NJIT in the News

NJIT has developed 16 new master’s programs, designed to help professionals succeed in today’s economy. The new programs emphasize business and computing, the bio-tech field, and civil infrastructure. Each has a unique 21st century focus that draws on the rich technological expertise of NJIT.

Nine lucky NJIT students are testing one of the nation’s first application development courses for the Apple iPhone. The upper-level course, taught by Director of University Web Services Jim Robertson, illustrates how to develop applications for the popular iPhone.

NJIT’s Capstone Showcase in Information Technology will feature teams of students detailing current or recent projects developed for regional corporate sponsors, non-profit organizations and student entrepreneurs.

Hansika Hegde, of Old Bridge, a information technology major, took first place in the "Can It!" recycling container design competition at NJIT. Contestants were challenged to build a recycling container for paper and/or bottles and cans made entirely of recycled or reusable materials.

NJIT will host the Fifth Annual International AFS and Kerberos Best Practices Workshop, an international gathering of AFS and Kerberos users and administrators, novices and experts, on May 19-23 in the Campus Center Ballroom. Alistair Ferguson, lead engineer responsible for OpenAFS at Morgan Stanley, will be the keynote speaker. Registration is required. 

NJIT’s Capstone Showcase in Information Technology will feature middle and high school student teams—as well as a freshman group—who will detail current or recent projects developed for regional corporate sponsors on Dec. 5, 1-5:30 p.m. in the NJIT  Campus Center.

Daniel A. Henderson, president of PhoneTel Communications, Inc. and a member of the Albert Dorman Honors College Board of Visitors, assisted the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in the acquisition of two prototypes and related documentation for a pioneering wireless picturephone technology developed in 1993. Henderson recently was awarded six U.S. patents for innovation incorporated in the wireless system and device. The donation adds to a previous collection of wireless technology that Henderson donated to the museum’s Information Technology and Communications Division in 2003.

“What I think they were talking about today were liquid explosives based on nitroglycerines,” said Daniel Watts. Watts, a professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, is among five NJIT scientists and specialists available through Aug. 14, 2006, to discuss on the phone or in person the science and more of the thwarted terrorist plot in London.