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It was with great sorrow to learn of the passing of Armand Berliner, formerly assistant professor of mathematics at NJIT from 1963 through his retirement in 2005. >>
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program will be holding auditions January 24-27 for the musical Avenue Q, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, and directed by Michael Kerley. >>
A recent report from The New York Times ranks NJIT #1 for colleges with the highest percentage of students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution who end up in the top three-fifths. >>
Tagged: rankings
Sustainable Jersey, with co-host New Jersey Innovation Institute, is holding Coding for Community (CfC) the first of its kind, New Jersey-wide civic tech competition. >>
The first Technology and Society Forum of 2017 will focus on a major threat to public health and the ecosystem — contamination in various bodies of water in New Jersey and elsewhere in the nation.  >>
U.S. News & World Report ranks New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT's) graduate computer information technology programs 38th among the “Best Online Programs” offered by universities throughout the country. >>
It's a first! Blake Haggerty, executive director for digital learning and technology support at NJIT, has received the inaugural George Laskaris Leadership Award, presented this past November by NJEDge.Net. >>
The Brownfields Coalition of the Northeast (BCONE) has awarded the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) a contract for the Planning and Coordination Services for the 2017 Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop. >>
MONEY Magazine recently named NJIT as one of the top 10 colleges with great career services. >>
NJIT PTAC will host "Everything You Know About Branding is Wrong: Learn How to Brand Your Business Like a Pro to Grow!" on Jan. 17, 9-11 a.m. in the Enterprise Development Center at NJIT. >>
The NJIT community mourns the passing of Leon G. Smith, M.D. on Dec. 19, 2016. >>
2016
Krystal Persaud, an adjunct faculty member in the School of Art + Design's industrial design program, has produced an award-winning tech toy. >>
On Nov. 21, the Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) hosted René Bastón, executive director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, for a day of discussions on NJIT's initiatives regarding Big Data Innovation and collaborative opportunities between the university and the Hub toward the Big Data Innovation ecosystem in the U.S. >>
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is the author of the new book, Interconnections for Computer Communications and Packet Networks (CRC Press), which discusses interconnection networks applied to the communications of computer systems, the internet and data centers. >>
Professor of Mathematics Horacio G. Rotstein was recently honored by the government of Argentina with a “Premio Raices,” an award recognizing significant contributions to promoting international collaboration in science and technology. Honorees, who are nominated by their peers and academic institutions, are selected by Argentina's National Directorate of International Relations and Ministry of Science. >>
Graduate students Amir Goharpey and Prashanth Muralidhar have been named this year's Louis Berger Fellows at NJIT. “The 2016-2017 fellows represent an outstanding group of planners and engineers and are among the strongest group Louis Berger has welcomed so far — a fact due in no small part to the strong relationships we have cultivated with NJIT,” said Bob Nardi, Louis Berger senior vice president. >>
The New Jersey State House in Trenton was the rallying point for many of the top researchers in drone Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) innovation with representatives from NJIT, Rutgers, Stockton, Rowan and Stevens Institute of Technology. The New Jersey Senate Democrats sponsored the forum. >>
William V. Rapp, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, received an award from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago for the best GDP forecast and in the categories of oil prices and housing starts.  >>
Yidi Wu, Michael Teixeira, and Amad Ellahi were the were the winners of the third annual Strategic Management Showcase hosted by NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management. >>
Once again, NJIT is noted as a top university for salary potential of college grads. Today Money.com released “11 Public Colleges Where Grads Make Six Figures.” >>
Tagged: rankings

