's University Heights Science Park
January 23, 2013
Biotrial S.A., a leading clinical research organization based in France that provides drug discovery and developmental services worldwide, announced today the purchase of approximately 1.2 acres in University Heights Science Park (UHSP) on which it plans to build its North American headquarters.
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Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina will be the focus of a Friday morning discussion at NJIT between a New Orleans designer instrumental in helping that city rebuild and planner Thomas Dallessio, the project manager of NJIT’s new Center for Resilient Design.
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Winning Photographs by NJIT's Glenn Goldman
January 23, 2013
For the second consecutive year, architectural photographs by School of Art + Design Director Glenn Goldman were selected in the open competition for inclusion in the annual calendar produced by the West Jersey Section of the American Institute of Architects (AIA West Jersey). >>
Pre-award and Grantsmanship Seminar on Jan. 30
January 17, 2013
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. >>
NJIT's Donald Sebastian Invited To White House Meeting
January 17, 2013
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.
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COAD Professors Lead Students To India
January 17, 2013
During winter break, College of Art and Design (COAD) faculty members Darius Sollohub and James Dart are leading a group of students on a two-week trip to India. Sponsored by Ahmedabad-based Abellon Clean Energy and matched by Delhi’s Amity University and private donations, the group’s mission is to sponsor cultural and technological exchange between NJIT and Indian universities and businesses.
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NJIT Hosts Annual Global Game Jam 2013 Last Weekend in January
January 15, 2013
Jamming, but not on musical instruments, will be the order of the day later this month as dozens of NJIT design and information technology students and a few from surrounding colleges pull all-nighters—some even all weekenders –at NJIT’s Third Annual Global Game Jam (GGJ).
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Once again the brainiest of the brainy will descend Jan. 17, 2013 upon NJIT when 600 middle and senior high school students compete vigorously in the Northern New Jersey Science Olympiad Regional play-offs. >>
NJIT In The Wall Street Journal
January 03, 2013
Darius Sollohub, associate professor of architecture at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, was recently quoted in an article appearing in The Wall Street Journal.
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2012
COAD Alum Featured on Autodesk Website
December 20, 2012
Ian Siegel, a recent graduate of NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, is featured in an interview on the Student Showcase section of the website for Autodesk.
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NJIT NEXT Raises $100 Million
December 19, 2012
NJIT NEXT, NJIT’s comprehensive campaign, has secured more than $100 million towards its $150 million goal, announced national campaign co-chairs Chief Operating Officer of Clarion Partners C. Stephen Cordes; Hatch Mott MacDonald President and CEO Nicholas M. DeNichilo; Chairman/CEO Anchor Industries International and Chairman Emeritus/Founder Tampa Bay Rays Vincent Naimoli. All three chairs are NJIT alumni. >>
NJIT and Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) have formed Team NJHA to compete jointly in the Solar Decathlon China (SD China) competition to be held in Datong, China in August 2013. >>
COAD Launches Effort To Help Heal Hurricane Sandy Wounds
December 13, 2012
NJIT publicly launched a major initiative today to call upon the university’s myriad levels of expertise – design and architecture, urban planning and environmental engineering – to help the state recover from Hurricane Sandy.
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The influential architecture and design publication DesignIntelligence has named College of Architecture and Design Associate Professor Anthony Schuman, a registered architect, one of 30 most-admired educators for 2013. >>
NJIT Featured in DesignIntelligence
December 13, 2012
DesignIntelligence, the influential architecture and design publication, recently rated NJIT as one of the top brands in architectural education showing diversified strengths.
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NJIT Professors and Students Working To Help NJ Recover After Sandy
December 12, 2012
NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD) is energetically involved in helping New Jersey recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. The university has established a post-Sandy recovery program of research, design and case-study projects that will provide state and local leaders, business owners and residents with 21st -century expertise and ready-to-build designs for recovery in hard-hit areas. >>
Economic growth will rise to 3 percent in 2013 and 2014, while unemployment will drop to 7.3 percent by December of 2013, NJIT Leir Research Professor William V. Rapp, PhD told economists and others last week at the annual outlook symposium sponsored by the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank.
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3rd Annual Furniture Fair on Dec. 6
December 05, 2012
The 3rd Annual Furniture Fair, which features unique furniture designs by third year industrial design students from the School of Art+Design, will take place on Dec. 6 from 6 – 8 p.m. in the Campus Center Gallery. >>
A few days after Hurricane Sandy hit, NJIT Professor Michel Boufadel was awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the impact of the storm on the New Jersey shoreline. The NSF Rapid Response Research Grant immediately allowed him to take a team of eight researchers to the beaches of Raritan Bay. >>
Rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, homeowners might consider the advice of Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricanes.
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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.
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Interior Design Students Win Kimball Office Chair Design Competition
November 06, 2012
Three third-year interior design students from the School of Art + Design were selected as one of two winners of the 2012 “Through the Decades” Chair Design Competition sponsored by Kimball Office Furniture. >>
NJIT Student Featured in NY Times Education Life Ad
November 05, 2012
Industrial Design major Catherine Leung is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on Nov. 4, 2012.
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NJIT Professor Participates in Annual Teen Design Fair
October 25, 2012
Brooks Atwood, assistant professor of industrial design, participated in this year’s Teen Design Fair, an annual event held in New York City on Oct. 15.
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Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar on Oct. 25
October 24, 2012
Jesse LeCavalier, assistant professor in the school of architecture, will present “Logistics, Archiecture, Infrastructure” on Oct. 25 in Colton Hall 416 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.
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A group of faculty and students from the College of Architecture and Design were invited to present their design research last week at the 2012 Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute's (PCI) Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee.
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TEDxNJIT Event on Nov. 1
October 16, 2012
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.
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NJIT University Lecturer Invited to Local Leadership Conference
October 12, 2012
Rima Taher, university lecturer in the College of Architecture & Design, has been invited to attend the Local Leadership Conference organized by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in Salt Lake City, Utah on Oct. 12 and 13.
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NJIT has been named by the Princeton Review an outstanding business school in the 2013 edition of The Best 296 Business Schools (Random House / Princeton Review). >>
NJIT Research Professor Reginald C. Farrow, PhD, who with his research team have discovered how to make nanoscale arrays of the world’s smallest probe for investigating the electrical properties of individual living cells was awarded yesterday, Oct. 4, 2012, the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal. This prize is the most prestigious research award at NJIT. It is the fifth time the award has been made.
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Tonight NJIT Research Professor Reginald C. Farrow, PhD, who with his research team have discovered how to make nanoscale arrays of the world’s smallest probe for investigating the electrical properties of individual living cells will receive the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal.
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NJIT Research Professor Reginald C. Farrow, PhD, who with his research team have discovered how to make nanoscale arrays of the world’s smallest probe for investigating the electrical properties of individual living, cells will receive on Oct. 4, 2012 the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal. >>
Mathematica Seminar on Sept. 17
September 17, 2012
A Mathematica seminar, "Mathematica 8 in Education and Research," will be held on Monday, September 17 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in Cullimore 606.
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Dr. Joel S. Bloom Installed Sept. 14, 2012 as 8th President of NJIT
September 14, 2012
Beneath a blue sky and past an arch of colorful international flags representing the nationalities of some 106 NJIT students who held them, marched this morning’s processional into the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility for the installation of Dr. Joel S. Bloom. >>
U.S. News Once Again Names NJIT Among Nation's Best National Universities
September 12, 2012
U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2013 Edition has once again named NJIT to the top tier of national universities for its range of undergraduate majors and master's and doctoral degrees.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: NJIT Convocation Tomorrow Promises Bright New Start: New President Speaks
September 11, 2012
WHAT: NJIT marks the start of the new school tomorrow at University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony.
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Symposium on Sustainability To Feature Three New NJIT Faculty
September 07, 2012
Sustainability is an issue that cuts across disciplines and requires a spectrum of scientific approaches. Research at NJIT embraces the integrative and collaborative approach that is critical for understanding how mankind can thrive in a more sustainable way.
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An educator, writer and designer, Keith Krumwiede has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design as an associate professor.
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NJIT will mark the start of the new school year Sept. 12, 2012 at University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony. The event, which recognizes the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff, will be held at 3 p.m. in the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreation Facility on the NJIT campus.
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Brooks Atwood, assistant professor of industrial design in the College of Architecture & Design and assistant director of the Idea Factory, recently presented a new paper and poster at an international conference and education symposium.
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NJIT Representatives Participate in SIGGRAPH 2012
August 24, 2012
SIGGRAPH, “the world’s premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques” was held in Los Angeles, California from August 4 through August 9, and included a contingent of representatives from NJIT’s School of Art + Design. >>
Jury of International Student Design Competition Hosted by NJIT's College of Architecture and Design
August 21, 2012
The College of Architecture and Design recently hosted the jury of the international student design competition called “Integrated Communities: A Society for All Ages” organized by the International Council for Caring Communities, in cooperation with the Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation (APECF) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), the United Nations Ageing Units, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), and other partners.
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Xiaoning Ding, Expert in Multi-core Computer Systems, Appointed
August 16, 2012
Xiaoning Ding, PhD, whose research has improved the performance of multi-core computer systems, will join NJIT’s College of Computing Sciences as an assistant professor this fall.
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A noted international architect with interests in logistics and urbanism, Jesse LeCavalier, has been appointed assistant professor in NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design.
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Martina Decker, Expert in Sustainable Building Design, Appointed
August 14, 2012
Martina Decker, an internationally renowned architect, who focuses on how new materials with novel properties might generate solutions to various contemporary challenges in sustainability and health and safety, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design as an assistant professor.
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New NJIT Faculty Will Energize Interdisciplinary Vision
August 14, 2012
The talents of more than 20 new faculty members will soon add momentum to NJIT’s strategic plan for impacting the quality of life in the 21st century. The interdisciplinary initiative focuses on convergent life science and engineering, “digital everyware”-- ubiquitous computing-- and sustainable systems. >>
The Fifth International Summer Research Symposium was held today at NJIT to encourage more than three dozen students studying at NJIT to seek post-baccalaureate education in science, engineering and technology fields.
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NJIT graduate and undergrad degree programs in engineering technologies and engineering-related fields are racking up kudos when it comes to educating minority students, according to the most recent rankings by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
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Brooks Atwood, assistant professor of industrial design, will be participating in this year’s Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference & Education Symposium.
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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.
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Undergraduate students from the NJIT Ronald E. McNair Program, Provost Research Program, Biomedical Engineering REU Program, Heritage Institute of Technology, BRCM College of Engineering and Technology (BRCM CET), SKP Engineering College (SKPEC), SRM University, (MSIT) Programs from India and graduate students from the NJIT/Beijing, China Engineering Management (MSEM) Program will present their summer research projects undertaken under the guidance of NJIT faculty.
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NJIT Enters New Partnership
July 05, 2012
NJIT and Tungtay (Kunshan) Vacuum Coating Engineering Inc. of Chengdu, China entered into a partnership today to advance the manufacturing technology for the production of solar panels using Cadmium Telluride and CIGS, thin film photovoltaic cells.
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Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno Visits Enterprise Development Center at NJIT Culminating Statewide Life Sciences Tour
June 28, 2012
New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), culminating her month-long tour of life-science companies across the Garden State. The EDC is home to nearly 90 high-tech and life-science companies.
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NJIT Designer Creates an Ergonomic Chair for Musicians
June 11, 2012
A chair to help musicians feel better and play better is the goal of David Brothers, assistant professor of interior design at NJIT's School of Art + Design. He has created a chair designed to reduce the back pain that is an occupational hazard to musicians who are required to sit for long periods, most often on a seat not designed for their needs. He said that his chair is designed to promote good playing posture and correct breathing techniques.
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An NJIT College of Architecture and Design (COAD) architect who designed an “ice house,” reminiscent of an igloo, has received yet another award for his unique residence. >>
With the start of the hurricane season and the current upswing in new home construction across the nation, it’s never too late to think now about research-proven building and roof designs for regions susceptible to hurricane force winds.
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NJIT Professor Will Be Upcoming Panelist on June 8
May 25, 2012
NJIT College of Architecture and Design Professor Anthony Schuman will be a panelist at an upcoming June 8, 2012 conference taking place at Rutgers University. The conference, "Urban Systems," is a joint PhD program between NJIT, Rutgers, and UMDNJ.
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Brooks Atwood, co-founder and principal of POD Design + Media, assistant professor of industrial design and assistant director of the Idea Factory in the College of Architecture, was invited by the senior editor for Dwell magazine to participate on a panel discussion about Sound, Space & Object, the intersection of architecture and sound design for spaces, products and furniture. >>
Art + Design Students Exhibit Work at 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City
May 22, 2012
The results of the efforts of seventeen students and four faculty members from the School of Art + Design were displayed at the 2012 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) from May 19 through May 22 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City. >>
Brooks Atwood, co-founder and principal of POD Design + Media, assistant professor of industrial design and assistant director of the Idea Factory in the College of Architecture, will be participating on the Dwell magazine panel discussion on May 18, 2012 4 p.m at The Standard East Village in New York City.
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NJIT Professor Presented Webinar
May 18, 2012
Dr. Sotirios G. Ziavras, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory (CAPPL), presented a webinar on May 10, 2012.
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NJIT’s Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research has been dedicated to Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness at a ceremony commemorating the late alumnus and honoring his father, Yeheskel Bar-Ness, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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The 2012 Highlander Student Achievement Award winners were announced. NJIT has celebrated student leaders at this annual ceremony since 2004.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: NJIT Sponsors P2B Event with NJ DOL To Help 300 Unemployed Volunteer Professionals
May 11, 2012
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. >>
Infrastructure Planning students from the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT made a public presentation at the City of Hackensack Council Meeting on May 7.
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NJIT Professor to Participate in Art Walk on May 5
May 01, 2012
Matt Gosser, adjunct professor of architecture, will be featured in Paterson’s 4th Annual Art Walk on Saturday, May 5 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Dean's Design Competition Winner Announced
April 30, 2012
The College of Architecture and Design recently held its second annual Dean's Design Competition for New Jersey high school students naming Montclair's Jordan Sabourin first place winner.
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NJIT’s Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research showcased earlier this week the research of six doctoral students.
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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.
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NJIT Student Featured in NY Times Education Life Ad
April 16, 2012
Industrial Design major Catherine Leung is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on April 15, 2012.
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NJIT invites editors, reporters and producers to witness the official ground-breaking for the $80 million Warren Street Village project—a three-acre mixed-use housing complex on campus bounded by Colden Street to the east, Warren Street to the north and Raymond Boulevard to the southwest.
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NJIT's Georgeen Theodore Receives Urban Design Merit Award
April 11, 2012
“Holding Pattern” brings Interboro Partners, and NJIT CoAD’s Georgeen Theodore as one of the founding partners, another award.
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NJIT Student Wins Best Student Presentation Award
April 09, 2012
During the 2012 TMS Annual Meeting in Orlando (http://www.tms.org/meetings/annual-12/AM12home.aspx), Vijay Kasisomayajula, PhD student in Physics, won the Emerging Materials Research (EMR) best student presentation award in the 2012 symposium on “Recent developments in biological, electronic, functional and structural thin films and coatings.”
