NJIT in the News

Students in an NJIT architecture studio welcomed a group of guests last weekend to review their designs and provide practical feedback on the plans.

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.

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.  

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.

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 has promoted one faculty member to the rank of distinguished professor, six to the rank of professor and 13 to the rank of associate professor with tenure.

PROMOTED TO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR

Rajesh Dave
Chemical Engineering

PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR

Asokan Anandarajan
ManagementLisa Axe
Civil & Environmental EngineeringTimothy Chang
Electrical & Computer EngineeringSteven I-Jy Chien
Civil & Environmental EngineeringNancy Jackson
Chemistry & Environmental ScienceBurt Kimmelman
Humanities

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE

Tara Alvarez
Biomedical EngineeringTreena Arinzeh
Biomedical EngineeringMaurie Cohen
Chemistry & Environmental ScienceChristopher Funkhouser
HumanitiesChengjun Liu
Computer ScienceRonfang (Rachel) Liu
Civil & Environmental EngineeringNeil Maher
Federated HistoryDavid Mendonca
Information SystemsCyrill Muratov
Mathematical SciencesVincent Oria
Computer ScienceMarguerite Schneider
ManagementDarius Sollohub
ArchitectureJian Yang
Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

A group of high school students spent the day and most of the night at NJIT building meditation rooms out of nothing more than UPS boxes and tape. The project is part of the New Jersey School of Architecture’s Summer Architecture Career Exploration Program, a two-day intensive class that teaches students what it is like to attend architecture school. A jury of architects judged the finished projects and selected a winning design (at left).

Architecture Professor Named to Rutgers Redesign Competition Jury
Darius Sollohub, an assistant professor in the New Jersey School of Architecture, has been named to a panel of experts that will judge the international competition to redesign Rutgers University's College Avenue campus. The panel will evaluate and rank design concepts submitted by five teams of accomplished architecture and landscape firms.Professor Named IEE Professional Review Interviewer
Paul G. Ranky, PhD, a professor in the IME and IT Departments, became a Professional Society Membership Reviewer: IEE Professional Review Interviewer for East Coast, USA (appointed by the IEE [UK], The Institution of Electrical Engineers, incorporating the Institution of Production Engineers, London, UK).Assistant Librarian Accepted to Prestigious Frye Leadership Institute
Jim Robertson, assistant University librarian, has been selected in a national competition to attend the 2006 Frye Leadership Institute to be held June 4-16, in Atlanta, GA. The Frye Leadership Institute exists to develop creative leaders to guide and transform academic information services for higher education in the 21st century.

Darius Sollohub, an assistant professor of architecture at NJIT who along with his students has worked to revitalize towns and cities across the state, was named Educator of the Year by the Northern New Jersey District Council of the Urban Land Institute.

High school juniors and seniors with an interest in architecture participated in the first of two sessions of the fourth annual New Jersey School of Architecture Summer Architecture Career Exploration Program on June 29 and June 30, 2004. In addition to classes in design, computer graphics and drawing, students were assigned a hands-on project in which they were instructed to build a learning center using UPS boxes. The winning design, shown at left, was judged based on criteria including process and product, teamwork, and completing a project within a short time period.  “It was very difficult to choose the winning design,” said Darius Sollohub, assistant professor and associate director of the Master in Infrastructure Planning Program.