A Very Musical December

December 01, 2016
The NJIT Campus Center will be filled with music before the winter break, with performances by the NJIT String and Wind Ensembles, the Jazz Ensemble, and the Rutgers-Newark Chorus. >>
New Jersey's food processing executives will identify solutions to the industry's workforce needs and help shape workforce training opportunities for their industry at a key workshop and brainstorming session, the Food Industry Targeted Industry Partnership (FoodTIP). >>
Cesar Bandera, assistant professor of entrepreneurship in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, participated in a week-long innovation and strategy exercise at the Université Catholique de Lyon's School of Economic and Social Development.   >>
This annual event will feature student entrepreneurs from Newark-area colleges and universities along with Newark regional community members, who will make 10-minute pitches about their proposed businesses and products to a panel of judges. Winners will receive a $3,000 summer fellowship to continue to develop their ideas. >>
On stage in December at NJIT will be Facing Our Truth, One Act Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege. This series of plays written for The New Black Fest is a student-directed and stage-managed presentation of the Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Program. >>
NJIT has formed a joint venture with Fujian University of Technology in China (Team NJFJ) to design and build a functional, sustainable house to compete in the 2017 Solar Decathlon China. The 35-member team includes architecture, interior design, industrial design, graphic design, civil engineering, environmental studies, sustainability, concrete industry management and business majors at the two schools. >>
The long and rich history of Muslim life in Newark, New Jersey's largest city, will be the focus of a program of short films, readings and performances to be presented by professional artists and students on December 3 at the Newark Museum from 1 – 4 p.m.  >>
The Giga Beats, NJIT's acapella group, are hosting their first annual Holiday Showcase and invite all in the NJIT community to enjoy an evening of music, dance and humor as an enjoyable prelude to the end of the semester. >>
The Fall 2016 YWCC Capstone Showcase will take place Wednesday, Nov. 30 in the Campus Center Ballroom from 3-6 p.m. >>
ManufactureNJ and NJII will welcome distinguished speakers and guests at the Additive & Advanced Manufacturing Industry Summit, to be held Nov. 29 in the university's Campus Center Atrium. ManufactureNJ is the Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network funded by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development and hosted at and managed by NJIT. >>
On Nov. 17, the NJIT Board of Trustees awarded scholarships to two NJIT students. >>
On Nov. 17, the NJIT Board of Trustees recognized Atam Dhawan, vice provost for research and distinguished professor in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, for his recent accomplishments. >>
NJIT celebrated a milestone in the construction of the Wellness and Events Center with a Topping Off Ceremony on Thursday, November 17. >>
René Bastón, executive director of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub, will present an "Introduction to the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub" Nov. 21, 11:15-12:15 p.m. in the CAB Building, Leir Conference Room. >>
Four distinguished individuals were recognized for achievements beneficial to the state and our nation, as well as an organization exceptional for its commitment to NJIT's mission, at Celebration, NJIT's annual fundraiser for campuswide scholarship endowment funds, held Nov. 11 at The Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. >>
Among the NJIT researchers at the forefront of studying the star closest to Earth is Andrey Stejko, a Ph.D. candidate in physics. His research, supported by NASA, is focused on using a combination of high-resolution 3D models, scientific visualization, and supercomputers to gain a deeper understanding of the Sun's magnetic field and the effects of space weather on our home planet. >>
Members of the NJIT community are invited to audition for "Muslim Voices," celebrating the Muslim experience in Newark as part of highlighting 350 years of the city's history and vibrantly diverse cultural heritage. >>
Marguerite Schneider, associate professor of management in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, has won the annual NJPRO Foundation /Seton Hall University Best Paper Award in Finance for her book chapter "Managerialism vs. Shareholderism: An Examination of Hedge Funds Activism." >>
The Enterprise Development Center (EDC), an NJIT/NJII organization has received the Advancement of Invention & Process Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. The New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF) honors inventors, organizations, and others who have contributed to innovation in the Invention State. >>
“We gather here today to honor the service of all American veterans. Their contributions can never be overstated or underlooked,” said Charles J. Fey, vice president for Academic Support and Student Affairs, during his opening remarks at NJIT's Veterans Day ceremony. “We owe them a debt of gratitude.” >>
Cesar Bandera, assistant professor of entrepreneurship in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, conducted the 5th biennial survey and forecast of ICT markets for the New Jersey Tech Council. >>
Haro Hartounian Ph.D., executive director, bio-pharmaceutical cluster development at the New Jersey Innovation Institute will moderate an industry panel focused on “The View Ahead” at the Regional Pharma Manufacturing Expo Nov. 17 at the DoubleTree Hotel, Somerset, New Jersey. >>
For the third consecutive year, NJIT has earned the 2017 MilitaryFriendly® Schools designation by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs®, STEM JobsSM and Military Spouse. >>
Tagged: veterans, military
Increasing evidence indicates that the physical and mechanical environment can regulate cell behavior and tumor progression at a cellular level. It is likewise clear that many patients benefit from physical manipulation of connective tissue, but it is not clear what happens at the cellular and molecular level when these manipulations occur. >>
The Division of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) recently welcomed 20 high-level government officials and executives from Shanghai for a five-day professional development program focusing on such topics as urban planning and redevelopment, transportation planning, brownfields redevelopment, emergency management and infrastructure protection. The program was made possible through CPE's partnership with the Virginia-based Triway International Group.  >>
A group of EMBA students visited Singapore for eight days as part of their International Management Experiential Courses. >>
A research paper co-authored by Management Professor Hindy Lauer Schachter with Yunsoo Lee, a Ph.D. student at Rutgers-Newark, won the award for best paper with a student author from the 2016 Northeastern Conference of Public Administration. >>
NJIT Professor of English Burt Kimmelman's ninth collection of poetry, Abandoned Angel, has just been released from Marsh Hawk Press.  >>
Celebration 2016, NJIT's annual fundraiser for campuswide scholarship endowment funds, will be held Nov. 11 at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. >>
Diana Walsh, senior university lecturer in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management and Katia Passerini, dean of the College of Professional Studies at St. John's University, presented a paper on defining entrepreneurship traits at the GW October 2016 Conference in Washington, D.C. >>
The Washington Post recently released a college ranking list unlike any other. In an experimental study, the publication compiled their own numbers based solely on other college rankings, creating a composite score for universities and liberal arts colleges. >>
Tagged: rankings
Haisu Zhang, assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, will discuss "Crowdfunding Technological Innovations: Consumer Benefit as First Impression" Nov. 2, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room, CAB.   >>
Armed drones flying over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere have ignited intense debate about U.S. foreign policy and military tactics. Yet drone technology also offers significant promise for applications in commerce, public safety and environmental monitoring. >>
Representative Donald Payne Jr. stopped by Camden Street School in Newark to chat with NJIT Albert Dorman Honors College scholars who are helping to cultivate supportive, experiential learning environments by mentoring middle school students in the After-School All-Star program. >>
Approximately 200 graduate and undergraduate students representing NJIT and other participating colleges and universities will participate in HackNJIT, a 24-hour hackathon organized and hosted by the Ying Wu College of Computing. >>
Richard (Dick) Sweeney '81, vice chairman of NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College Board, shared his life experiences yesterday as co-founder of Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. and its iconic single-portion pack coffee brewing system at an Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium. >>
The Rutgers-Newark and NJIT Theatre Program invites all students at both schools to open auditions for the 2016 Directors' Project: Facing Our Truths, a series of short plays about Trayvon Martin, race and privilege. >>
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), the New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP) and New Jersey Business magazine named Donald H. Sebastian to the Made in New Jersey Honor Roll. >>
Haisu Zhang, assistant professor of marketing and entrepreneurship in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented two research projects and received the Best Reviewer Award at the Annual PDMA Global Conference on Product Innovation Management. >>
Richard Sher, distinguished professor of history in the Federated History Department of NJIT and Rutgers University-Newark, has been appointed a Senior Warnock Fellow at Yale University for the 2016-17 academic year, while on sabbatical leave. >>
Michael A. Ehrlich, associate professor of finance in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, will discuss "Does High Tech Business Incubation/Acceleration Work? A Cluster Development Approach" on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room. >>
Manufacturing leaders across key business verticals will convene next month for the “Leap HR: Manufacturing” forum, where guest speakers will discuss how to find the next generation of manufacturing talent and challenge traditional thinking about the role of Human Resources in doing so. Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing Professional Education at NJIT, will be among the presenters at the event, to be held Nov. 15-16 in Pittsburgh, P.A. >>
The Chicago Cubs have won their way to the World Series for the first time since 1945. But as the ever eloquent Yogi Berra said, “It ain't over ‘til it's over.” >>
Melodi Guilbault, senior university lecturer in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, has published an article in the Journal of Marketing for Higher Education. >>
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program will present a monstrously entertaining play beginning on October 26 — She Kills Monsters, written by Qui Nguyen and directed by Louis Wells. Performances will be October 26, 27, 28, 29 at 7 p.m. and on October 30 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bradley Hall Theatre, Bradley Hall, on the Rutgers-Newark campus. >>
Oligarchy, Dissent and the Culture of Print in Georgian Britain by Professor Karl Schweizer, Department of History, has been awarded the Adelle Mellen Prize for distinguished scholarship. >>
On Thursday, Oct. 6, the Committee on Women's Leadership (CWL) hosted its annual Welcome Breakfast at which close to 100 members of the NJIT community came together to greet new colleagues, network, and listen to inspiring words from keynote speaker Marjorie A. Perry '05, president and CEO of MZM Construction & Management and co-executive vice chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers. >>
NJIT's Enterprise Development Center will hold an investor forum to further the growth and advancement of tech and life science ventures on October 21, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. >>
All in the NJIT community are invited to a staged reading of the play It Can't Happen Here on Monday, October 24 at 7:00 p.m. in the Essex Room of the Rutgers-Newark Robeson Center. Admission is free. >>
New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF) has awarded a $50,000 Innovation Grant to Tara Alvarez, Ph.D., to help create a 3-D virtual reality therapy game for children suffering with binocular vision dysfunction, announced James M. Golubieski, president.  >>
Clouds and paper: unique product lines that formed the basis of two startup companies based in Brooklyn, New York. >>
Marjorie Perry, a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers and a Martin Tuchman School of Management alumnus, has been appointed to the board of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, “a business advocacy organization that actively supports legislation, regulation and initiatives” for “economic growth, job creation and prosperity throughout the state.” >>
Newark officials joined today with the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university, and corporate partners to announce a long-term program that would help propel the city into becoming one of the most technologically-connected cities in the nation. >>
William V. Rapp, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, will discuss "Financial Bubbles and Their Consequences" Oct. 19, 2016, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room, CAB. >>
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey (“Council”) is proud to announce the 12 winners of the 2016 Edison Patent Awards. These winners will be honored at the 37th Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception on November 3, 2016. >>
David Rothenberg, a performing musician as well as a distinguished professor of philosophy and music in NJIT's Department of Humanities, plays clarinet and bass clarinet on several tracks of a new album by singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega. Titled Lover, Beloved: Songs From An Evening With Carson McCullers, the album was released October 14 on Amanuensis Productions. >>
Gale Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, will serve on a panel of industry and university representatives at the 19th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education: “Preparing the Global Workforce,” to be held Nov. 3 in Newport, R.I. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a seminar for small-business owners outlining how to do business with the Corps. The event will be held Oct. 27, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the Burlington County Library, 5 Pioneer Boulevard in Westhampton, N.J. >>
Ming Fang Taylor, assistant professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented two papers during the American Accounting Association 2016 Annual Meeting. >>
Small businesses interested in doing business or enhancing current business relationships with the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) in Lakehurst, N.J., are encouraged to attend the Second Annual Small Business Industry Day, jointly sponsored by the Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at New Jersey Institute of Technology and the Lakehurst Small Business Roundtable. The free event will be held Oct. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Ocean County Library, 101 Washington Street in Toms River, N.J. >>
“Transdisciplinary Approach in Science & Technology Leads to Global Wellness” will be the subject of a presentation by Dr. Shanmugamurthy Lakshmanan Friday, Oct. 14. He will show how cellular mechanisms can be replaced with simpler alternative thermodynamic mechanisms and modern evolution theories replaced with traditional knowledge based theories. >>
NJIT continues to advocate for the greater inclusion and representation of women and people of color in tech sectors. >>
Grace Wang, a professor of computer science and a joint professor in both the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences and Martin Tuchman School of Management, will discuss "Research in Networking, Data Science and Finance-related Areas to the Martin Tuchman School of Management" Oct. 12, 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room.  >>
Hosted annually during the fall semester, the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to submit practical innovative ideas for review by a panel of judges and a chance to win a $3,000 summer fellowship. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) will host two training events as part of a series focusing on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). FAR and DFARS are the rules for engaging in government contracting and subcontracting. Both events are free and will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Enterprise Development Center at NJIT, located at 211 Warren Street in Newark, N.J. >>
Yi Chen, Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and Associate Professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, organized a symposium on Data Science for Healthcare (DaSH) Oct. 5-6 at the Leir Retreat Center. >>
“We face incredible challenges related to climate change: sea level rise, an increasing number of storms, draught, fire, the list goes on and on,” says College of Architecture and Design professor Georgeen Theodore. “We absolutely need to plan for these events, and this includes what to do before, during and immediately after a disaster.” >>
Raymond Vaccari, director of the Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network (ManufactureNJ), a program hosted at NJIT and funded by the NJ State Department of Labor and Workforce Development, will speak at the Design for Manufacturing Summit #17 on Oct. 6 in Brooklyn, N.Y. As part of a distinguished panel, Vaccari will discuss how automation can help bring back manufacturing jobs. >>
Albert Dorman Honors College at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been ranked among the Top 10 honors colleges and programs in the United States in the new book INSIDE HONORS: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs, published by Public University Press. >>
According to the recently released 2016-2017 PayScale College Salary Report, NJIT was ranked first in New Jersey and tied for 16th among public universities for salary potential with a bachelor's degree. >>
Innovative solutions to making the cost of a college education more affordable were the topic of discussion at a Higher Education Affordability Roundtable Oct. 3, 2016, at NJIT. >>
NJIT Athletics, working in conjunction with Advanced-Online, is pleased to announce the launch of the new official online store, featuring more than 3,000 products at ShopNJITGear.com. >>
Looking to build upon their second consecutive 20-win season, NJIT will face another challenging schedule in 2016-17, which features a 16-game out of conference slate, highlighted by participating in the 2016 Men's Cancun Challenge, played in Mexico just before the Thanksgiving Holiday. >>
Junior Mamadou Guirassy scored the only goal of the match as the Highlanders edged, visiting Stetson in ASUN Conference men's soccer action at University Stadium on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson. >>
Michael Ehrlich, associate professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management and co-director of the New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center, published an article on the National Science Foundation's Lean Start-Up Push in Coller Venture Review. >>
Ten students will have the opportunity to pursue a college education at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) at no cost for tuition, fees, room and board, thanks to $200,000 in support from the Give Something Back Foundation (Give Back). >>
Traditional, non-invasive Chinese naturopathic healing will be the subject of a presentation by Dr. Norman Suhu on Friday, September 30. He will explore treatments based on the five elements of Chinese philosophy utilized in medicine and geomancy. >>
Sachdeep S. Arora '02 and Kim V. Vierheilig '99, who were named in this year's NJBIZ “Forty Under 40” list, were recognized at an awards ceremony Sept. 26, 2016, at the Palace at Somerset Park. >>
Street flooding caused by storms is much more than an inconvenience of urban life — it disrupts economic activity and hinders vital services provided by first responders. By stressing the capacity of sewers and water-treatment plants, flooding can also increase microbial threats to health. >>
Stephan Kudyba, associate professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, co-authored an article in MIT Sloan Management Review with Thomas Davenport of Babson College that addresses how organizations can leverage digital assets through analytics to create Data Products.   >>
On Sept. 22, 2016, NJIT celebrated the latest extension of the valuable partnership with Panasonic Corporation of North America at the official opening of Multimedia by Panasonic, a state-of-the-art multimedia conferencing room described by its Chairman and CEO Joseph M. Taylor '11 HON as “the beginning of the conference room of the future.” >>
The NJIT men's tennis team placed third at the Army Invitational after topping St. Bonaventure, 6-1, on Sunday to conclude the Invitational held at Lichtenberg Tennis Center and Malek Courts. >>
NJIT and Stony Brook battled to a 2-2 double overtime draw Saturday afternoon in men's soccer non-conference action. >>
With a 6-1 win over Fairfield, the NJIT men's tennis team went 2-0 on day two of the Army Invitational held at Lichtenberg Tennis Center and Malek Courts. >>
The first Friday afternoon of autumn 2016 brings an exciting concert to campus — acclaimed pianist Sophia Agranovich will be joined by her exceptional student, Mohamed Boubendir. David Dubal, internationally known pianist, author, broadcaster and painter will introduce their musical selections. >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, a professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented two papers at the 25th meeting of PICMET '16 held in Honolulu, Hawaii. >>
A TEDxNJIT event will take place on September 28, 2016  in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, is themed "Innovation and Collaboration," and will feature leaders from business, academia and the arts, including Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, addressing a range of topics. >>
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) at NJIT is honored to present an exhibition of Newark-born architect and artist Richard Meier to celebrate the 350th anniversary of Newark's founding. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology has improved 15 ranks in the U.S. News & World Report rankings for Best National Universities during the last three years, including a jump of five in the 2017 edition of the rankings, which were released by U.S. News today. NJIT now is ranked 135th overall among the nation's major research universities. U.S. News reviews nearly 1,400 colleges and universities nationally, considering criteria that include assessment by peers and counselors, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving rate. >>
NJIT has been selected by readers of Diversity in Action: Advancing STEM Professionals and Students as the top 2016 "Dedicated to STEM Diversity" recipient in the higher education category. In addition, Janice Daniel, associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, has been recognized by readers as an advocate for diverse STEM professionals and students. >>
Yi Chen, Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and an associate professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, was an invited panelist at the 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society in Orlando, Fla. >>
The Newark International Film Festival will be held September 9-11 at venues and campuses across the city, including NJIT. Students, faculty and staff can enjoy free admission to the films that will presented by registering for the festival online at Newarkiff.com and choosing the Broad Street Student Pass. ID must be shown at the door. Students can upgrade to a VIP pass for $25 by using the code SchoolFilmV. >>
The latest edition of NJIT's 1-UP is now out. Check out the video to see what's happening across our Highlander nation. >>
Tagged: highlanders, 1up
Faculty and staff volunteers will serve a free breakfast to students at the university's annual Pancakes with the President event on Sept. 6, 8-10 a.m. on the Campus Center Plaza (Rain date: Campus Center Atrium). >>
James Geller, computer science professor and associate dean of research at NJIT's Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences organized an award ceremony to celebrate the contributions and commitment to teaching college-level computer science. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), will host a half day business forum entitled: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology - EU and U.S. Perspectives, Sept. 22, 2016 from 9 a.m. until 12 p.m. at the Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ. >>
With the 2016 NJIT men's soccer season slated to start on Friday, August 26 at Fairleigh Dickinson, broadcaster Matt Harmon sat down with first-year head coach Fernando Barboto to discuss the upcoming season. >>
NJIT freshman Lizzy Wolfe scored her first collegiate goal in the 85th minute to break a 1-1 tie and send NJIT to a 2-1 victory against visiting Hartford at University Field Monday afternoon on the Fairleigh Dicksinsin campus. >>
With the basketball season in mind, NJIT's record setting senior men's basketball star Damon Lynn has been selected to the College Court Report Top 100 Players in College Basketball for the 2016-17 season. >>
The ASUN Conference announced its official women's volleyball preseason all-conference team, preseason coaches' poll and NJIT sophomore Adriana Nieto was the Fan-Voted Preseason Defensive Player of the Year Director of Media Relations Johannes Schneider announced Tuesday. >>
With the 2016 NJIT women's soccer season approaching, on Friday, August 12, NJIT broadcaster Matt Harmon sat down with first-year head coach Ally Nick to discuss the upcoming season. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of Arthur S. Hoffman, president of The Leir Charitable Foundations and a great friend of our university.  >>
Attention student entrepreneurs: Have a great technology concept? Need funds to explore the commercialization pathways? Apply for an NJIT I-Corps Site Mini-Grant. >>
Henrique Marques, who is entering his junior year as a member of the NJIT men's fencing team, will compete in the men's foil team event on August 12. >>
Team members from NJIT's Department of  BioMedical Engineering and the Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials, and Medicine (CIBM3) pictured at their exhibitor booth at the National Neurotrauma Society (NNS) Symposium in June. >>
Namas Chandra, director of the Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials, and Medicine (CIBM3), Bryan Pfister, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering and team members conducting a tour of the Blast Lab for NJIT team members. >>
The work of 43 students of NJIT's School of Art + Design was featured in the Student Work Exhibit at the 43rd SIGGRAPH conference, the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) annual meeting on computer graphics and interactive techniques. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the School of Art + Design was represented in the exhibit, curated and sponsored by ACM's Education Committee. >>
NJIT men's soccer coach Fernando Barboto announced a group of 12 incoming players set to become Highlanders for the 2016 season. >>
Nearly four years ago, Hurricane Sandy barreled up the New Jersey coast, leaving communities both along the shore and inland decimated in her wake. In the Delaware Bayshore area in Cumberland County, many small towns were flooded by the storm surge. Among them was Greenwich Township, where dikes built in the 1600s to protect its village and farms and already breached were significantly worsened by the hurricane. Also greatly affected was the ecosystem just behind the dikes, which plays a vital role in both the local environment and economy. >>
NJIT men's soccer will host seven regular-season contests during the 17-match 2016 season slate, first-year head coach Fernando Barboto announced. >>
NJIT women's volleyball assistant coach Simone Asque has been selected to represent her country, Jamaica, and compete in the ACE International Invitational Tournament held in Port of Spain, Trinidad on July 29 to August 1. >>
NJIT men's tennis signed Aleksa Petrovic, an international student-athlete from Serbia, who will enroll and continue his academic and completive tennis career beginning in the Fall of 2016, head coach Ira Miller announced. >>
“I think it's certainly irresponsible for Trump to openly encourage a foreign government to perform such espionage,” says Reza Curtmola, computer science professor and co-director of NJIT's Cybersecurity Research Center. >>
NJIT women's tennis coach Ira Miller announced the signing of Natacha Minc, a transfer from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, who will enroll and continue her academic and competitive tennis career in the Fall 2016 at NJIT. >>
Cesar Bandera, assistant professor of entrepreneurship in the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT has been named South American Director of the Academy of the International Council for Small Business (ICSB) for 2017. An intensive week-long boot camp for international university entrepreneurship students, the Academy, now in its second year, is held in conjunction with the World Conference of the ICSB, which students also attend. >>
Head coach Peter Volkert announced the upcoming 2016 women's volleyball schedule, which will play 33 matches overall, including nine home dates at the Fleisher Athletic Center and 14 contests as part of the Atlantic Sun Conference. >>
The NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools presented its 2016 Career and Technical Education Leadership Award to Dr. Joel Bloom July 20 as a visionary partner of the state's county vocational-technical schools who has helped to transform technical education in New Jersey. >>
More than 120 undergraduates, including students from NJIT and from other universities in the United States, Brazil and India, are showcasing their research projects at NJIT's Ninth International Summer Research Symposium. Projects range from an in-depth exploration of stem cell migration, to sustainability studies focused on the rehabilitation of steel structures, to the development of apps to provide social supports for women in STEM fields. >>
NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management will host an EMBA Information Session Aug. 4, 6:30-8 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room 3052. >>
The American Volleyball Coaches Association recognized both the NJIT men's and women's volleyball teams for the AVCA's annual team academic awards covering the 2015-16 academic year, the AVCA announced. >>
Highlanders! We hope you are having a great summer so far, whether you're at the beach, catching some Pokemon, or taking summer classes here at NJIT. Check out the latest edition of NJIT's 1UP. >>
The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) selected 10 NJIT tennis players, seven men and three women, as ITA Scholar Athletes and both teams earned ITA Team Academic honors for the 2015-16 season, Dan Johnson of the ITA announced. >>
Ally Nick, NJIT's new women's soccer coach has announced the Highlanders 18-game schedule for the 2016 season. >>
The 2016-17 ASUN Men's Basketball season culminates on March 5 with the Conference Championship Final broadcasting on ESPN at 3 p.m. ET. Both the quarterfinal and semifinals contests can be seen on the WatchESPN platform for the sixth-straight season. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Board of Trustees approved a 2 percent tuition and fee increase for in-state undergraduate students, adding $322 to tuition during the 2016-2017 school year as of July 21, 2016. >>
The NJIT Board of Trustees issued a proclamation on July 21 recognizing Sergeant Antoine Hughes of the NJIT Public Safety Department for a 2015 incident in which he demonstrated his bravery, dedication to duty and steadfast commitment to public safety. >>
For the first time, NJIT offered a Real World Connections (RWC) Cybersecurity Summer Boot Camp to over 55 New Jersey middle and high school students. >>
The model serves as the centerpiece of “Dedicated to Every Block in Newark,” an art exhibition curated by the People Power Planning Newark and artist Bisa Washington, and was crafted by 150 volunteers, including architecture students from the College of Architecture and Design. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive $20 million in capital funding from the State of New Jersey to renovate classrooms and laboratory spaces. Chief among the building projects will be the creation of Makerspace at NJIT, a 9,500-square-foot facility that will heed the call for innovation, invention and production in today's burgeoning STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) economy. >>
The fifth edition of the ASUN Conference Most Valuable Mascot Challenge is set to begin on Monday, July 18th-21st as the league's eight mascots will vie for the crown. The NJIT Highlander earned the victory last year and looks to hold off the competition once again in 2016. >>
Sponsored by the American Design Club in New York City, and curated by its director Kiel Mead, the “Growth” competition featured approximately 50 products and included work by both current and past students from NJIT's industrial design program. >>
NJIT men's basketball head coach Brian Kennedy announced seniors Damon Lynn, Tim Coleman and Rob Ukawuba as team captains for the upcoming 2016-17 season. >>
The clinic is designed for committed and dedicated players that are interested in playing college soccer, and to educate players on the demands and expectations of being a Division I student athlete. >>
NJIT women's basketball coach Steve Lanpher announced the signing of five recruits to join the Highlanders for the 2016-17 season. >>
The 3rd Annual Elite 90 Fan Favorite contest is underway – vote for Women's Fencer Julia Garcia, Elite 90 award winner from the 2015-16 academic year. The contest will be promoted via NCAA social media channels and so the goal of this project is to raise awareness for the award and celebrate these high-achieving student-athletes while getting fans excited about supporting their candidates. >>
Stephan Kudyba, an associate professor in the Martin Tuchman School of Management, recently presented a paper on “A Conceptual Framework for Leveraging Standard and Big Data Resources to Achieve Sustainable Business Solutions” at the 14th International Conference of the Society for Global Business & Economic Development. >>
NJIT's online master's degree programs in information technology ranked second on CollegeRank.net's 2016 list of “The 20 Best Online Master's in Information Technology Programs.” >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has received a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a three-year project titled “Engineering New Materials Based on Topological Phonon Edge Modes.” This project, a partnership with Yeshiva University, will seek to elucidate the fundamental dynamics of cell division and other functions of living cells, as well as lay the groundwork for the fabrication of a new class of metamaterials with novel physical properties and functionalities. >>
During NJIT's first summer session (May 23 - June 27), the computer science department offered CS 100: Roadmap to Computing, a prerequisite course for computing majors. But this year, there were six high school teachers among the students learning about programming, Python and the use of high-level data types in problem representation. >>
The Structural Analysis of Biomedical Ontologies Center (SABOC) research group, codirected by NJIT computer science professors Yehoshua Perl and James Geller, recently hosted Stanford University professor Mark Musen for its second annual Family-based Terminology Quality Assurance National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant principals meeting. >>
Yi Chen, Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare and an associate professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, was invited to give a talk at Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland on June 22 about her research on mining health forums for Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) discovery.  >>
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 11:30 a.m., the NJIT Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on the proposed 2017 fiscal year budget. The hearing will take place in the Campus Center, Room 235. The NJIT community, students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the public are invited to attend. >>
Twenty-two NJIT students have won first place in a student journalism contest on the environment. A cash prize was awarded for the winning entries, which were included in a collaborative investigative reporting project on the local effects of New Jersey's toxic environmental legacy and published on brickcitylive.com, a Newark website. Twenty-two NJIT students have won first place in a student journalism contest on the environment. >>
The NJIT men's basketball team will compete in an eight-team field at the 2016 Men's Cancun Challenge, played at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya in Mexico just before the Thanksgiving Holiday, November 22-23. >>
The NJIT women's basketball program announced their summer team camp dates, which will run from Friday, August 5 to Sunday, August 7 at the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center located on the campus of NJIT. >>
Samantha Bersett, who completed her four-year college soccer career in May, has been named a nominee for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. >>
Michel Boufadel, Ph.D., is professor of civil engineering and director of director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection. He was a member of the National Science Foundation's Rapid Response Team of researchers studying the effects of Hurricane Sandy on New Jersey's Raritan Bay. >>
Durga Misra, a professor in NJIT's Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was invited to present his research on “Higher-k Gate Dielectrics for sub-14nm CMOS Technology: Processing and Reliability” at several universities and research labs including Nanoelectronics Materials Laboratory (NamLab) of Technical University of Dresden; The Institute of Applied Physics (IAP) of the TU Bergakademie Freiberg; Institute for Microelectronics Stuttgart (IMS-CHIPS); and at Furtwangen University (HFU) in Germany. >>
Ellen Thomas, an assistant professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, has been promoted to associate professor with tenure. >>
Committed to recognizing excellence in individuals with superior academic performance, the Houtan Scholarship Foundation also acknowledges students who study Persian history, culture, civilization and language. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced that Tomas Gregorio, senior executive director for healthcare innovation, has been named a finalist in the NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Healthcare Professional of the Year award for 2016. >>
Melodi Guilbault, a senior university lecturer in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented "Teaching Information Literacy in Marketing Courses" June 17, 2016 at the 25th World Business Conference of the International Management Development Association in London. >>
NJIT men's swimming and diving has been selected a College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Team for the 2016 spring season. >>
NJIT mourns the loss of 49 individuals and the wounding of 53 others in Orlando on June 12, 2016. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims' families and friends and we stand in solidarity with the community who has been affected by this tragedy. Today and every day we are committed to a campus and a community that is inclusive and respectful of all. >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, a professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, and Melodi Guilbault, a senior university lecturer in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, presented “The Role of Alliance Diversity, Organizational and Human Capital in Building Alliance Capability–A Multi-Country Study of Small Biotechnology Companies" on June 3, 2016 at the 2016 EURAM conference in Paris. >>
Ali Abdi and Osvaldo Simeone, both in the department of electrical and computer engineering, have been promoted to the rank of full professor. The announcement was made at the June 9 Board of Trustees meeting. >>
NJIT's Edgardo Farinas, associate professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, is the recipient of a Salute to Excellence Award from the North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society for his leadership in helping to make the New Jersey Chemistry Olympics a success for all participants. >>
Veterans are returning to civilian life as accomplished welders, logistics managers, drivers, communications specialists and more. And they often are looking for employment. >>
For the past four months, teams of sixth- to eighth-grade students from four middle schools throughout New Jersey have donned their creative caps and worked diligently to answer the question, “What's so cool about manufacturing?” Guided by their teachers and provided with GoPro video equipment and instructional materials, the teams were matched with local manufacturers and charged with visiting their respective company to learn about its products, workforce and technology, and ultimately produce a two-and-a-half-minute video profile. >>
NJIT senior Markus Schultz finished the 2015-16 season ranked 10th in the NCAA Division I Men's Northeast Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), the ITA announced on June 8. >>
Liz Flooks, who spent 2015-16 as Director of Basketball Operations for NJIT women's basketball, has been promoted to assistant coach, Steve Lanpher, head coach of the Highlanders, announced. >>
Three NJIT student-athletes were recognized at the 2016 ASUN Conference Spring meetings Tuesday evening at The Shores Resort and Spa, as the three were named to the ASUN Winners for Life Teams, which includes student-athletes from the fall, winter and spring seasons. >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, a professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, was invited to Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain, to present her research on “Environmental Jolts and Strategic Alliances in the Aftermath of the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks.” >>
The Swarm Lab at NJIT, founded by Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Garnier, continues to garner attention in popular science media. The lab was recently a featured segment on the PBS show SciTech Now, which can be viewed online at http://www.scitechnow.org/videos/can-ants-mold-slime-explain-collective-human-behavior/. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners and Hackensack University Medical Center John Theurer Cancer Center hosted an Entrepreneur Showcase on May 25, 2016. >>
Sean Morrison, a veteran of more than two decades as an administrator in development, marketing, alumni affairs, and sports media relations, has joined NJIT as Director of Development for Athletics. >>
Mary Hearin, a former player and assistant coach at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), has joined the NJIT women's soccer staff as an assistant coach, head coach Ally Nick announced. >>
The men's swimming and diving team will add eight new swimmers for the 2016-17 season, head coach Michael Lawson announced. >>
Ian Bentley and Cody Kramer of NJIT were named to the 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball All-Academic Team announced by Assistant Director of Media Relations Walt Scher on Monday. >>
Lenny Kaplan, New Jersey Institute of Technology's Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics, has been appointed a four-year term on the NCAA Division I Men's Volleyball Committee. >>
A photograph by NJIT Professor Glenn Goldman was the recipient of a Judges' Commendation in the national 2016 Architectural Photography Competition sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). >>
NJIT's #1 men's tennis player, senior Markus Schultz, was the ninth-best Swedish men's player in all of college tennis, according to the Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) system, the system's website declared over the weekend in an article entitled "Elite of College Tennis: The Swedes"; "The 10 Hottest Swedish Men and Women on Campuses Now". >>
Four new performances, all part of the STEAM Plays Project, will premiere on June 2 at the Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS)  auditorium in East Brunswick, New Jersey.  The STEAM Plays Project is a series of performances created and presented by MCVTS students in collaboration with the McCarter Theatre Center and NJIT Theatre Arts and Technology Program.  >>
NJIT graduate students Smruti Ragunath and Megha Thakkar won second and third place at the 101st Annual New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA) Student Poster Competition, where students from New Jersey universities presented their research related to water. >>
Michael Ehrlich and Judith Sheft will be leading a session on Building the Local Entrepreneurship Eco-System at the National Science Foundation (NSF) National Innovation Network Meeting in Washington D.C. May 24-26, 2016. >>
The potential of mathematics to expand basic knowledge and meet real-world challenges will once again be the focus of plenary lectures, minisymposia and poster presentations when the Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM) conference convenes for 2016 on the NJIT campus June 3-4. >>
Mamadou Guirassy, who is entering his junior year as a member of the NJIT men's soccer team, has been called up to Guinea's U20 Men's National Team squad in preparation for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, to be held in France, May 18 to 29. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced the appointment of Ian Trammell as Executive Director Economic & Cluster Development. >>
Every year, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education publishes lists of the Top 100 producers of associate, bachelor and graduate degrees awarded to minority students. The May edition of the publication focuses on Asian-American graduates in business administration, management and operations; education; engineering; and the social sciences. >>
The research paper, "PRIMAL: PRofIt Maximization Avatar pLacement for Mobile Edge Computing," written by Nirwan Ansari and Xiang Sun, has been selected as a Best Paper Award (BPA) winner of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2016. >>
Joseph T. Roman '99, president of Accelerant Sales Group, an adjunct professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management and a member of NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management Board of Visitors, published an article in the May 2016 issue of Tech News magazine. >>
The NJIT men's and women's outdoor track and field teams medaled in seven events at the 2016 Atlantic Sun Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships hosted by North Florida at Hodges Stadium. >>
The College of Architecture and Design's industrial design program, coordinated by Jose Alcala, will exhibit during NYCxDESIGN Week at ICFF May 14-17 in New York City's Jacob Javits Convention Center. >>
Faculty, staff, students and alumni of the College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA) were recognized on May 5 for achievements that spanned the college's departments and initiatives in research and education >>
It's the highest honor bestowed by a venerable engineering society, and one of NJIT's own is a recent recipient. Patrick Natale, P.E., '70, '75, an alumnus of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering (NCE) and today a member of NCE's Board of Visitors, has been named a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). >>
NJIT's Annual Service Awards Ceremony is set to take place Friday at 1 p.m. the Campus Center Ballroom, where some 200 employees will be recognized for a collective 4,000 years of service. >>
NJIT is ranked among the world's universities according to The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016, which lists the best global universities and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. >>
Jerry Creighton, director of NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) and co-founder of NJIT Highlanders Angel Network, will be a speaker Wednesday at the 2016 Angel Capital Association (ACA) Summit in Philadelphia. >>
The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has charged two men in the slaying of Joseph Micalizzi, an NJIT junior from Freehold who was shot in the course of a burglary early Monday at the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) house at 317 MLK Blvd. Both men, an 18-year-old from Irvington and a 22-year-old from Newark, are in custody. >>
“I don't like the way Memorial Day is celebrated,” said NJIT graduate student Omar Gomez, who served in the Army for five years and in Afghanistan for 15 months. “It's too serious, too gray. My friend Donald T. Tabb who was killed was a funny guy—I want him to stand tall with his jokes. Nobody died so you could be boring.” >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has joined MetroLab Network, a network of 35 city-university partnerships focused on bringing data, analytics and innovation to local government. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) seeks applications and nominations from the academic and corporate sectors for the position of Dean of the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences (CCS). >>
In twilight, under a light rain, they entered the circle of love. One by one, the TKE members stepped into the hollow and -- enveloped by 400 mourners -- painted a portrait of their missing brother: Joe Micalizzi, who was murdered Monday while trying to ward off burglars who had entered the TKE fraternity house. >>
Law enforcement officials from the city of Newark, NJIT and Rutgers University – Newark are working closely together to bolster security in the University Heights neighborhood, including expanding joint policing operations, they announced May 4 in the wake of the shooting death of NJIT student Joseph Micalizzi. May 6, two men were arrested and charged with the slaying. >>
Gov. Chris Christie toured NJIT's Central King Building, a former high school that -- thanks to state funding -- has been turned into a state-of-the-art science center where professors and students strive to answer some of life's most perplexing questions.  >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom today hosts New Jersey Governor Chris Christie as he tours Central King Building (CKB), speaks with students and faculty and makes a news announcement. >>
It takes a whole lot of hand tools (and a heap of duct tape) to build a device that will clean up a nuclear site. And that's exactly what teams from roughly two-dozen New Jersey high schools set out to do during the 25th Annual Creative Design Challenge hosted last week at NJIT. >>
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, provided commentary to the international press prior to the recent Doha meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers on April 17, 2016. >>
Judith A. Sheft, associate vice president for Technology Development, and Raul Mercado, director of the Procurement Technical Assistance Center, both of NJIT, will make presentations for the first annual “Inside the Circl of Power Speaker Series,” to be broadcast during National Small Business Week, May 1–May 7, via live webcast available free to viewers nationwide.  >>
Gonzalo J. Lopez, an adjunct professor who teaches Intro to Design II in the College of Architecture and Design, is developing a project to build a school in El Jicarito, a tiny village in Nicaragua. >>
President Joel S. Bloom will host Bloomberg Radio for a live show, “Powering America's Innovation Economy: Meet the Tech Innovators,” Monday, May 2, from 5 to 6 p.m., featuring some of the nation's top CEOs. >>
Stephan P. Kudyba, associate professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management has published Healthcare Informatics: Improving Efficiency through Technology, Analytics, and Management (CRC Press). >>
The College of Computing Sciences (CCS) will host the spring 2016 CCS Capstone Showcase Tuesday, May 3, in the Campus Center Atrium from 5-9 p.m. The showcase will feature 24 senior college capstone teams from the departments of computer science, information systems and information technology in addition to 15 middle and high school teams in the Real World Connections Program (RWC). >>
Enjoy two free concerts during the first week of May by the NJIT String and Wind Ensembles and the Jazz Ensemble. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has partnered with SaferMD to offer a qualified clinical-data registry that includes all standard PQRS measures, plus new measures that are designed specifically for radiology. >>
The New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) will honor David Ullman, NJIT's associate provost for Information Services & Technology and chief information officer, with its 2016 CIO of the Year–Nonprofit Organization award. NJTC “provides business support, networking opportunities, information, advocacy and recognition of technology companies and their leaders” and helps to advance “New Jersey's status as a leading technology center in the United States.” The award recognizes a CIO or chief information security officer for “innovation and creativity in deploying their enterprise systems, future IT goals, management philosophy and service to the industry and community.” >>
Situated along the footpath that leads to Weston Hall, home of the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD), are five new fully formed structures for students and faculty to use to engage, converse or simply take a break. >>
On April 20, four photographs by Professor and Director of the School of Art + Design Glenn Goldman were announced as finalists in the fourth Annual Zebra Awards program celebrating the art of black and white photography and sponsored by the TZ International Photography and Art Community (TZIPAC). >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, a professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, has been named editor-in-chief of the South Asian Journal of Global Business Research. >>
Students from New Jersey high schools will compete in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier robotics competition for New Jersey high school students held annually on the NJIT campus. >>
Prince's behind-the-scenes work has helped to create a pathway for tech inclusion and level the playing field at a time when, still, only a fraction of African-Americans are represented in the tech workforce. >>
The latest edition of NJIT's 1-UP is now out. Check out the video today. >>
Alexander M. Haimovich, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, will be one of five plenary session speakers at the 2016 IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Radar Conference in Philadelphia, PA, May 2-May 6.  >>
Cesar Bandera, assistant professor in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, was promoted to Senior Member of IEEE for 35 years of membership and service to the profession. >>
NJIT's annual Miracle Network Dance Marathon reached the end of its second year at the institution with HighlanderThon on April 2. This year, the event raised $20,591.02 for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, a charity which supports Children's Specialized Hospital in New Jersey. >>
Two of New Jersey Institute of Technology's strongest supporters for manufacturing will be featured speakers at the NERETA Talent Pipeline Strategic Alignment Summit in Clinton, N.J. on April 27-29. The summit aims to help local professionals in higher education and both economic and workforce development to enhance workforce capabilities, increase manufacturing employment opportunities and create a collaborative environment for manufacturing employers. >>
College of Architecture and Design associate professor Gabrielle Esperdy will take part in the final show of the three-part PBS series, “10 Towns That Changed America,” airing April 19 at 8 p.m. >>
Robert Brown, marketing specialist for NJIT's Procurement Technical Assistance Center, will join a panel of experts April 19 during the African American Chamber of Commerce (AACCNJ) "State of Black New Jersey" conference in Jersey City. >>
Management Professor Hindy Lauer Schachter presented last month a paper co-written with Alex Ingrams at the American Society for Public Administration Conference in Seattle. >>
The 2010 BP offshore blowout in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people, released approximately 200 million gallons of oil, and contaminated hundreds of miles of shoreline. What have we learned from this disaster? Are we safer today? Are the impacts over? >>
NJIT introduced Brian Kennedy as its new men's basketball coach in a midday news conference on campus Friday. >>
The NJIT women's tennis team notched its first Atlantic Sun Conference victory in program history, sweeping visiting USC Upstate 7-0 Saturday afternoon at The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. >>
NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place Friday, April 15, at the Campus Center. >>
Brian Kennedy, who has been an assistant men's basketball coach at NJIT since August 2012, will be introduced as the 11th head men's basketball coach in program history in a Friday, April 15 news conference on campus. >>
Longstanding College of Architecture and Design professor and director of the Joint Ph.D. Program in Urban Systems, Karen A. Franck, will close the CoAD Spring 2016 lecture series (April 18, 5:00pm; Weston Lecture Hall I) by explaining the two main “pre-occupations” that consistently guide her research and writing: asking questions and creating structure. >>
Highlanders packed the Weston Hall Gallery to celebrate the work of alumni and the next generation of architects and designers at the 10th Annual Design Showcase April 7. >>
Jonathan R. Curley, senior university lecturer in the humanities department at NJIT, will be a speaker and panelist at an event titled “The 1916 Rising and Newark: Influences and Reactions,” Thursday, April 14, at 6 p.m. at the New Jersey Historical Society, 52 Park Place, Newark. >>
Once again, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) continues to demonstrate the value of its educational offerings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), according to a report released today from PayScale, “College ROI Report: Best Value Colleges.” >>
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CollegeChoice.net recently published a list of the top 50 schools for bachelor's degrees in engineering. NJIT, the only New Jersey public school on the list, was ranked #45. The ranking is based primarily on cost of tuition, as reported by individual schools and CNN Money, and reputation in the field as reported by U.S. News & World Report, Forbes and TES Global. >>
NJIT's Google ambassador, Chaitasee Pandya '16, recently organized a trip to Google's Chelsea headquarters in New York City for the graduate students in the Women in Computing Society. >>
Jim Engles, who guided NJIT men's basketball to a combined 41 wins the last two seasons, has resigned as head coach at NJIT after serving in the post for eight seasons. >>
Heather Ruth Martin, a 2007 graduate of the Executive MBA Program at NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, will discuss "Books and Business" on April 6, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room. RSVP to: Elaine Frazier >>
NJIT's Strategic Communications team has received gold, silver, bronze and merit winner status in the 2015 Collegiate Advertising Awards and the 31st Annual Educational Advertising Awards. The awards were for content and design in various media, including newspapers, brochures, radio and video. The award-winning projects were created in collaboration with CN Foundry, the branding arm of CN Communications International. >>
NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser will perform in "Open Plan: Cecil Taylor," an experimental five-part exhibition April 15-24, 2016 at the Whitney Museum of American Art. >>
The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) will celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its design showcase April 7 in the Gallery of Weston Hall, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. >>
After being one of the few who picked the Mets to make it to the postseason in 2015, NJIT Mathematical Sciences Professor and Associate Dean Bruce Bukiet has published his projections of how the standings should look at the end of Major League Baseball's 2016 season. And things look good for one New York team. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced that Tomas Gregorio, senior executive director for health care innovation, has been named to the Top 50 Powers in Health Care by NJBIZ. >>
In what has been another standout season for Highlanders junior guard Damon Lynn, the third-year star has been named to the 2015-16 Division I All-District 3 Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), which annually recognizes the finest student-athletes and coaches across America. This mark's the second consecutive season for which he's been honored by the NABC. >>
NJIT men's volleyball outside hitter Jabarry Goodridge has been selected Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Player of the Week after, guiding the Highlanders to their fifth straight win of the season and 2-0 week in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA), David Portney of the AVCA announced Tuesday. >>
In a report released March 29 by Forbes, NJIT ranked 39 in best value public colleges, 60 in the Northeast, 71 in research universities and 120 overall in America's Best Value Colleges. >>
Columbia's three-time All-Ivy League senior guard Maodo Lo scored a season-high 29 points, leading five double-figure scorers for the Lions in their 80-65 win over visiting NJIT Sunday evening in the semifinals of the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. >>
NJIT sophomore Julia Garcia is the recipient of the 2016 Elite 90 award for NCAA Division I Women's Fencing announced on Friday night at the 2016 NCAA Fencing Championship banquet held at Marriott Boston Newtown. >>
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Before last week, NJIT men's volleyball had never beaten Princeton twice in the same regular season.  With Friday night's 3-1 win over the visiting Tigers in the Fleisher Athletic Center, the Highlanders made it two wins over Princeton in four days. >>
The NJIT fencing team placed 10th at the 2016 NCAA National Collegiate Fencing Championships hosted by Brandeis University. >>
The Clement A. Price Institute, in partnership with the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program, will present the Voloshky Ukrainian Dance Ensemble March 31 on both the NJIT and Rutgers University-Newark campuses. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced three outstanding individuals who will receive honorary degrees at the 100th commencement ceremony May 17. >>
The Murray Center for Women in Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will hold a one-day conference, “Women Designing the Future: Digital Realities, Today and Tomorrow,” on Friday, April 1, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the university's Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
The university will once again host the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp, a two-week, all-expenses-paid camp for bright students entering sixth, seventh or eighth grades in the fall of 2016. The camp promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and supports historically underserved and underrepresented students. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, announced that Timothy V. Franklin, vice president and chief operating officer of the New Jersey Innovation Institute has been named to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Planning Committee on the New Engagement. >>
Dr. Charles J. Fey, vice president for academic support and student affairs, received the 2016 Pillar of the Profession Award by the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Foundation, an association for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession. >>
The NJIT men's lacrosse team recorded the first win in program history with a 10-7 victory over Dartmouth on Tuesday at Scully-Fahey Field. >>
David Anderson, a mathematical sciences major at NJIT, has been awarded a Fulbright grant that will pay for him to travel to Germany and pursue a master's degree at a university in Munich. Anderson is the first NJIT student to receive the prestigious Fulbright Finalist award. >>
The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ) is pleased to announce the Payette Sho-Ping Chin Memorial Academic Scholarship, a $10,000 scholarship that will be awarded to a female student who has completed at least two years of undergraduate architectural studies. >>
The New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA) at NJIT will host the AIA-sponsored symposium “How We Work,” March 30, 1p.m. - 6 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall 1. >>
“This is perhaps the best time to be an innovator in the healthcare system,” noted Aneesh Chopra, co-founder and executive vice president of health information-technology (IT) company Hunch Analytics, and former chief technology officer (CTO) of the United States under President Barack Obama. >>
NJIT will host Boston University on Monday, March 21, at 7:30 pm in the second round of the 2016 CollegeInsider.com national basketball tournament, the CIT announced. >>
NJIT Continuing Professional Education (CPE) was named a "Champion of Good Works'' by the Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) at its recent Chairman's Reception saluting the generosity of the business and educational community. >>
Dan Reasoner of Chemical Abstracts Service and Bruce Slutsky of NJIT's Robert Van Houten Library will be in the lobby of Tiernan Hall Wednesday, March 23, from 1:00 - 4 p.m. to demonstrate SciFinder , a research discovery application that provides unlimited access to the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and reactions in chemistry and related sciences. >>
The latest edition of NJIT's 1-UP is now out. Check out the video today. >>
Martin Tuchman School of Management will host Information Sessions on the MBA, MSM and EMBA options on March 22 and March 23, 6:30-8 p.m. >>
NJIT, through its New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), will hold a transatlantic workforce and job creation business forum March 24, 9 a.m. – noon in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
The Newark College of Engineering (NCE) is ranked #92 on the newest U.S. News & World Report list of best graduate schools, ascending 19 positions since last year. NCE shares the #92 ranking with George Washington University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Texas Tech University, University of Kentucky and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. >>
NJIT has placed 32nd on The Princeton Review's just-published list saluting the top 50 undergraduate schools to study game design for 2016. >>
Deane Evans, executive director of the NJIT Center for Resilient Design and professor Richard Garber, director of the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, participated in a “Resilient and Sustainable Cities: Bridging from COP21 to Habitat III” symposium in Washington, D.C. earlier this month. >>
C. William “Bill” Kingsland, Assistant Commissioner of Transportation Systems Management in the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), will speak on Wednesday, March 23, from 1:00 to 3:00 pm in Lecture Hall 303 of the Central King Building on “Careers in Transportation Systems Management and Operations.” >>
NJIT and Rutgers University-Newark faculty will join up for a jazz concert on March 23 at NJIT's Jim Wise Theatre, with the performance starting at 2:30 p.m. The concert is free for all students, faculty, staff and friends. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, will host its second annual Healthcare Cluster Innovation Showcase Friday, March 18, 2016, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the NJIT Campus Center Atrium, University Heights, in Newark. >>
The Highlanders Kick Off the 2016 CollegeInsider.com National Postseason Tournament at Fleisher Athletic Center >>
NJIT Athletics released the second episode of the "Highlander Spotlight", a new video series covering the latest news on Highlanders Athletics, on www.NJITHighlanders.com. >>
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Seventeen men's and women's fencers competed in the NCAA Regionals held at Moravian College on Saturday. >>
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The latest edition of NJIT's 1UP is now out. Check out the video today. >>
On March 1, Martin Tuchman School of Management hosted the Shipping, Trade, & Transport Group from the University of Piraeus, Greece, at a symposium that covered maritime business issues. >>
Kay Turner, vice president of Human Resources at NJIT, will be a panelist at the spring meeting of the NJ/Eastern PA/ DE Chapter of HERC, the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, to be held at Princeton University. “Dealing With Difficult People” is the topic of the meeting, which will be held April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. >>
NJIT men's tennis won their fifth straight match, 7-0 against Drexel on Sunday at the Naimoli Tennis Center. >>
College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) Faculty and alumni continue to inspire lifelong Highlander pride with their dedication to give back to the community and volunteer outside of the office and architecture studio. >>
College of Architecture and Design associate professor Stephen Zdepski was recently commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel, the highest honor the Governor of Kentucky may bestow upon a civilian. >>
Calling all hackers!  Come to the Leir Conference Room (3rd Floor Central Ave. Building) at noon Friday, March 4 for free pizza and an intro to the Honeywell Eureka Hackathon Challenge. >>
NJIT's School of Management (SOM) will be named March 3, 2016 in honor of distinguished alumnus Martin Tuchman. This is the first time in the school's 27-year history that it will carry a formal name: Martin Tuchman School of Management. >>
Newark College of Engineering (NCE) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will celebrate its continued commitment to engineering education advancement at the 18th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence March 9, 2016, 6-9 p.m. at the Newark Museum. Proceeds from the event will benefit the NCE Dean's Fund. >>
The NJIT men's fencing team was crowned champions of the MACFA Conference on Sunday, held at the Durkan Fencing Academy. >>
The semester is in full swing as we are flying through winter, but one thing we took time to reflect on during February is our annual celebration of Black History Month. NJIT hosted many events throughout the month where students, faculty, and staff shared common perspectives and discussed current events. A big thank you goes out to all the sponsors of these events and everyone that participated. >>
Tickets are on sale now for the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament quarterfinal men's basketball game at NJIT on Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 pm in the Fleisher Athletic Center. >>
Timothy V. Franklin, vice president and chief operating officer of NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), will serve as an advisory board member of the National Manufacturing Foresight Project (MForesight), a federal program that seeks to identify promising manufacturing technologies. >>
Josh Taylor, a noted researcher on energy distribution and storage from the University of Toronto, drew an audience of more than 40 engineering students to a lecture on flexible pricing and delivery methods for meeting electricity demand. >>
The National Science Foundation (NSF) CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service, a program seeking proposals that address cybersecurity education and workforce development, recently awarded a $4,078,362 grant to NJIT's College of Computing Sciences. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) ranked fifth on a new, exclusive list of the nation's top actuary programs. SafecoInsurance.com announced the “15 U.S. Colleges with Top Actuary Programs” yesterday following an independent study conducted by HomeInsurance.com. NJIT, the only New Jersey school listed, joined other nationally-ranked superstars including the University of Notre Dame, the University of Florida and Texas A&M University. >>
Free and open to the public, the College of Architecture and Design lecture series brings an eclectic roster of high-profile architects, designers and academics to speak to a packed house at Weston Hall. >>
With its win on Saturday night, the NJIT men's basketball team has clinched at least one conference postseason home game at Fleisher Athletic Center. This Quarterfinals contest will take place on Tuesday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m. against an opponent yet to be determined. Ticket information will become available on Monday, Feb. 22, at 3 p.m. >>
Yi Chen, associate professor and The Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare in the Martin Tuchman School of Management at NJIT, was named a recipient of a Google Faculty Research Award>>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology has made the charts once again in recently published rankings. The Feb. 9 NJBIZ article; “What are the 10 N.J. colleges with the highest-paid graduates?” ranked NJIT first among four-year public colleges and universities and third overall statewide behind Stevens Institute of Technology and Princeton University. >>
Julian Goldman, MD, will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural President's Forum, a featured event in the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series. Dr. Goldman, the medical director of biomedical engineering for Partners HealthCare, an anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and the director of the multi-institutional Program on Medical Device Interoperability, will give a talk on major initiatives, including technology development, in two key areas – Life Sciences and Engineering and Data Science and Technology. >>
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management, provided commentary on the first-ever annual trade surplus with OPEC recorded by the U.S. in an article published on Feb. 8, 2016, in EnergyWire.   >>
There will be a free performance of the NJIT Jazz Band on Wednesday, February 24 at 2:30 p.m. on the Rutgers-Newark Campus in the Dana Room of the Dana Library. The performance is at the invitation of the Rutgers Jazz Institute. >>
Grounded in theory, D. Yvette Wohn, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the information systems department at NJIT's College of Computing Sciences, explores the relationship between humans and technology using fundamental research tactics. >>
Propelled by what may have been its best defensive half of the season, NJIT won its season-best fifth consecutive game, topping Florida Gulf Coast 68-59 late Saturday afternoon in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball played in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center. >>
The ingenuity of the progressive faculty at the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) continues to stretch around the globe. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) President Joel S. Bloom announced the appointment of Edward J. Bishof, Sr. of Freehold, as NJIT's senior vice president for finance and chief financial officer (CFO) following a national search. >>
Deane Evans, executive director of NJIT's Center for Resilient Design, provided closing remarks on a panel session during the 2016 Federal Alliance for Safe Homes Conference in Orlando, Florida. >>
Mathew Schwartz, research scientist and designer at the Digital Human Research Center at the Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology affiliated with Seoul National University, presented “Developing Creative Technologies” at the College of Architecture and Design Feb. 4. >>
NJIT continued to take care of business with a 78-59 win over visiting Kennesaw State in Atlantic Sun Conference men's basketball in the Fleisher Athletic Center late Saturday afternoon. >>
The NJIT women's tennis team picked up its first victory of the 2016 season with a 5-2 decision over LIU Brooklyn Sunday at The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom has been selected for the Air Force Chief of Staff's civic leader program. Bloom, who is one of only a few national university presidents ever requested to serve in such a role, joins about 30 business and civic leaders from across the nation. >>
Mike Rampone '15, who starred for the NJIT baseball program for four seasons ending in 2015, has signed a professional contract for 2016 with the Tucson Saguaros, a first-year team in the Pecos League.  >>
A(n) Office, led by Marcelo López-Dinardi, an adjunct instructor and third-year coordinator in the College of Architecture and Design has been selected by the U.S. Pavilion for the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale to produce the exhibition: “The Architectural Imagination.” >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced that Hackensack University Medical Center (HackensackUMC) has become the first healthcare charter member of NJII and a partner in its Healthcare Delivery Systems Innovation Lab (iLab). HackensackUMC will also have a seat on the iLab's advisory board. >>
NJIT recently received two grants totaling $450,000 from The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD) to continue as the lead agency for two of seven New Jersey Talent Networks. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss last month of Hamilton V. Bowser, Sr. '52 '56, a distinguished trustee, alumnus, businessman and community leader who provided more than a decade of dedicated service to the university. >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will join The Africa-America Institute (AAI) and the East African Development Bank  (EADB) as an institutional partner in a new scholarship program that will enable experienced teachers and lecturers to earn postgraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at the university to help build a skilled workforce in STEM fields in East Africa. >>
The NJIT men's tennis team concluded the two-day NJIT Winter Invitational with a 22-4 mark Sunday at The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. >>
With the Atlantic Sun Conference regular season men's basketball schedule reaching its midpoint, NJIT headed south needing a win to stay relevant in the A-Sun standings and that's exactly what the Highlanders accomplished late Saturday afternoon, as they topped Kennesaw State, 75-67. >>
The latest edition of NJIT's 1-UP is now out. Check out the video today. >>
Jun Liu, assistant professor of information systems in the College of Business & Information System at Dakota State University will give a talk on the semi-supervised article selection for medical systematic reviews Feb. 3. >>
NJIT's School of Management was recognized for having one of the top 10 most affordable Online MBA in Management Information Systems programs.  >>
John C. Jones, a Ph.D. student in the Urban Systems program, has been selected by the Eagleton Institute of Politics as an Eagleton Fellow for the 2015-16 academic year. >>
Fernando Barboto, who built the Iona College Gaels into one of the top Division I men's soccer programs in the area, will lead men's soccer at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan announced. >>
Photographs by School of Art + Design director Glenn Goldman have been chosen as winners in the annual architectural photography competition sponsored by the West Jersey section of the American Institute of Architects. >>
After opening its membership in the Atlantic Sun Conference with two razor-thin losses, the NJIT men's basketball team left little to chance in its first conference win on Saturday, a wire-to-wire 71-59 victory over Stetson in a game NJIT led by 20 at halftime. >>
Parasites used to be considered nothing more than physiological freeloaders, taking advantage of their hosts. Now scientists are discovering that many species of parasites can control their hosts with a sinister sophistication that forces them to do their bidding. Researchers are only beginning to investigate this remarkable control, developing a field that's been called neuroparasitology. It's work that could someday help us find better ways to treat human brain disorders. >>
Acclaimed architectural historian and NJIT Distinguished Professor Zeynep Çelik has been awarded the George Sarton Medal by the School of Engineering and Architecture of Ghent University. >>
Tom Bury, an NJIT alumnus and construction manager on the Food Network's hit show, “Restaurant: Impossible,” will discuss his New Jersey roots as well as how his education prepared him for his career on an upcoming episode of “One-on-One with Steve Adubato.” >>
The interior design program in the School of Art + Design was one of three programs selected to participate in the Architecture-Engineering-Construction (AEC) division of “Design Slam” at Autodesk University in Las Vegas. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced the appointment of George Nikolaou as Senior Executive Director, Financial Services Innovation. >>
NJIT's School of Management (SOM), which shapes students to become technology leaders, managers and powerbrokers, will be named March 3, 2016 in honor of distinguished alumnus Martin Tuchman. This is the first time in the school's 27-year history that it will carry a formal name: Martin Tuchman School of Management. >>
A joint team from Kessler Foundation and the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is developing new applications for wearable robotic exoskeleton devices with a $5 million federal grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research. >>
William V. Rapp, Henry J. Leir Chair in International Trade and research professor in NJIT's School of Management, has projected overall 2015-2016 U.S. real GDP growth at 2.5 percent with the unemployment rate falling to 4.6 percent.  >>
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College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) student Alexander Cutrona '16 won honorable mention for his fifth-year Comprehensive Design Studio project for the Vectorworks Design Scholarship 2015. >>
Members of the NJIT community, Judith Sheft, Pushpendra Singh, Som Mitra and Naga Musunuri, participated in this year's NJTC Tech Day, a full day tech event that included fireside charts, exhibitors and panel discussions. >>
State and federal regulatory officials, scientists and environmental advocates gathered at NJIT in December to launch a new coalition, Jersey Water Works, to address longstanding, significant problems facing New Jersey's urban water systems, from crumbling storm and wastewater infrastructure to inadequate supplies of clean drinking water. >>
Newark Kids Code is an educational initiative designed to introduce technologically disadvantaged and underrepresented youth to programming, coding and other digital and computer technologies. >>
NJIT recently made the top 50 in a new national ranking, just released by Georgetown University, on the “50 colleges where students earn the highest salaries.” In the report, "Ranking Your College: Where You Go and What You Make," the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce looked at the four-year colleges whose students go on to earn the highest salaries 10 years after starting their studies. >>
Yi Chen, Henry J. Leir Chair and an associate professor at NJIT's School of Management, was invited to give a talk at the IEEE Big Data Initiative Workshop at Georgia Institute of Technology on Dec. 1, 2015. >>
The NJIT men's swimming and diving team captured its first-ever ECAC Championship in program history at the ECAC Winter Championships, which concluded Sunday at the Nassau County Aquatic Center. The Highlanders finished first among 11 men's teams in the three-day event and the gap between NJIT and second-place Pace (1,436 points-to-1089.50 points, 346.50 points) was the largest between any two consecutive spots in the team standings. >>
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance at NJIT, offered his views in the wake of the OPEC decision, an outlook for oil prices and thoughts on Saudi Arabia's strategy to defend market share, and discussed key long-term influences for the market. >>
Rising entrepreneurs presented their ideas for new products and businesses at the 2015 Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge, an annual event coordinated by the Newark Innovation Acceleration Center and NJIT's School of Management and sponsored by Capital One Bank. >>
Geller's paper, “Identifying Pairs of Terms with Strong Semantic Connections in a Textbook Index,” was co-authored by Shmuel T. Klein of Bar-Ilan University in Israel and Yuriy Polyakov, a research professor at NJIT. >>
For scientists studying the impacts of space weather, one of the central mysteries of solar flares – the colossal release of magnetic energy in the Sun's atmosphere that erupts with the force of millions of hydrogen bombs – is the means by which these explosions produce radiation and accelerate particles to nearly the speed of light within seconds. >>
NJIT's School of Management will host the Second Annual Strategic Management Showcase on Dec. 4, 2015, 5-9 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.   >>