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Students from the School of Art and Design at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design (COAD) recently spent a Saturday designing, building, and helping a family in need in Mahwah. >>
Founder and CEO of Butterkiss to Speak at Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series
April 03, 2012
Brad Chun, founder and CEO of Butterkiss Company, a consulting firm specializing in the development of early-stage start-up companies, will present on Wednesday, April 4 as part of the School of Art + Design’s Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series. >>
Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research Opens at NJIT
March 30, 2012
Past economic bubbles have been inflated by visions of wealth from tulips (yes, tulips), international trade, railroads, biotechnology and the Internet. >>
NJIT Architect's New Orleans Design Efforts Featured in New Book on Roles and Responsibilities of Architects in Disaster Recovery
March 22, 2012
The post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans planning and design work of James Dart, AIA, university lecturer and director of the Siena Urban Design Studio at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD) is featured in a new book that examines the roles and responsibilities of architects in disaster recovery.
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Department of Biomedical Engineering Awarded Funding by NSF
March 20, 2012
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Department of Biomedical Engineering funding for creating an REU site.
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Design Competition Award Ceremony on March 21
March 15, 2012
The College of Architecture and Design will host the awards ceremony for the Dean’s Design Competition for High School Students on Wednesday, March 21, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Weston Hall.
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NJIT Interior Design Program Has Two of Three East Regional Winners in 2012 IDEC Competition
March 06, 2012
For the second consecutive year, the NJIT Interior Design program has two of three regional winners in the Annual Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Competition. >>
NJIT undergraduate students interested in a summer research opportunity are encouraged to apply for a limited number of summer research awards. Any current NJIT student who will be an undergraduate in the fall semester 2012 may apply. The program runs from May 21 to July 27, 2012.
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NJIT Invites Manufacturers To Free Summit About Clean Energy
February 29, 2012
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. >>
Innovation and Collaboration Showcase To Feature Panel Discussion, Poster Presentation and More
February 28, 2012
“Social Media-Tools to Enhance Collaboration and Business Potential“ will be the topic of a panel discussion at the Innovation and Collaboration Research Showcase on March 7, 12 noon-3:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall.
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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. >>
Five members of the faculty at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design (COAD) will share their ideas at "Think Pieces" on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. in the COAD Gallery.
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Survival of the Beautiful: Scientists and Artists Face Off on Aesthetics of Evolution
February 10, 2012
Why did the peacock’s tail vex Charles Darwin?
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NJIT's Brooks Atwood Featured in New Book on Display Design
February 08, 2012
Brooks Atwood, assistant professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, is featured in Walk and Watch (Artpower, 2011), a new book on cutting-edge display design. The book includes Atwood's The United States of Tara project for Showtime Networks.
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32 NJIT Students Design Glacier for Hip NY Fashion Week Runway Show
February 02, 2012
It’s hard to imagine coming to college to learn how to design and build a 15-foot-tall-glacier, but that’s exactly what some 32 industrial design students, all from New Jersey, and enrolled in the NJIT College of Architecture and Design will hope to accomplish on campus next week.
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NJIT Hosts Global Game Jam 2012
January 31, 2012
NJIT was the 13th/14th largest site in the US, the largest in New Jersey, and the 43rd/46th largest in the world out of 246 sites that participated in Global Game Jam 2012, with 69 registered participants developing nine games. >>
Check your calendars so as not to miss one of NJIT’s famous free architecture lectures scheduled from February through April. >>
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design To Be Local Site This Weekend for Global Game Jam 2012
January 24, 2012
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design will be a local site this weekend for Global Game Jam 2012, during which more than 150 sites around the world will compete to create a game from scratch in 48 hours. >>
NJIT High Speed Rail Expert To Address DC Conference Next Week
January 19, 2012
The controversial issues behind the building of high speed rail lines in China will be the topic of conversation next week when NJIT Associate Professor Rongfang (Rachel) Liu takes the stage at the annual 91st Transportation Research Board (TRB) conference.
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NJIT's Top Newsmakers for 2011 Lauded
January 17, 2012
At the start of every year, the Office of Strategic Communications looks back at NJIT’s top ten press releases from the previous year which generated the most major media coverage from not only national sources but from around the world. >>
NJIT Board of Trustees Appoints Joel Bloom President
January 10, 2012
The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) yesterday voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Joel Bloom as President of the University, effective immediately. >>
Basil C. Baltzis, PhD, professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, has been appointed associate dean of academic affairs at NJIT's Newark College of Engineering (NCE). >>
NJIT's Matt Gosser Curates Exhibition at Jewish Museum in Newark
January 05, 2012
Matt Gosser '03, an adjunct professor of architecture at NJIT, has curated a retrospective of the works of Claire Wagner Kosterlitz, a Bauhaus artist who emigrated to the US, at the Jewish Museum of New Jersey in Newark. >>
NJIT's Matt Burgermaster Wins National Design Award
January 03, 2012
Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster has won the 2011-2012 ACSA Faculty Design Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) for his project “Ice Cycle House.”
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An award-winning photo of St. Louis Square, Montreal, by Glenn Goldman, professor and founding director of NJIT’s School of Art+Design, will be featured in the 2012 American Institute of Architects (AIA) West Jersey calendar.
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Louis Lanzerotti, distinguished research professor of physics at NJIT, has been selected as the 2011 William Bowie Medalist of the American Geophysical Union (AGU).
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NJIT Professor Plans 2012 Sustainability Workshop in Canada
November 30, 2011
NJIT Associate Professor Maurie Cohen, in the department of chemistry and environmental sciences, is heading a committee to plan a two-day workshop about challenging consumerism and living well sustainably. >>
NJIT's Department of Computer Science will host Security and Privacy Day, a biannual workshop sponsored by the computer security research community in the greater New York City area, on Dec. 2 in the Campus Center Atrium.
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Goldman Appointed Education Liaison to SIGGRAPH 2013
November 15, 2011
Glenn Goldman, founding director of NJIT's School of Art + Design, has been appointed Education Liaison to ACM/SIGGRAPH 2013 to be held in Los Angeles. >>
NJIT Expert in Design of Buildings for Hurricanes Named ASCE Chair
November 09, 2011
Structural engineer Rima Taher, PhD, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings that can withstand extreme winds and hurricanes and a university lecturer in NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, was recently elected chair of the structural technical group of the Northern New Jersey branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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NJIT's College of Architecture and Design Hosts Interdisciplinary Symposium on Energy
November 08, 2011
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design hosted the fourth annual AIA-NJ Symposium, entitled “Energy,” on October 26, 2011. >>
Architecture Professors Invited To Present Design Research at National Convention on Pre-cast Concrete
November 07, 2011
Two faculty members from NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design were invited by the PCI Board of Trustees/PCI Foundation to present their design research at the 2011 Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute’s Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Architect, Engineer and Toy Designer Chuck Hoberman To Be Guest Speaker at COAD Fall 2011 Lecture Series
November 02, 2011
Architect, engineer, and toy designer Chuck Hoberman will discuss "Transformable Principles in Design + Architecture" on Nov. 7 at 5:30 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall 1.
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COAD Lecture Series To Feature Talk by NYC-Based Furniture and Design Studio Owners
October 21, 2011
Zoe Coombes and David Boira of Cmmnwlth, a New York City-based furniture, art and design studio, will discuss "Cmmnwlth: In Lieu of Flowers" at the College of Architecture and Design Lecture Series on Oct. 24 at 5:45 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall I.
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New Exhibit To Open in COAD Gallery This Week
October 18, 2011
"2x2," a new exhibit curated by NJIT special lecturer Matt Gosser and David Smith of Robert Miller Gallery in Chelsea and Index Art Center in Newark, will be open to the public Monday through Friday from Oct. 21-Nov. 25 in the College of Architecture and Design Gallery.
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Andrzej Zarzycki, an assistant professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, recently presented two papers addressing the role of new media, gaming, and mobile on-demand culture.
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Architect Kees Christiaanse To Speak at COAD Lecture Series
October 13, 2011
Kees Christiaanse of KCAP Architects & Planners will discuss "Stewed Information Harvesting and Digesting" at the College of Architecture and Design Fall Lecture Series on Oct. 17 at 5:45 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall I.
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NJIT Board of Overseers Awards Fourth Excellence in Research Prize and Medal To Nationally Acclaimed Nanotechnology Expert
October 07, 2011
The NJIT Board of Overseers awarded the fourth annual Excellence in Research Prize and Medal yesterday to Haim Grebel, PhD, professor of electrical and computer engineering and a nationally acclaimed expert in nanotechnology.
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Book Co-Authored by NJIT's Director of Institutional Research Wins NCA Award
September 30, 2011
The Jury and Democracy: How Jury Deliberation Promotes Civic Engagement and Political Participation (Oxford University Press, Oct. 2010), co-authored by NJIT Director of Institutional Research and Planning Perry Deess, PhD, was named a "Best Book of the Year" by the National Communication Association.
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Team NJ House Opens on DC Mall Following Week of Round-the-Clock Work
September 28, 2011
Following a week of tumultuous sleepless nights and round-the-clock construction, Team NJ’s entry in the prestigious bi-annual U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2011 has opened on the National Mall's West Potomac Park in Washington, DC.
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NJIT BPA Researchers To Receive NJ R&D Council Honor
September 26, 2011
NJIT researchers Anthony East, Michael Jaffe, Yi Zhang and Luiz Catalani will number among more than 40 inventors and 13 New Jersey companies, universities and the U.S. Army to be honored Nov. 10, 2011 by the Research & Development (R&D) Council of New Jersey.
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Senator Menendez Cheers on NJ Schools Competing in Solar Decathlon
September 23, 2011
U.S. Senator Robert Menendez today joined competitors from three New Jersey universities, including NJIT, to kick off the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2011 Solar Decathlon on Washington’s National Mall.
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Sculpture Dedicated Today at NJIT
September 21, 2011
"Une Petite Bouteille," a bronze interpretation of a Klein bottle by nanotechnology research pioneer, entrepreneur and former NJIT research professor Robert B. Marcus, PhD, was officially dedicated today in Eberhardt Hall.
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Scientist and Sculptor To Reflect on Creativity at NJIT Talk Set for 9/21
September 15, 2011
The creative confluence of science and art will be the focus of the first in the fall 2011 Technology and Society Forum presentations when James C. Phillips and Robert B. Marcus jointly share their views on September 21, 2011 from 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.
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NJIT Architecture Professor Studying New Jersey 9/11 Memorials
September 15, 2011
Karen A. Franck, an environmental psychologist and a professor in the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT, has an interest in memorials.
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NJIT Professor Publishes Paper in IEEE Magazine
September 14, 2011
Ali N. Akansu, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, published a paper with his PhD student Mustafa Torun and Marco Avellaneda of the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU entitled "Portfolio Risk in Multiple Frequencies" in the Sept. 2011 issue of IEEE Signal Processing magazine.
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Architect Georgeen Theodore Promoted to Associate Professor With Tenure at NJIT Convocation
September 09, 2011
Georgeen Theodore, of Brooklyn, NY, an assistant professor in NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, will be promoted to associate professor with tenure at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.
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Montclair's Jose Alcala Honored for Teaching at NJIT
September 09, 2011
Jose Alcala, of Montclair, a university lecturer in the NJIT College of Architecture and Design, has been selected to receive the “Excellence in Instruction from a University Lecturer Award” at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.
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Jersey City’s Richard Garber Promoted to Associate Professor With Tenure at University Convocation
September 09, 2011
Richard Garber, of Jersey City, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Design, has been selected to be promoted to associate professor with tenure at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011. Convocation at NJIT traditionally honors select faculty and staff members who have demonstrated the highest level of excellence over a sustained period.
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NJIT To Honor Work of Professor With Graphene and Carbon Nanotubes
September 06, 2011
What do brilliantly colored glass, advanced batteries, and innovative technology for the regulation of brain functions have in common? They are nano-scale structures far smaller than the wavelengths of energy coursing through them in different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, said NJIT Professor Haim Grebel.
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NJIT To Sponsor PBS/NOVA Documentary Airing Sept 7 Nationwide
August 31, 2011
NJIT will be a proud sponsor of an important PBS NOVA documentary, “Engineering Ground Zero,” airing initially on Sept. 7, 2011, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on PBS; see local listings for details. >>
Monumental Sculptures Showcasing Technology Coming to NJIT
August 31, 2011
"The Art of Invention” featuring new sculpture by the American artist Daniel A. Henderson will be on view at NJIT from Oct. 1-Dec. 22, 2011.
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Karen A. Franck, PhD, professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, and Philip Speranza, an assistant professor at the University of Oregon-Eugene, will discuss “New Jersey Towns Remember: Observations of September 11 Memorials” at an interdisciplinary conference on Sept. 16-17 on the Manhattan campus of St. John’s University.
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Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research, Directed by NJIT Management Professor William Rapp, To Host First Conference
August 26, 2011
The first conference of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research, directed by NJIT Management Professor William Rapp, PhD, will be held on September 9 and 10 at the Leir Retreat in Ridgefield, CT.
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Architecture and Design Students Attend Autodesk Bootcamp
August 18, 2011
For the third consecutive year, students from the College of Architecture and Design received invitations and scholarships to participate in the Autodesk Bootcamp held in San Francisco, California. >>
COAD Assistant Professor Presents at SIGGRAPH Conference
August 15, 2011
College of Architecture and Design Assistant Professor Andrzej Zarzycki made two presentations during the “Capture and Construction” session at the 2011 ACM/SIGGRAPH conference on August 11 in Vancouver, British Columbia. >>
Christopher Worthington and Wilton Arellano, both students in the Concrete Industry Management program at NJIT, have received the International Concrete Research Institute $1000 Award for academic year 2011-2012.
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Thirty-five students presented their summer research projects at the Fourth International Summer Research Symposium on July 28 in the Campus Center Atrium.
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Fifth-year architecture student Joann Kwan Lui has won third place in the 2010-2011 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture/American Institute of Steel Construction Student Design Competition. >>
Students To Present Research at Fourth International Summer Research Symposium on July 28
July 18, 2011
Undergraduate students from NJIT's Ronald E. McNair Program, Heritage Institute of Technology, BRCM College of Engineering and Technology, the Provost's Summer Research Program and graduate students from the NJIT/Beijing, China Engineering Management Program will present their summer research projects on July 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.
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Architecture Assistant Professor Presents Research at International Conference in Wales
July 13, 2011
Matt Burgermaster, assistant professor at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, presented his research on alternative integrated design practices and prefabricated building components at the international conference Economy, held at the Welsh School of Architecture at Cardiff University in Wales.
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Construction of ENJOY: A Generation House, the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 entry from Team New Jersey, a collaborative effort of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), begins July 11, 2011 following a ground-breaking at NJIT.
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Biomedical engineering students Angela Calderon, Bushra Hossain, Marieme Dembele, and Yamin Noor took third place in the Undergraduate Design Competition held at the ASME 2011 Summer Bioengineering Conference in Farmington, PA.
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NJIT Names New Dean of the NJIT School of Management
June 28, 2011
Pius J. Egbelu, PhD, professor of industrial engineering at Louisiana State University, has been appointed the new dean of the NJIT School of Management.
