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.  >>

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.  >>

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. >>

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. >>

NJIT has promoted one faculty member to the rank of distinguished professor, six to the rank of professor, seven to the rank of associate professor with tenure and one to the rank of associate professor.PROMOTED TO DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
Robert Miura
Mathematical SciencesPROMOTED TO PROFESSOR
Norman Loney
Chemical EngineeringZoi-Heleni Michalopoulou
Mathematical SciencesEdip Niver
Electrical & Computer EngineeringRonald Rockland
Engineering TechnologyLeonid Tsybeskov
Electrical & Computer EngineeringChao Zhu
Mechanical EngineeringPROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE
Ali Abdi
Electrical & Computer EngineeringGabrielle Esperdy
ArchitectureDavid Horntrop
Mathematical SciencesRoberto Rojas-Cessa
Electrical & Computer EngineeringLaurent Simon
Chemical EngineeringDimitrios Theodoratos
Computer ScienceBrook Wu
Information SystemsPROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Andrei Sirenko
Physics >>

Professor Emeritus To Receive Mathematics Prize from National Cultural AssociationVladislav Goldberg, PhD,  professor emeritus in the department of mathematical sciences, will receive the Mathematics Prize for 2006 from the National Cultural Association at an awards ceremony in November in Reggio Calabria, Italy.Professor Named Associate Editor of International JournalPaul G. Ranky, PhD, a professor in the department of industrial engineering, was named associate editor of Assembly Automation, a well-established international journal by Emerald Publishers in the UK.Alumna Named To Who's Who of American WomenRita Thornton, PhD, who received her doctorate in environmental science from NJIT and was the graduate student speaker at the May 2006 commencement ceremony, was selected to be in the 2007 edition of Who's Who of American Women.Architecture Professor Appointed Assistant Editor of Multi-Volume Series on US BuildingsGabrielle Esperdy, assistant professor at New Jersey School of Architecture, has been named assistant editor of the Buildings of the United States, a multi-volume series sponsored by the Society of Architectural Historians, and appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Architectural Education, published by the Associate of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. She also received a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts for her continuing research on "The Architectress in United States: Perceptions and Realities of Women in Practice Since WWII." >>

Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD, an assistant professor in NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA), will moderate "Women in Architecture, Past, Present, and Future,” a panel discussion featuring prominent women architects on March 1, 2:30-4 p.m., in Weston Hall, 2nd Floor Gallery, NJSOA. >>