A Musical Finale

December 01, 2015
The fall 2015 semester will have a musical finale with concerts by the NJIT string and wind ensembles and the jazz band, showcasing the talents of students, faculty and staff. >>
John Pelligra '16 and Kanishka Wadhwa '16 represented NJIT at the 2015 Institute of Management Accountants Student Leadership Conference in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.  >>

Ready, Set, Hack!

November 30, 2015
Highlanders pull an all-nighter to build innovative Web and mobile applications. >>
Steve Devick, a former optometrist and entrepreneur who founded and co-founded a series of technology-based public and private companies, including the software company Platinum technology,  will give a talk, “The Marriage of Science and Business” on Dec. 1 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Room 112 of Eberhardt Hall. >>
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, was the first keynote speaker at the International Conference on Applied Business & Economics of the International Strategic Management Association, held at the University of Piraeus in Piraeus, Greece.  >>
A leading researcher and computer scientist discuss the Internet of Things and indoor localization technologies. >>
As a participant in the life of this campus for the past 25 years, I have engaged in the evolution of the NJIT campus to one of a beautiful collage of diversity. At NJIT, we define diversity using its broadest sense including, but not limited to: race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability and ideas. >>
A comprehensive scientific report released today by The Royal Society of Canada (RSC) has concluded that there are still critical research gaps hampering efforts to both assess the environmental impacts of crude oil spills and to effectively remediate them. >>

Almost daily, it seems, the news brings us images of refugees taking to the seas to flee wars in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Africa. All aspire to find a new life and hope, but so many find themselves unwanted, dispossessed and lost in bureaucratic infighting. >>

The multidimensional transformation of the healthcare industry was the focus of the Fifth Annual Business Conference hosted by NJIT's School of Management on Nov. 19, 2015 in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design hosted a one-day workshop on how to use concrete to make single-family homes more resilient and sustainable. >>
On Nov. 13, 2015, NJIT commemorated both the 20th anniversary of the college—the latest in a yearlong series of events—and the exceptional alumnus for whom the Honors College was named at Celebration 2015, the university's annual black-tie fundraiser held at The Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. >>
The Rowan University Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Donald H. Sebastian to the Board of Directors of the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University. >>
NJIT's inaugural Research Centers and Laboratories Showcase, featuring the work of more than 40 centers and laboratories, will take place on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Campus Center ballrooms. >>
NJIT's Barbara and Leonard Littman Architecture and Design Library was awarded a $13,500 state grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission to further develop the Digital Archive of Newark Architecture. >>
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design (CRD) will participate in a project to build a resilient, energy efficient and sustainable new home. >>
The Research & Development Council of New Jersey honored the winners of the 2015 Edison Patent Awards at the 36th Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception on November 12, 2015. Over 50 inventors and 12 New Jersey companies and universities were recognized at the event. >>
Through his research, Mohamed Gamal-Eldin examines modern Middle East history and the development of peripheral cities. >>
James Geller discusses the importance of enhancing the quality of medical terminologies. >>
P. Ben Chou and Cesar Bandera, senior university lecturer and assistant professor, respectively, in NJIT's School of Management, participated in the 42nd Annual Conference of the Northeast Business and Economics Association on Nov. 6.  >>
There will be a discussion about detecting abnormal traffic behaviors in 3G/4G LTE networks. >>
The Moonlight Duo, cellist Karen Pinoci and pianist Claudia Baumgartner Lemmerz, will musically illuminate the work of women composers when they perform in the Campus Center Atrium on Friday, November 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. >>
Dr. Charles J. Fey, vice president for academic support and student affairs, has been named a 2016 Pillar of the Profession by the NASPA Foundation, an association for the advancement, health and sustainability of the student affairs profession. >>
Louis Lanzerotti, distinguished research professor in the Department of Physics, took part in the October 29 panel discussion “Space Weather: Understanding Potential Impacts and Building Resilience” convened in Washington, D.C. under the auspices of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. >>
Watch out for cyber scams and other hoaxes that are sent via email. >>
Approximately 200 graduate and undergraduate students representing NJIT and other participating colleges and universities will participate in a 24-hour hackathon organized and hosted by NJIT's Association of Computing Machinery student chapter and the College of Computing Sciences Nov. 7 - 8. >>
NJIT will hold its annual black-tie fundraiser, Celebration, on Nov. 13, 2015 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.  >>
On Nov. 6, NJIT's MechaForce will take part in the 18th Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education in New York City to discuss adapting the German dual skills education model to New Jersey's ecosystem. >>
Tune in live to Americanworkersradio.com (WWDB-AM TALK 860) Wednesday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. >>
On November 12, the Theatre Arts and Technology Program, which NJIT offers jointly with Rutgers University-Newark, will bring together NJIT faculty members and design professionals associated with the McCarter Theater to present a panel discussion of their exciting work to Middlesex County Vocational and Technical Schools (MCVTS) theater students, and students at NJIT and Rutgers-Newark.  >>
Today, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) launched a new partnership with Zipcar, the world's leading car sharing network, to offer a Zipcar car sharing program on campus. The convenient transportation option is now available at an affordable rate 24 hours a day, seven days a week for students, faculty and staff ages 18 and older, as well as members of the local community ages 21 and over. >>
International award-winning architect and College of Architecture and Design associate professor Maria Hurtado de Mendoza has another accolade to add to her illustrious career. >>
A dozen College of Computing Sciences students attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Houston Oct. 14-16. >>
Dean J. Paranicas, President and CEO of HealthCare Institute of New Jersey, and Dr. Robert Goldberg, Co-Founder and Vice President-Center for Medicine in the Public Interest, will headline the NJIT School of Management's Fifth Annual Business Conference Nov. 19 in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Water is a vital resource in every environment, and the focus of the next in the fall series of Technology, Art and Science Forum presentations will be water and the City of Newark. >>
"Monument Man" Harry Ettlinger, who received a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Newark College of Engineering in 1950, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal yesterday in a ceremony in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill. >>
On Thursday, Oct. 15, the Committee on Women's Leadership (CWL) kicked off the second year of its Partners for Success Program with a luncheon and orientation. The goal of the program is to assist recently hired women to become acclimated to the culture of NJIT and have a designated person as an initial resource and source of encouragement. >>
Rising entrepreneurs are invited to submit practical, innovative ideas as part of the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge. Deadline for submissions: Nov. 3. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom joined other educators and NJ Education Commissioner David Hespe yesterday in calling for higher standards and better preparation in K-12 education, as results of the first new PARCC assessment were released in Trenton. >>
The NJIT NEXT comprehensive campaign has surpassed its $150 million goal to become the largest philanthropic fundraising effort in university history, NJIT officials reported today. The 10-year campaign raised $153,700,251 or 102 percent of the goal, two years ahead of schedule, to undergird a campus transformation that has received national attention. >>
The Somerset County Board of Freeholders presented an engraved commemorative bat to Somerset Patriots Owner Steve Kalafer, a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, and Somerset Patriots Baseball Club President and General Manager Patrick McVerry on their sixth Atlantic League Championship win during the 2015 baseball season.   >>
Humberto “Humby” Baquerizo '95, associate director, Center for Student Involvement at NJIT overseeing student engagement, student programming and social media, spoke at the Campus Compact Conference Eastern Region Oct. 15-16 at NJIT. >>
Albert Dorman Honors College Dean Katia Passerini and Jasmine Faldu '15 recently were interviewed for the talk show"Life & Living with Joanna Gagis," which aired on the NJTV network. >>

Historical News

October 15, 2015
Conference presentations on topics ranging from medical care to computing and global environmental awareness were on the schedules of three members of the Department of History for October. >>
In 1985, NJIT's School of Architecture became the first architecture program in the United States to offer fully computer/electronic design studios with 3D modeling and color. >>