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NJIT's Matt Burgermaster Presents Work at Conference on Interdisciplinary Collaboration
June 28, 2011
Matt Burgermaster, assistant professor at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, presented research at the conference, "Performative Practices: Architecture and Engineering in the 21st Century," the 2011 ACSA Teacher’s Seminar.
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Center for Building Knowledge at NJIT To Host Workshop
June 28, 2011
NJIT's Center for Building Knowledge will host "Life Beyond School: Creative Options for Meaningful Activities After Education" on June 28, 2-5 p.m. in Weston Hall.
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Angela Calderon, Bushra Hossain, Marieme Dembele, and Yamin Noor, all students in NJIT's Biomedical Engineering Department, placed in the top 6 in the Undergraduate Design Competition held at the ASME Summer Bioengineering Conference.
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Richard Garber, AIA, associate professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, will participate in a roundtable discussion on June 8 on the intersection of digital and information technologies and the urban environment.
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Aficionados of modern poured-concrete design were in for a rude awakening last month when they heard NJIT Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster’s presentation at the 64th annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians.
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Anthony D. Rosato, PhD, a professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, will give a talk entitled "Microstructure Evolution in Tapped Monodisperse Sphere Packings via Discrete Element Simulations" on June 3 at the University of Trento and on June 7 at the Polytecnico di Milano.
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Art + Design Student and Faculty Member Selected as Finalists at International Digital Graffiti Competition
May 27, 2011
Stephanie Thompson, of Belford, a third-year digital design student, and Polina Zaitseva, of Hackensack, an adjunct faculty member in NJIT’s School of Art + Design, have each had work selected for display and competition at the 2011 Digital Graffiti Festival in Alys Beach, Florida.
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Architecture Assistant Professor Presents Research on the House Designs of Thomas Edison
May 24, 2011
Matt Burgermaster, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Design, presented a paper at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians on an innovative construction system invented by Thomas Edison to mass-produce prefabricated, concrete houses.
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Tristan Pashalian of Avon-by-the-Sea, who just completed his third year in the Interior Design program in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, leveraged a project he created during the spring semester for an elective class in furniture design into an award-winning project.
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Art + Design Students Exhibit Work at 2011 International Contemporary Furniture Fair in NYC
May 23, 2011
For the second consecutive year, students from NJIT’s School of Art + Design exhibited original work at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.
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Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricanes, will speak next week at the Annual Conference of Construction Specifications Canada (Devis de Construction Canada) in Montreal. >>
Architecture Professor Leads Conference Sessions on Integration of Building Technology and Architectural Design
May 19, 2011
Matt Burgermaster, assistant professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, acted as a Session Chair for the conference In the Beginning/In the End, the 2011 National Conference of the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS).
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NJIT Associate Professor Tony Schuman, of Montclair, will receive the notable Charles Cummings Award from the Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee (NPLC) for his tireless efforts to help Newark recover its status as a first class city.
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SOM Student Teams Participate in APICS Competition
May 05, 2011
Two teams of students represented NJIT's School of Management in a student case competition sponsored by the Northern New Jersey Chapter of the Association for Operations Management (APICS) at Quinnipiac University.
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NJIT Professor Develops a Biologically-Inspired Catalyst, an Active Yet Inert Material
April 19, 2011
NJIT Associate Professor Sergiu M. Gorun is leading a research team to develop a biologically-inspired catalyst, an active yet inert material.
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Students in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design (COAD) and School of Art + Design were invited by Tishman Construction in New York City to showcase their projects today at an Earth Day Educational Fair from 11 a .m.-4 p.m. at 7 World Trade Center Plaza. >>
Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series Continues with Talk by NYC-Based Game Designer
April 15, 2011
The Digital Design program at NJIT's School of Art + Design continues its Industry Speak Seminar Series on April 18 with Andrew Grapsas, game designer at Arkadium, Inc. of New York City, where he is working on games suitable for social networking sites.
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Innovation and Collaboration Showcase To Feature Panel Discussion, Poster Presentation and More
April 14, 2011
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.
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Glenn Goldman, director of NJIT's School of Art + Design, has been elected by the membership of the Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) to serve a two-year term on the editorial board of the International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC). >>
The Ronald E. McNair Program at NJIT will present the Twelfth Annual Research Symposium, an event that showcases the excellent research projects of McNair Scholars and their supporting faculty mentors, on April 8, 9-11:45 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Fernando Music, principal from The Rooster Design Group in New York City, will be speaking on April 4 at 11:30 a.m. as part of the ongoing Digital Design Industry Speak Seminar Series hosted by NJIT's School of Art + Design. >>
NJIT Students Present Leading Research at Upcoming Showcase
March 25, 2011
Improving hospital performance, better emergency shelter and automated people-movers will number among the innovative projects and ideas that will be displayed at NJIT’s upcoming Dana Knox Student Research Showcase.
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Marcelle M. Jackson, MIS manager for NJIT's Division of Career Development Services, was recently honored by the New Jersey Haitian Student Association during their Annual Alumni and Supporters Gala. >>
The team comprised of Tristan Pashalian, Ida Torres and Peter Khalil, all third-year students in NJIT's BA in Interior Design program, has placed third in the national Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Competition.
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NJIT’s Center for Communications and Signal Processing, directed by Yeheskel Bar-Ness, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, works to develop the infrastructure to enable the next generation of wireless telecommunications.
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The NJIT Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will hold its 13th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on Thursday, March 24, 2011, from 6-9 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium. >>
NJIT's Interior Design Program Has Two of Three Regional Winners in 2011 IDEC Competition
March 15, 2011
NJIT's BA in Interior Design program has two of three regional winners in the 2011 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Competition.
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Susan Pikaart Bristol, of Rocky Hill, an adjunct professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, was one of 10 honorees at the 28th Annual Tribute to Women 2011 Awards dinner on March 3 at the Hyatt Regency Princeton.
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Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD, associate professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, will join scholars of design, photography, commercial vernacular and automotive culture in "Marvels of Roadside and Main Street America: The Itinerant Eye of John Margolies" on March 9 at the Library of Congress.
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Priscilla P. Nelson, PhD, professor in the NJIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will receive a notable civil engineering award next month as a leader of the design and construction industry who has improved peoples’ lives around the world.
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Ping Pong Table, Lounges and Trees Enliven Long Island City Museum Courtyard Thanks To NJIT Ass't Prof's Award-Winning Design
March 02, 2011
The quality of life will rise one notch higher next summer for Long Island City residents, business owners and anyone else lucky enough to live near the Museum of Modern Art’s PS1. >>
Applied Mathematics Colloquium on March 4
February 28, 2011
Marc Garbey, PhD, professor of computer science at the University of Houston, will be the guest speaker at the Spring 2011 Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series on March 4 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II.
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Treena Arinzeh Appears on Fox TV Tonight
February 25, 2011
Set your television dial tonight to Fox 5 News at 10:30 p.m. to watch NJIT’s Treena Arinzeh in an interview explain to the nation the future of adult stem cells and her research, in particular.
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New Issue of NJIT Magazine Available On Line
February 21, 2011
The Winter 2011 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available on line. The issue’s cover feature is “Seeing the Light,” which describes how NJIT researchers are expanding the boundaries of materials science at the National Synchrotron Light Source.
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Architect Daniel Libeskind To Speak Monday at NJIT in Free Talk
February 15, 2011
World renowned architect Daniel Libeskind will speak at NJIT, Feb. 21, 2011 at 5:45 p.m. in the ballroom of the NJIT Campus Center.
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NJIT's College of Architecture and Design To Be Local Site for Global Game Jam 2011
January 28, 2011
Beginning on Jan. 28 and ending on Jan. 30, NJIT's College of Architecture and Design will be a local site for Global Game Jam 2011, during which more than 150 sites around the world will compete to create a game from scratch in 48 hours.
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Darius Sollohub, of Glen Ridge, Named Director of New Jersey School of Architecture
January 27, 2011
Darius Sollohub, associate professor of architecture at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, has been named director of the New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA).
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NJIT Distinguished Professor Philip R. Goode and the research team at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have reported new insights into the small-scale dynamics of the Sun's photosphere.
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NJIT's Sotirios Ziavras Chairs IEEE International Conference
January 06, 2011
Sotirios G. Ziavras, PhD, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory at NJIT, co-chaired the 13th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering last month in Hong Kong.
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NJIT's Priscilla Nelson To Receive Award from ASCE
January 04, 2011
Priscilla P. Nelson, PhD, a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at NJIT, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers to receive the 2011 Henry L. Michel Award for Industry Advancement of Research.
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Removal of Hexavalent Chromium From Your Drinking Water
December 22, 2010
The only way to learn if your water source has hexavalent chromium is to check with your public water supplier and request a water quality report, said NJIT Professor Taha Marhaba, a civil/environmental engineer. >>
The 2010 Showtime House Features NJIT's Brooks Atwood
December 17, 2010
NJIT Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood, a principal in POD Design + Media, will have his work featured later this month in The Showtime House airing Dec. 26, 2010-Jan. 1, 2011. >>
Mapping Faculty Social Networks Helps Female Faculty Move Ahead at NJIT: Research Reveals Hidden Gender Patterns and Ways To Overcome Them
December 15, 2010
Long before Facebook introduced its hot new Social Graph app, researchers in the ADVANCE project at NJIT were pioneering the use of social network mapping to help women scientists and engineers supercharge their careers. >>
NJIT Chosen for Nano Exhibit in DC
December 10, 2010
“Directed Self-Assembly of Vertical Nanotubes for Biosensors, Logic, and Nano-Biofuel Cells,” will be the focus of NJIT’s exhibit today at the National Nanotechnology Innovation Summit 10, at the Gaylord Center in Washington, DC.
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Dwell Magazine Names NJIT's Richard Garber a Star of the Future
December 06, 2010
Architect Richard Garber has been named one of 32 new faces of design in the December issue of Dwell magazine http://www.dwell.com/articles/garden-statement.html. Garber, assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT, shares the honor with Nicole Robertson, his partner in GRO Architects, New York City.
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Award-winning House Design by NJIT Assistant Professor Published in Scholarly Article
December 06, 2010
CoAD Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster's design for a prefabricated home in Buffalo, NY is featured in an article in the Journal of Architecture Education, Issue 64:1. This project, called the Ice Cycle house, features a series of innovative building solutions to sustainable living in northern climates.
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NJIT’s Director of Institutional Research Perry Deess has co-authored a new book answering an age-old question long troubling the most astute political scientists: Does jury service really promote civic engagement?
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NCE Dean Sunil Saigal Honored at SIAEA Gala
December 06, 2010
Sunil Saigal, PhD, dean of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, was one of nine individuals honored for their achievements this weekend in the field at the 30th annual gala of the Society of Indian American Engineers and Architects (SIAEA). Founded about three decades ago as a non-profit body with a few dozen engineers, the society currently has some 700 members in New York and its neighboring states.
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Glenn Goldman Receives The Excellence in Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction at NJIT's Convocation
November 29, 2010
Glenn Goldman, professor in NJIT's School of Art and Design, received the Excellence in Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction on Sept. 15, 2010 at the NJIT University Convocation, an awards ceremony with a special welcoming ceremony for the freshman class.
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James Geller Receives The Excellence in Research Award at NJIT's University Convocation
November 23, 2010
James Geller, PhD, professor in the NJIT's Department of Computer Science, received the Excellence in Research Award on Sept. 15, 2010 at the NJIT University Convocation, an awards ceremony with a special welcoming ceremony for the freshman class.
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NJIT Architecture Alumna Participates in Newark Design Contest
November 19, 2010
Alexis Goldman, a project manager at Solutions Architecture in Newark and a 2002 graduate of NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, built a "Jumbotron" made entirely from unopened cans of food in an eight-hour Build Day as part of the CANstruction design competition. At the close of the exhibitions, the cans were donated to local food banks.
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Shanthi Gopalakrishnan Receives the Excellence in Research Award at NJIT's University Convocation
November 18, 2010
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, PhD, NJIT's Associate Dean in the School of Management, received the Excellence in Research Award on Sept. 15, 2010 at the NJIT University Convocation, an awards ceremony with a special welcoming ceremony for the freshman class.
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Digital Design Student Wins Cover Design Competition
November 18, 2010
Third-year Digital Design student Benjamin Gross of Lambertville won the Cover Design Competition for the 12th Annual VALE/NJ ACRL/NJLA CUS User’s Conference. The conference, “Strengthening Connections: Keeping Our Libraries Vital,” will be held on Jan. 11, 2011 at Busch Campus Center of Rutgers University in Piscataway and the program with Gross’s work on the cover will be distributed to more than 200 attendees. Gross, a student in the College of Architecture and Design as well as the Albert Dorman Honors College, is a previous recipient of the Second Year Design Award for Digital Design and a Director’s Scholarship in the School of Art + Design.
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Chinese Delegates to Visit NJIT to Learn of Sustainability, Solar Energy
November 17, 2010
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.
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Graduate Student Association To Host Sixth Annual Research Day Tomorrow
November 03, 2010
The Graduate Student Association at NJIT will host their sixth annual Graduate Student Research Day on Nov. 4, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. Jorge Cham, PhD, creator of the comic strip Piled Higher and Deeper (PhD), will be the keynote speaker.
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NJIT's Rima Taher Invited To Speak at Education and Infrastructure Conference in Chile
November 02, 2010
Rima Taher, PhD, PE, a university lecturer in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, gave an invited speech at an education and infrastructure conference on Oct. 26-27 in Santiago, Chile. Taher spoke on the topic of designing and strengthening educational facilities against the risk of earthquakes and hurricanes; her paper on the subject will be published in the conference proceedings. The topic of the conference was "Advances in School Infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Financial Role of the Private Sector" hosted by The Inter-American Development Bank's Education Division in collaboration with Chile's Ministry of Education.
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Drew Terpenning and Shengyan Gao, graduate students in NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the 2010 New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Outstanding Student in Transportation Award last week at the 12th Annual NJDOT Research Showcase at Rutgers University.
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Chaise Design by Architecture Adjunct Included in New Compendium
October 28, 2010
A chaise lounge design by Daniel Kopec '99, an adjunct professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, has been published in Chairs (Lark Books, 2010), a compendium of contemporary designs. Prior to joining the faculty at NJIT, Kopec owned and operated a furniture design business.
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NJIT's David Rothenberg To Debut Multimedia Piece in New York City
October 28, 2010
NJIT Humanities Professor and clarinetist David Rothenberg will perform with Charles Lindsay in The Electrosense of Paddlefish, a multimedia piece on water in the American West on Nov. 1 at 8 p.m. at the Frederick Loewe Theater, 35 West 4th St. (between Washington Square Park E. and Greene St.). Rothenberg was awarded the third annual NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on October 6. >>
New Fine Arts Program at NJIT Blends Technology with Creativity
October 27, 2010
Students who enroll in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) program launching next September at NJIT will be as likely to express their creative vision with software programs and high tech machines as with paint brushes and chisels. >>
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
October 25, 2010
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.
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College of Architecture and Design To Host AIANJ Fall Symposium
October 25, 2010
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design will host the AIANJ Fall Symposium, "Users: Architecture and Post-Occupancy," on Oct. 27, 1:45-6:30 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall 1.