Klang Returns to Campus

October 13, 2015
The Klang String Quartet will once again be heard at NJIT in continuing celebration of musical expression on campus. >>
On Sept. 29, the International Photography Awards (IPA) competition announced category winners for 2015. Eight photographs taken by Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, were declared honorable mention winners in nine categories, racking up 11 separate awards. >>
Hindy Lauer Schachter, a professor in the School of Management, gave a presentation on "Frederick Taylor and Contemporary Management Education" last month at the international Taylor's World Conference.  >>
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design recently co-convened the first New Jersey Urban Mayors Academy on Resilient Design and Mitigation. >>
Backed by a nearly $50 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) will spend the next four years working with thousands of medical practices in the state to improve the quality and efficiency of the care they provide, while also lowering its cost. >>
The College of Architecture and Design's (CoAD) fall 2015 lecture Series is back and in full swing, boasting an impressive roster of acclaimed, well-respected experts in the field of architecture and design. >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology ranks first in public universities in New Jersey and third in the state overall -- based on post-graduation earnings, with a median salary of $65,300 -- in the new College Scorecard. >>
The opening ceremony for New Jersey Manufacturing Week, hosted at NJIT, kicked off an exciting week of workshops, talks and festivities to draw awareness to the shortage of qualified manufacturing professionals. >>
"Digital Destruction," the Technology, Art and Science Forum presentation by futurist and digital-marketing consultant Andrew Edwards originally scheduled on Wednesday, October 7, has been postponed. >>
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell recently announced that New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is one of 39 healthcare networks selected to participate in the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative, a collaborative network that will join the federal government and other partners in supporting large-scale health care transformation among clinician practices. >>
NJIT Distinguished Professor Haimin Wang, Ph.D., a leading authority on fluctuations of the Sun's magnetic field that give rise to solar flares and space weather, will receive the eighth annual Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal on Oct. 1, 2015.   >>
Michèle Rittenhouse, director of NJIT's Theatre Arts and Technology Program, is among the featured playwrights whose work was selected as one of the winning plays for the 2015 Warner International Playwrights Festival. >>
NJIT will break ground on a $19 million state-of-the-art research facility designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration in fields ranging from biomedical engineering and the biological sciences to electrical engineering and healthcare technologies. >>
T. Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, appeared on TheStreet where he was interviewed by Jill Malandrino on his research with Farahmand Rezvani of Montclair State University.   >>
The NJIT community is invited to attend “Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research,” a presentation by Andrew Dorsett, Wolfram Research. >>
NJIT recently signed a contract to lead the PALISADE project as part of the SafeWare program to develop encrypted computing technologies and address software security limitations. >>
A consortium of academic, policy and business organizations led by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a “Getting to Know Europe” grant from the Delegation of the European Union (EU) designed to boost economies on both sides of the Atlantic through the expansion of cooperation and trade. >>
Calling all Android lovers! Associate professor Guiling Wang will host a computer science department seminar on improving Android reliability and security run by associate professor Iulian Neamtiu Sept. 23. >>
New Jersey School of Architecture (NJSOA) director, Richard Garber, will serve as a judge for Build NY Live, the sixth in a series—and the first in the U.S.—of international design competitions sponsored by BuildEarthLive.com. >>
The new academic year at NJIT brings an expanding spectrum of events spanning creative scientific, technological and social inquiry, and celebrating the arts — beginning with a performance by pianist Yelena Grinberg, who will perform on September 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre. >>
Whether you're focused on academic excellence or on getting a high paying job upon graduation and quickly paying off debt, top news and ranking sources agree that NJIT may be the school for you. >>
Watch NJIT President Joel Bloom on One-on-One with Steve Adubato in the special series, “Newark at a Crossroads,” where he will discuss innovation and ways to drive economic development through the collaboration of students and business leaders. >>
A TEDxNJIT event will take place on September 29, 2015  in the Jim Wise Theatre on the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) campus and also via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide.  >>
NJIT's Judith Sheft has been recognized as one of six top women "intrapreneurs" by Leading Women Entrepreneurs & Business Owners (LWE). This is the first year the organization has honored “intrapreneurs,” which it defines as corporate innovators who are all accomplished, intelligent and inspire others through their work. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology is ranked 140 in the category of Best National Universities, US News & World Report reported today in releasing its 2016 rankings. NJIT, which moved up nine places from last year's 149, is also ranked well for its ethnic diversity and providing more students needed opportunities. >>
The NJIT community is invited to a colloquium by Professor Gretar Tryggvason on Friday, September 11, which will begin in Cullimore Lecture Hall II at 11:30 a.m. >>
NJIT men's soccer senior Joshua Mercer was selected one of 30 candidates, who excel both on and off the field, for the 2015 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate soccer. >>
The NJIT community will officially welcome the incoming Class of 2019 and recognize faculty and staff excellence during the annual Convocation on Sept. 9, 2015 on the Campus Green.  >>
Attention Student Entrepreneurs:  Do you have an exciting technology that works in the lab? Would you like help to start a company to commercialize it? Would you like to test your prototype in a real-world environment? >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology was recently ranked first among New Jersey public universities and third among all New Jersey schools where graduates earn the highest starting salaries in a study by New York-based financial technology company SmartAsset. >>
A photo taken of the Vancouver Convention Center by Glenn Goldman was named a finalist in the Photographer's Forum 2015 photography contest. >>
​Prior to his passing this summer, Edward Cruz '63, '13 HON published his memoir, A Bold Journey, in which he described the path that took him from his boyhood in Portugal to becoming an NJIT soccer star, successful businessman and highly respected community leader. >>
NJIT has been cited as one of the top 25 colleges where you can earn six figures before getting an advanced degree by Time's Money Magazine, after PayScale released new data today that keeps NJIT in the top rankings for return on investment. >>
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Samples of student work produced in NJIT's School of Art + Design were exhibited for the fourth consecutive year at the curated Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH, the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. >>
NJIT students interning at Prudential this summer were treated to a special networking session with employees of the company who are also NJIT alumni. >>
NJIT is one of 15 universities to participate in BRAID's three-year effort to expand outreach to high school teachers and students to modify introductory computer science courses and broaden participation among women and students of color. >>
NJIT's School of Management (SOM) was ranked #24 among the top 50 Best Value Master's in Management Programs by Value Colleges.com.   >>
Eon Soo Lee, an assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering and director of NJIT's Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, gave several talks on his research into next-generation batteries and fuel cells at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Power and Energy Conference held this summer in San Diego. >>
ManufactureNJ, The New Jersey Advanced Manufacturing (M-NJ) Talent Network, is hosting its first-ever Young Manufacturers Summer Academy (YMSA) at NJIT Aug. 10-15. >>
Shy Nag, a code opera co-written by NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser and directed by NJIT Professor Louis Wells that was first produced by the NJIT-Rutgers Theatre Department in Feb. 2015, will be staged again at the Electronic Literature Festival in Bergen, Norway. >>
Virginia Sulzberger '62, '66, a consultant at Electric Power Systems and a member of NJIT's Helen and John J. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Industry Advisory Board, will be inducted into the National Academy of Engineering in October. >>
Judith Sheft, NJIT's associate vice president of technology development, was recently interviewed by Bart Jackson for his radio show The Art of the CEO. >>
On Aug. 4, the College of Computing Sciences (CCS) will host the Real World Connections (RWC) Showcase in the Campus Center Ballroom 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. >>
Clifford M. Samuel, who received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from NJIT in 1988, has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Access Operations and Emerging Markets in the Corporate & Medical Affairs organization of Gilead Sciences, Inc. >>
Bill Rapp, the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business in NJIT's School of Management, presented the keynote address last month at an international conference on emerging markets in Timisoara, Romania. >>
NJII will develop a safe and reliable way to allow health care providers – from doctors, to clinics, to hospitals – to share patients' electronic health care records. >>
D. Yvette Wohn, an assistant professor in the information systems department at the College of Computing Sciences, has been named a recipient of the 2015 Yahoo Faculty Research and Engagement Program Award. >>
Cindy Celi, who received a B.Arch. degree from NJIT in 2009, has been awarded a Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Teaching Fellowship. >>
upSKILL, a U.S. Department of Labor-funded consortium led by NJIT, Rutgers-Newark and four north Jersey community college partners will hold a speed interview session August 4. >>
A three-day workshop was recently held at NJIT to plan the details of a $1.75 million grant for work on family-based quality assurance of biomedical ontologies. >>
For the ninth consecutive year, NJIT hosted the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp. >>
The America East Conference named seven NJIT women's tennis players to the 2014-15 Winter/Spring Honor Roll, Jonathan Stanko Communication Fellow announced. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Board of Trustees approved, on July 23, 2015, a 2.39 percent tuition increase for undergraduate, in-state students. Annual tuition for full-time, in-state students will be $13,434 for 2015-2016. Tuition for out-of-state, undergraduate students will increase by 3.33 percent to $27,652. >>
Students from the Master in Infrastructure Planning (MIP) program won first prize at the 2015 American Planning Association Northeast Conference. >>
Judith Sheft, NJIT associate vice president of technology and enterprise development, will take part in tonight's Tech Town Hall in Newark. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss today of Edward Cruz '63, '13 HON, president and chief executive officer of E.E. Cruz & Company, one of the region's largest engineering and construction firms that he co-founded in 1984 with his cousin Evaristo. >>
Michael Ehrlich, Ph.D., a professor of finance and international business expert in NJIT's School of Management, is available for comment on the Greek debt crisis. >>
Members of the NJIT student chapter of the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) had a successful showing at the fourth annual IIDA Fashion Show. >>
On June 29 President Joel Bloom was in Bangkok for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between NJIT and Chulalongkorn University for the Center of Excellence on Hazardous Substance Management (HSM). >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is recruiting growth-stage health IT companies (with revenues between $250K-$6MM) to participate in the third cohort of its HealthIT Connections Program. >>
Yi Chen, an associate professor and The Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare in NJIT's School of Management, received the Peter Chen Big Data Young Researcher Award yesterday at a plenary session of six co-located IEEE Conferences in New York City. >>
Professor and computer science department chair James Geller coauthored and presented a paper at the 2015 Medical Informatics Europe Conference (MIE2015) in Madrid. >>
Keith Krumwiede, associate professor and director of the College of Architecture and Design's graduate architecture program, wrote an article about resilient design on theconversation.com. >>

Change of Command

June 25, 2015
There's new leadership at Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) Detachment 490. >>
This designation acknowledges New Jersey Institute of Technology working with public and private sector partners in New Jersey and the surrounding region to support economic development >>
The Foundation for Newark's Future (FNF) recently awarded a $1.5 million grant to the Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC). >>
NJIT is one of the top 25 public colleges in the nation, the only N.J. institution and one of the top 50 overall to have a low student loan default rate, according to BestColleges.com. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced that Dr. Donald H. Sebastian of Randolph has been named an Innovation Hero as part of the 2015 NJBIZ Healthcare Heroes Awards. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, hosted 60 companies and public officials at the NJ MarketShift Design Forum 2.0 on Friday, June 12, 2015 at the Forsgate Country Club. >>
Computer science professor Vincent Oria has won the prestigious Test of Time Award given by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Management of Data. >>
The increasing utility of applied mathematics in every branch of science and technology, and in daily life, was once again made clear at the Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics (FACM) conference that convened on the NJIT campus in June. >>
CoAD Gallery curator and adjunct faculty member of the School of Art + Design, Matthew Gosser, curated two exhibits that opened during the seventh annual Paterson Art Walk >>
A graduate of NJIT's School of Art + Design was honored with a Core77 Design Award. >>
The Rutgers-Newark/NJIT Joint Theatre Program is proud to announce that the student group I.T.: Improv Technicians has been accepted into the 17th annual Del Close Marathon, a weekend-long comedy festival held in New York City. >>
Associate Professor Yuan-Nan Young, Department of Mathematical Sciences, was among the invited speakers at NCS4: Northeast Complex Fluids and Soft Matter Workshop, held at Sony Brook University on June 12. >>

New Dean for SOM

June 12, 2015
Mechanical Engineering Professor Reggie J. Caudill, Ph.D. has been appointed dean of the NJIT School of Management. >>
NJIT Humanities Professors Christopher Funkhouser and Burt Kimmelman were among the "speaking portraits" of poets featured in a video that had its premiere at Anthology Film Archives in New York City on June 6, 2015.   >>
Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) associated to the new minor in nanotechnology at NJIT will support six undergraduate students in their research on nanotechnology. >>
NJIT Professors Wenbo Selina Cai and Sanchoy Das, both in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, along with Ph.D. students Sevilay Onal and Jingran Zhang, attended the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) 2015 conference in Washington D.C. >>
Two mechanical engineering Ph.D. students, Shuolun Wang and Fangda Cui, along with Shawn Chester, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently attended the 15th Pan-American Conference of Applied Mechanics (PACAM) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. >>
Somenath Mitra, distinguished professor of chemistry and environmental science, was awarded a patent last month for a next-generation water desalination and purification technology that uses uniquely absorbent carbon nanotubes to remove salt and pollutants from brackish water and industrial effluent for reuse by businesses and households. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute, (NJII), an NJIT Corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has received three TechConnect 2015 National & Global Innovation Awards.  >>
Professor N. M. Ravindra, director of the Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science and Engineering and former chair of the Physics Department, recently presented “Engineered Composite Materials – Applications to Energy and Sports” at the 2015 Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials held in Beijing, China. >>
The School of Art + Design obtains accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Art and Design. >>

High-Impact Math

June 03, 2015
It seems to contradict common sense — that greater speed for a missile or meteorite does not necessarily mean deeper penetration into the ground upon impact. >>
Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, received honorable mention in the American Institute of Architects (AIA) annual photography competition. >>
Innovative industry-sponsored and entrepreneurial projects were on full display at the College of Computing Sciences Spring 2015 Capstone Showcase. >>
Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology and enterprise development, and Angela Garreston, special assistant to the president for policy and government relations, will participate in the Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project & City of Newark Economic Summit held on Tuesday, June 2, at Rutgers University's Paul Robeson Campus Center in Newark. >>

Celebrating CSLA

May 26, 2015
An awards ceremony recognizing faculty, staff, students and alumni was a concluding highlight of the spring semester for the College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA). Held in the Campus Center, the event on May 6 also featured a keynote presentation on biological and electronic olfaction by prominent researcher Dr. Alan Gelperin, who is with the Princeton Neuroscience Institute. >>
College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Andrzej Zarzycki was an invited speaker at the Digital Human Research Center. >>
FACM '15 — the 12th annual Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics conference — will be held on campus June 5-6, organized by NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences and Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics. The event has again been made possible with support from the National Science Foundation. >>
What do we expect from new technology, and at times even demand that technical inventiveness deliver? >>
NJIT conferred 3,931 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees today at the 99th commencement exercises at the Prudential Center in Newark, bringing the total amount of degrees awarded by the university to more than 77,000. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Dr. Diane Bloom attended the Actors Fund Gala last evening as guests of Steve Kalafer, chairman of Flemington Car and Truck Country and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, has announced the appointment of Thomas E. Motyka as Senior Executive Director of Smart Infrastructure. >>
CoAD's fall 2014 MIP studio took home first honorable mention at the Global Schindler Awards in Shenzhen, China April 30. >>
NJIT associate professors Reza Curtmola and Joerg Kliewer speak at the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science. >>
Tracy Espiritu, who received an M.S. in Management of Science and Technology in 2000, has won the Milken Educator Award, dubbed the "Oscars of Teaching" by Teacher magazine. >>
Candleholders created by industrial design instructors and students from the School of Art + Design will be showcased during New York City Design Week. >>
NJIT ranks in the top 1 percent of colleges and universities in the U.S. for its occupational earnings power – a measure of the market value of the careers it prepares its graduates to pursue, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank. >>
Philip L. Rinaldi '68, '77, CEO of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, has been selected by The World Trade Center Greater Philadelphia (WTCGP) to receive the 2015 Global Business Leadership Award on May 7, 2015. >>
Deane Evans, executive director of NJIT's Center for Building Knowledge, recently served on the jury for the second annual Race to Zero Student Design Competition. >>
An algae-based system for shrinking the energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings and an assessment of the progress cognitive science has made toward an understanding of human consciousness tied for first place among undergraduate projects at the 2015 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase. >>
NJIT faculty and students were among some 4,000 business leaders, engineers, scientists and other professions sharing technical knowledge and commercially significant solutions involving minerals, metals and materials in mid-March at the 144th annual meeting of the TMS Society. >>
The spring 2015 College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Showcase will take place in the Campus Center Atrium May 7 at 3 p.m.-6 p.m. >>
Groundbreaking images of the Sun captured by scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) give a first-ever detailed view of the interior structure of umbrae – the dark patches in the center of sunspots – revealing dynamic magnetic fields responsible for the plumes of plasma that emerge as bright dots interrupting their darkness. >>
Scientists at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have captured the first high-resolution images of the flaring magnetic structures known as solar flux ropes at their point of origin in the Sun's chromosphere. Their research, published today in Nature Communications, provides new insights into the massive eruptions on the Sun's surface responsible for space weather. >>
A group of students in the College of Architecture and Design's (CoAD) fall 2014 Master of Infrastructure Planning (MIP) studio will head to Shenzhen, China for five days as one of 12 finalists for the Global Schindler Award. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom and Dr. Diane Bloom attended the 2015 NJIT Alumni Association China Chapter Annual Meeting last month in Beijing, China. >>
Science and technology were on full display at the 2015 Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier robotics competition for New Jersey high school students held annually at NJIT. >>
A team of NJIT civil engineers scored a dramatic win in the regional round of the 2015 National Student Steel Bridge Competition this past weekend for the tenth year in a row, beating nine other teams, including Columbia University, Cooper Union and Rutgers University. >>
Second year students in the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) recently spent the weekend working alongside a group of masonry journeymen to compete in the 2015 Masonry Design/Build Competition. >>
NJIT faculty, students and friends have mustered an impressive array of talents to form a jazz band, string and wind ensembles and a dance group. With the snows of winter now behind us, these talents will be a celebratory part of spring on campus. >>
Distinguished professor of architecture Zeynep Çelik and multiple award-winning associate professor María Hurtado de Mendoza will be overseas this week sharing ideas and discussing their latest projects. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will confer honorary degrees upon two distinguished individuals at the 99th Commencement exercises Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 9 a.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark. >>
Students from 24 New Jersey high schools will compete in the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge (CDC), a premier robotics competition for New Jersey high school students held annually on the NJIT campus. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) recently received 420 Intel-based Supermicro servers from Linode, a Linux-based cloud hosting company based in Galloway, NJ. The servers, valued at $1.2 million, will support advanced instruction, research and career advancement for NJIT students.  >>
Deliris Diaz, a sophomore applied physics major, was recently selected as a recipient of the 2015 National Conference for Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE) scholarship. >>
New Jersey Future, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that brings together concerned citizens and leaders to promote responsible land-use policies, has named College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Darius Sollohub a 2015 Smart Growth Award Winner. >>
For the second year in a row, a team of NJIT students reached the final four of the CFA Institute Research Challenge, an annual global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. >>
NJIT men's basketball coach Jim Engles was honored Friday afternoon as the 2015 John McLendon National Coach of the Year at the annual CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet, held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel. >>
The School of Art + Design's industrial and digital design programs will represent NJIT at the Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire April 11, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Newark Museum. >>
Brownfields redevelopment experts from across the globe, including from NJIT, will gather in Lower Manhattan on April 15 for the sixth Northeast Sustainable Communities Workshop. >>
NJIT will host the opening ceremony for TETN's Second Annual Technology & Industry Week. >>
Ali N. Akansu, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Mustafa Torun, Ph.D. '13, a software development engineer for Amazon Web Services, have authored the book, "A Primer for Financial Engineering: Financial Signal Processing and Electronic Trading." >>
Zeynep Erim, Ph.D., program director for the Division of Inter-Disciplinary Training at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will give a talk on the agency's funding mechanisms for trainees and junior investigators at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 10 in 210 Kupfrian Hall. >>
Fighting error, bias, dishonesty and fraud in science will be the topic of a talk to be given by Newark College of Engineering Dean Moshe Kam on Friday, April 17 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall. >>
A concert by The Montclair Trio will kick off the CoAD Concert Series presented by NJIT's School of Art + Design April 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barbara and Leonard Littman Library. >>
Colette Santasieri, Ph.D. will be a featured speaker at the Creative Placemaking Forum for Professional Artists and Graduate Arts and Design Majors to be held at the NJIT campus on April 13, 2015 from 6-9 p.m. >>
Yashi's Larry Nolan, head of technology, and Mark Paone, vice president of platform engineering, will be participating in a free question and answer session on April 8 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 1100. >>
Nearly $117 million in bonds sold quickly yesterday bolstering an already strong financial outlook for NJIT, university officials announced. >>
Richard Garber, associate professor of architecture, has been appointed director of the School of Architecture at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), effective immediately. >>
Kevin A. Kwiat, principal computer engineer with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome, N.Y., will present “QoS Throttling to Elicit User Cooperation in Computer Systems” on April 8 at 11:00 a.m. in ECE 202. >>
The 17th annual NCE Salute to Engineering Excellence drew nearly 200 faculty, students, alumni, industry partners and friends of the university to a jam-packed, festive celebration in the Campus Center Atrium following the awards ceremony. >>
Saif Haobsh, a senior in the College of Architecture and Design and an Albert Dorman Honors College scholar, has received the prestigious Scholarship Award from The New Jersey Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA-NJ), an honor he also received in 2011. >>
Business leaders, CEOs and information security professionals looking to beef up their data protection strategies attended a half-day cybersecurity conference at NJIT March 30. >>
The NJIT Campus Center is now providing applications for the Highlander Student Leadership Awards. >>
The energy on campus is electric. Everywhere you turn, students are sporting NJIT gear in support of tonight's game. >>
Attention Student Entrepreneurs: Do you have an exciting technology that works in the lab? Would you like help to start a company to commercialize it? >>
Watch NJIT's Marek Rusinkiewicz, dean of the College of Computing Sciences, on One-on-One with Steve Adubato.  >>
The Senate confirmation of Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski '78, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to the rank of general with the assignment to the position of AFMC commander was announced on March 27, 2015. >>
Watch NJIT's Barbara Littman MArch '94, adjunct professor in the School of Art and Design in the College of Architecture and Design, on Life & Living with Joanna Gagis. The program is scheduled to air on March 28 at 2 p.m. on NJTV. The program will repeat on April 25 at 9 a.m. and on April 26 at 11:30 p.m. on FiOS 1. >>
College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) associate professor Georgeen Theodore will speak at the 2015 Journalists Forum on Land and The Built Environment at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design March 28. >>
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) will bestow one of its highest honors, the Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement award, this evening on two NJIT alumni who have made substantial and lasting contributions to the field of engineering.  >>
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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) this year bestowed one of its highest honors, the Outstanding Projects And Leaders (OPAL) Lifetime Achievement award, on two NJIT alumni who have made substantial and lasting contributions to the field of engineering. >>
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Deliris Diaz '17, Inaceli Tubilleja '17 and Sherlene Ayala, assistant director of NJIT's Leadership & Diversity Programs, will present at the 2015 Committee to Advance our Common Purposes social justice conference at Rutgers University on March 29. >>
Gale Spak's nominee, B.J. Dowlen, has been chosen as a 2015 STEP Award Honoree. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT Corporation that applies the intellectual and technological resources of the state's science and technology university to challenges identified by industry partners, introduced the NJ MarketShift Design Forum on March 20, 2015. >>
Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will celebrate its continued commitment to engineering education advancement at the 17th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on March 31, 2015 in the Campus Center Atrium. Proceeds from the event will benefit the NCE Dean's Fund.  >>
NJIT freshman Julia Garcia made history, placing second in the women's epee event at the 2015 NCAA Fencing Championships held at Ohio State in St. John Arena Sunday afternoon. >>
NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place on Wednesday, March 25 at the Campus Center. >>
Former New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey witnessed the Highlanders' 84-77 victory over New Hampshire in NJIT's first-ever Division I national postseason game March 16. >>

A Legal Edge

March 19, 2015
The verdict is in: law schools and employers with a need for legal acumen are definitely interested in applicants who have a strong, relevant background in science and technology as well as the social sciences and humanities. >>
NJIT's Office of Admissions and Division of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) will host a Graduate and Professional Development Information Session. >>
Students have been tasked with designing and constructing a device that has the ability to maneuver through a post-earthquake landscape. >>
“Women Designing the Future: 1995-2015 ... and Beyond,” a one-day conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, will be held March 27 at NJIT.  >>
Jonathan Curley, senior university lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, co-stars in Love & Arguments, a new film that will be screened as part of the Maplewood Ideas Festival on March 26 at 7 p.m. at the Maplewood Memorial Library.  >>
NJIT men's basketball will play in its first-ever national postseason tournament at the Division I level when the Highlanders host a first-round game in the 2015 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) as a host team on Monday, March 16 at 7 p.m. >>

Baroque Is Back

March 12, 2015
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ), conducted by Robert W. Butts, returns to campus on Wednesday, April 1 with an exciting concert of contemporary music, a presentation of the NJIT Technology, Art and Science Forum. The performance will be from 2:30 to 4:00 P.M. in the Jim Wise Theatre. >>
Ron T. Ogan, IEEE Senior Member and recently a Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute, will discuss "Integration of Manned and Unmanned Aircraft Systems into U.S. Airspace" on March 12, 5-6 p.m. in ECE 202. >>
Highlanders flocked to the 2015 Spring Career, Co-op and Internship Fair presented by Career Development Services (CDS) March 4. >>
Maurie Cohen, associate professor in NJIT's Department of Humanities, is the recipient of the 2015–2016 Lewis O. Kelso Fellowship for the study of employee ownership, profit sharing, and broad-based equity compensation in corporations and society in the United States. The award is conferred annually by the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. >>
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) will present New Jersey's Forum on Women in Information Technology March 12, 1:00-4:30 p.m. at Essex County College in the Morton A. Siegler Lecture Hall. >>
NJIT Humanities Professors Christopher Funkhouser and Andrew Klobucar were invited to present at Interrupt 3, a discussion forum and studio for new forms of language art, on March 12-15 at Brown University.  >>
JPMorgan Chase announced a $300,000 grant to New Jersey Innovation Institute during its Small Business Forward event at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), where regional business, civic, nonprofit and government leaders came together to discuss Newark's burgeoning health care IT cluster. >>
JPMorgan Chase & Co. and NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) will hold a summit on a $1.45 million initiative to advance the health care sector in the Newark metro region and boost economic development by promoting growth in the city's burgeoning health care IT cluster. >>
NJIT, New Jersey's science, technology and design university, announces the appointment of Lauren Ugorji as the associate vice president of communications, marketing and branding, effective March 2, 2015.  >>
Theresa Hunt, University Lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, presented her research at the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Annual Conference in New York City. >>
A team of three graduate students in NJIT's School of Management placed third in the 2015 American Production and Inventory Control Society Northeast District Case Competition. >>
There will be a Newark Housing Roundtable presented by Brick City Conversations Feb. 25, 6-8 p.m. at the College of Architecture and Design Gallery inside Weston Hall. >>
As part of the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) 2015 spring lecture series, landscape architect Thomas Balsley, FASLA, founder and principal designer of Thomas Balsley Associates (TBA) will discuss the process, design and tactics of urban placemaking Feb. 23 at 6 p.m. inside Weston Lecture Hall 1. >>
Morton M. Denn, Ph.D. of the Benjamin Levich Institute at the City College of New York will deliver the inaugural Marino Xanthos Memorial Lecture on March 11, 2015 at 2:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall 112. >>
Sahitya Allam, '17, a biomedical engineering major, won the best presentation prize at the annual New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network poster showcase held this week at Princeton University for her research on the impact of inner-ear stimulation on the fine motor control skills of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. >>
Professor Denis Blackmore, Department of Mathematical Sciences, has been honored by the New Jersey Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA-NJ) with the award that it presents annually for distinguished college or university teaching of mathematics. >>