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Industry-Speak Seminar Series To Feature Talk by Co-Principal and Founder of Award-Winning NYC Production House
October 15, 2010
Scott Sindorf, co-founder and principal at UVPHACTORY, an award-winning motion and design production house located in New York City, will be the guest speaker at the Industry Speak Seminar Series on Oct. 25, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the College of Architecture and Design Conference Room. Coordinated by Assistant Professor Andrzej Zarzycki, the Industry Speak Seminar Series brings industry professionals in digital media, industrial design, interior design, and fine arts from the New York City/Northern New Jersey metropolitan area to speak with students and faculty in an intimate setting.
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Doctoral Student Is Runner-Up in IEEE Poster Competition
October 11, 2010
Khondaker M. Salehin, a PhD candidate in the ECE Department at NJIT, was the runner-up in the Student Poster Competition of the IEEE Sarnoff Symposium 2010 in Princeton. Salehin presented a scheme to measure link capacity and available bandwidth for wired networks. This work was developed in the Networking Research Laboratory under the supervision of Roberto Rojas-Cessa, PhD, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
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Menssana Research Inc. Receives $4.2 Million BARDA Contract To Develop a Breathalyzer Test for Radiation Exposure
October 08, 2010
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. >>
School of Art+Design Announces Inaugural Industry-Speak Seminar Series with Digital Design
October 08, 2010
Mary Nittolo, president of The Studio, will join the lineup of digital media and visual communication professionals at the Industry-Speak Seminar Series on Oct. 11, 11:30 a.m-1 p.m. Coordinated by Assistant Professor Andrzej Zarzycki, the series brings industry professionals in digital media, industrial design, interior design, and fine arts from the New York City/Northern New Jersey metropolitan area to speak with students and faculty in an intimate setting in the College of Architecture and Design Conference Room. Contact: Andrzej Zarzycki at andrzej.zarzycki@njit.edu
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NJIT Board of Overseers Awards Third Annual Research Prize and Medal To Interspecies Music Expert
October 07, 2010
The exotic world of interspecies music was revealed yesterday when the third annual NJIT Excellence in Research Prize and Medal was bestowed upon David Rothenberg, PhD, a member of NJIT’s faculty, best-selling author and acclaimed jazz clarinetist, by the NJIT Board of Overseers. "As an NJIT Overseer, I am especially appreciative of David’s accomplishments in reaching out and building relationships with readers and listeners beyond what is generally considered the traditional boundary of academia," said NJIT Board of Overseers Chairman Emil Herkert.
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Doctoral Student Awarded Fellowship from National Institutes of Health
September 24, 2010
Ian Lafond, a second-year PhD student in NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering, has received a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institutes of Health. This $142,000 award will support Ian's dissertation research in the lab of Associate Professor Sergei Adamovich over the next four years.
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NJIT Architecture Adjunct's "Fractured Bubble" Design Selected as People's Choice Sukkah of NYC
September 22, 2010
Henry Grosman and Babak Bryan's "Fractured Bubble" design was recently selected as the "People's Choice Sukkah of New York City" in the 2010 Sukkah City Design Competition. Grosman is currently working as an architect in New York and teaches a design studio and a seminar at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The temporary structure, which was created by architecture students in NJIT's FABLAB, will be on display in Union Square until October 2. >>
Menssana Research Inc. Receives $4.2 Million BARDA Contract to Develop a Breathalyzer Test for Radiation Exposure
September 21, 2010
The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Menssana Research Inc., a company in the NJIT Enterprise Development Center, a contract for $4.2 million to develop a breath test for radiation exposure. >>
Exotic World of Interspecies Music Spotlighted as NJIT Professor Is Honored: Whale and Bird Song Experts Join Jazz Musicians for Unique Event
September 20, 2010
The exotic world of interspecies music will be revealed on Oct. 6, 2010 when the New Jersey Institute of Technology Excellence in Research Prize and Medal is bestowed upon David Rothenberg, a member of NJIT’s faculty, best-selling author and acclaimed jazz clarinetist, by the NJIT Board of Overseers. “Harmonic Connections in Nature, Science and Music,” held at 5 p.m. at the Jim Wise Theater in Kupfrian Hall, will include a presentation by Rothenberg, PhD, professor of philosophy and music, on how and why music enables him to communicate with birds and whales—the subject of his two best-selling books.
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NJIT's College of Architecture and Design To Present Fall Exhibition
September 17, 2010
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design and Matthew Gosser '03 present "Details, Details, Details" featuring the work of artists Roberto Osti, Daniel Brophy, and Gocha Tsinadze, whose use of fine lines and uncompromising attention to detail offer a common linkage between artwork that would otherwise not appear so similar. A reception open to the public will be held on Sept. 24, 2010 from 5-9 p.m., with refreshments and an opportunity to meet the artists. This exhibition will also be part of the Newark Arts Council's Open Doors, a weekend celebration of the arts with a Friday night gallery crawl and a Sunday afternoon open studio tour. For more information, call 973-596-3080 or go to: www.gosser.info.
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Architecture Faculty Member Elected to NYC ACM/SIGGRAPH Board of Directors
September 03, 2010
Andrzej Zarzycki, an assistant professor in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, has been elected to the New York City chapter of the ACM/SIGGRAPH Board of Directors. ACM SIGGRAPH is the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group for computer graphics and interactive techniques.
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Daniel Palma of Paterson and Benjamin Gross of Lambertville, two juniors from NJIT's School of Art + Design, served as volunteers in the Student Volunteer Program at the Association of Computing Machinery’s 2010 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference last month in Los Angeles. >>
NJIT To Help Lead Public/Private Partnership With DuPont Subsidiary To Develop High-Efficiency Homes
August 12, 2010
NJIT and Building Media Inc. (BMI), a DuPont subsidiary, will lead one of 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes ─ the Building America Retrofit Alliance (BARA).
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Undergraduate Architecture and Design Student Presents Research Poster at SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference
August 10, 2010
Sophia Sobers of Budd Lake presented “Parametric Architecture” in the design category of the research poster session at the Association of Computing Machinery’s 2010 SIGGRAPH Conference last month in Los Angeles. Sobers, who expects to graduate in May 2011 with a BS in architecture from NJIT and a BA in art from Rutgers-Newark, is the first undergraduate from the College of Architecture and Design to have a research poster accepted for presentation at the premier computer graphics annual conference. She explored the idea of creating a “responsive architecture” – an architectural system that explores the idea of using a parametric interface that reacts and changes based on user input that was originally developed as part of coursework with Henry Grosman, adjunct faculty in the New Jersey School of Architecture.
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Daniel Palma of Paterson and Benjamin Gross of Lambertville, two juniors from NJIT's School of Art + Design, were selected to serve in the Student Volunteer Program at the Association of Computing Machinery’s 2010 SIGGRAPH Conference. Admission to the Student Volunteer Program is highly competitive and provides participants access to network with industry leaders and the opportunity to attend short courses, presentations of production case studies, and technical paper sessions. Students provide a minimum of 30 hours of service during the conference, which started on July 24 and concluded on July 30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Palma and Gross are both third-year students in the Entertainment Track in NJIT’s new BA program in Digital Design. For the bilingual Palma, an EOP student and past recipient of a Director’s Scholarship in the School of Art + Design, this marked the second consecutive year he was selected to participate at SIGGRAPH; 2010 was the first SIGGRAPH conference for Gross, a student in the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT.
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NJIT Professor of Humanities and interspecies music expert David B. Rothenberg, PhD, is on tour this week performing whale-related music throughout Finland, Sweden and Arctic Norway with Whale Kit, a group of electronic musicians from Russia. Rothenberg will receive the third annual NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on October 6, 2010.
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Students To Present Research at Third International Summer Research Symposium on July 28
July 20, 2010
Undergraduate students from the Heritage Institute of Technology in Kolkata, India, NJIT Ronald E. McNair scholars and graduate students from NJIT and Beijing, China, will present their summer research projects under the guidance of NJIT STEM faculty on July 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The symposium is the culminating event of their summer research efforts at NJIT for the visiting student scholars as well as the NJIT McNair Summer Research Institute participants. The symposium is open to NJIT faculty, staff and students as well as the general public.
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The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded NJIT $468,495 to create a comprehensive series of four courses to train and teach mechanical engineers in the New York Metropolitan Region how to improve the energy efficiency of existing buildings. The NJIT Center for Building Knowledge, which thanks to its involvement with regional utilities and other state agencies has had much experience doing this kind of work, will organize and run the training sessions. Center Executive Director Deane M. Evans will be the project director.
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NJIT's Treena Arinzeh Receives Coulter Foundation Translational Award for Biomedical Engineering
July 01, 2010
Treena Arinzeh, PhD, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been named a Career Awardee of the 2010 Coulter Foundation Translational Award for Biomedical Engineering. The award seeks to support biomedical research that is translational in nature, and to encourage and assist eligible biomedical engineering investigators to establish themselves in academic careers involving translational research.
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A robot sculpture by Matthew Gosser '03, an adjunct professor in NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture, will be featured in "Collect This," an assemblage of works that represent the ideas and boldness of the New Newark at the 239 Collective gallery. The exhibition runs June 17-August 31, 2010. An opening reception, which is free and open to the public, will be held on June 24, 7 p.m.-1 a.m.
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Louis J. Lanzerotti, PhD, a distinguished research professor in the department of physics at NJIT, will lead the 12-member panel organized by the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies (www.nationalacademies.org) to identify possible causes of unintended acceleration in vehicles in the aftermath of Toyota's large recalls.
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Architecture Alums Win First Place in NY Architecture League Design Charrette Competition
June 17, 2010
A team comprised of New Jersey School of Architecture alumni Justin Foster '08, Lauren Page '08, and Phil Kuehne '07 of the design collective KIT won first place in the New York Architecture League's design charette competition. Their winning design, which features hundreds of hula hoops forming a connected canopy, will be part of a temporary summer installation in the backyard of the SUPERFRONT art gallery to host events for New York City Explorers, a Brooklyn-based nonprofit group.
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Parametric smart modules created in an industrial design class taught by Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood, assistant director of the FabLab at NJIT's School of Art and Design will be on display June 18-July 18 in the NOUS Gallery in London during the London Festival of Architecture.
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Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricanes, is available to educate people about best building design and construction practices to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces.
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“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.
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Sara Jane Rin, a second-year industrial design student in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, stands next to her work that was on display at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at NYC's Javits Center during the weekend of May 15-18. The event exposes students and their work to industry leaders in manufacturing and design, and also promotes awareness of NJIT to design and manufacturing professionals.
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The NJIT Board of Overseers will present the third New Jersey Institute of Technology Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on October 6, 2010, to best-selling author and acclaimed clarinetist David B. Rothenberg, PhD. Through music and writing, Rothenberg, a professor of humanities at NJIT, explores the world of interspecies music. >>
Taha F. Marhaba, PhD, of Bridgewater, professor and chair of the department of civil and environmental engineering and director of the New Jersey Applied Water Research Center at NJIT, received the 2010 Distinguished Engineer Award from the Rutgers Engineering Society on May 17.
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Yeheskel Bar-Ness, PhD, of Marlboro, Newark College of Engineering Distinguished Professor in the electrical and computer engineering department at NJIT was selected as one of two recipients of the Communication Theory Technical Committee Service Award for 2009.
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NJIT Assistant Professor Richard Garber will receive next week a Project of the Year Award from Jersey City for the PREtty Fab House, a one-family sustainable home in the Greenville section of Jersey City.
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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.
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As Earth Day approaches, you may want to hear more from Maurie Cohen, an associate professor at NJIT, who is one of a quartet of editors responsible for producing a special issue about sustainable consumption and production prepared for The Journal of Industrial Ecology (JIE). The papers of this online issue are freely downloadable at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123296535/issue.
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Paul Rodriguez, of Harrison, a graduating senior at NJIT, received honorable mention at the NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase on April 14, 2010, for his research project to develop a composite material made entirely from recycled glass and plastics as a replacement for concrete masonry blocks.
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Brian Novello, of Rockaway Township, a graduating fifth year student in the NJIT Bachelor of Architecture Degree Program, has received the third place bronze medal from NJIT for his inventive design to create docking stations in rivers to harness clean energy. The honor was awarded at the NJIT Dana Knox Provost Research Day competition on April 14, 2010. >>
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.
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Jefferson A. Cuadra, of West New York, an undergraduate student at NJIT, received the first prize gold medal for his undergraduate project, “Destabilization of Pickering Emulsions Using Vibrations.” The award was presented at the annual NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase at NJIT on April 14, 2010. >>
Graduating senior Tin Vo, of Jersey City, received the second-place silver undergraduate medal for his project, “Altering Substrate Specificity of a-Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase for Chemical Synthesis,” from the NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase competition on April 14, 2010. Professor Edgardo Farinas, PhD, was his advisor.
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Yasmine Aly, of Bloomfield, a doctoral candidate studying chemical engineering at NJIT received on April 14, 2010, the first-place gold medal for her graduate research project, “Aluminum-based Reactive Composite Powders” at the NJIT Dana Knox Student Research Showcase on April 14, 2010.
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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.
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Elsevier Distinguished Lecture on April 19
April 12, 2010
Howard R. Baum, PhD, the Glenn L. Martin Professor in the Department of Fire Protection Engineering at the University of Maryland, will discuss "Simulating Fire Effects on Complex Building Structures" on April 19, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC), Room 3730. The Mechanics Research Communications Elsevier Distinguished Lecture is co-sponsored by Elsevier and the NJIT Granular Science Laboratory.
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The NJIT College of Architecture and Design (COAD) has received the $25,000 grand prize for 2010 from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for a small modern townhouse. Architecture students developed the design last semester for the Newark Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
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NJIT Receives More than $23 Million in Recovery Funds To Facilitate Use of Electronic Health Records by 2014
April 07, 2010
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. >>
The NJIT College of Architecture and Design (COAD) has received the $25,000 grand prize for 2010 from the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) for a small modern townhouse. Architecture students developed the design last semester for the Newark Chapter of Habitat for Humanity.
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Design through Dialogue: A Guide for Architects and Clients by Karen A. Franck, a professor in both the NJIT College of Architecture and Design and the NJIT College of Science and Liberal Arts, was published last month by Wiley & Sons. The book explores the relationship between client and architect through the lens of four overlapping activities that occur during any project: relating, talking, exploring and transforming. Teresa von Sommaruga Howard is the co-author.
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J. Robert Hillier, founder of Hillier Architecture and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, will discuss "Life After Recession: Think Outside the Box" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on April 7, 2010, 2:30-4 p.m. in GITC 1100.
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Michael Ehrlich, PhD and William V. Rapp, PhD, professors in NJIT's School of Management, will discuss "Is Recognizing Asset Bubbles Really That Difficult?" at the NJIT-Sigma Xi Research Café on April 1, 4:30-6 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Area, 3rd Floor, NJIT Campus Center. The presentation will focus on the School of Management’s current research project on recognizing the development and evolution of asset price bubbles including their usual origins and shifts in their characteristics. For information, contact Jay Kappraff at 973-596-3490 or at kappraff@adm.njit.edu.
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NJIT received today from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. a three-year, $1.5 million grant to establish a solar research center.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: NJIT Receives Three-Year, $1.5 Million Grant from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc. To Build Solar Research Center
March 15, 2010
A press conference, following a check signing, will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at 3:30 p.m., when NJIT receives a three-year, $1.5 million grant from Apollo Solar Energy, Inc., a public US corporation, to build a solar research center.
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NJIT's Donald Sebastian To Participate Tomorrow on Life Sciences Day Panel in Trenton
March 11, 2010
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.
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NJIT graduate architecture students are developing how to improve retail and residential areas near two rail stations on the NJ Transit Raritan Valley Line in Plainfield this semester. Both stations will experience increased usage with the completion of a second tunnel beneath the Hudson River, the Access to the Region’s Core project (ARC).
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NJIT's Information Systems Department, Office of Technology Development and the NSF-funded ADVANCE Project will co-sponsor an interdisciplinary, cross-sector seminar on text-mining and research networks on March 8, 11:30 am-1:30 p.m. (followed by discussion) in the GITC Building, Room 3710. "Automated Discovery of Emerging Online Communities and Research Networks: New Tools and Techniques from Academia and Industry" will feature presentations by Anatoliy Gruzd, PhD (pictured), assistant professor in the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University; and Sheldon Sloan, MD, MBE, vice president of policy, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Office of Science and Technology. Lunch will be provided.
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Sergiu M. Gorun, PhD, associate professor of chemistry at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), was awarded a patent today for a novel composition of matter. “Functional Coating Compositions of Perfluoroalkyl Perfluoro-Phthalocyanine Compounds” (US Patent Number 7,670,684) discloses a new self-contained subclass of molecules. These new materials are comprised of organic scaffolds with metal centers, which can be applied as either an opaque or transparent hydrophobic coating.
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NJIT's Maurie Cohen To Speak at March 4 Research Cafe
February 25, 2010
Maurie Cohen, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences at NJIT, will discuss "Is It Futile To Pursue Economic Growth?" at the NJIT-Sigma Xi Research Café on March 4, 4:30-6 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Area, 3rd Floor, NJIT Campus Center.
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NJIT Patent May Be Able To Replace BPA; Make Consumer Products Safer
February 24, 2010
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.
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The New Growth of Jersey City Will Be Focus of Free NJIT Talk
February 23, 2010
Recent visitors to Jersey City know how much the skyline has changed in recent years—especially along the waterfront now replete with glittering and glamorous corporate office buildings tied together by a wide brick walkway for strolls along the Hudson River. Speaking on March 8, 2010 will be the key planners behind those changes.
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Architect at NJIT To Help Start Rebuilding Better Buildings in Haiti
February 16, 2010
Rima Taher, a structural engineer at NJIT has accepted an invitation from Architecture for Humanity (AFH) to join architects and engineers creating a construction guide for rebuilding in earthquake and hurricane-prone areas. The guide would be used as a resource to builders as they begin their efforts in Haiti. The manual will cover job site safety, dos and don'ts for earthquake and hurricane-resistant building and a list of appropriate/sustainable materials. It will be distributed for non-commercial use. >>
Author and Musician David Rothenberg Will Present Ideas on Evolution Today at NJIT
February 11, 2010
NJIT Professor David Rothenberg, a prominent author and musician, will present in words, images and music his ideas about how evolution produces beauty, not only adaptation. The free talk, entitled “Whales, Birds and Why Nature Is Beautiful,” will be held Feb. 11, 4:30-6 p.m., in the faculty dining area on the third floor of the NJIT Campus Center. The public is invited and refreshments will be served. >>
Professional Society To Honor NJIT Architecture Professor
February 09, 2010
Anthony (Tony) Schuman, a professor at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, has been named a distinguished professor by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). >>
Unique furniture designs made of exotic woods by craftsman Glen G. Guarino and life-size plywood fabrications of everyday objects by conceptual artist Ryan Roa, will be the focus of two simultaneous art shows opening at NJIT on March 4, 2010 from 5-9 p.m.
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Architect and photographer Christopher Payne, known for his photography books highlighting forgotten and lost structures, will be among the speakers at NJIT’s free Monday night lecture series running through April. More topics will include Jersey City’s amazing redevelopment, hyperdensity, plus recent architectural projects by the renowned architect Bernard Tschumi.
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NJIT's College of Architecture and Design Spring 2010 Evening Lecture Series Kicks Off on Feb. 8
February 02, 2010
Vishaan Chakrabarti, AIA, director of the Real Estate Development Program at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and founding principal of VCDC in New York City, will discuss "Hyperdensity" at the Skanska Endowed Lecture on Feb. 8 at 5:30 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall II. The event kicks off NJIT's College of Architecture and Design Spring 2010 Evening Lecture Series. The lecture is free and open to the public. >>
NJIT Professor David Rothenberg, a prominent author and musician, will present in words, images and music his ideas about how evolution produces beauty, not only adaptation. His evidence is the hard-to-explain qualities of bird song, whale song, and other unusual habits of various creatures. >>
2009
MEDIA ADVISORY: Habitat Names Winners of Affordable Housing Design Competition on Dec. 14 at NJIT
December 10, 2009
Habitat for Humanity Newark will announce the winners of an affordable townhouse design competition for Newark’s South Ward on Dec. 14, 2009 at 6 p.m. in the 7th Floor Loft at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design. >>
NJIT Grad Student’s Research Wins Honors from Acoustics Society
December 04, 2009
Rashi Jain, a doctoral candidate in applied mathematics at NJIT, is looking forward to a good new year, particularly when it comes to getting a job following graduation next May. Jain, who is specializing in underwater acoustics, has high hopes for a good position, thanks to a new addition to her resume.
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NJIT's Don Sebastian To Serve as Panelist Today at "Best and Brightest" Medical Innovation Forum
December 01, 2009
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. >>
NJIT Professor Serves as Program Chair of IEEE International Conference
December 01, 2009
Sotirios G. Ziavras, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory at NJIT, served as program chair of the 21st IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence on Nov. 2-5, 2009.
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Savion Glover Wows Guests at NJIT's Annual "Celebration"
November 20, 2009
Tony Award-winning choreographer Savion Glover thrilled friends of NJIT at the university’s recent annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration.
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NJIT Research Professor Reginald C. Farrow will discuss "Self-Assembled Carbon Nanotubes and Nanodevices" at the third installation of the NJIT-Sigma Xi Research Cafe on Nov.19, 4:30-6 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Area, 3rd Floor, NJIT Campus Center. For information, contact Jay Kappraff at 973-596-3490 or kappraff@adm.njit.edu.
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NJIT will hold its annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.
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COAD Alumnus, MSPTC Grad Student Named AIA NJ Intern of the Year
November 11, 2009
Jason Peist '08, a member of the design team at TMR and Associates, P.C. in Rutherford, was named the AIA NJ Intern Architect of the Year for 2009. An early graduate of the 5-year bachelor of architecture program and the Albert Dorman Honors College in December 2008, Jason is currently enrolled in the Master of Science in Professional and Technical Communication program at NJIT.
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NJIT Architecture Students Welcome Habitat for Humanity Newark Homeowners to Review Townhouse Designs
November 10, 2009
Students in an NJIT architecture studio welcomed a group of guests last weekend to review their designs and provide practical feedback on the plans.
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College of Science and Liberal Arts at NJIT Honors Faculty, Staff, Students, Alums
November 09, 2009
NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) recently honored faculty, staff, students and alumni for outstanding work. >>
Architectural Students to Welcome Habitat for Humanity Newark Homeowners to NJIT Design Studio This Saturday, November 7
November 03, 2009
Students in a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) architectural studio have a unique opportunity: design a group of townhouses that will actually be built by Habitat for Humanity next year.
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GSA at NJIT To Host Fifth Annual Graduate Student Research Day
November 03, 2009
The Graduate Student Association (GSA) at NJIT will present the Fifth Annual GSA Research Day-Fall 2009 on Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The event will showcase the research of NJIT graduate students to the academic community. Please visit http://gsa.njit.edu/researchday.htm for general guidelines and further details.
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NJIT will hold its annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration, on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, at Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. Tony Award-winning dancer, choreographer and producer Savion Glover, who was born and raised in Newark, will provide the entertainment.
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Learn More About Architecture at NJIT’s Free Monday Lecture Series
October 28, 2009
A series of talks by noted architects and educators are brightening NJIT this fall with topics ranging from what the hippies did for architecture to the annual fall symposium sponsored by the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
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NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design (COAD) will host a public forum on the changing status of technology in architectural practice and the emerging potential for the role of architecture in the design of the built environment. The NJ Chapter of the American Institute of Architects will sponsor the free event, open to the public, set for Oct. 28, 2009, 1:15 p.m.-7 p.m. >>
NJIT Professors To Join Newark Museum Centennial Celebration Film Panel Discussion, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m.
October 22, 2009
NJIT Humanities Lecturer Jon Curley and Architecture Associate Professor Tony Schuman will join Newark-based filmmakers Marylou Tibaldo-Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno for a panel discussion about making the film New Work: Newark in 3D on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Newark Museum. Curley wrote and recorded the poems that accompany the film, which is being shown in tandem with the 1920 avant-garde film Manhatta and will become a permanent part of the museum's permanent collection.
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Four NJIT Researchers To Be Honored by NJ Inventors Hall of Fame
October 21, 2009
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. >>
Improving Schools for Disabled Students Is NJIT Researcher's Mission
October 19, 2009
NJIT Research Architect B. Lynn Hutchings believes that by making a few practical, effective and relatively inexpensive changes to school buildings, they can become better environments for students with severe physical, intellectual, and sensory disabilities. She will spread her word to school social workers at the Nov. 6-8, 2009 Annual Meeting of the Council for Social Work Education, in San Antonio. >>
Theatre Town Art Exhibition Opening at NJIT's COAD Gallery Saturday, Oct. 17, 5-11 p.m.
October 15, 2009
"Theatre Town," an art exhibition celebrating Newark’s theatre history curated by Newark resident artist and NJIT adjunct faculty member Matthew Gosser, will open with a reception from 5 p.m.-10 p.m. on Oct. 17 and run through Nov. 28 at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design Gallery. The Gallery is located at 367 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Newark. For more information, call 973-596-3080.
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Research Cafe on Oct. 20 To Feature Talk by Dr. Donald Louria
October 15, 2009
Dr. Donald Louria, Chair Emeritus, Dept. of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, New Jersey School of Medicine, will discuss "The Societal Consequences of Creating Extraordinary Longevity and the Looming Medicare Catastrophe: A Systems Approach" at the second session of The Research Café on Oct. 20 at 4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Faculty Dining Room (3rd floor). Dr. Louria will give a talk based on his new book, Rethink: A Twenty-first Century Approach to Preventing Societal Catastrophes. The talk is sponsored by the NJIT chapter of Sigma Xi, the national research honor society. Refreshments will be served and also can be purchased in the Pub or other Campus Center locations. Contact: Jay Kappraff at x3490.
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College of Architecture and Design To Host AIANJ Material Evidence Symposium on Oct. 28
October 14, 2009
A series of noted architects and educators will discuss their work as material evidence of emerging forms of contemporary design practice, the various technologies being used, and to what end they are being applied at the AIANJ Material Evidence Symposium on Oct. 28, 1:15-7 p.m. in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The symposium is a public forum for discussion and debate on the changing status of technology in architectural practice and emerging potentials for its role in the design of our built environment. Attendees must RSVP to Amada Belton, amada@njit.edu, 973-596-5566. >>
Biomedical Engineering Research Open House on Oct. 16
October 13, 2009
All students (BS, MS and PhD) are invited to experience the spirit of innovation that drives biomedical engineering research in University Heights at NJIT's Biomedical Engineering Research Open House on Oct. 16, 2-4 p.m. in Fenster Hall, 6th Floor. Tour NJIT BME laboratories and see the work first-hand, meet with NJIT BME faculty who are leading these research programs, and much more.
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Using a colander to separate pasta from the water in which it was cooked is a commonplace kitchen experience. But what about the cooking water that usually disappears down the drain? Suppose you had a colander with holes that could not only separate pasta and water, but just as easily remove the salt and starch added to the water in the cooking process — making the water so pure that it would taste great. >>
NJIT Architecture Professor Will Be Contributor at National Conference in New Orleans
October 12, 2009
James Dart AIA, university lecturer in the College of Architecture and Design and principal of DARCH in New York City, will be a contributor at a national conference "New Orleans Under Reconstruction: The Crisis of Planning" on Oct. 24-25 at Tulane University. Dart, along with Associate Professor Darius Sollohub and many dedicated NJIT architecture students, has been active in planning and design efforts in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005.
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Architect Martin Hamm To Discuss Strawbale Construction on Oct. 12
October 09, 2009
Architect Martin Hamm will discuss strawbale construction at a seminar on Oct. 12, 5:45 p.m. at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, Weston Lecture Hall 1. Co-sponsored by the NJIT Campus Center and the student chapter of the US Green Building Council, the talk is free and open to the public.
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So What Makes A Better Business Team? Ask NJIT’s Jerry Fjermestad
October 02, 2009
Want to know more about getting productivity from your management team? Then ask Jerry Fjermestad, an associate professor in NJIT’s School of Management. Fjermestad has learned, based on earlier research that high-performing virtual management teams act differently than low-performing ones.
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Artist Matt Gosser at NJIT Creates Three Happening Art Events for Newark In October
October 01, 2009
October will be a busy month for art lovers in Newark thanks to the efforts of resident artist and curator Matthew Gosser, an NJIT adjunct faculty member. Gosser’s latest work, “Theater Town,” a huge outdoor mural on the rear wall of 441 Broad Street, has no doubt stirred the interest of downtowners. >>
NJIT To Dedicate New Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory on Oct. 3, 2009
September 29, 2009
During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they might have dreamed possible about the Sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of ground-based and space-based instruments. All the more reason for the excitement on Oct. 3, 2009 when NJIT formally dedicates the new solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), CA. >>
Membrane Separation Expert To Be Feted at NJIT
September 24, 2009
NJIT Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering Kamalesh K. Sirkar will be honored Oct. 7, 2009 for his pioneering research in membrane separation processes. These processes play a critical and greater role today in several areas of national interest including health care and the production of drinking water.
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Stem Cell Applications and Research Highlight NJIT’s First Research Cafe
September 24, 2009
Stem cell researcher Treena Livingston Arinzeh will discuss current stem cell applications at NJIT, including the regeneration of bone and cartilage for bone fracture and osteoarthritis treatments, spinal cord repair, and liver regeneration at NJIT’s first Research Café.
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NJIT Research Cafe Kicks Off on Sept. 29 with Presentation by Noted Adult Stem Cell Expert
September 22, 2009
NJIT Biomedical Engineering Professor Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD will discuss "Stem Cells: Their Origins and Applications Being Explored at NJIT" at the opening session of The Research Café on Sept. 29 at 4:30 p.m. in the Faculty Dining area on the third floor of the Campus Center. Refreshments will be served and also can be purchased in the Pub or other Campus Center locations. Contact Jay Kappraff at x3490.
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NJIT Honors Expert Who Studies How Computers Aid Business Communication
September 04, 2009
Jerry Fjermestad, of Orangeburg, NY, an NJIT professor who has focused his research on understanding how corporate leaders communicate better using computers, has received the NJIT Excellence in Research Award. The honor was awarded Sept. 2, 2009 at the University Convocation, an annual celebration. Fjermestad is an associate professor in NJIT’s School of Management.