Racism: Post Ferguson

February 18, 2015
February 26, 2012: unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. August 9, 2014: unarmed teenager Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. These are just two instances of violent death suffered by young Black men in a tragic continuum that mars our nation's history.   >>
In January, NJIT and partners were the first team to conduct unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights in the state under a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to test the feasibility of safely integrating drones into national airspace and to assess the research and operational capabilities of communications and mapping sensors aboard the craft. >>
How does the hitchhiking, flat-headed remora fish attach to surfaces so securely yet release so easily? Suction was thought to be the easy answer, but Brooke Flammang, a biologist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has proved this long-held conclusion to be only partly true. >>
NJIT College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) faculty members Maria Hurtado de Mendoza and Matt Burgermaster have both recently won the highest-level design award offered by the Boston Society of Architects (BSA) in its annual design competition, the BSA Design Awards.  >>
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) announced the 2014-2015 Architectural Education Award winners. Two College of Architecture and Design professors won awards in two categories this year. >>
Michael Ehrlich, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, will discuss new venture financial modeling and valuation at the Institute of Management Accountants-Morris Essex Chapter meeting on Feb. 18, 2015 at the Sheraton Parsippany Hotel in Parsippany. >>
For the fourth year in a row, NJIT has been named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellent University, one of 15 universities to receive the award for 2014. >>
A Conversation with One World Trade Center Architect David Childs will kickoff the Spring 2015 College of Architecture and Design Lecture Series.   >>
Two students from the School of Art + Design were among the winners of the recently completed Ferring Pharmaceuticals Art Competition. >>
Wen Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering was invited to give a talk to graduate students at Tsinghua University in Shenzhen, China, on Jan. 10. >>
Urs Gauchat, dean of The College of Architecture and Design (CoAD), will moderate a conference on “The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Problems,” Feb. 10 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. >>

Ravindra Honored in India

February 04, 2015
Nuggehalli M. Ravindra, professor of physics and director of NJIT's interdisciplinary program in materials science and engineering, was honored in New Delhi on Global Friendship Day in January with the Bharat Gaurav Award and Certificate of Excellence. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom has once again been named to The Power 100, NJBIZ's annual ranking of the most powerful people in New Jersey business. >>
Zhipeng (Alan) Yan, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, received a "2014 Top Ten Outstanding Researchers Award" at the 2015 Internet Economy Researcher Conference on Jan. 29 in Beijing, China. >>
With a piercing whoosh, the silver RS-16 aircraft took off yesterday afternoon from the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, climbed to about 3,000 ft. and began soaring in loops over the Atlantic Ocean. >>
Photographs taken by Glenn Goldman, founding director of the School of Art + Design, are among the winners in an annual architectural photography contest. >>
NJIT has been ranked at the top of Business Insider's 2015 list of the most underrated colleges in the U.S. >>
The College of Architecture and Design Gallery (CoAD Gallery) will present “Four Printmakers…Four Decades,” an exhibition featuring the work of four talented printmakers with selections covering the past four decades, on Feb. 5, 2015. >>
Shawn Chester, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, presented two seminars in China last month at which he described his research on the multiphysics mechanics of soft materials. >>
On Friday, January 30, Research Professor Hans Chaudhry will now give his presentation “Healing Mind and Body,” an Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium, from 11:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. in Cullimore Hall, Lecture Room 3. >>
The exhibition features inventive work created by the digital, industrial and interior design students from The School of Art + Design. >>
Siva Nadimpalli, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, gave invited talks at the Indian Institute of Technology on Jan. 12-13, 2015.  >>
The National Institute of Building Sciences Sustainable Buildings Industry Council honored NJIT with a 2014 Beyond Green Merit Award. >>
Timothy J. Paul, of Plainview, New York, has been appointed as Assistant Development Director for Intercollegiate Athletics/Newark College of Engineering at NJIT. >>
Glenn Goldman, professor and director of the School of Art + Design, presented “Selfie or Group: Working Alone (or) Together” at the 13th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities in Honolulu. >>
NJIT alum Jason Kliwinski led an informative two-hour presentation at the College of Architecture and Design about the linkages between climate and weather and the effects of global warming. >>
Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection, has been appointed by the Royal Society of Canada to a panel of experts charged with evaluating the impact of crude oil spills in northern water bodies, including the Arctic Ocean. >>
Junior Winfield Willis scored 11 points in each half and NJIT pulled away from a determined St. Joseph's Brooklyn, 79-60, in men's basketball Wednesday night in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center.   >>
Nirwan Ansari, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Advanced Networking Lab, delivered the keynote address, "Greening the Last Mile Access," at the 12th Annual IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC 2015) in Las Vegas. >>
Theresa Hunt, University Lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, presented a paper entitled “Launching Revolutions and Challenging the State: Egyptian Women's Anti-Sexual Harassment Campaigns, 2004-2012” at the annual Middle East Studies Association (MESA) conference in Washington, DC. >>
Glenn Goldman, professor and founding director of the School of Art + Design, has been named one of the “30 Most Admired Educators for 2015” by DesignIntelligence magazine. >>
As part of NJIT's graduate architecture program, 16 students have developed conceptual designs for a new borough hall in Sea Bright. >>
Judith Sheft, NJIT's associate vice president of technology development, will be a panelist at the Small Business Summit hosted by Mayor Baraka and Prudential Financial Jan. 14 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Summit. >>
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Pierre Ramond '65, a theoretical physicist and director of the Institute for Fundamental Theory at the University of Florida has won the 2015 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, one of the highest honors for scientific investigators in that field. >>
The Center for Resilient Design in collaboration with the New Jersey Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council is cosponsoring “Climate Reality: Causes, Affects, & Solutions for the 21st Century & Beyond” Jan. 14 inside Weston Hall at the College of Architecture and Design at 2 p.m. >>
NJIT's Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program raised $50,000 last semester in scholarship funds from local and national patrons to be awarded this spring to exceptional first-year CIM students and talented transfer students who are joining the program. >>
The Eastern College Athletic Conference announced that a fast-break dunk play by NJIT men's basketball against Saint Francis U is the Division I Basketball Play of the Week. >>
Jerry Creighton Sr., executive director of the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), was a keynote speaker at the Seed Forum in New York City Dec. 2. The Seed Forum is a global network of national not-for-profit foundations and representatives in more than 40 countries that provides investor ready born global companies to investors focused on attracting overseas companies to the metropolitan area and introducing attendees to the many advantages of operating in an entrepreneurial ecosystem. >>
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To address the challenges in industrialization of algae-based biofuel and issues of algal contamination in drinking water supply, Wen Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Xianqin Wang, associate professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, have jointly been developing functional magnetic nanoparticles with polymer coating for cost efficient algal biomass harvesting and removal from water. >>
George Hazelrigg, National Science Foundation (NSF) deputy director for the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation (CMMI), recently came to NJIT for a workshop on "The Engineer as a Decision Maker." >>
Som Mitra, distinguished professor of chemistry and environmental science, has been named Executive Director of the Otto York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science. Mitra, who first joined NJIT as an assistant professor in 1991, previously served as the chair of the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science until 2012. >>
Nirwan Ansari, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Advanced Networking Lab, delivered the half-day tutorial, “Greening the Edges,” at the 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2014), the flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society. >>
Practice Unite, a company based at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, was recently featured on MedCityNews.com, a leading online news source for the business of innovation in healthcare. >>
Thomas G. Dallessio, director of the Center for Resilient Design and Keith A. Krumwiede, associate professor in the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) have an article published in Lanscapes/Paysages, the professional journal of landscape architecture in Canada. >>
Four years ago, NJ-HITEC, an NJIT health IT startup, took up a daunting challenge: to train 5,000 primary care providers in the state to adopt electronic health record (EHR) systems that would allow them keep better track of their patients and improve the quality of their care. >>
Yuan-nan Young and Shahriar Afkhami, associate professors in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, are organizing a one-day workshop as part of a joint effort between Rutgers, City College, Stony Brook and NJIT. >>
NJIT's Jay Meegoda, professor and director of the Geotechnical Testing Laboratory in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will be featured on the upcoming Caucus: New Jersey program about the water crisis in Haiti.  >>
NJIT's men's basketball team was named a “breakout performer” in Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year. >>
Two MIE graduate students working under the guidance of Daniel Bunker, Ian Fischer and Pushpendra Singh, presented papers at the 67th Annual Meeting of American Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics held in San Francisco, California from Nov. 23-25. >>
The Sixth Annual Rutgers Online and Hybrid Learning Conference offered in partnership with NJIT, Ocean County College, Pearson Online Learning Services and NJEDge will open with a half-day of presentations at NJIT Jan. 14, followed by a full day at The Hilton Conference Center in East Brunswick Jan. 15. >>
Graduate students in the Materials Science and Engineering Program att NJIT attended the 2014 Materials Science and Technology Conference in Pittsburgh   >>
An extensive, wide ranging interview with Humanities Professor and poet Burt Kimmelman has been published in Rain Taxi, a prominent journal in contemporary American poetry. >>
NJIT's Division of Continuing Professional Education is offering a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam preparation boot camp for people whose education or work experience has focused on one or more areas of computer technology. The program is designed to prepare individuals with experience and training in military, legal and law enforcement and management personnel to successfully pass the exam. >>
NJIT's Center for Building Knowledge (CBK) and the Consortium for Building Energy Innovation (CBEI) have launched an initiative that can significantly cut costs for energy and water wasted due to building inefficiencies. >>
A single-dose treatment for some forms of hemophilia may be on the horizon. >>
NJIT men's basketball plays a milestone game in program history when the Highlanders visit tradition-rich Michigan for a noon game on Saturday to be televised nationally by the Big 10 Network. >>
Shawn Chester and Siva Nadimpalli, both assistant professors in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently attended the American Society of Mechanical Engineers International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (ASME IMECE) held in Montreal. >>
Judith Sheft, NJIT's associate vice president of technology development, will be a panelist at the Association for Women in Science Central Jersey Chapter Meeting on Dec. 4 from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. >>
NJIT's School of Management will host the First Annual Strategic Management Showcase on Dec. 5, 2014, 5-9 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Last year, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at NJIT launched the First Female Research Showcase and Oral Presentation Workshop (FRS-OPW) in collaboration with the Murray Center for Women in Technology. >>
Michel Boufadel, director of NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection, has been appointed to a National Academy of Sciences (NAS) committee charged with assessing the environmental impact of spills of the heavy Canadian crude oil known as oil sand. >>
Eon Soo Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and director of Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, presented research posters at the ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, which was held in Montreal, Canada November 17-20. >>
Bernadette Longo, associate professor, and Dave Kmiec, university lecturer, both in the Department of Humanities, presented "At the intersection of the humanities and engineering: Building a strong communication foundation for student success" at the Engineering Leaders Conference in Engineering Education in Doha, Qatar. >>
Wen Zhang, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has published an article in Water Research, a peer-reviewed journal that covers water science and technologies as well as water quality management. >>
The Construction Roundtable of New Jersey (CRT of NJ) presented its 5th Annual Diversity in Construction Conference Nov. 13 at NJIT. With more than 40 years as the only professional organization that focuses on the needs of New Jersey construction project owners, CRT of NJ is a key contributor in helping New Jersey to achieve a diverse, safe and highly competitive construction environment. >>
This semester, the College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Program has partnered with industry giants such as Panasonic, UPS, IMS Health, OWASP, Pop Group and Johnson and Johnson among others to offer unique hands-on, project-based learning experiences to NJIT students. >>
Ali Akansu, professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, delivered the plenary talk "Eigen Subspaces: From Eigenfaces to Eigen Portfolios in Finance" at the 80th Anniversary Celebration of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in Turkey. >>
Sixteen teams of rising young entrepreneurs will compete in the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge for the chance to win seed funding from Capital One Bank and a spot in an intensive accelerator program at the NJIT School of Management to advance their novel business concepts. >>
GameFest, an annual November event in NJIT's School of Art + Design, provides an opportunity for students to exhibit and test a series of analog games created with technology-enabled design processes. Organized by Taro Narahara, assistant professor of digital design, students explore the relationship between traditional and digital games, and the use of digital fabrication in the development of physical games through the alteration of game structures. >>
Can you be an even better software engineer if you understand music? That was the question on hand at the latest information technology program seminar series. With music by iconic Italian composer Giacomo Puccini playing as students filed into the Campus Center Ballroom, Dr. Peter Farrett, chairperson of the Information Technology and Computer Science Department at Middlesex County College, discussed why understanding music can be helpful in areas where abstract thought is essential. >>
Two NJIT researchers and an alumnus inventor were recently honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey at the 35th annual Edison Patent Awards Ceremony & Reception. >>
MengChu Zhou, distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently delivered  a keynote speech on "Internet of Things: Architectural Evolution and Applications" at the IEEE 2014 International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies in Metz, France. >>
Matthew Sherman, Ph.D., technical director and Engineering Fellow at BAE Systems, will discuss "Cognitive Radio Technology" on Nov. 24, 4:30-6 p.m. in ECE 202. >>
Founder of Kill Screen and former cultural reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Jamin Warren, spoke to an interdisciplinary audience at the College of Architecture and Design as part of the college lecture series. >>
Reid Johnson, Autodesk's program manager for architectural, engineering and construction education in North America, came to the NJIT studios in the School of Art + Design to provide seminars and hands-on tutorials on the company's new fabrication software, “Fusion 360.” >>
The University Heights science and technology community celebrated its partnership this week with Biotrial S.A., the French clinical research company slated to open its North American headquarters on Norfolk Street next year. >>
Wenbo (Selina) Cai, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently attended The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. >>
The third and final lecture in the fall semester series sponsored by the NJIT Student Chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) and organized by its president, fourth-year student Joseph Cardenas, featured two New York City-based product designers whose projects take advantage of unique properties of their chosen materials. >>
NJIT will host a free forum on Nov. 19 sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the NJIT School of Management in partnership with the NJIT Enterprise Development Center, the NJIT Innovation Acceleration Center, Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation, Atlantic Federal Credit Union, and City National Bank. >>
A team of NJIT students took top honors for their mobile gateway app at the United Athletes Foundation-Microsoft Hackathon this month at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington.  >>
“The Transforming Horizon: A Flat World Perspective for Business Today” is the theme of the Fourth Annual Business Conference presented by NJIT's School of Management on Nov. 20, 2014, 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. >>
More than 50 undergraduate students offered a first-hand glimpse into the innovations of the future at HackNJIT, a 24-hour hackathon hosted by NJIT's College of Computing Sciences and the Association for Computing Machinery on Nov. 8-9, 2014. >>
Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, will present “Ensuring Confidentiality and Integrity for Outsourced Collaborative Filtering” Nov. 19 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (HBCBSNJ) sponsored a student art and design competition in collaboration with NJIT's School of Art + Design to select artwork that best supports HBCBSNJ's theme: “Journey to Health.” >>
Producing high-value products such as pharmaceuticals with substantially less energy, no need for environmentally harmful chemicals, and a greatly reduced amount of waste by-products. This is the goal of NJIT Associate Professor and Department Chair Edgardo Farinas. >>
A paper authored by Marguerite Schneider, Ph.D., an adjunct associate professor in NJIT's School of Management, was named one of 10 Bright Ideas Award winners from the New Jersey Policy Research Organization. >>
Distinguished statewide energy and environmental power players convened at the College of Architecture and Design Nov. 12 for a spirited discussion about the functional realities of implementing resilient and sustainable energy solutions for New Jersey's key infrastructure in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. >>
NJIT's School of Management has been recognized for having one of the Best Online MBA Programs for 2014-2015 according to Affordable Colleges Online, a resource for online learning and college affordability information. >>
Water experts at NJIT, Drexel University and Rowan University are joining forces to tackle the increasingly complex challenges affecting water resources in the region, from shrinking supplies, to industrial contamination, to climate change. >>
The musical talent of the NJIT community will be in the spotlight when the string and wind ensembles recently formed by students, faculty and staff give their debut performances on November 14. >>
NJIT's Zero to Sixty JavaScript professional development course promises to give those with little understanding of JavaScript a working knowledge of the computer programming language. >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education, will discuss distance learning and the importance of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) on One-on-One with Steve Adubato. >>
NJIT hosted the official launch of New Start New Jersey, a policy and advocacy organization dedicated to identifying and enacting effective public policy initiatives to grow the state's economy and improve the quality of life for its citizens. >>
Dr. Ye Ouyang from Verizon Wireless and Dr. Tan Yan from NEC Labs will present "CrowdMi: Scalable and Diagnosable Mobile Voice Quality Assessment Through Wireless Analytics" on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in ECE 202. >>
On Oct. 31, Tom Dallessio, director of NJIT's Center for Resilient Design, gave an address at the United Nations to celebrate the inaugural World Cities Day 2014, a celebration of global urban transformations led by UN-Habitat. >>
NJIT, Drexel University and Rowan University will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that facilitates research collaborations among faculty and students at the three institutions aimed at improving water quality. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology mourns the loss of the 2014 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters, honoris causa, recipient at the commencement ceremony, Clement Alexander Price.  >>
Come join NJIT's new “big band” jazz group in celebrating the start of the fall season in the Campus Center Gallery Nov. 7 at 12 p.m. >>
Ramu Damodaran, Chief of the United Nations Academic Impact and Secretary of the Committee on Information/Department of Public Information, will give the keynote address at the NJIT School of Management's Fourth Annual Business Conference on Nov. 20, 2014. >>
NJIT has been named among the “104 Smartest Public Colleges in America” by Business Insider.  >>
On Oct. 30, the Industrial Design Lecture Series, sponsored by the NJIT School of Art + Design and student chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), hosted Paul Choate and Harry Allen for the second in a series of lectures featuring innovative product designers presenting their work and speaking to students and faculty. >>
On Oct. 24, design students from all majors in the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) presented a midterm collaborative research project to representatives from global lighting and electronic giants Lutron and Panasonic, and U.S. networking and media companies Diversified Systems, Diversified Media Group and Skyweb Digital Media. >>
The U.S. Defense Logistics Agency recently awarded NJIT's Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) $100,000 in an ongoing effort to help small businesses acquire government contracts. >>
Sabre88, an IT startup at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, earned a top spot on Fortune magazine's 2014 Inner City 100, a list of the country's fastest growing inner city businesses. >>
NJIT's Online MBA in Management Information Systems was ranked second among the “20 Best Online MBA in Management Information Systems Degree Programs” by TheBestSchools.org. >>
Three MIE graduate students from the Micro Flow Control Laboratory working under the guidance of Pushpendra Singh and Ian Fischer presented papers at the 86th Annual Meeting of Society of Rheology held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Oct. 5-9. >>
NJIT men's soccer, which had a down-and-up time of it last week, survived the rollercoaster in fortunes to maintain its grip on the 8th spot in the latest NSCAA/Continental Tire Southeast Region men's soccer poll released Tuesday by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. >>
NJIT men's soccer standout Cristian Marcel had a record-setting performance last weekend. Now he is Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the third time this season, Randy Lieberman announced for the Sun Belt Conference Tuesday afternoon. >>
WHAT: Launch of MarketShift, a nearly $6 million program funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) to boost the capacity of the aerospace and defense industry in New Jersey by helping companies better  understand and address risks associated with the defense supply chain, develop new products for existing markets, and identify new market opportunities for the products they already manufacture. >>
Two Brooklyn-based designers were selected as the first speakers in the Industrial Design Lecture Series sponsored by the NJIT School of Art + Design in conjunction with the student chapter of the Industrial Designers Society of America. >>
Hosted annually during the fall semester, the New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center runs the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge, a business model competition for Newark regional entrepreneurs. >>
Music is an integral aspect of life in virtually every culture. For decades, the psychological processes linked to the perception, enjoyment and creation of music have been the subject of scientific exploration. >>
Local mayors and state and federal experts will gather at NJIT on Oct. 29 to discuss how the state has recovered from two of the worst natural disasters ever to hit New Jersey: Hurricanes Sandy and Irene. >>
Dr. Irving Pressley McPhail, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering, Inc. (NACME) presented the first recipient of the Pressley and Mauise Vinson McPhail/NACME Scholarship with a check for $5,000 during the NACME 40th Anniversary Awards Dinner and Celebration at the Waldorf Astoria, New York City, on Wednesday, October 15, 2014. >>
NJIT's biomedical engineering graduate program has been ranked 10th in the nation by GraduatePrograms.com, an online college guide that bases its annual rankings on student ratings and reviews. >>
Daphne Soares, assistant professor of biological sciences, was the recent recipient of the Earth Award from WINGS WorldQuest, an organization that celebrates and supports extraordinary women explorers. >>
María Hurtado de Mendoza, associate professor at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design (CoAD), recently received two awards—the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid's (COAM) first prize and World Architecture News' (WAN) House of the Year 2014—for her ambitious single family project, “#house#1.130.” >>
Bernadette Longo, associate professor in the Department of Humanities, has been elected to the Administrative Committee (AdCom) of the IEEE Professional Communication Society. >>
Watch Levelle Burr-Alexander, interim executive director of NJIT's Center for Pre-college Programs, on One-on-One with Steve Adubato, where panelists will discuss “Newark At A Crossroads.” The program, which will look at the city's past, present and future, is scheduled to air tonight at 7 p.m. on NJTV. >>
Since its premiere in 1986 at the Crossroads Theatre in New Brunswick, Tony Award-winning director George C. Wolfe's renowned satirical play “The Colored Museum” has upended stereotypes and challenged notions of race, culture and what it means to be African-American. >>

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Joel Reiss, retired senior member of technical staff, BAE Systems, will present “Development and Usage of a Modern Aerospace Navigation and Communications System – Link 16” on Oct. 23 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in ECE 202. >>
The NJIT School of Management was named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review.  >>
Siva Nadimpalli, assistant professor in NJIT's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was invited to give a seminar on the mechanics of energy storage materials at the Materials Science Engineering Department at Drexel University on Oct. 8. >>
Yuan-Nan Young, associate professor in NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences, recently participated in the 51st annual technical meeting of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) at Purdue University. >>
Students Rebecca Cortes, Lea Burlew, Eric Holzer and Vipin Kannekanti are proud to announce that their film "A Special Kind of Magic" is an official selection at this year's International Film Festival Manhattan in New York City. >>
Students from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design recently visited a Hurricane-Sandy damaged house in Long Branch as part of their studies in a graduate-level design studio focused on resilient design solutions and public architecture taught by Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster. >>
Peter Farrett, chairperson, Information Technology and Computer Science Department at Middlesex County College, will present "Can I be a Great Software Engineer if I Understand Music?" as part of the Information Technology Program Seminar Series on Nov. 12 from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
NJIT men's soccer climbed two spots to 7th in the latest NSCAA/Continental Tire Southeast Region men's soccer poll released Tuesday by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. >>
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The regular and honors sections of "The Age of Edison" senior seminar in history (HSS 404) recently visited the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, where Edison had his laboratory. >>
Harry Xu, founder and managing partner, Allendale Capital Partners, will present “The Dragon Slayer – From Physics and Computer Science to Wall Street” Wednesday Oct. 15 at 2:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
Following the release of his celebrated eighth poetry collection, Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, NJIT Professor Burt Kimmelman will give a reading at the internationally renowned Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival later this month. >>
Judith A. Sheft, associate vice president for technology development, Jinisha Patel '16, and Kathy Herbert '04 will participate on the "Big Dreams in STEM" panel at Montclair State University on Oct. 16, 2014. >>
Yun-Qing Shi, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, presented the results of his research group's work on image tampering and detection, steganalysis, and reversible data hiding at the International Workshop on Digital Forensics and Watermarking in Taipei, Taiwan. >>
An exhibition by Keith Krumwiede, associate professor and director of NJIT's graduate architecture program, opens today at the Princeton University School of Architecture exhibition gallery. >>
The Major League Baseball post-season has had lots of excitement with all four teams that went into the Division Series round as underdogs (according to the mathematical model of NJIT Math Professor Bruce Bukiet) went on to win their series. >>
Timothy Franklin, associate vice president for business and economic development at NJIT, was inducted this week into the Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES), an organization whose mission is to improve the physical, social, civic and economic wellbeing of communities by advancing scholarship based on collaborative discovery by communities and their higher education partners. >>
Yi Chen, an associate professor in NJIT's School of Management whose research provides cutting-edge technologies for data management with an emphasis on health care applications, business and the Web, has been appointed to the Henry J. Leir Chair in Healthcare.  >>
NJIT men's soccer player Cristian Marcel was honored as Sun Belt Conference men's soccer Offensive Player of the Week for games played through October 5, Randy Lieberman of the Sun Belt Conference staff announced Tuesday. It was the second time this season the NJIT senior has won the weekly honor. >>
Alison Lefkovitz, assistant professor of history, recently wrote a framing essay for the newly launched Child Custody Project website. The site explores child custody issues nationwide within a broad historical and legal context with the goal of providing an impartial, interdisciplinary resource for scholars, practitioners and the public at large.  >>
Stephan Kudyba, associate professor in the School of Management, is an associate editor for the 2014 International Conference for Information Systems (ICIS) for the Information Systems in Healthcare Track. >>
NJIT ranked fourth among all public research universities in the U.S. for mid-career earnings/salary of graduates with a bachelor's degree, according to PayScale's latest college salary report. >>
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Stryker Corp. is a trailblazing medical technology company whose innovative products and services, from implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries to surgical navigation systems, are advancing healthcare in over 100 countries across the globe. The company is also a leading employer of NJIT graduates, with more than 60 Highlander alumni working at Stryker facilities in the New Jersey region alone. >>
At NJIT's seventh annual celebration of research excellence, the Board of Overseers honored two eminent NJIT faculty members, Distinguished Professor Emeritus Yeheskel Bar-Ness and Distinguished Professor Somenath Mitra, for foundational contributions to their respective fields of wireless communications and nanotechnology. >>
A research team led by SOM Associate Professor Zhipeng (Alan) Yan and Alibaba Group, the largest online and mobile commerce company in the world, released the 2013 report "Caring for the Elderly: Top 100 Chinese City Index" on October 1, China's National Day. >>
Gabrielle Esperdy, associate professor of architecture, has been selected as one of 12 newly named featured columnists for Places Journal, a leading journal of contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism. >>
The Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research hosted its annual conference on financial bubbles at the Leir Retreat in Ridgefield, CT Sept. 19-20. >>
Doru Calin, director of high performance wireless technologies and networks, Bell Labs at Alcatel‐Lucent, will present “Technologies for Future Broadband Wireless Evolution/Revolution” on Oct. 6 at 4:00 p.m. in ECEC 202. >>
"Structure and Beauty," an interior photograph of the chapel at Dublin Castle taken by Glenn Goldman, Director of NJIT's School of Art + Design, has received Honorable Mention in the 2014 International Photography Awards (IPA) program. >>
John Ratzenberger, the Emmy-nominated actor, director, author, and skilled carpenter, as he is proud to reveal, extolled the virtues of a childhood of unfettered tinkering in his keynote speech at the opening ceremonies for ManufactureNJ Week, held Monday on the NJIT campus. >>
Emmy-nominated actor and entrepreneur John Ratzenberger of Cheers and John Ratzenberger's Made in America television series fame will be the keynote speaker at the free opening ceremony for ManufactureNJ Week on Sept. 29, 2014, starting at 8:30 a.m. in the Campus Center Atrium at NJIT. >>
NJIT's College of Architecture and Design held the 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony on Sept. 22. >>
Nirwan Ansari, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, delivered the keynote "Making the Access Network Green" at the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Network Infrastructure and Digital Content (IC-NIDC 2014) in Beijing, China on Sep. 19-21. >>
A group of students and faculty from the College of Architecture and Design recently presented their work at the 2014 Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute's (PCI) Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference held in National Harbor, Maryland.  >>
Eon Soo Lee, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and director of the newly established Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory, played major roles at the recent ASME 8th International Conference on Energy Sustainability and the ASME 12th Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology Conference. >>
NJIT men's soccer midfielder Joshua Mercer was named Sun Belt Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week for games played through September 21, Randy Lieberman of the Sun Belt Conference announced yesterday. >>
NJIT men's soccer goalkeeper Christian Foust earned Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance through September 21, Randy Lieberman of the Sun Belt Conference staff announced. >>
NJIT's Department of Computer Science has been ranked # 90 among computer grad school programs by U.S. News & World Report. >>
In an impressive showing for a single university, NJIT students recently presented eight separate research papers at the annual conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), the largest biomedical engineering conference in the world. >>
David Haessig and Goran Djuknic of NJIT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering are organizing an IEEE talk at NJIT on Sept. 22, 4:30-6 p.m. in ECE 202.   >>
Pianist Donald Pirone will bring his acclaimed talent to campus on Sept. 26 for the first of the 2014-2015 presentations of the newly renamed NJIT Technology, Art and Science Forum. >>
College of Architecture and Design Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster's work is included in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), in Toronto, Canada, on view until October 25. >>
The New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation, has partnered with Osler Health IPA, a primary care physician-centered, owned and managed health network, to provide New Jersey medical practices with a technology-enhanced management system that will help them improve the quality of care they provide, streamline their delivery of services, and substantially reduce costs. >>
Henri Angelino, Ph.D. of the National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo, Japan, will present “Outlines of National Institute of Informatics Tokyo, Its Main Research Activities and International Cooperation Policy” on Sept. 17, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.  >>
Lou Kondic, professor of mathematical sciences at NJIT,  recently organized the Pan-American Study Institute on Frontiers in Particulate Media: From Fundamentals to Applications (PASI 2014) in La Plata, Argentina. >>
Bruce Slutsky, technical reference librarian at NJIT, will discuss “Accessing Resources Via the NJIT Library” on Sept. 19, 2-4 p.m. in Tiernan 409. >>
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Ali N. Akansu, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, has been selected to receive the IEEE Technological Innovation (Academic) Award. >>
"In the Arms of Baby Jesus," a play by Michèle Raper Rittenhouse, director of the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program, will be read as part of the id Theatre NYC Sit In! Sept. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Jimmy's No. 43 in New York City. >>
A team of computer scientists at NJIT has won a multi-year grant from the National Science Foundation to come up with a platform that would allow mobile devices to interact with each other with help from the cloud. The technology they are developing is designed to support collaborative applications in areas such as healthcare, safety, and social interaction, potentially benefiting millions of users. >>
The following upcoming seminars will be hosted by the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering. Seminars will take place at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall, Room 210. >>
The NJIT Department of Public Safety has made two important promotions: Joseph Marswillo was promoted to chief and Charles Tighe to deputy chief. Both are long-term NJIT employees who have advanced through the ranks of the department. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology freshman Shaun Keegan was selected Sun Belt Conference men's soccer Offensive Player of the Week for his performance through September 8, Randy Lieberman, Assistant Director for Communications of the Sun Belt Conference announced Tuesday afternoon. >>
U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2015 Edition ranked NJIT 149th among national universities overall for its range of undergraduate majors and master's and doctoral degree programs and commitment to groundbreaking research and 14th among national universities on the Campus Ethnic Diversity list. >>
Simon Garnier, assistant professor in the Federated Department of Biological Sciences, will give the keynote speech “All Roads Lead to the Mound” at ANTS 2014, the ninth international conference on swarm intelligence. >>
The new challenges and opportunities around electricity transmission, storage and distribution were the focus of the U.S. Department of Energy Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) Public Meeting hosted by NJIT on Sept. 8, 2014. >>