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NJIT Physicist Who Connected Solar Outburst With GPS Failure Promoted To Distinguished Professor
September 04, 2009
NJIT Professor Dale Gary, PhD, of Berkeley Heights, an expert in solar radio data, was promoted to distinguished professor. Gary examines the conditions under which solar radio bursts from distinct solar events can disrupt cellular telephone signals.
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NJIT Honors Computer Scientist and Expert on Mathematical Morphology
September 04, 2009
Frank Y. Shih, a professor of computer science at NJIT, who is a steganography expert and author of a reference book about image processing and mathematical morphology, has received the NJIT Excellence in Research Award. The honor was awarded Sept. 2, 2009 at the University Convocation, an annual celebration.
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NJIT Physics Professor, a Space Weather Expert, Receives Top Honor
September 04, 2009
Haimin Wang, of Livingston, an NJIT professor, whose work focuses on the physics behind space weather in order to predict unexpected and unwanted solar activities and their effect on Earth, has received the NJIT Excellence in Research Award.
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NJIT Honors Judith Sheft of Westfield for Achievement
September 04, 2009
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.
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NJIT Honors Thomas Ogorzalek of Jersey City for Achievement
September 04, 2009
Thomas Ogorzalek, PhD, of Jersey City, university lecturer in the College of Architecture and Design, received the NJIT Award for Instruction by a University Lecturer at NJIT’s University Convocation, an annual celebration held on Sept. 2, 2009.
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A. Zachary Yamba To Be Keynote Speaker at Upcoming NJIT University Convocation: Teachers, Staff, Students To Be Honored
August 13, 2009
NJIT marks the start of the new school year on September 2, 2009 with University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony. The event, which recognizes the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff, will be held at 3 p.m., in the Jim Wise Theatre in Kupfrian Hall on the NJIT campus. A reception follows.
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Like most practicing architects in Lower Manhattan, Richard Garber, a professor at NJIT’s School of Architecture and Design and his partner Nicole Robertson, have seen their fair share of oddball requests. >>
Students To Present Research at McNair Summer Symposium
July 22, 2009
Thirty-five students enrolled in the Ronald E. McNair Tenth Summer Research Institute, the NSF/REU Particle Research Center Programs, Heritage Institute of Technology in Kolkata, India and graduate students from the NJIT's Beijing, China Engineering Management Program will present their research at the third Summer Research Symposium on July 29, 9:30-11:45 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The symposium is open to the public.
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Magazine Touts NJIT Idea To Harness Clean Energy for NYC
July 16, 2009
An NJIT architecture professor with an architecture student has designed a network of modular floating docks to harness clean energy for New York City. The proposal was featured this week in Metropolis magazine.
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Kamalesh Sirkar, PhD, distinguished professor of chemical engineering at NJIT, and internationally-renowned expert in membrane separation technologies will be the recipient of the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal. The award presentation and lecture will take place Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009, in Kupfrian Hall on the NJIT campus. A reception will immediately follow. For more information, please click here.
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Better building practices for structures in hurricane-prone regions will be the focus of a paper next month in Caribbean Construction Magazine by NJIT architecture professor Rima Taher, PhD. Taher has written extensively about best building design and construction practices to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces and to resist high winds and hurricanes in residential or commercial construction.
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NJIT Professor To Discuss Long-Term Sustainability of Water Resources at Webinar Series
June 03, 2009
Zeyuan Qiu, associate professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, will discuss "Protection of Critical Source Areas for Achieving Long-term Sustainability of Water Resources" on June 8, 2-3 p.m. (EST) as part of the Collaborative Science and Technology Network for Sustainability (CNS) webinar series. CNS is an EPA grant program offered through the National Center for Environmental Research (NCER) Science To Achieve Results (STAR) program that supports collaboration between science and engineering researchers and decision-makers to pursue regional sustainability. Call in: 866-299-3188; Passcode: 202-343-9759. Webinar access: http://portal.epa.gov/webconference; Conf. ID: 411720. Slides from the webinar series and the schedule of upcoming talks are posted on the CNS science connector page.
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The Listening Studio, a unique new audio and visual laboratory with state-of-the-art testing equipment for the hearing impaired, designed by architect Brooks Atwood, an NJIT adjunct professor of architecture, has opened in lower Manhattan. >>
The Listening Studio, a breakthrough innovation for people with hearing loss that recently opened at the Center for Hearing and Communication in lower Manhattan, was fabricated by students and faculty at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design using the university's Fabrication Laboratory, or FABLAB. The audio and video installation is acoustically designed to simulate an array of real-life listening environments. Brooks Atwood, an adjunct professor of architecture at NJIT and a principal of POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC, helped design the project. The Studio is open to the public by appointment only by calling (917) 305-7766.
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NJIT students aim to improve the quality of life in New Jersey and there is no better indication of the scope of these efforts than the remarkable range of student research projects entered in the recent annual Dana Knox Student Research Showcase.
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Two NJIT undergraduates will attend an elite 11-week paid summer internship program sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD. Some 150 students from universities throughout the nation will participate in the prestigious program which involves a rigorous acceptance process.
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New Issue of NJIT Magazine Now Available On Line
April 27, 2009
The Spring 2009 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available on line. The issue’s cover feature describes the transformation of New Jersey School of Architecture, now one part of the new NJIT College of Architecture and Design along with the recently established School of Art+Design.
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Philip R. Goode, PhD, distinguished professor of physics at NJIT, will be inducted tonight into the New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created in 1999 to recognize the best and the brightest New Jersey has to offer by honoring the achievements of life science and high-tech research and business leaders, educators, and government officials who have demonstrated exemplary work in innovative products and therapies. Sponsors of the event are BioNJ, HINJ, and TechAmerica. >>
"The Holocaust: A Retrospective,” a collection of original works by the late Newark-born artist Marcia Marx, will open in Newark for one month on Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Jewish Museum of New Jersey. Artist Matthew Gosser, familiar to area residents for his group shows at NJIT’s College of Architecture and Design, curated the exhibit.
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“The Holocaust: A Retrospective," a collection of original works by internationally recognized artist Marcia Marx and curated by Matthew Gosser, special lecturer of architecture at NJIT, will open on April 19 at the Jewish Museum of New Jersey in Newark. An opening reception with refreshments will take place on April 19 starting at noon and ending at 5 p.m. The exhibit will run through May 20.
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Architect Stephen Kieran To Speak at Evening Lecture Series
April 13, 2009
Stephen Kieran, FAIA, of KieranTimberlake in Philadelphia, will discuss "Five Dwellings: Nothing, Little, More, Much More, More than Enough" on April 16 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The AIANJ Endowed Lecture is free and open to the public.
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Students To Present Undergraduate Research at Tenth Annual McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program Symposium
April 09, 2009
Undergraduate research projects by students from Newark College of Engineering, College of Computing Sciences and College of Science and Liberal Arts will be showcased at the NJIT Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program Tenth Annual Research Symposium on April 17, 9:15-11:45 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. The symposium is open to all of the NJIT community as well as the public.
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Outstanding Achievements by NJIT Students Featured at Dana Knox Student Research Showcase
April 08, 2009
Senior architecture students Robert Pietrocola and Joseph DiNapoli presented their research project entitled "Newark Bus Rapid Transit" today at The Dana Knox Student Research Showcase in the Campus Center Gallery. Previously known as the Provost's Student Research Showcase, the event was renamed this year to honor the legacy of the late Dana E. Knox, PhD, professor of chemical engineering and associate provost at NJIT.
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More than two dozen of the best graduate and undergraduate research projects at NJIT will be on view at The Dana Knox Student Research Showcase on April 8, 1-3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Gallery.
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Thirty-five NJIT faculty members and graduate students will present posters describing new research in a wide range of disciplines supported by the National Science Foundation-funded NJIT ADVANCE Program on March 30, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. Speakers at the 2009 NJIT ADVANCE Research Showcase include: Donald Sebastian, PhD, interim provost and senior vice president for research and development at NJIT; Semahat Demir, PhD, NSF Biomedical Engineering Program Director; and Elizabeth Posillico, PhD, president and CEO, Elusys Therapeutics, Inc.
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Architect Anna Dyson To Speak at NJIT Lecture Series
March 13, 2009
Anna Dyson, director of the Center for Architecture, Science and Ecology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will discuss "Built Ecologies" on March 23 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Spring 2009 Evening Lecture Series. For more information or reservations, call 973-596-3080.
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Architect Paul Seletsky To Speak at Lecture Series
March 03, 2009
Paul Seletsky, senior manager of digital design at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, will discuss "The Digital Design Ecosystem-Towards a Pre-Rational Architecture" on March 9 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Spring 2009 Evening Lecture Series. For more information or reservations, call 973-596-3080. >>
NJIT wraps up Black History Month with an unusual three-dimensional interactive art installation, celebrating diversity and created by a group of more than a dozen diverse architecture students of Latino, Asian and African American descent. >>
NJIT To Host Major Biomedical Engineering Showcase and Career Fair
February 18, 2009
More than 300 people and 30 companies are expected to attend the sixth annual biomedical engineering showcase and career fair on March 13, 2009 at NJIT. The annual event, to be held from 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in NJIT’s Campus Center, unites industry professionals and academics interested in the applied-life sciences. >>
Leave it to the architects who always want to redesign something. This time, it’s the entire New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT reinvented with a new name: College of Architecture and Design (CAD). Within the College another new entity will reside – School of Art + Design (SA+D). >>
Mathematical Models of Crime To Be Discussed at Applied Math Seminar
February 17, 2009
Marcus Felson, PhD, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University-Newark, will discuss "Modeling Crime with Super-Simple Mathematics" on Feb. 20 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall 2. >>
Nathan C. Hoyt, FAIA, principal/director of Interiors at Davis Brody Bond Aedas in New York, will discuss "A Metaphor for an Ideal City: Incorporating Change in an Historic Structure" on Feb. 23 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. The talk, which is free and open to the public, kicks off the Spring 2009 Evening Lecture Series. >>
British Journal Publishes Inorganic Chemistry Research of NJIT Professor
February 13, 2009
“Long-range solid-state ordering and high geometric distortions induced in phthalocyanines by small fluoroalkyl group,” by lead author Sergiu M. Gorun, PhD, an associate professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, will be the cover article and artwork published in the Feb. 21, 2009 print edition of Dalton Transactions, An International Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. >>
Information Systems Department To Host Seminar on Feb. 16
February 11, 2009
Allen Lee, PhD, a professor of information systems and associate dean for research and graduate studies in the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University, will discuss "A Scientific Basis of Rigor in Information Systems Research" on Feb. 16, 1-2 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Room 3720. >>
Notable Chemical Engineer at NJIT Named AAAS Fellow and AIChE Awardee
February 09, 2009
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.
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NJIT Kicks Off Black History Month with Talk by NACME Executive
February 03, 2009
Irving McPhail, PhD, the executive vice president and chief operating officer for National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME) kicks off NJIT’s opening celebrations for Black History Month with a lecture about America, black history and advances in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). >>
NEC Foundation of America Awards Grant to NJIT's Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities
January 23, 2009
NEC Foundation of America has awarded NJIT a $32,000 grant to support the dissemination and use of therapeutic video games to serve children with severe sensory and motor disabilities. >>
NJ Monthly Names NJIT's Altenkirch to Top 100 List for 2009
January 22, 2009
New Jersey Monthly magazine this month named NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch one of New Jersey’s most important people to watch in 2009.
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Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost
January 20, 2009
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.
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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.
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NJIT's Office of Technology Development To Host Research Commercialization Webinar Series
January 12, 2009
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. >>
Donald H. Sebastian, NJIT Senior Vice President for Research and Development, Named Interim Provost
January 08, 2009
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. >>
2008
To Improve Forecasting Earthquakes, NJIT Mathematician Studies Grains
December 22, 2008
A new and better way to predict earthquakes and avalanches may soon be available to forecasters thanks to mathematical research underway at NJIT. Using mathematical modeling, researchers are investigating how forces and pressures propagate through granular materials.
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NJIT Professor To Discuss History of Recycling in Architecture at NYC Museum Series
December 03, 2008
Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD, an associate professor in NJIT's School of Architecture, will discuss “From Car to Container: A Brief History of Recycling in Architecture” on Dec. 4, from 6 p.m.- 6:45 p.m., at the American Folk Art Museum's Lincoln Center Branch, in Manhattan. >>
Moving New Technologies from the Lab to the Marketplace
November 25, 2008
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.
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NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) will host the Eighth Annual New Jersey Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Conference on Nov. 19 and Nov. 20. Companies will be reimbursed by the EDC for the attendance fee and will receive a free proposal review just for attending. Phase I (Proposal Development) and Phase II (Cost Proposal Preparation) program attendees will be eligible to receive a complimentary proposal critique by the Greenwood Consulting Group. Inc. within one year of the programs. For more information and online registration visit www.njsbdc.com/scitech. >>
KUDOS-November 2008
November 17, 2008
Congratulations to Theologos Homer Bonitsis, Christopher Funkhouser, and Elizabeth Avery-Gomez '07 and students Nilufa Rahim and Brian Novello on their recent accomplishments. >>
For Up-Close Look at NJIT, Make Time To Attend Open House Tour
November 14, 2008
For an up-close look at life at NJIT, make time this fall and winter to attend an upcoming open house. The take-away will be more than a campus tour and meeting with an admissions counselor. You’ll learn about NJIT’s graduate and undergraduate programs in high-growth in-demand fields and meet one on one with faculty and admissions representatives.
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NJIT's College of Computing Sciences To Present Funding Experiences in CCS Seminar Series
November 13, 2008
The Computer Science Research Committee at NJIT in conjunction with the Department of Information Systems is organizing a series of four talks titled "Funding Experiences in CCS" during the coming academic year. NJIT Professors Guiling (Grace) Wang, James Calvin and Michael Recce will share their experiences with obtaining funding on Nov. 19, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Rm. 3730. Donald Sebastian, PhD (at left), Senior Vice President for Research and Development at NJIT, will provide opening remarks. >>
NJIT sustainability expert Deane Evans will provide an introduction to the basics of building green, high performance primary and secondary schools at a free seminar, open to the public, at NJIT. The talk, set for Nov. 19, 2008, at 3 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117, will include a review of the status of the NJ schools’ construction program. >>
Keith Kaseman and Julie Beckman of Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies in Philadelphia, will discuss "Postscript: Pentagon Memorial 2002-2008" on Nov. 17 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA). The lecture is free and open to the public. >>
Symposium on Revitalizing Newark Held Tomorrow at NJIT
November 07, 2008
“Developing Newark: Which Direction is Forward?”—a multi-university symposium on planning, design, economy and community will be held tomorrow, Nov. 8, 2008, at NJIT. The theme will be revitalizing Newark and its region. >>
Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research To Host Seminar on Nov. 14
November 06, 2008
G.B. Giannakis, PhD a professor and the ADC Chair in Wireless Communications in the department of electrical engineering at the University of Minnesota, will discuss "Distributed Estimation Using Wireless Sensor Networks" on Nov. 14, 12:30–1:30 p.m. in the ECEC 202. The seminar will be presented by NJIT's Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research.
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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.
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More Awards for President's Annual Report
October 29, 2008
The 2006-2007 President’s Annual Report, published by NJIT's Office of University Communications, has won platinum awards in the categories of overall annual report and front cover design from the MarCom Creative Awards international competition. Administered by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals, the MarCom awards are the latest for the report, which has also received the Grand Award in the 20th Annual Apex Awards for Publication Excellence Competition, the Gold Award from the Art Director’s Club of New Jersey and the 2007 New Jersey (IABC) IRIS Award in the Publications category. >>
POSTPONED-NJIT Sustainability Expert To Discuss High Performance Schools at Seminar
October 29, 2008
A free seminar by NJIT sustainability expert Deane Evans scheduled for Nov. 5, 2008, at 3 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm 117 has been postponed. >>
Architect To Speak at NJSOA Fall 2008 Lecture Series
October 24, 2008
“A Barcelona Practice” is the topic of a lecture by architect Mario Corea of Corea & Moran Arquitectura in Barcelona, Spain, on October 27 at 5:45 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall 1 in NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is the fourth in the NJSOA Fall 2008 Lecture Series. >>
NJIT’s Bruce Bukiet, a mathematician who has applied mathematical modeling techniques to elucidate the dynamics of scoring in baseball, has computed the probability of the Rays and Phillies winning the World Series now that the Rays have defeated the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series.
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"Considering Context" is the topic of a lecture by Aaron Schwarz, FAIA, principal and director at the Perkins Eastman architecture and design firm, on Oct. 20 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall 1 at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is the third in the NJSOA Fall 2008 Lecture Series. >>
CANCELLED-Granular and Multiphase Flows Colloquium on Oct. 20
October 14, 2008
The lecture by Jin Sun, PhD, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Princeton University, scheduled for October 20 has been cancelled. >>
NJIT To Host Oct. 31, 2008 Wireless Conference
October 14, 2008
Everyone is going wireless and NJIT researchers stand at the forefront of that migration. To provide a wider window into the wireless world, NJIT along with the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) will offer on Oct. 31, 2008, from 8 a.m. -1:30 p.m., “The Wireless World: Untethered Opportunities.” Keynote speaker will be former Congressional representative, Steve Largent, of CTIA—The Wireless Association. Corporate sponsors include AT&T, Verizon, Qualcomm, and T-Mobile. >>
Art inspired by and created from the recent demolition of Newark’s Westinghouse factory will be on view in the Gallery, 267 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT sponsors the gallery. >>
Students from India's Heritage Institute Gain Hands-On Training at NJIT's Summer Research Experience Symposium
October 08, 2008
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.
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NJIT Humanities Professor To Perform at NJSOA Exhibition Opening
October 07, 2008
Christopher Funkhouser, PhD, a professor in the Department of Humanities at NJIT, will perform a multimedia poem at the opening reception of The Westinghouse Project, the latest exhibition of the Ar+cheology Series, on October 11, 5-7 p.m. at the NJSOA Gallery. For more information, contact Gallery Director Matthew Gosser. >>
"Organic Constructions" is the topic of a lecture by Kenneth Huff of the Savannah College of Art and Design on October 13 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is the second in the NJSOA Fall 2008 Lecture Series. For more information or reservations, call 973-596-3080. >>
William Mitchell, PhD, professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will discuss "Smart Sustainability: The City Car, the RoboScooter and Urban Mobility-on-Demand" on Oct. 6 at 5:30 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall 1 at NJIT. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is the first in the NJSOA Fall 2008 Lecture Series. For more information or reservations, call 973-596-3080. >>
Alex Marshall, an adjunct professor in NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture, will appear on "Super City: New York," a documentary about the city's geography and infrastructure, on Sept. 22 at 9 p.m. on the History Channel. >>
NJIT’s Department of Humanities Professor, David B. Rothenberg, PhD, Receives Excellence in Research Award
September 17, 2008
David Rothenberg, PhD, a professor in the NJIT Humanities Department, received at NJIT’s recent annual awards convocation, NJIT’s Excellence in Research Award. >>
NJIT’s Distinguished Professor of Management, Bruce Kirchhoff, PhD, Receives Excellence in Research Award
September 16, 2008
Bruce Kirchhoff, PhD, of Maplewood, a distinguished professor in NJIT’s School of Management, and a renowned expert in small business administration, received at NJIT’s recent annual awards convocation, the Excellence in Research Award.
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NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture Distinguished Professor, Zeynep Celik, PhD, Receives Excellence in Research Award
September 16, 2008
Zeynep Celik, PhD, a distinguished professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture, received at NJIT’s annual awards convocation, NJIT’s Excellence in Research Award. Celik teaches about the history of architecture and architectural criticism. >>
NJIT Architecture Prof Opens Newark Sustainability Conference With Challenge To Revitalize Newark’s Older Buildings
September 11, 2008
With a charge not to tear down Newark’s older buildings, but to rehabilitate them, NJIT research professor Deane Evans, an architect and executive director of NJIT’s Center for Architecture and Building Science Research will open Newark’s Green Future Summit tomorrow morning at NJIT. >>
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. >>
NJIT Architecture Professor To Provide Welcoming Remarks at Newark's Green Future Summit
September 05, 2008
Deane M. Evans, FAIA, a research professor and executive director of the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at NJIT, will provide welcoming remarks at Newark's Green Future Summit on Sept. 12-13 in the NJIT Campus Center. The two-day summit, which is free and open to the public, will highlight existing Newark sustainability initiatives and programs, present best practices from across the country, and offer an opportunity for participatory dialogue to chart priorities and next steps. Registration is required. >>
NJIT will mark, once again, the new school year with University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony recognizing students, faculty and staff accomplishments.
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NJIT received $27,000 from Bridgewater-based National Starch and Chemical Foundation to support two NJIT’s pre-college programs, both benefiting women. The Women in Engineering Technology Initiative FEMME received $12,000 while a similar initiative to promote positive changes in the educational environment in Newark classrooms received $15,000. >>
Iowa Corn Promotion Board, NJIT to License Breakthrough, Safe Bio-Plastic Alternative
August 06, 2008
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.
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Three architects in training from NJIT representing the The Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. of Morristown received honorable mention in the 2008 Millennium School International Design Competition based in the Philippines. The team placed fourth among the top seven winners in the competition, which attracted 120 entries from designers worldwide. At left: Brian D.B. Novello, a third-year student at the New Jersey School of Architecture who has interned as an architectural designer at the company’s Morristown office since 2005; Muhammad H. Hussain ’02 LEED AP, an architectural designer based in the Houston office; and team leader Benjamin P. Bakas ‘03, LEED AP, an architectural designer in Morristown. >>
Architect Julian Bonder To Speak at NJIT
July 15, 2008
Julian Bonder, an architect and teacher who has concentrated on investigating the relationships between memory, trauma, and public space, will discuss “Memory Works: The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery and Other Works about People, Place and History” on July 21 at 1 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall II, New Jersey School of Architecture. Sponsored by the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students (NOMAS), Bonder’s talk will focus on his winning competition entry for the Museum for the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, France. >>
Future Architects Think Outside the Box(es)
July 10, 2008
High school students from throughout New Jersey, as well as the surrounding states, spent the day and most of the night at NJIT building a prototypical village of learning environments using only UPS boxes and tape. The event was part of the New Jersey School of Architecture's Summer Exploration Program, which introduces exceptional high school sophomores, juniors and seniors to the study of architecture as a major in a professional, state-of-the-art learning environment. >>
More than ever before, building design and construction can be significantly improved to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces and to help better resist high winds and hurricanes in residential or commercial construction, said NJIT architecture professor Rima Taher, PhD. >>
New Book by NJIT Architecture Professor Focuses on Urbanism: Few Differences between Urban and Suburban Living
July 09, 2008
The University of Chicago Press has published Modernizing Main Street: Architecture and Consumer Culture in the New Deal by Gabrielle Esperdy, an associate professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT. >>
Darius Sollohub, associate professor at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture, is featured today on The Daily Newarker community blog. During the 31-minute interview, Sollohub provides some insight into the New Urbanism movement and how Newark’s future is being guided from an urban design perspective. >>
NJIT’s Miniversity Program Helps First-Year Students Make Connections, Ease Transition from High School to College
June 25, 2008
Incoming first-year students took part in a two-day interactive overnight orientation this week as part of NJIT’s Connections Miniversity Program. Students are given the opportunity to meet with advisors and receive guidance on academic planning. Beyond the academic orientation, students participate in activities that help orient them to community life and the diverse resources in and around Newark. Lead Coordinators for the 2008 Miniversity are Michael Lawson, of Parsippany, a junior majoring in architecture and Nicole Mavropoulos, of Livingston, a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering. >>
Richard Garber AIA, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, received two additional awards for his firm's design of a state-of-the-art pedestrian walkway in lower Manhattan: the AIANY 2008 Merit Award and a 2008 NY Designs Award from the Architectural League of New York. >>
NJIT Alum Wins Prestigious Boston Architecture Prize
June 16, 2008
Architect Gregory Minott, a graduate of the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, will share with two other architects a $10,000 prize for Best Design for Building in the Dudley Square Community Charrette and Design Competition. >>
Philip Rinaldi '68, founder and former chief executive officer of Coffeyville Resources and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, hosted a dinner cruise around Manhattan for 38 guests on June 5 aboard his one-of-a-kind yacht, the Vivere. The cruise was a silent auction offering at NJIT's Celebration 2007. In addition to the Rinaldis’ generosity, the NJIT Board of Overseers and NJIT Board of Trustees members who signed on for the cruise donated more than $10,800 to NJIT. As per Phil’s request, this amount will be equally divided in support of scholarships at the New Jersey School of Architecture, Newark College of Engineering, and the College of Science and Liberal Arts. >>
Architects Deane M. Evans, FAIA, executive director of the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at NJIT, and Christine Bruncati, RA, will be interviewed on a rebroadcast of NJN's Green Builders, which profiles green building pioneers who have taken the leap into making their part of the “built environment” a more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly place. Air times are June 1 at 11 p.m.; June 11 at 9 p.m.; and June 14 at 3 p.m.
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NJIT's Center for Wireless Communication and Signal Processing Hosts Annual Research Day
May 19, 2008
Kodzovi Acolatse, a PhD student in the department of electrical and computer engineering, discussed "SCFDE Space Time Spreading (STS) Schemes in Multi-User DS-CSMA Wireless Communication” today at NJIT. Acolatse was one of eight doctoral students who presented their research at the annual Center for Wireless Communication and Signal Processing Research Day.
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If you have ever wondered why study abroad is terrific, just ask Alexa McCartney, of Somerville, a fifth-year architecture student at NJIT who will graduate May 17, 2008. McCartney spent a semester studying in Spain this past year. >>
When Stephanie Milczarski, 25, of Montclair, a future physicist, walks at NJIT’s May 17, 2008 commencement in the Prudential Center, more than kudos may be on her mind. Milczarski didn’t arrive at NJIT until leaving a competitive physics program elsewhere, working full time several years and then slowly returning to academe as an NJIT undergraduate. >>
NJIT Biomedical Engineering Professor Recognized by NJABR as Outstanding Woman of Science
May 13, 2008
Tara L. Alvarez, PhD, associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering and director of NJIT’s Vision and Neural Engineering Laboratory, was one of 12 Outstanding Women of Science recognized at the New Jersey Association for Biomedical Research (NJABR) 2008 Red Carpet Gala held on May 1 at the Bridgewater Manor in Bridgewater, NJ. >>
NJIT To Host NY-NJ ERC Annual Student Research Day
May 08, 2008
The Occupational Safety and Health Engineering (OSE) Master's Program at NJIT will host the 2008 Annual Student Research Day of the NY-NJ Education and Research Center (ERC) on May 14, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Room 3740. >>
A better understanding of brain injury, a way to rejuvenate dead nerve endings and a device allowing patients to monitor their glaucoma at home, number among this year’s nine winners at NJIT’s annual provost’s student research day. >>
NJIT Commencement 2008 at the Rock, May 17, 9 a.m.
May 01, 2008
The University Commencement Ceremony for NJIT will be held Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the Prudential Center, Newark from 9 a.m.-noon. During the ceremony, more than 2,000 honorary doctoral degrees and earned doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees will be conferred on the Class of 2008. >>
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. >>
NJIT Architecture Professor Exhibits Artwork in Berlin
April 08, 2008
Works by Brooks Atwood, an adjunct professor at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture and a principal of POD DESIGN+MEDIA LLC will be on display through May 18, 2008 at the Re-Imagining ASIA Exhibition & Conference in Berlin, Germany. Atwood’s first collaboration with artist Michael Joo won the grand prize at the 6th annual biennale in Gwangju, South Korea. >>
NJIT Honored Joseph M. Sanzari, Others at Annual Dinner
April 04, 2008
Hats off to engineering excellence was the theme of the 2008 annual awards celebrating NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering. Three New Jersey engineering executives were honored along with top students.
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NJIT Solar Astronomer Philip R. Goode Receives First Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal
March 27, 2008
The NJIT Board of Overseers and NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch presented yesterday to Philip R. Goode, PhD the first NJIT Excellence in Research Prize and Medal. Goode, who has led a five-year project to build the world’s most capable 1.6-meter solar telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory in Big Bear Lake, CA, is distinguished professor of physics and director of the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, which manages the observatory.
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NJIT Astronomer Philip R. Goode To Detail World’s Most Capable Solar Telescope on March 26
March 26, 2008
During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they have dreamed possible about the Sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of land-based instruments. Such advancements will be the focus of a talk on March 26 by noted NJIT solar astronomer Philip R. Goode, PhD. The inaugural presentation of the NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall. >>
NJSOA To Host Seminar on March 31
March 25, 2008
Todd Rouhe, an adjunct professor at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture, Lars Fischer, and Maria Ibanez of the three-person firm Common Room will discuss "Provisional Practice" at the NJSOA Spring 2008 Lecture Series on March 31 at 5:45 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall I. >>
During the next decade, solar physicists will learn more than they have dreamed possible about the Sun, thanks to current technologies that have advanced the capacity of land-based instruments. Such advancements will be the focus of a talk on March 26, 2008 by noted NJIT solar astronomer Philip R. Goode, PhD.
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NJIT Expert Available To Discuss Compounds in Tap Water
March 14, 2008
Consider that it may take less than a decade for pharmaceutical compounds now passing undetected through wastewater treatment plants to morph from a minor to a major public health issue, said NJIT researcher Taha F. Marhaba. Marhaba, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been director of the New Jersey Applied Water Research Center at NJIT since 2002.
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Nina Rappaport, Architectural Writer and Curator, To Discuss Her Recent Book at NJSOA Seminar
March 13, 2008
Nina Rappaport, an architectural writer, editor, and curator, will discuss her recent book Support and Resist: Structural Engineers and Design Innovation at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture on March 24 at 5:45 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall 1. AIA/CES credits will be available. >>
NJIT Overseers To Award NJIT Physicist New Prize and Medal for Design, Development and Construction of New, Top Solar Observatory
March 10, 2008
The first NJIT Excellence in Research Prize and Medal will be awarded to Philip R. Goode, PhD, distinguished professor of physics by the NJIT Board of Overseers and NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch on March 26, 2008.