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Do you play a string or wind instrument, or want to spend some spare time playing “big band” jazz? Then NJIT is the place to be starting this fall. >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology campus community will hold a memorial service for the late Joe Caiola, long-time assistant director of athletics, on Friday morning starting at 11:45 am in the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. >>
Vikram Singh '01, a chemical engineering graduate and a member of ExxonMobil's College Recruitment Team for NJIT, presented Moshe Kam, dean of Newark College of Engineering, with ExxonMobil's annual grant award to the college. >>
An urban revitalization model designed by Saif Haobsh, a fifth-year architecture student, was named one of the top 20 entries at this year's AECOM Urban SOS student competition. >>
NJIT will host a public meeting on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014 to receive stakeholder input to the Quadrennial Energy Review, an administration-wide effort to make recommendations regarding key infrastructure needed for transmission, storage and distribution of energy.   >>
For the vast majority of NJIT's incoming Class of 2018, college life began not in a lecture hall or classroom, but on a ride through the city of Newark to an elementary school, senior center, food bank, urban farm or park. >>
Shawn Chester, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, will be presenting “Multiphysics Mechanics of Polymeric Materials” Sept. 5 at Columbia University. >>
Ivana Seric, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, recently had her research accepted for publication in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics Rapids, a highly visible venue for short, high impact papers across the full range of fluid mechanics. >>
Georgeen Theodore, associate professor in the College of Architecture and Design, will discuss making New Jersey a more resilient state and preventing future storm and climate change devastation through strategic redevelopment on One-on-One with Steve Adubato. >>
The start of a new academic year is an exciting time for all who are engaged in higher education, and I want to wish faculty, staff and students the greatest measure of success for the coming year. >>
William V. Rapp, Ph.D., Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business in NJIT's School of Management, has been invited to participate in a major invitation-only international Conference on the Global Economy and International Financial Markets on September 2-5, 2014.  >>
Humberto ‘Humby' Baquerizo, assistant director of the Campus Center at NJIT, was honored with the Delta Beta Xi Award, which honors those who have given outstanding service to the vision of the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, a national social fraternity to which he belongs. >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, an NJIT professor of management, spent several weeks last summer as a Fulbright specialist at the Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain, giving lectures on innovation and technology management and helping the university set up a syllabus for related business courses to be taught in English. >>
Distinguished Professor MengChu Zhou presented a keynote speech entitled “Data-based Scheduling of Semiconductor Manufacturing Fabrication Facility” at the 2014 International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing Intelligence Aug. 17 in Taipei, Taiwan. >>
How do you teach innovation? One approach, taken by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), is to enlist innovators themselves to talk about the inspiration, work culture, and dogged determination that led to their groundbreaking inventions. >>
Samples of student work produced in NJIT's School of Art + Design were exhibited for the third consecutive year at the curated Student Work Exhibit at SIGGRAPH, the Association of Computing Machinery's (ACM) conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. >>
High school seniors from Newark, Baltimore, and New York City spend six days on the NJIT campus each summer learning about finance and college culture from School of Management professors and NJIT students. >>
Kevin D. Belfield, Ph.D., has been named as NJIT's Dean of College of Science and Liberal Arts, effective Nov. 1, 2014. Scientist, educator and researcher, Belfield currently serves as Pegasus Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida. >>
NJIT ranks as one of the United States' best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.  The education services company features NJIT in the 2015 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 379 Colleges. The book, which is The Princeton Review's flagship college guide, features only about 15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges. >>
Watch NJIT's Tara Alvarez on One-on-One with Steve Adubato for a closer look at convergence insufficiency—an eye movement disorder diagnosed in childhood or early adolescence—and its impact on the brain. >>
NJIT Physics Professor Alexander G. Kosovichev, director of the Big Bear Solar Observatory, was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for his pioneering work and sustained contributions to helioseismology and understanding the dynamics of the Sun. >>
Kamalesh Sirkar, distinguished professor of chemical engineering, delivered a keynote lecture on "Novel Membrane Absorption-based Processes for CO2 Capture" at the International Congress of Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM 2014) in Suzhou, China in July. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of Cheng-Tzu Thomas Hsu, professor of environmental and civil engineering, on July 31. >>
NJSHINE, an electronic Health Information Organization (HIO) serving Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem Counties in New Jersey announces the formation of an alliance with the New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) to promote the sharing of electronic health information between healthcare providers and patients in South Jersey. >>
On Aug. 5, NJIT will be hosting the Dr. Harold Olmstead Real World Projects Showcase in the Campus Center Atrium from 1:00 – 5 p.m. The showcase will host four College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Groups and nine Real World Connections (RWC) tracks that will present real solutions to industrial problems and sponsored projects. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology's Board of Trustees approved a 2.5 percent tuition and fee increase for undergraduate, in-state students. Total annual tuition and fees for full-time, in-state students will be $15,648 for 2014-2015. Tuition and fees for out-of-state, undergraduate students will increase by 3.5 percent to $29,288. >>
Professor Sanchoy Das from the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering will give the keynote address on Aug. 6 at the Global Conference on Healthcare Systems Engineering (GCHSE) 2014. >>
The British Consul General and Director for UK Trade & Investment USA (UKTI), Danny Lopez, recently visited NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) for a tour and information session. The >>
William C. Tate and William A. Moses, both graduates from NJIT's School of Architecture, have collaborated on an art installation recently displayed at the Art Factory in Paterson. >>
Tomas Gregorio EMBA‘09, a veteran health care executive experienced in building IT networks for regional hospitals, has been appointed Senior Executive Director of Healthcare Systems Innovation at the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation. >>
Michael Ehrlich, associate professor in NJIT's School of Management, recently published an article in Journal of Business Venturing. >>
Environmental cleanup experts gathered at NJIT this week for an all-day public forum on a $1.7 billion proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dredge toxic sediment from an eight-mile stretch of the lower Passaic River. >>
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Atam Dhawan will give a plenary talk on “Point-Of Care Technologies and Big Data in Life Sciences” as part of the Future Directions Convergence Technologies panel on July 24 at the IEEE 38th Annual International Computers, Software & Applications Conference in Vasteras, Sweden. >>
A mobile app created by NJIT students that gives middle and high school basketball teams a searchable database of performance statistics is the winner of the New Jersey Apps Challenge, an innovation contest initiated two years ago by former U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). >>
William V. Rapp, Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade and Business and Director of the Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research at NJIT, presented a paper at the 2014 ISIS-VENICE International Multidisciplinary Academic Summit.  >>
NJIT's John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will sponsor a public forum on the Proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Plan for the lower eight miles of the Lower Passaic River on July 22, 2014, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
The Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society at NJIT has received the Circle of Distinction Award for the 2013-2014 academic year. >>
On June 25, Cesar Bandera, professor in the School of Management, represented NJIT on the Mobile Medical Applications Panel, part of the 2014 Mobile Applications Forum held by the New Jersey Technology Council in Princeton. >>
Transit-centered communities that are dense, service-rich, and walkable are one of the pillars of 21st century sustainable development policy. But the challenge, planners say, is figuring out how to actually create them. >>
Clayton M. Moses, academic advisor of Kalyan Bharti Trust, Heritage Institute of Technology in Kolkata, India, will discuss "Creating a 'WE Culture'" on July 17, 11 a.m.-12 noon in the ECE Center Room 202. >>
Hanaa A. Hamdi, an assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who received her Ph.D. in Urban Systems in 2013, has been named the Commissioner of Health for the City of Newark. >>
Siva Nadimpalli, assistant professor in NJIT's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, was invited to speak at the 2014 Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit and Exhibition in Cancun, Mexico.  >>
LiveLOOK, a software company that spent two years building its business at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, is being acquired by Oracle Corp., the global computer technology company. >>
John D. Carpinelli, professor of electrical and computer engineering and executive director of the Center for Pre-College Programs, received the IEEE Computer Society 2014 Distinguished Contributions to Public Service in a Pre-College Environment Award. >>
NJIT researchers have developed a paint for use in coatings and packaging that changes color when exposed to high temperatures, delivering a visual warning to people handling material or equipment with the potential to malfunction, explode, or cause burns when overheated. >>
Ali Akansu, a professor in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and his Ph.D. student Yanjia Sun have published a paper entitled “Automatic Inference of Mental States from Spontaneous Facial Expressions" at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing in Florence, Italy.  >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, presented a paper at the IACEE 14th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education at Stanford University. >>
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) announced and exhibited the winners of the 2014 National Architecture Photography Competition on June 26 at the annual convention in Chicago. >>
Shawn Chester and Siva Nadimpalli, both assistant professors in NJIT's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently attended the 17th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (USNCTAM) at Michigan State University. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom provided opening remarks this morning at a Congressional field hearing entitled “Mass Gathering Security: A Look at the Coordinated Approach to Super Bowl XLVIII in New Jersey and Other Large-Scale Events” in NJIT's Campus Center Atrium. >>
When cognitive neuroscientists were first mapping the brain two decades ago, they focused on the regions that were activated when people performed different tasks, such as tapping fingers or watching a movie. They filtered out what was considered “background noise,” the low-frequency fluctuations originating from biological operations like heart beat and respiration. >>
Clarisa Gonzalez Lenahan, of Elizabeth, Associate Director of Graduate Studies at NJIT, was named to the State Department's Center for Hispanic Policy Research and Development Advisory Committee.   >>
Xing Zhou, an associate professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, will discuss "A Unified Compact Model for GaN-Based HEMTs" on June 26, 5-6 p.m. in ECE Room 202. >>
Michael Ehrlich, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, will be the keynote speaker at the Innovation Technology Meetup on June 19, 2014 at 6:30 p.m at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. For more information, click here>>
College of Architecture and Design Professors Glenn Goldman and Andrzej Zarzycki wrote the first chapter in a new book, “Building Information Modeling: BIM in Current and Future Practice,” edited by Karen Kensek and Doug Noble and published by Wiley. >>
Uncontrolled landfills are a growing problem in the developing world, polluting groundwater and emitting foul odors, while also boosting greenhouse gas emissions. >>
Megan Guidry is by her own estimation “an adventurous person.” She decided on NJIT following a single snowy visit her senior year of high school, unfazed by the more than 1,000 miles between home in Baton Rouge, La. and college in Newark. >>
Five students from the Interior Design program in the School of Art + Design exhibited work as part of the Student Project Display at NeoCON 2014, “North America's largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors.” >>
A team of engineering students participated in the international Baja car off-road competition held last week in Peoria, Illinois. >>
Pedro J. Claudio Jr., '15, of Jersey City, an information technology major at NJIT, was selected to participate in the Institute for Leadership Education and Development (I-LEAD®) program. >>
Professor Mustafa Hussain of the Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science, and Engineering Division at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia, will discuss "Transformational Electronics for Smart Living and Sustainable Future" on July 25, 2014, 5-6 p.m. in ECE Room 202. >>
Yuan-nan Young, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences, was invited to participate in a workshop at the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences in Toronto, Canada. >>
NJIT Humanities Professor Maurie Cohen will co-chair the Second Biennial Conference of the Global Research Forum on Sustainable Production and Consumption on June 8-11, 2014 in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. >>
Stephanie Santos and Thomas Olenik, assistant professor and associate professor, respectively, in the John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at NJIT, gave a presentation this spring at the Tri-State Best Practices Conference at Bergen Community College. >>
Laurent Simon, an associate professor in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, will receive an Outstanding Teaching Award at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference on June 16, 2014.  >>
Alex Guimaraes '14 and Sean Olsen '14, both recent graduates from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, have been selected to participate in the 2014 Planning Summit of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. >>
The New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT was well represented at the 67th annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians in Austin, Texas. >>
NJIT Physics Professor Nuggehalli Ravindra was the guest speaker at Montville Township High School's second annual Science Symposium on June 2, 2014. >>
Students in NJIT's Master of Infrastructure Planning program presented their design projects from the past three semesters at the HUD Rebuild by Design student event at the World Financial Center. >>
What are the emerging trends in business and industry? What are the best ways to connect population centers and centers of employment? NJIT and the Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network are co-sponsoring a regional workforce symposium to explore these and other questions. >>
Zhonghui Huang, a doctoral candidate in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, received a New Jersey Pharmaceutical Association for Science and Technology Graduate Scholarship Award on May 15, 2014. >>
NJIT students, faculty and researchers are invited to join Mathworks engineers for a free technical demonstration of "Parallel Computing with MATLAB and Scaling to Stheno" on June 11, 9 a.m.-12 noon in Eberhardt Hall Rm. 112. To register, click here. >>
NJIT Distinguished Professor Emeritus Murray Turoff has been selected as a Sloan-C Fellow for his pioneering and visionary research in computer-mediated communications, learning management systems, and the effectiveness of online learning. >>
Each year for more than a decade, NJIT has hosted Frontiers in Applied and Computational Mathematics — FACM — an international gathering that brings together representatives of academia and preeminent research organizations to share work in mathematics that has significant real-world importance across many scientific and technological disciplines. >>
NJIT's Defense Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), in coordination with 87th Contracting Squadron, supporting the 87th Air Base Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Small Business Administration, will host “Future Procurement Opportunities for Small Businesses” on June 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Scottish Rite in Bordentown. >>
Deane Evans, Executive Director of NJIT's Center for Building Knowledge, delivered a presentation on architecture and building science research in the U.S. on May 23, 2014 to architectural faculty and students at Dali University in Dali, China.  >>
Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hans Chaudhry will host NJIT's Spirituality Seminar Series on June 5, 1-2 p.m. in Fenster 698. All are welcome. For more information, contact Jay Kappraff, jay.m.kappraff. >>
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Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Yuan-Nan Young has published a paper in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and an invited review article in the NIH Review Volume "Multiscale Modeling in Biomechanics and Mechanobiology."    >>
NJIT's Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program has awarded four scholarships of approximately $1,370 to outstanding students at various stages in their college careers. >>
Lukasz Romaniecki, of Linden, a student in the department of engineering technology at NJIT, received the Sol Seid Student Award for Excellence at the 40th Annual New Jersey Professional Engineers in Construction Bonhag Awards Dinner Dance. >>
Nancy L. Jackson, Ph.D., a professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, has been elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. >>
Assistant Professor Cesar Bandera presented the results of joint research conducted with the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities at the Pediatric Healthcare Innovation Conference in Atlanta. >>
Edgardo Farinas, associate professor and chair of the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, received the 2014 North Jersey American Chemical Society PRO BONO Award for his commitment and dedication to the students of NJACS Project SEED  >>
NJIT Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering Hans Chaudhry will host NJIT's Spirituality Seminar Series on May 29, 1-2 p.m. in Fenster 698. All are welcome. >>
Did you ever wonder if you could pinpoint the original locations where your favorite paintings were created—or if they still exist? A new app developed by NJIT Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Gareth Russell can help users “see” through the eyes of noted artists and the scenery that inspired their work. >>
An article co-authored by Roman S. Voronov, an assistant professor in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, has been published in "Kaleidoscope" in the Physical Review E. >>
Namas Chandra, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials, and Medicine, will discuss his traumatic brain injury research on Caucus: Up Close. Program dates are scheduled for 5/24 (NJTV, 12 p.m.); 5/24 (Thirteen, 12:30 p.m.); 5/25 (NJTV, 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.); 5/27 (NJTV, 5:30 a.m. and WHYY, 5:30 p.m.). >>
NJIT men's track and field standout John Porteous earned a spot in next week's NCAA East Regional in the men's 400-meter hurdles to be held in Jacksonville, Florida, the NCAA announced Thursday afternoon. >>
The School of Art + Design was represented at the 26th Annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) at Javits Center in New York City May 17-20, 2014 with a curated selection of student work produced in the undergraduate Industrial Design program. >>
The Henry J. Leir Prizes, annual awards for the two best working papers and associated research proposals submitted by junior faculty in the School of Management, have been given equally this year to James Cicon, an assistant professor of finance, and to co-authors  P. Ben Chou, a senior university lecturer of economics,  and Ellen Thomas, an assistant professor of marketing. >>
C. T. Thomas Hsu, a professor in the John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, and his two former Ph.D. students Dr. Sun Punurai and Dr. Pedro R. Munoz, recently received a patent for “System and Method of Use for Composite Floor.” >>
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science Somenath Mitra will be the featured guest speaker at NJIT's Spirituality Seminar Series on May 22, 1-2 p.m. in Fenster 698. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) awarded 2,649 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees today at the 98th Commencement exercises at the Prudential Center in Newark. >>
Six NJIT alumni, including an engineer who led an emergency response team in Haiti following the earthquake of 2010 and a pioneer in the green building movement, received achievement awards from the university's Alumni Association this past weekend for their professional accomplishments, community engagement, and service to their alma mater. >>
Vanessa Espinal '14 and David "Nic" Thibodeaux '14 addressed scholarship donors and many other students who benefit from their generosity at the 26th annual Scholarship Brunch.  >>
Christine Cervelli and Patrick Young of Career Development Services have been selected to present at the Eastern Association of Colleges and Employers (EACE) Annual Conference.  >>
Dozens of manufacturers from the region attended a small business forum at NJIT on May 16 to discuss strategies to strengthen and expand their companies by locating public and private sources of capital and by developing new markets at home and abroad. >>
Assistant Professor Raquel Perez-Castillejos had three conference publications accepted to the annual conference of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 2,600 baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral degrees at the 98th Commencement exercises on May 20, 2014. >>
Each year, NJIT honors students who have worked to enhance campus life. This year, 11 students received 2014 Highlander Student Achievement Awards, which recognized their leadership roles on campus. >>
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC), one of the top-performing Regional Extension Centers (RECs) in the country, assisted Dr. Seema Rao attest to Stage 2 Meaningful Use. The internist from South Plainfield attested to Stage 2 in the earliest possible 90-day period for the federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program.  >>
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker will host a forum for small manufacturers on the NJIT campus on Friday, May 16 that will address common challenges to expansion and stability such as access to capital and growth through exporting and new market development, while also apprising business owners of available federal resources. >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom was honored on May 12 by the Newark Regional Business Partnership (NRBP) as a leader in promoting the university's commitment to research and improvement in transportation. >>
When it comes to animals, Martina Jackson '14, a biology major from South Brunswick heading to veterinary school next fall at the University of Pennsylvania, is a scientist, philosopher and devotee, all rolled into one. >>
“We are your supply chain of talent,” Executive Director of Career Development Services Greg Mass told a group of more than 60 employers assembled at the NJIT Recruiting Partner Recognition and Awards Ceremony.  >>
Maurie Cohen, Associate Professor in the Department of Humanities and Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program at NJIT, has been appointed to serve as a mentor with the Central Asia and Afghanistan Research Fellowship (CAARF) Program.   >>
More than two years ago, NJIT Professor Michael Chumer was testing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that were deployed in California yet able to send video into his emergency management network at NJIT. >>
A robot programmed to interpret spoken English and translate it into American Sign Language (ASL) using its arms, hands, and fingers was the top finisher in this year's Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) Senior Design Workshop. >>
On the first day of May, the cadets of Air Force ROTC Detachment 490 based at NJIT welcomed Colonel Kent Dalton, AFROTC Northeast Regional Commander, during a special session of the unit's leadership lab. >>
Andrew P. Christ, P.E., BS '94, MS '01, a professional engineer with deep experience in facilities and construction management on university campuses, has been appointed Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations at NJIT. >>
A seminar series on spirituality organized by NJIT Research Professor Hans Chaudhry will be held on May 14, May 22, May 29 and June 5, 1-2 p.m. in Fenster Hall 698. >>
A memorial technical session for the late Dr. Marino Xanthos, Professor of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering and Associate Provost for Graduate Studies, was held at the 2014 Society of Plastics Engineers Annual Technical Conference on April 29, 2014 in Las Vegas. >>
NJIT received a Bronze Award in the radio advertising category of the 29th annual Educational Advertising Awards competition for "Leaders Endorse NJIT." >>
Darius Sollohub AIA, director of the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, will participate in "Closing the Gap in Childhood Obesity: A Forum Without Walls" on May 8, 1:30-3:00 p.m. at the Newark Museum. To view a live stream of the event, click here>>
The timing has been beautifully choreographed by nature. Rising spring temperatures prompt many bee species to begin their search for the flowering plants they depend on for food — and which they propagate through pollination. But what would happen if this vital, mutually beneficial relationship goes out of synch due to climate change? >>
A large crowd was hosted in Elly's Loft at the College of Architecture and Design for an event sponsored by NJIT SIGGRAPH (the local student chapter of ACM's Special Interest Group in Graphics and Interactive Techniques) on April 21, 2014. Six recent graduates met with students to talk about career options for those studying Digital Design at the School of Art + Design.  >>
The NJIT student chapter of IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) held its second annual “Where Are They Now?” program on April 17, 2014, at which five recent graduates from the School of Art + Design spoke to more than 40 Industrial Design students about their current work. >>
Sarang Muley, a PhD Candidate in NJIT's Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science & Engineering, has co-authored a book chapter with Professor Nuggehalli M. Ravindra in Nanotechnology for Water Treatment and Purification (Springer). >>
The NJIT campus will be buzzing with undergraduate research teams this summer as students take advantage of the break from lectures and homework to focus on in-depth projects in fields ranging from the life sciences, to biomedical engineering, to mathematical computation.  >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will confer honorary degrees upon three distinguished individuals at its 98th Commencement exercises on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 9 a.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark. >>
NJIT's Murray Center for Women in Technology hosted the Women's International Hackathon, part of an international crowdsourcing event sponsored by Microsoft Research Connections to encourage young women to become producers of future innovations in technology. >>
Every spring semester, second-year architecture students at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design are assigned a studio project to design a masonry building with a specific program. This year, the project was designing a fire station in Boonton, NJ. >>
Karen Roach, Academic Coordinator of Biological Sciences, and Ryoko Mathes, Academic Advisor and Curriculum Coordinator for Electrical and Computer Engineering, were selected to present a workshop at the annual regional conference of the Association for Equality and Excellence in Education (AEEE) on May 5-8, 2014 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. >>
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Atam Dhawan presented the conference keynote speech at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Zone-1 Conference in Bridgeport, Conn.  >>
Nearly 150 students from high schools throughout northern and central New Jersey received graduation certificates on April 26 for successfully completing the semester-long Science Technology Enrichment Program (STEP) at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). >>
The Society of Women Engineers at NJIT hosted the second annual “Wow! That's Engineering!” outreach event on April 2, 2014. The event, titled “Inventing the Future,” was funded by ExxonMobil and the national SWE.  >>
Rayon Williams, a doctoral student in chemical engineering, received second-place honors for his oral presentation at the  National Society of Black Engineers 40th Annual Convention Technical Research Exhibition competition in Nashville, Tenn. >>
Holly Stern, Esq., of West Orange, General Counsel at NJIT, has been named a finalist in the 2014 NJBIZ General Counsel of the Year award program in the category of nonprofit or governmental organizations.  >>
The interior design program at NJIT's School of Art + Design has been officially awarded full accreditation by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). >>
Raj Sodhi, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, recently co-authored the book Mechanism Design: Visual and Programmable Approaches, published by Taylor & Francis Group. >>
NJIT's AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Chem-E-Car received second place during the Regional AIChE Conference at the University of Virginia on March 29. >>
The “NJIT Design Studio” exhibit can be seen at the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission's (NJMC) Flyway Gallery through April 25. >>
Government and industry leaders visited the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) today to join NJIT President Joel S. Bloom for the launch of the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), an NJIT corporation that provides a new model for business innovation through the leveraging of industry, government, and higher education assets and investment.  >>
A substantial new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will enable NJIT researchers to delve more deeply into powerful, potentially destructive solar events. >>
NJIT is hosting the Technology and Entrepreneurship Talent Network (TETN) opening ceremony to kick off Industry Week that focuses on the latest trends in these two industry sectors. >>
On April 23, the College of Computing Sciences (CCS) Capstone Showcase will take place in the Campus Center Atrium from 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. The biannual Capstone program gives CCS seniors a chance to put their cumulative learning to the test by creating real solutions to real world problems. >>
NJIT's first annual Big Data Visualization Contest – a competition that immersed undergraduates in the world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and challenged them to use S&P Capital IQ's cutting-edge research, analytics, and data visualization tools to make hypothetical pitches for high-stakes acquisition deals – concluded in a photo finish at Innovation Day this week with the winning team narrowly edging out close competitors. >>
Six student researchers received awards in the undergraduate and graduate categories of the Dana Knox Student Research Showcase on April 16, 2014.  >>
U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Panasonic Corp. of North America Chairman and CEO Joe Taylor, and New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks will join New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) President Joel S. Bloom and New Jersey Innovation Institute President Don Sebastian in announcing a major, new economic development venture to an audience of invited guests from the business, government, and higher education sectors. >>
Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno will visit NJIT on Wednesday, April 16, to thank the hundreds of NJIT students and other volunteers who participated in Alternative Spring Break (March 15-22, 2014). >>
Arthur Silverman, a distinguished and caring alumnus, died on April 8. Arthur was a member of the Class of 1939, a talented engineer, and a dedicated friend of our university. >>
Two NJIT engineers, a senior and an alumnus from the Class of 2013, have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, generous three-year grants that allow them to focus intensively on research as they pursue doctoral degrees in graduate school. >>
The second history capstone showcase, "Robots and AI: Histories and Futures," will be on display on April 16 from 2:30 - 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. All are invited to explore student presentations and ask presenters about their work. >>
Rajesh N. Davé, distinguished professor in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, will present “From Fundamental Research to Commercialization: NSF-Engineering Research Center on Structured Organic Particulate Systems (C-SOPS)” on April 14 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall, Room 210.  >>
How does a new grad kick-start a career in the fast-paced world of news media? Experts representing three different facets of the field—television, financial blogs and radio—shared their fascinating career trajectories and valuable job-seeking tips with NJIT students at the Careers in Media event on April 4, 2014. >>
Now deep into the scientific discovery phase of a two-year orbit, NASA's Van Allen Probes, carrying an NJIT instrument that measures the composition of the radiation belts surrounding Earth, are shedding new light on a hazardous, little-understood region of the planet's outermost atmosphere. >>
S&P Capital IQ, a business unit of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (NYSE:MHFI), and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) are co-sponsoring the first annual Big Data Visualization Contest -- a competition that immerses undergraduates in the high-stakes world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by challenging them to pitch hypothetical acquisition targets using cutting-edge research, analytics, and data visualization tools available on S&P Capital IQ's desktop platform. >>
Crowds of children, parents, teachers, artisans and others visited the Newark Museum on Saturday, April 5 for the first Greater Newark Mini Maker Faire, billed as a “celebration of creativity and ingenuity in the New Jersey community” at the state's largest museum. >>
Ofer Hadar, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, will present “Advanced Video Compression: Standards and Applications” on April 15 at 11:30 a.m. in 202 ECEC. >>
Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Atam Dhawan was formally inducted into the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows at the National Academy of Sciences. >>
Janne Lindqvist, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers University, will present “Towards Science of Gesture-Based Authentication: Security and Memorability” on April 14 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.          >>
Norman Loney, professor and chair of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, recently delivered an invited lecture to the Department of Chemical Technology at the Politechnika Krakowska. >>
For the fifth year, NJIT has been named to The President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, one of the highest federal recognitions a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. >>
The deep range of innovative talent and entrepreneurial skills possessed by NJIT students across programs and disciplines will be on display at the university's second annual TechQuest and Innovation Day to take place on Friday, April 11 in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Mark Stefurak, director of architecture and design, and Deborah Tjan, regional sales manager for strategic accounts at Steelcase, presented at an installment of the School of Art + Design's Design Industry Speak Seminar Series on March 31. >>
NJIT educators, academic researchers and students are invited to a free MATLAB seminar, "Introduction to Simulink for Project-Based Learning using LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT" on April 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in GITC 3710. >>
"I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Moshe Kam to Dean, Newark College of Engineering, effective September 1, 2014." >>
On March 12, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the Murray Center for Women in Technology hosted the final showcase of their First Annual Female Research Showcase and Oral Presentation Workshop. The goal of this series of events was twofold: to highlight research done by undergraduate and graduate female researchers at NJIT and to provide them with detailed critiques (from evaluators outside their fields) that they can use to improve their oral presentation skills. >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology will be participating in the 2014 Summer Food Service Program from June 30, 2014 to August 15, 2014. The Summer Food Service Program is a federal Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services. >>
David Rothschild, an economist with Microsoft Research New York City, will speak about coming transformations in market intelligence in the presentation, “Eliciting and Aggregating Information from Laypeople: Polling, Prediction Games, and Social Media Data,” on April 24 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom B. >>
Ann Kirschner, university dean of Macaulay Honors College of The City University of New York, will present “Women in Technology: Misfit or Match Made in Heaven?” on April 2 from 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) continues to demonstrate the value of its educational offerings in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), according to a new report from PayScale.  >>
Preventing bone deterioration is a critical aspect of combating osteoporosis, improving bone implants, and even making long-term space flight possible, such as voyages to Mars and beyond. On April 9, noted biomedical researcher Stephen C. Cowin will describe a promising model for studying nutrient transport from the vascular system to bone tissue, transport that has a direct bearing on the prevention of bone loss. >>
As Opening Day rapidly approaches for most Major League Baseball teams, NJIT Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences Bruce Bukiet has prepared his annual MLB projections for the upcoming season. And, to the chagrin of loyal Mets fan Bukiet, New York's National League club looks to be in store for a disappointing year. >>
NJIT has received a 2014 Readers' Choice Award from SNJ Business People (SNJBP) in the category of technology. >>
Jesse LeCavalier, assistant professor at the College of Architecture and Design, will be presenting at the “Histories of Data Landscapes” panel at Pratt Institute on Thursday evening, March 27, and the “Resource Histories” symposium at the Syracuse Fisher Center on Friday, March 28. >>
A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on April 3, 2014 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, has a theme of “Transformations” and features leaders in fields from sustainable design, to energy, to computing, addressing a range of topics on how ideas can transform individuals, societies, and nations. >>
Gal Haspel, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, recently co-authored the article “Sensory Arsenal on the Stinger of the Parasitoid Jewel Wasp and Its Possible Role in Identifying Cockroach Brains,” featured in PLOS ONE, the international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication.  >>
Our most powerful observatories can detect objects out to 13 billion light years. But theory suggests we should see more. Why don't we? What will it take to peer into the darkness? What will we find? >>
Namas Chandra, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials, and Medicine, will present “Computer modeling methodology in the simulation of due to blasts and impact brain injuries” on March 25 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in GITC 1403. >>
Michael A. Wall has been appointed as Executive Director of Constituent Relations in NJIT's Office of University Advancement, effective March 31, 2014.  >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology and WebTeam Corporation, a New Jersey-based IT company, have signed an agreement to collaboratively design and develop a customizable learning device that will help children with autism spectrum disorder master a range of skills-building lessons contained in the device's embedded educational software. >>
Television host and Commentator Steve Adubato will moderate a free seminar on health reform on March 24 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
During NJIT's Alternative Spring Break, more than 300 students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends will do volunteer work from Newark to the Jersey shore, cleaning up devastated areas and helping towns rebuild resiliently. >>
Erin Jimenez Pollex, commercial design specialist of Shaw Contract Group, gave interior design students and faculty a presentation about the construction, manufacture and specification of carpet as part of the School of Art + Design's Industry Speak Seminar Series on March 10. >>
Sohail Mohammed '88, a Passaic County Superior Court judge, gave a riveting account of his professional journey from draftsman, to electrical engineer, to lawyer, to judge, to a packed auditorium of undergraduates gathered on campus this week for the latest installment of the Albert Dorman Honors College Spring 2014 Colloquium Series. >>
The Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ) returns to NJIT as part of the Technology and Society Forum's exploration of creativity in all of its forms on March 26, 2:30-4:00 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre. >>
Listen to Namas Chandra, professor of biomedical engineering and director of the Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials, and Medicine, discuss traumatic brain injuries on Caucus Up Close.  >>
Eric Katz, professor of philosophy in the Department of Humanities, presented two papers at the recent American Philosophical Association Central Division meetings in Chicago.  >>
NJIT has been named as one of the top 25 schools on The Princeton Review's recently published list saluting the best undergraduate schools to study video game design for 2014. >>
Francisco Guzman, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical, Biological, and Pharmaceutical Engineering (CBPE) working with NJIT's Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection (NRDP), has won a fellowship from the American Petroleum Institute that includes attending the 2014 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) in Savannah, Georgia in May of this year. >>
David Hall, the New Jersey-based architectural representative for the Sherwin-Williams Company of Cleveland, Ohio, recently gave an informational presentation about paint and coatings to a group of more than 40 interior design students and faculty as part of the School of Art + Design's Industry Speak Seminar Series. >>
On March 12, Kit Windows-Yule will give a lecture entitled "When Size Doesn't Matter - Density and Inelasticity-Induced Segregation in Vibrated Granular Systems" as part of the Spring 2014 Granular and Multiphase Flows Colloquium series under the sponsorship of the Granular Science Laboratory through Elsevier. >>
Medical practices in New Jersey are making substantial progress in eliminating deadly mistakes such as dangerous medication interactions and gaps in disease screenings by replacing their paper charts with electronic health record (EHR) systems. One of the key drivers of the state's success is an NJIT-led, federally funded organization, New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC). >>
NJIT's Greek Community made history during the recent Northeast Greek Leadership Association (NGLA) Awards Banquet. NJIT received a total of five awards and five honorable mentions and was mentioned more times during the awards ceremony than any other delegation at the conference. >>
Dr. Don Sebastian provides a historical perspective of New Jersey as the birthplace to almost every major industry from electric light and power to petroleum to food products.  The space to build factories, the workforce to fill the jobs, the transportation network to move the goods, and the access to New York's financial markets made the Garden State a great place for great inventors to come to build successful businesses. >>
Laurent Simon, an associate professor of chemical engineering at NJIT, received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. >>
The Swarm Lab at NJIT will be hosting Bert Hölldobler, Arizona State University, as the biology colloquium speaker on March 11 at 1:00 p.m. >>
New college graduates may have reason to be hopeful this spring. After several dismal years of high unemployment and hiring freezes, early projections say the job market for the Class of 2014 is looking up. >>
Zeynep Çelik, distinguished professor of architecture who holds appointments in NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture and Federated Department of History, was recently honored by Turkey's Bosphorus University and the Vehbi Koç Foundation for her work in architectural and cultural history. >>
NJIT's Robert W. Van Houten Library has been featured in a recently published compilation of 101 vital university library websites. >>
Bernadette Longo, associate professor in NJIT's Department of Humanities, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the IEEE Professional Communication Society Emily K. Schlesinger Award for Outstanding Service to the Professional Communication Society.  >>
WHAT: More than 2,400 job-seekers are expected to attend NJIT's Spring Career, Co-op, and Internship Fair on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. Slated to be a tremendous success, the event marks the fourth consecutive campus fair that has filled to capacity with participating employers. >>
More than 200 students and recent graduates packed into the Campus Center Atrium recently for the chance to meet and interview the founders of start-up companies from NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) and perhaps land a career-expanding internship or job. >>
Nuggehalli Ravindra, professor of physics at NJIT, co-organized the 2014 TMS RF Mehl Medal Symposium on Frontiers in Nanostructured Materials and Their Applications at the recent 2014 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition in San Diego. >>
Brian Tibbs, NJIT alum and director of southeast operations for Moody Nolan, will present “The Story of the Nation's Largest Black-Owned Architecture Firm” on Feb. 27 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Weston Lecture Hall I. >>
The 3rd edition of Personal Selling: Building Customer Relationships and Partnerships, co-authored by Rajiv Mehta, professor of marketing, has recently published and is now available in print and eBook formats. >>
NJIT has been named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellent University, one of 16 universities receiving this award for 2013. >>
Michael Emery, director of human resources at the UN Population Fund, will present “Global Leadership and Careers within the United Nations” on March 7 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A.  >>
New NJIT faculty members will present their research interests through poster presentations at a symposium to be held on March 6 from 2-4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  >>
Michel Boufadel, professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection at NJIT, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  >>
Earlier this month, NJIT formalized an agreement with Chinese partners that will advance the university's research on thin-film solar cells, an alternative energy technology with the potential to make buildings and other infrastructure substantially more energy-efficient. >>
NJIT has collaborated with Rutgers University and Seton Hall Law School for the first ever Newark Graduate Student Meet Up, an event designed to bring together grad students and young professionals to learn more about each other and to learn more about the city of Newark as a center of culture and professional life.  >>
NJIT researchers working to boost the efficiency of a potentially game-changing alternative energy technology, thin-film solar cells, have won the backing of a powerful Chinese partner eager to speed development of inexpensive power production that can be seamlessly incorporated into a range of building materials. >>
The Newark College of Engineering (NCE) at NJIT will host the 16th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on March 27, 2014 in the Campus Center Atrium.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the NCE Board of Visitors Endowed Scholarship Fund and the NCE Dean's Fund.  >>
NJIT Distinguished Research Professor of Physics Louis J. Lanzerotti recently received an award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for “Sustained Leadership and Contributions to the Space Weather Enterprise and Creative Stewardship of the Space Weather Journal.”  >>
Learn more about engineering past Winter Olympics vs. Summer Olympics with this infographic created by NJIT. >>
NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) will have an open house showcase on Feb. 25 from 3-5 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  The EDC Showcase is an interactive opportunity for NJIT students, alumni, faculty, and administration to learn about the EDC and opportunities regarding full and/or part-time jobs, internships and co-ops, research collaborations and more. >>
Clarisa Gonzalez-Lenahan, associate director of graduate studies, will present “How to apply to graduate school” at Kean University East Campus, Hillside, on Feb. 22 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.  >>
NJIT will be part of an international team of engineers from universities in the U.S., Canada, and Qatar developing a novel system to detect the onset of structural damage on bridges, stadiums and other large public infrastructure. >>
NJIT Assistant Professor Michael Brownstein will receive the "best paper in the category of untenured faculty" prize for a paper that he will be presenting this month at the North Carolina Philosophical Society>>
Although they'll be competing against three of the top business schools in the region later this month in what promises to be a nail-biting finish at the CFA Institute Research Challenge, NJIT's team of amateur financial analysts already feels like a winner. >>
Learn more about the role civil engineers played in the Sochi Olympics with this infographic created by NJIT. >>
Two NJIT sports, women's tennis and men's soccer, have been invited to join and accepted membership in conferences whose championship team receives an automatic spot in the postseason NCAA Division I championship field. >>
NJIT received the silver award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in the category “Special Events:  Event Series” for the Inauguration of President Joel S. Bloom.  >>
Rong-Yaw Chen has been named professor emeritus after having served as a distinguished member of the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at NJIT for nearly five decades.  >>
Members of the NJIT community joined the ranks of the more than 15,000 volunteers who provided a warm welcome to the thousands of visitors descending upon the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area when Super Bowl XLVIII kicked off on February 2, 2014.  >>
Our most powerful observatories can detect objects out to 13 billion light years.  But theory suggests we should see more.  Why don't we? >>
Lieutenant General Ellen Pawlikowski, who graduated in 1978 with a degree in chemical engineering, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering.  Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions awarded an engineer. >>
NJIT undergraduates are encouraged to participate in this year's TechQuest Competition, sponsored by Jim Stevenson Foundation.  NJIT undergraduates may enter this innovation competition individually or as a team and be eligible for awards and stipends up to $14,000.  >>
Sherlene Ayala, assistant director for Leadership and Diversity, will present the workshop "Moving Beyond Racial Battle Fatigue to Social Justice in Academia" at the 31st Annual Winter Roundtable Conference at Columbia University on Feb. 14 and 15.  >>
A research project by NJIT Humanities Professor Chris Funkhouser has been nominated for a 2013 Digital Humanities Award in the category of "Best Use of DH for Fun."  >>
The Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble will bring an exuberant performance to the NJIT campus for Black History Month on Feb. 19. >>
NJIT is sponsoring a contest that will give students a chance to win cash, iPads as well as paid internships. >>
Chase Qishi Wu, University of Memphis, will present “Enabling Big-data Scientific Workflows in High-performance Networks” on Feb. 12 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
NJIT's Horacio G. Rotstein, associate professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, along with Tasso Kaper and Mark Kramer of Boston University, recently served as guest editors of a special journal issue focused on rhythms in neurological disease.  >>
For the third year in a row, School of Art + Design Director Glenn Goldman has been among the winners of the annual architectural photography contest sponsored by the West Jersey Section of the American Institute of Architects (AIA West Jersey).  >>
The Universal African Dance and Drum Ensemble will bring an exuberant performance to the NJIT campus for the first week of Black History Month on Feb. 5. >>

Up to the Challenge

January 30, 2014
Student teams representing New Jersey high schools are putting their engineering and technical skills to the test this week in the preliminary competition of the Panasonic Creative Design Challenge in NJIT's Campus Center. >>
Following a decade-long civil war that decimated its fragile, emerging economy, Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, still lacks such basic infrastructure as paved roads and traffic lights. But the city once called the Athens of West Africa is gearing up for prosperity. >>
Atam P. Dhawan, of Randolph, a distinguished professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBA) for contributions in medical imaging. >>
Bernadette Longo, associate professor in the Department of Humanities, has published an article in a special issue of Technical Communication Quarterly, a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers technical communication in a variety of fields. >>
Television Host and Commentator Steve Adubato will moderate a free seminar on health reform on Feb. 3 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
The NJIT faculty is invited to participate in a research seminar discussing intellectual property and conflict of interest policies and processes from 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Jan. 29 in Eberhardt 112.  >>
An opportunity for funding of up to $1 million for U.S. - Israel technology collaborations will be presented during a round table discussion held at NJIT on Jan. 30.  >>
Kevin Greene, Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Security Division, will hold the student town hall meeting “Software Assurance Improvements through Research” on Jan. 29 from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. in GITC 3710.  >>
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Computational Informatics Division, will present “Cyber-Social Computing: Distilling High Value Information the Internet of Things and Social Media” on Jan. 24 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.   >>
Michael Ehrlich and Judith Sheft, co-directors of NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center (NJIAC), will discuss “Start Up Secrets” on Jan. 23 at 7:00 p.m. at the Scotch Plains Public Library as part of the NJ Business & Innovation Series.  >>
Barrymore, a film produced by Steve Kalafer about the brilliant and tempestuous actor John Barrymore in the twilight of his career, will air on the PBS television series Great Performances on Friday, January 31. >>
The demand for orthopedic joint replacement implants, which has never been greater, is fueling innovations in biomaterials and design to meet the ever-rising expectations of the younger and more active patients avidly seeking these surgeries. >>
Urs Gauchat, Dean of NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, discusses resilient design on Caucus:  New Jersey. >>
The 21st annual meeting for BioNJ, the trade association for New Jersey's life sciences industry, will be held on January 30th this year. >>
Three faculty members from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design have been awarded the title of emeritus. >>
A massive solar storm erupting from a giant, tumultuous sunspot is providing what physicist Andrew Gerrard calls a “beautiful opportunity” to observe and analyze a rare and powerful burst of solar radiation and particles traveling at unusually high speed toward Earth. >>
NJIT Senior University Lecturer Jon Curley has collaborated with Newark-based filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno on a film about contemporary Newark that will be exhibited at Newark Liberty International Airport.  >>
Roumiana Petrova, senior university lecturer in the department of chemistry and environmental science, served as chair of the MS&T 2013 Program Coordinating Committee for the annual conference and exhibition held in Montreal, Canada.  >>
Christopher Funkhouser and Andrew Klobucar, professor and associate professor, respectively, in NJIT's Department of Humanities, have published a co-authored article in Electronic Book Review, a peer-reviewed journal of critical writing produced and published by the emergent digital literary network. >>
Parvathi Kumar, of Bridgewater, who received a master's degree in computer science from NJIT, will exhibit her photography this winter at two New Jersey galleries.  >>
Thea Zunick, assistant director for Fraternity and Sorority Life, participated last month in the Annual Meeting of the Association for Fraternity and Sorority Advisors in Orlando.  >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom recently participated in the New Jersey Business magazine Higher Education Roundtable.  >>
Boycotts of universities are antithetical to the fundamental values and principles of scholarship and academic freedom that form the basis of American higher education. >>
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Urs Gauchat, Dean of the College of Architecture and Design, will discuss the ways NJIT has lead the way locally, nationally, and internationally in fostering discussion about ways to build after Hurricane Sandy that will avoid future disasters.  >>
Sherlene Ayala, assistant director for Leadership and Diversity, will present “Latinas Innovate Through Virtual Support: Forming an Online Network to Support Latinas Pursing Doctorates” at the 2014 National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference in Baltimore, MD in March.  >>
The NJIT Section of Society of Women Engineers (SWE) participated in the SWE Annual Conference (WE13) from Oct. 24-26 in Baltimore, MD.  The SWE executive board members and faculty advisor made a strong presence at the conference by organizing sessions, serving as session monitors and judges and participating as speakers in workshops and panels.  >>
Forty teams consisting of more than one hundred freshmen students majoring in mechanical engineering showcased their reverse engineering projects at the Innovation 101 Showcase event held on Dec. 04.  This year's theme was “Passion, Team Work and Get Involved.” >>
Basil Baltzis, Interim Dean of Newark College of Engineering, was recognized today by the NJIT Committee on Women's Leadership (CWL) for his commitment to the aspirations and advancement of women in the STEM disciplines. >>
NJIT has received a Silver Award in the 2013 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Accolades Awards competition for "The Inauguration of Joel Stuart Bloom, Eighth President of NJIT." >>
Economic growth will rise to 3.1 percent in 2014, while unemployment will fall to 6.9 percent by December of 2014, NJIT Leir Research Professor William V. Rapp, PhD told economists and others last week at the 27th Annual Economic Outlook Symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. >>
Zhe He, a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at NJIT, presented his paper titled "A Family-Based Framework for Supporting Quality Assurance of Biomedical Ontologies in BioPortal" last month at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2013 Annual Symposium in Washington, DC. >>
NJIT alum Charles Forman has been recognized among the “Best Lawyers in America” in the 2014 Best Lawyers Winter Business Edition. >>
The SABOC research group in the Department of Computer Science at NJIT was one of five recipients of the distinguished paper award at the prestigious 37th Annual Symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) held in Washington D.C. November 16-20.  >>
Casey Diekman, assistant professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences, recently had his paper “Causes and Consequences of Hyperexcitation in Central Clock Neurons” published in PLOS Computational Biology, an official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) which features works of exceptional significance.  >>
The Board of Trustees and the Administration of NJIT have honored three of the university's most outstanding friends and supporters with the naming of facilities and departments in their memory. >>
NJIT's Center for Resilient Design is sponsoring an interactive discussion on “Environmental Considerations of Resiliency” on Dec. 11.  The roundtable will examine Sandy's devastation to coastal resources and challenge participants to think about ways to respect and enhance natural resources when recovering and rebuilding from natural and man-made disasters.  >>
NJIT's Reginald Farrow will be participating in NPR's social media series, “A Day in the Life: Blacks At The Cutting Edge Of Innovation.”  Farrow (@rcfarrow) will be tweeting on Dec. 10 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.  >>
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded a $1 million grant to a team of environmental experts at NJIT who offer technical assistance to communities working to transform contaminated properties into clean and productive land. >>