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J. Max Bond, Jr., FAIA, internationally recognized architect, educator and partner at Davis Brody Bond, will discuss “The Architecture of the Civil Rights Movement” on March 6 at 6:30 p.m. at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA), Weston Lecture Hall I. Bond won early recognition for the design of the Bolgatanga Library in Ghana, followed by projects including the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum, The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and the National September 11th Memorial Museum. The event kicks off the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) Student Design Competition. >>
The New Jersey School of Architecture Gallery at NJIT and the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University will host "Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture and Activism," a rare dual-venue exhibition of works by 20 contemporary artists from New Jersey, New York, Miami, Canada and Australia. >>
Chemical Engineering Department To Host Lecture on Feb. 20
February 14, 2008
Gintaras Reklaitis, PhD, Edward W. Comings Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, will discuss “Progress in Decision Support Approaches for Pharmaceutical Product Pipeline Management” at a joint seminar of the Chemical Engineering Department at NJIT, the NSF Engineering Research Center and the New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates. The talk is set for Feb. 20 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117.
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NJSOA Gallery at NJIT Hosts "Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture and Activism": Rare Dual-Venue Exhibition Runs Through April 10
February 13, 2008
The New Jersey School of Architecture Gallery at NJIT and the Paul Robeson Galleries at Rutgers University in Newark will host "Neo-Constructivism: Art, Architecture and Activism," a rare dual-venue exhibition of works by 20 artists including Matthew Gosser, adjunct professor of architecture at NJIT, Boris Petropavlovsky, and Clare Firth-Smith. The exhibition runs through April 10, 2008. For more information, directions and times, visit http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/artgallery/current/index.html. >>
Sara Nordstrom, a graduate student in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT and a founding member of Students Concerned with Efficient Environmental Design (SCEED), is competing in the Architecture 2030 national Face It face-painting contest. The competition is part of the 2030 Challenge, an initiative that calls upon those in the building professions to eliminate all carbon emissions from buildings by 2030. >>
David Rothenberg, PhD, professor in the department of humanities at NJIT, will perform two one-man shows presenting his upcoming CD Whale Music and forthcoming book Thousand Mile Song (Basic Books) at the Garage Theatre’s SoloFest on Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. at the Puffin Foundation and on Jan. 20 at 3 p.m. at the Garage Theatre on the Fairleigh-Dickinson Teaneck campus. Call 201-569-7710 for reservations or log on to www.garagetheatre.org. >>
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NJIT’s Fab Lab Enables Award-Winning Walkway Constructed Near WTC
December 17, 2007
A ton of plywood, a willing patron and an innovative architecture professor have joined forces to create what arguably might be New York’s most beautiful sidewalk. Lower Manhattan architect Richard Garber, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, took first place last month in a competition to design, develop and build a visually pleasing and utilitarian construction site walkway. >>
NJIT’s Fab Lab Enables Award-Winning Walkway Constructed Near WTC
December 12, 2007
A ton of plywood, a willing patron and an innovative architecture professor have joined forces to create what arguably might be New York’s most beautiful sidewalk. Lower Manhattan architect Richard Garber, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, took first place last month in a competition to design, develop and build a visually pleasing and utilitarian construction site walkway. >>
Chemical Engineering Department To Host Seminar Chemical Engineering Department To Host Seminar
December 04, 2007
Andreas Acrivos, PhD, Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering at The Levich Institute, City College of CUNY, will discuss “Rimming Flows within a Rotating Horizontal Cylinder and the Drag-out Problem in Film Coating” on Dec. 10 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117. The lecture is a joint seminar of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical Engineering at NJIT, the NSF Engineering Research Center and the NJ Center for Engineered Particulates at NJIT. >>
Black Enterprise magazine has named Treena Livingston Arinzeh, 37, one of “40 under 40” to watch in 2008. Arinzeh, an associate professor in NJIT’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, has earned national recognition for her pioneering adult stem cell research to find ways to use biomaterials to re-engineer tissues.
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Chemical Engineering Department To Host Seminar on Kinetic Modeling of Hydrocarbon Processing
November 28, 2007
Teh C. Ho, PhD, senior research associate at Corporate Research Laboratories, ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Co., will discuss “Kinetic Modeling of Hydrocarbon Processing” on Dec. 3 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117. >>
A few days ago, the remnants of Hurricane Noel traveled northward to New York and New England with wind speeds approaching 80 miles per hour in Massachusetts. The storm caused significant damages, especially there. >>
Central New Jersey voters can learn more tonight about stem cell research and the upcoming Nov. 6 referendum to fund stem research in New Jersey at the last of three statewide panel discussions. Representatives of the state’s major public research universities will be available from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at a question-and- answer session in the Hilton Hotel, 3 Tower Center Blvd, East Brunswick. >>
Central New Jersey voters can learn more tonight about stem cell research and the upcoming Nov. 6 referendum to fund stem research in NJ at the last of three statewide panel discussions. Representatives of the state’s major public research universities will be available from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at a question-and-answer session in the Hilton Hotel, East Brunswick. “It is important for the voters to have the plain facts on stem cell research before they make up their minds on the referendum question,” said Donald H. Sebastian, PhD, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, representing the Newark Institute for Regenerative Healthcare. >>
Architecture Professor Honored by Newark Council
September 28, 2007
Tony Schuman, an associate professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, received a medal from the Newark Municipal Council for his efforts in leading a two-day celebration of the Newark Eagles, the Negro National League baseball team that played in Newark from 1926-1948. The medal was presented by Council President Mildred Crump on Sept. 14 at the conclusion of a ceremony at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. >>
Future Architects Think Outside the Box(es)
June 27, 2007
High school students from throughout New Jersey, as well as the surrounding states, spent the day and most of the night at NJIT building a prototypical village of learning environments using only UPS boxes and tape. The event was part of the New Jersey School of Architecture’s summer architecture career exploration program. A jury of architects judged the finished projects and selected a winning design. >>
Certain home shapes and roof types can better resist high winds and hurricanes, according to a researcher at NJIT. Civil engineer Rima Taher, PhD, special lecturer in NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture, spent two years examining the findings of research centers that have studied the best designs, construction materials and methods needed to withstand extreme wind events and hurricanes. >>
Three NJIT Grads Join Princeton’s Hillier Architecture
June 07, 2007
Three graduates of the New Jersey School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology were hired by Hillier Architecture in Princeton.
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The New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT has been selected to host the Mayors' Institute on City Design (MICD) later this year. A partnership program of the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Architectural Foundation, and the United States Conference of Mayors, the MICD has helped transform communities through design by preparing mayors to be the chief urban designers of their cities. >>
NJIT Magazine Is Now Digital
May 24, 2007
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.” >>
"Ward City” has been named the winner of “Project Exploration: A Playground Design Challenge,” the first architectural design competition presented by the NJIT chapter of the Resident Society of Aspiring Architects. The competition had solicited submissions to redesign the existing playground at the Sarah Ward Nursery on Jay Street in Newark. Members of the winning team—Donna Miller, Danielle Portella, Caitlin Grant (team captain), Carmela Tripodi, and Jason Peist—will implement their design this summer. >>
NJIT has announced the selection of a leading real estate consulting firm and world-renowned architect to begin the planning stage of the university’s Campus Gateway initiative. Jones Lang LaSalle, one of the world’s largest real estate services firms and an experienced leader in providing many universities with their neighborhood development plans, has been selected as “master developer,” while Elkus Manfredi Architects has been appointed “master planner.” >>
Sunil Saigal, PhD, PE, has been appointed dean and distinguished professor with tenure in the department of civil and environmental engineering at Newark College of Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
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Nine teams of architecture students from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) competed earlier in the month in a masonry building competition, with four teams winning nearly $20,000 in prize money.
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NJIT Architecture Students To Build With Bricks and Mortar
April 13, 2007
Building with bricks isn’t the image that comes to mind for an architect. But that is exactly what more than 120 second-year architecture students at NJIT will do April 14-15 as they roll up their sleeves and dip into the cement for the very popular annual masonry competition run by the Masonry Contractors of NJ at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture. >>
The New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA) at NJIT will host the 2007 Design Showcase, a second annual gala celebration highlighting the design excellence of current and former NJSOA students, on April 19, 3-9 p.m. in Weston Hall. >>
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. >>
The NJIT chapter of the Resident Society of Aspiring Architects (RSAA) has announced its first architectural design competition, “Project Exploration: A Playground Design Challenge,” which has solicited submissions to redesign the existing playground at the Sarah Ward Nursery on Jay Street in Newark. The public is invited to attend a preliminary presentation showcase to be held on April 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Ballroom B. >>
Wassim Jabi, PhD, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, will lead a research team to apply the traditional studio model of teaching and learning to computing sciences. Earlier this month, the NSF announced support of the project with an 18-month, $200,000 grant. >>
NJSOA Symposium To Explore Impact of Building Information Modeling Software on Design
March 22, 2007
The New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT will host “Information Models in Practice,” a two-part, four-hour series of presentations and discussions categorized by the use of Building Information Modeling software in design, documentation and construction practices, on March 28, 3-7 p.m. The event is the first in a series sponsored by AIA New Jersey. >>
A breakthrough patent awarded to an NJIT researcher will enable manufacturers to create a device to uncover miniscule amounts of airborne pollutants. Using computer chip technology, Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and chair of NJIT’s Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, has developed and patented what could eventually become a simple keychain device to detect tiny, though potentially lethal, amounts of airborne carcinogens.
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Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the Imaging Laboratory at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA), was elevated to the prestigious College of Fellows by the 2007 Jury of Fellows from The American Institute of Architects (AIA), an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession. Goldman will receive his Fellowship medal on May 4, 2007 at the AIA 2007 National Convention and Design Expo in San Antonio. >>
High performance schools integrate the best in today’s design strategies and building technologies. Even better, they make a difference in the way children learn. Deane Evans, FAIA, executive director of the Center for Architecture and Building Science Research at NJIT, numbers among the nation’s top boosters for high-performance schools. >>
Architect Brian Kowalchuk To Speak at NJSOA Seminar Series
February 27, 2007
“Research, Design, Flat World Economics: Recent Work in Dubai, Kazakhstan and Switzerland” is the topic of a lecture by Brian Kowalchuk, design director of CUH2A in Princeton, NJ on March 5 at 5:45 p.m. in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA). The lecture is free and open to the public. >>
Architect Evan Douglis To Speak at NJSOA Seminar Series
February 26, 2007
“Modular Moire” is the topic of a lecture by Evan Douglis, chair of the Undergraduate School of Architecture at Pratt Institute, on Feb. 26 at 5:45 p.m., in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT’s New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA). The lecture is free and open to the public. >>
NJIT Student Available To Discuss New Concentration in Math, Biology
February 21, 2007
Jasneet Kaur, a senior at NJIT, is conducting research sponsored by a program in the department of mathematical sciences that could one day help scientists understand how cancer spreads. Kaur, a graduate of Fair Lawn High School, studies how a protein-- RhoA--changes the shape of cells. >>
Lanzerotti Speaks To Hold AAS Symposium About Space Weather
February 20, 2007
The safety of technologies and humans in space, based on weather, is of special interest to Lanzerotti, who in 2006 was the principal investigator for instruments on the new NASA Radiation Belts Storm Probes mission to investigate Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts.
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Architect Ben Cherner To Speak at NJSOA Seminar Series
February 14, 2007
“Scale Shift: From Furniture to Architecture” is the topic of a lecture by Ben Cherner, principal of Cherner Design, on Feb. 19 at 5:45 p.m., in the Weston Lecture Hall at NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA). The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information or reservations, call 973-596-3080. >>
Center for Wireless Communication and Signal Processing at NJIT Celebrates Two Decades of Growth
February 12, 2007
The man who helped make wireless cell phones a must-have device for millions around the world recently received kudos and thanks from colleagues at the anniversary of the founding in 1986 of NJIT's Center for Wireless Communication and Signal Processing. The Center was the brainchild of visionary electrical engineer Yeheskel Bar-Ness, PhD, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT.
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Montclair Artist Boris Petropavlovsky To Be On View at NJIT
February 05, 2007
Most people don’t think of salvaged umbrellas, used auto parts or rusty old medical and restaurant equipment as catalysts for the imagination. But for Montclair artist and designer Boris Petropavlovsky, a former engineer trained in Russia, such found objects are elements of beauty and inspiration. >>
Donald H. Sebastian Receives Award from SMART
January 12, 2007
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. >>
NJIT To Host New Jersey Science Olympiad Regional Competition
January 10, 2007
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. >>
2006
Governor Signs Stem Cell Legislation; NJIT To Lead Development of $50M Facility for Newark
December 20, 2006
Governor Jon Corzine signed groundbreaking legislation to fund construction of a major stem cell research facility at NJIT as well as complementary facilities in New Brunswick, Camden, Allendale, and Belleville. The legislation, which had been previously approved by the New Jersey State Senate and Assembly last week, allocates $50 million for construction of the NJIT facility in Newark. The bill will advance NJIT leadership in creating the Newark Institute for Regenerative Medicine, dedicated to creating technologies to translate basic research in stem cell science into practical and deliverable therapies for patients. >>
Center for Wireless Communication & Signal Processing Research at NJIT Celebrates 20th Anniversary Today
December 12, 2006
Igor Stanojev, a PhD student in the department of electrical and computer engineering, discussed "Optimal Design of a Multi-Antenna Process Point with Decentralized Power Control Using Game Theory” today at NJIT. Stanojev was one of several doctoral students who presented their research on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of NJIT's Center for Wireless Communication & Signal Processing Research (CWCSPR).
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering To Host Seminar on Light Reflectance
December 05, 2006
Francisco J. Artigas, PhD, director and senior scientist of the Meadowlands Environmental Research Institute, will present a seminar titled “High Resolution Remote Sensing of Wetland Environments” on Dec. 13 at 2:30 p.m. in GITC 3710. >>
NJIT Researchers To Improve Water Quality To Neshanic River Watershed
November 22, 2006
Researchers at NJIT are leading an effort to improve water quality in the Neshanic River Watershed in Central New Jersey. “We all need clean water for drinking, recreation and other purposes,” said team leader Zeyuan Qiu, PhD, an assistant professor of environmental economics in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT. “The grant will improve water quality in watershed communities by mapping out an integrative and comprehensive restoration plan.” >>
Highlanders Keep Rolling; Top Rider University, 63-52
November 15, 2006
Senior Marc Milbourne Swan scored a game-high 17 points, leading NJIT past visiting Rider, 63-52, in men's college basketball Tuesday night. Milbourne Swan scored 15 of his points in the second half, as NJIT pulled away from a 21-21 halftime tie, raising the Highlanders' record to 2-0 in their first season of competition at the Division I level.
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Department of Physics To Present Seminar on Solar Flares
November 13, 2006
"Interplanetary Energetic Electron Events: Flares or Shocks?" is the topic of a seminar by Stephen Kahler, PhD, of the Air Force Research Laboratory, Hanscom AFB, Mass., on Nov. 17, 3.30-4.30 p.m., ECE Building, Rm. 202. For more information, contact: Ravindra Nuggehalli. >>
Research Council Feted NJIT Chemical Engineering Professor
November 10, 2006
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.