NJIT Grad to Head IEEE

December 06, 2013
Nearly 40 years after he led the student branch of IEEE at NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, Howard E. Michel '75, returned to campus this week as the global technical professional society's president-elect. >>
Tom Dallessio, director of NJIT's Center for Resilient Design, will be discussing the Rebuild By Design program on NJTV News with Mike Schneider>>
David Rothenberg, a professor of philosophy and music at NJIT, contributed to a documentary film that has won the grand prize at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA). >>
Third year digital design student Sharon Feng, of Piscataway, won the annual cover design competition for the Virtual Academic Library Environment (VALE) conference program.  This marks the fourth consecutive year that a digital design student from NJIT's School of Art + Design has won the competition which is open to all New Jersey college students studying graphic design or a related discipline.  >>
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, associate professor in the department of humanities and director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, addressed the third annual international Gender Summit (GS3NA) on Nov. 14 in Washington, D.C.  >>
“The History of the Future” will be the topic of the first capstone showcases hosted by NJIT's Federated Department of History.  The student projects place current social, technological, architectural, and medical innovation in historical perspective in order to speculate about the future.  >>
Howard Michel, NJIT alum, will present “From NJIT IEEE Student Branch Chair to IEEE President-elect: Maximizing Your Excellence Throughout Your Career” on Dec. 4 at 5:30 p.m. in ECE 202.  >>
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Seven teams of rising entrepreneurs won $3,000 in seed funding from Capital One Bank and the chance to advance their early-stage businesses in an intensive accelerator program at the NJIT School of Management  following judging Monday afternoon at the fifth annual Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge.  >>
The New Jersey Hall of Fame Mobile Museum will make a stop at NJIT on Dec. 4, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. on Summit Street between Kupfrian Hall and the Central King Building. Admission is free.  >>

Student Kudos

November 27, 2013
NJIT Team Places Second in Forensics Challenge
The team consisting of PhD candidates Guanshuo Xu, Jingyu Ye and Professor Yun Q. Shi has won second place in the first and second phases of the first forensics challenge organized by the Information Forensics and Security Technical Committee of the IEEE Signal Processing Society. >>
Fourteen teams of rising young entrepreneurs will compete in the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge on Dec. 2 for the chance to win seed funding from Capital One Bank and a spot in an intensive accelerator program at the NJIT School of Management to advance their novel business concepts. >>
NJIT's student organizations have rallied once again for their annual Noble November activities to raise awareness of those in need. Members of the Filipino Student Association, many of whom have families in the Philippines that have been affected by Typhoon Haiyan, have collected almost $1,000 for UNICEF. >>
Three members of the Beta Alpha chapter of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at NJIT are currently training for a 4,000-mile, cross-country bike-a-thon to raise funds and promote awareness of individuals with disabilities. >>
College of Architecture and Design Assistant Professor Matt Burgermaster has won a 2013 Builder's Choice Custom Home Design Award for his “Ice Cycle House,” a sustainable pre-fab house designed as a snow-belt residence in Buffalo, New York. >>
An NJIT-hosted forum on the future of advanced manufacturing in the state found wide consensus among New Jersey manufacturers, state workforce training officials, and representatives from the university's Division of Continuing Professional Education on the need to improve workers' skills with closer cooperation among employers, vocational training programs, and 2- and 4-year colleges. >>
Two Concrete Industry Management (CIM) students were winners in the recent American Concrete Institute (ACI) Art of Concrete Competition.  >>
Ellen Thomas, assistant professor of marketing at NJIT, recently won the "Best Paper in Logistics, Supply Chain Management, and Retailing Track" award for her paper "Supplier Integration in New Product Development: Communication and Buyer Performance" at the 51st Annual Society for Marketing Advances (SMA) Conference >>
Eighteen graduate students at NJIT were inducted into the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda (AEL) National Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students on Friday, November 15, 2013. >>
Michael Hein, Saarland University, will present “Droplet Based Microfluidics: Interface and Dynamics” on Nov. 21 at 2:30 p.m. in Cullimore, Rm. 505.  >>
The New Jersey Policy Research Organization (NJPRO) recently awarded Bright Idea Awards for 2013 to two teams of NJIT researchers.  The awards, which recognize outstanding research, were presented at a ceremony held in October.  >>
Terri L. Freeman, a partner in the Morristown, NJ office of Jackson Lewis LLP, will discuss "Building a Civil Workplace: Avoiding Harassment and Discrimination" on November 21, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall, Room 112.   >>
Leonid Tsybeskov, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Basil Baltzis, interim dean of Newark College of Engineering, hold the special plaque recognizing Ying Wu '88 that was recently added to those honoring the College's most generous supporters. >>
Several NJIT students participated in the Materials Science and Technology (MS&T) 2013 Conference and Exhibition held in Montreal, Canada at the end of October.  The event brought together scientists, engineers, students, suppliers and more to discuss current research and technical applications, and to shape the future of materials science and technology.  >>
Speaking to an audience of civil engineers, architects, concrete specialists, and other height enthusiasts at a recent lecture on campus, Lawrence Novak, the lead structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, related the complex strategy that allowed him to shatter records in constructing the world's tallest freestanding structure. >>
Richard Carback, Charles Stark Draper Laboratories, will present “Engineering Practical End-To-End Verifiable Voting Systems” on Nov. 20 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.          >>
Earn up to four hours of academic credit in just three weeks at NJIT's Winter Session 2013-2014. Classes begin on Dec. 30.    >>
Researchers at NJIT have developed a flexible battery made with carbon nanotubes that could potentially power electronic devices with flexible displays. >>
Donald Sebastian, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, recently spoke on the topic of cluster based economic development at TEDxNavesink.  >>
A group of students from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design recently visited BAMCO, Inc. in Middlesex, a leader in the design and fabrication of state-of-the-art composite metal wall panel systems and other building envelope products.  >>
The NJIT Campus Center and Career Development Services Civic Engagement with the Filipino Student Association are coordinating the Highlanders Helping Haiyan Victims relief drive to provide assistance to those affected by the recent earthquake and typhoon in the Philippines. >>
Cesar Bandera, assistant professor at NJIT's School of Management, will be a guest speaker at the Director's Seminar of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Nov. 13.  >>
Musician David Rimelis will explore the connections and differences among scientists, architects, engineers and musicians in a Technology & Society Forum Series presentation.on Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. >>
Berger Group Holdings, Inc., a billion-dollar, top 20 Engineering News-Record global engineering consultancy headquartered in Morristown, NJ, was named Outstanding Corporate Partner at New Jersey Institute of Technology's Celebration 2013, the university's annual black-tie benefit dinner, on November 8, 2013 at the Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. Berger Group President and Chief Executive Officer Nicholas J. Masucci, who also is a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, accepted the award.  >>
Steven Plate, of Glen Ridge, was recognized as a Special Friend of New Jersey Institute of Technology at the university's annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration, on Nov. 8, 2013 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. >>
Anita M. Rubino, of Mountain Lakes, was awarded the New Jersey Institute of Technology Edward F. Weston Medal for Professional Achievement at Celebration 2013, the university's annual black-tie benefit dinner, on November 8, 2013 at the Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. The Weston Medal is presented to alumni in recognition of outstanding personal, professional, and civic achievement and commitment to the development of the university. >>
Anthony J. Sartor, PhD, of Scotch Plains, received the New Jersey Institute of Technology President's Medal for Lifetime Achievement at Celebration 2013, the university's annual black-tie benefit dinner, on November 8, 2013 at the Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.  >>
Many are the first in their families to attend college.  They come here to study hard, to get great educations and to succeed in their careers.  They are NJIT students. >>
Donald Sebastian, senior vice president for research and development at NJIT, will join a panel of experts on Nov. 18 at Montclair State University to discuss how technology, innovation and global competition are disrupting careers, companies, industries and markets.  >>
The university community mourns the loss of Lilyan Kreitchman, widow of Morton A. Kreitchman, class of '44. >>
For nearly 20 years, Professor Eric Fortune has studied glass knifefish, a species of three-inch long electric fish that lives in the Amazon Basin. In his laboratory he tries to understand how their tiny brains control complex electrical behaviors. >>
The Newark College of Engineering will be hosting an ethics panel, “Professional Responsibility in Engineering Practice,” sponsored by the United Engineering Foundation/American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on Nov. 13th from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. in the NJIT Jim Wise Theatre. >>
Kamalesh Sirkar, distinguished professor of chemical engineering, has authored a new textbook entitled Separation of Molecules, Macromolecules and Particles (Cambridge University Press, 2013).  >>
Nancy Coppola, professor of English at NJIT, recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the Council for Programs in Technical and Scientific Communication (CPTSC) for significant long-term contributions to programming in technical communication and for service to the profession and the organization.  >>
The local US Green Building Council (USGBC) recognized NJIT's Spring 2013 Garden State Studio class with an award for their Bay Head Resilient Design Project.  James Giresi, a master's student in the Infrastructure Planning Program, accepted the award on behalf of the class at the recent USGBC NJ 11th Annual Gala. >>
BuzzFeed.com has ranked New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as the #1 value among colleges and universities nationally, seven spots ahead of Princeton University and 10 above MIT, as well as many other highly regarded institutions. The BuzzFeed ranking calculates college and university value by comparing annual tuition cost and the average starting salary of graduates. >>
NJIT will hold its annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration 2013, on Nov. 8, 2013 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. Entertainment will be provided by the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Roberta Flack. >>
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, PhD, of Brooklyn, NY, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received an Innovators Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF). >>
Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD, of West Orange, a professor of biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), received an Innovators Award from the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF) at a formal banquet on Oct. 17, 2013 at the W Hotel in Hoboken.  >>
Marek Rusinkiewicz, PhD, of Califon, was elected a Fellow of Web Information System Engineering (WISE) Society during the 2013 WISE Conference in Nanjing China.  Rusinkiewicz, who is dean of the College of Computing Sciences, was recognized for his contributions to science and technology. >>
Tom Dallessio, director of NJIT's Center for Resilient Design, recently spoke at a University of Calgary flood conference where experts addressed post flood fallout.  The all-day symposium was organized by the U of C's faculty of environmental design and the Institute for Public Health.  >>
Dolcey Chaplin, Esq., director of NJIT's Defense Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), has been chosen as a member of the National Contract Management Association's (NCMA) official board of advisors >>
Amit Kumar, adjunct professor of finance at NJIT, recently published a new book entitled "Short Stories from the Stock Market."  The book offers insights into the controversial strategy of short selling through case studies and provides a framework for investors, finance students and professors, stock market reporters, and other stock enthusiasts to find uncommon short ideas and avoid common traps and hot stocks.  >>
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) NJIT Graduate Chapter, in conjunction with the Northern New Jersey Section of the AIAA, recently hosted a two-day glider building event and competition at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). The AIAA Glider Building Challenge was the first event of this kind held on the NJIT campus and was aimed at stimulating the creative skills and ingenuity of graduate and undergraduate students.  >>
Now that the World Series is about to begin, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has announced the probability of each of the contenders winning the best 4 out of 7 game contest. “The Boston Red Sox have a nearly 70% chance of winning the series”, says Bukiet. But he gives the caveat that the St. Louis Cardinals have defeated both the competition and his mathematical model in each of their previous series. >>
The Materials Science and Engineering Program and the Department of Biomedical Engineering recently sponsored a seminar by Bose ElectroForce Systems Group.  In addition to discussing the materials science, engineering and technology of testing the mechanical properties of biomaterials, BOSE representatives also discussed internships and job opportunities at BOSE locations throughout the world.  >>
One year following the events of Hurricane Sandy, the Center for Resilient Design at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host a public reception on Monday, October 28, 2013, that will provide an opportunity to learn more about the 10 Rebuild by Design teams' unique visions to make the New York/New Jersey region more resilient. >>
Matt Ford, senior vice president at Universe Cladding Solutions, recently gave a presentation to students from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design.  >>
Grad student Megan Litwhiler is currently pursuing a PhD in biology at NJIT and has been awarded a scholarship through Executive Women of New Jersey (EWNJ), a trust that recognizes and invests in the future of women's professional careers.  >>
NJIT alum Patrick J. Natale recently announced his retirement as executive director, chief staff officer and secretary of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  His retirement will become effective Dec. 31, 2014.    >>
Employees at the Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in New York City now have the opportunity to receive on-site training in CloudTechnologies offered by the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Division at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). >>
Gareth Russell, associate professor in the department of biological sciences, will discuss metapopulation theory on WAMC's "Academic Minute," a weekday radio program that features a different professor each day, drawing experts from top research institutions.  >>
T.K. Ramchandar, engineer manager with Intel's Thin Films Logic Technology Development Group, recently came to NJIT to speak to graduate students during a recruitment seminar.  Approximately seventy students were in attendance.  >>
The cadets of NJIT's Air Force ROTC Detachment 490 recently performed color guard duties at the annual Mario Batali Foundation Golf Tournament at Liberty National Golf Course in Jersey City.  >>
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) NJIT Graduate Chapter, in conjunction with the Northern New Jersey Section of the AIAA, recently hosted a two-day glider building event and competition at NJIT. This was the first event of this kind held on the NJIT campus, aimed at stimulating the creative skills and ingenuity of graduate and undergraduate students.  >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of Monroe Weller on Oct. 10, 2013.  Weller taught physics, calculus and strength of materials at NJIT for thirty-three years.  >>
A group of students and faculty from the College of Architecture and Design recently presented their resilient design work at the 2013 Precast/Pre-stressed Concrete Institute's (PCI) Annual Convention and National Bridge Conference held in Grapevine, Texas.  This annual event is the industry's premier national venue for the public dissemination of state-of-the-art precast concrete technologies.  >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of Julia Murawski on October 7, 2013. The North Wing of Eberhardt Hall NJIT Alumni Center was formally dedicated to her husband, the late Jerome Murawski '36, on December 5, 2007, in recognition of the continuing commitment of the Murawski family to NJIT. >>
Burt Kimmelman, PhD, of Maplewood, a professor in the Department of Humanities at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), has published his eighth poetry collection, Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2013 (BlazeVOX, 2013). The poems, which represent his poetic practice as it has evolved over the last three decades, are accompanied by drawings by Basil King. >>
The Materials Science and Engineering Program and the Department of Biomedical Engineering are sponsoring lectures by Bose ElectroForce Systems Group on Oct. 16 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall 3.  >>
The Computer Science Department will host the student panel “Intern Experience in Summer 2013” on Oct. 16 from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. in GITC 4415.  >>
NJIT professor Michael Ehrlich explains why the government shutdown isn't the problem we should be concerned about. >>
The School of Management at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) was named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the new 2014 edition of "The Best 295 Business Schools” (Random House / Princeton Review). >>
Tune in to hear NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet discuss baseball projections and his mathematical model in a live interview on NPR's public radio program “Science Friday.”  >>
NJIT's Information Technology Program will host "Harnessing Data Generated by the World Around Us" on Oct. 16 at 3:45 p.m. in GITC 1100.  >>
Zhipeng (Alan) Yan, associate professor of finance in NJIT's School of Management, recently published two articles in Shanghai Securities News (SSN).  >>
The Center for Resilient Design at NJIT co-sponsored “Resilient Design for Sustainable Urbanization” at the United Nations last week in celebration of World Habitat Day 2013.  >>
In collaboration with Career Development Services (CDS), physics professor Ravindra Nuggehalli will host Uncommon Schools, a network of outstanding urban public charter schools working to close the achievement gap and prepare low-income students to graduate from college. >>
COAD undergrad Esther Zipori recently presented "Anticipating Post-Automobility: Design Policies for Fostering Urban Mobility Transitions" at the Global Conference on Mobility Futures at Lancaster University in the UK.  >>
The Fall 2013 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available online. The issue's cover feature is “A Solar Sandy? Gaining New Knowledge of the Sun and Solar Storms,” which describes how NJIT  faculty and students are collaborating on research that looks far beyond Earth to gain new insights into phenomena that pose a serious threat to our technological civilization.  >>
Commissioner Wirths kicked off ManufactureNJ Week at NJIT stating that the 243,000 jobs created through manufacturing confirms the value of this industry to the Garden State.  He added that “we collectively” need to continue to raise the awareness of the numerous opportunities in this industry and change the public's perception of manufacturing.  Today's 17,000 New Jersey manufacturers are technology driven and meet the needs of niche markets ranging from hat makers to medical devices. >>
Nearly 200 employers and 350 recruiters will attend the Fall Career, Co-op and Internship Fair-- the largest number of employers ever to attend a career fair at NJIT.  The employers will interview May graduates for full-time jobs and underclassmen for summer internships.  More than 2,000 students and alumni have already registered for the fair – that's the largest amount ever at NJIT.    >>
Bala Prasanna of IBM will present “Working In The 21st Century – Essential Skills To Survive & Thrive in Present Day Workplace” on Oct. 9 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 3710. >>
The NJIT Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Prize and Medal was awarded yesterday to Treena Livingston Arinzeh, PhD, professor in the department of biomedical engineering, in recognition of a sustained record of contributions that has enhanced the reputation of NJIT. >>
Now that Major League Baseball's regular season has ended with the exciting one-game tiebreaker that got the Rays to the next round, and with the Rays and the Pirates winning the one game playoff for the wild card team, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again begun analyzing the probability of each team advancing through each round of baseball's postseason.  >>
The Honorable Harold J. Wirths, commissioner of the NJ Department of Labor & Workforce Development (NJLWD), will recognize the important contributions of advanced manufacturing to the Garden State economy as he kicks off ManufactureNJ Week beginning tomorrow, October 4 at NJIT's Campus Center in Newark from 9:30 a.m. to noon.  Governor Chris Christie issued a proclamation declaring October 7-11, 2013 as ManufactureNJ Week and stating that advanced manufacturing is one of the seven priority industry clusters in the state. >>
Tune in on Oct. 3 to watch Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood on The Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda.  >>
More than 180 hiring employers and 2,000 job-seeking students and alumni will attend the 21st Annual Fall Career Fair on October 9, 2013 from 12:30-5:00 p.m. in the Fleisher Gymnasium and Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. >>
Students from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design recently visited the Trespa Design Center in New York City, the headquarters of Trespa North America, Ltd.   >>
Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Garnier's research on robotic swarms was cited in an article about using robots to understand animal behavior in the October 1, 2013 issue of The Scientist.   >>
Kelsey McGowan, of Hopewell, a senior majoring in mathematical sciences at NJIT, has been selected as one of two recipients of a Casualty Actuaries of the Mid-Atlantic Region (CAMAR) scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year.   >>
NJIT Humanities Professor Burt Kimmelman has published his eighth collection of poetry, Gradually the World: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2013  (BlazeVOX, 2013). >>
The Center for Resilient Design at NJIT is co-sponsoring a major international conference at the United Nations on October 4.  >>
The NJIT Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) was represented by Marketing Specialist Sherry Rose at the US House of Representatives Small Business Committee meeting on September 12, 2013. >>
Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Walid Hubbi presented a paper titled "Effects of Inductance Variations due to Temperature on Load-Flow Studies" at the 2013 North American Power Symposium in Manhattan, Kansas. >>
A new research project by NJIT Humanities Professor Chris Funkhouser launched yesterday at the National Library of France. Combining music, documented artistic performances, lectures, and studio experiments, Funk's SoundBox 2012 draws from hundreds of digital recordings that he produced. >>
More than 100 alumni, family and friends joined the Brothers of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity at NJIT-Alpha Rho Chapter for the ribbon-cutting ceremony of 21 Greek Way, located in the new Greek Village. >>
Faculty members representing NJIT's School of Management participated in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties annual "Bowl for Kids' Sake" fundraiser on September 15. >>
Sherlene I. Ayala, assistant director for Leadership and Diversity at NJIT, was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Jean Baker Miller fall intensive institute at Wellesley College in Boston.  >>
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Rima Taher, senior university lecturer at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design, recently represented the North Jersey chapter of the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) at the Local Leadership Conference of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).  >>
Deliris Diaz, a first-year student, recently received the Jean Gordon Thomas Memorial Award for outstanding promise as a woman physicist from NJIT's Department of Physics. >>
Watch NJIT's Michael Ehrlich, associate professor of finance, on One-on-One with Steve Adubato.  The program is scheduled to air on Sept. 20 at 7:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on NJTV. >>
The ribbon cutting was held this morning for the Warren Street Village: Honors Residential Hall and Greek Houses, with a welcome and introduction provided by Charles R. Dees, Jr., vice president for university advancement.  >>
Students and Faculty from NJIT's College of Architecture and Design presented their studio work to an international audience dedicated to addressing water challenges for coastal cities from the Dutch Delta to New York Harbor. >>
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) has awarded NJIT a $289,000 grant to investigate alternative measures for flood mitigation in the Hackensack/Moonachie/Little Ferry area.  The effort will enhance rather than duplicate any on-going efforts by the US Army Corps of Engineers and other organizations.  NJIT's newest center, the Flood Mitigation Engineering Resource Center will handle the work. >>
The department of civil and environmental engineering begins the fall seminar series today with “Overview of U.S. DOT Connected Vehicle Program” by Joyoung Lee, assistant professor in the department. >>
A ribbon cutting for the Warren Street Village: Honors Residential Hall and Greek Houses will be held on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at 11 a.m. at 156-182 Warren Street, Newark. >>
NJIT Distinguished Professor Atam P. Dhawan, PhD,  recently joined the autism community at the NJ State House to be recognized for improving public and private autism services.  Dhawan, a noted electrical engineer and inventor in his own right, who heads NJIT's Interdisciplinary Design Studio (IDS) program, is also executive director of undergraduate research and innovation at NJIT.  The IDS program is offered to Albert Dorman Honors College students at NJIT.   >>
NJIT will hold Celebration, its annual black-tie benefit dinner, on Nov. 8, 2013 at the Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.  Event proceeds will provide endowed scholarship support.  >>
NJIT's department of mechanical and industrial engineering will begin its 2013 fall colloquium series on Sept. 18 with "Centrifugal Processing of Soft Material-based Systems," presented by Aaron Mazzeo, department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers University.  The seminar will take place at 1:00 p.m. in MEC 221.  >>
Thea Rachel Zunick, assistant director for Fraternity and Sorority Life, was recently awarded the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity Larry D. Philippi Award for the Fraternity & Sorority Advisor of the year at Elevate, a bi-annual national convention.  >>
It's been a productive summer for grad and undergrad members of the NJIT Chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE).  >>
U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2014 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. This year, NJIT was ranked 150th out of the 200+ institutions earning the distinction of top national universities.  NJIT also ranked 6th in the nation for ethnic diversity. >>
Watch NJIT President Joel S. Bloom today on One-on-One with Steve Adubato for a closer look at Newark's revitalization efforts and NJIT's new residence facilities.  >>
The doors are open to NJIT's new $80 million Warren Street Village, a unique, three-acre, 214,000-square-foot, mixed-use residential housing complex.  Completed as forecast in less than 18 months, the complex, bounded by Colden Street to the east, Warren Street to the north and Raymond Boulevard to the southwest, will add 600 beds to NJIT's existing inventory of residential housing.  In addition, the project will feature a new restaurant, convenience store and fitness center for the NJIT community. >>
Two young women, both NJIT McNair Scholars and rising chemical engineers, were invited to join selective Department of Energy (DOE) internship programs.  >>
The 2013 fall applied mathematics colloquium begins today with “Unexpected Chaos in a Neural Model” presented by Jonathan E. Rubin, University of Pittsburgh.  The event will take place at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II.  >>
The NJIT community was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Gertrude Morse on August 21, 2013.  The university's sadness is truly tempered by fond memories of an exceptionally talented and compassionate woman.  Known to her many friends as Trudy, her life was rich with accomplishment as a poet, musician and social activist. >>
NJIT Professor Michel Boufadel has been appointed a member of a National Research Council (of the National Academies) committee on the Effective Daily Recovery Capacity.  The appointment is through Nov. 14, 2013.  The task includes providing guidelines on the best techniques for skimming oil off the ocean surface following spills.  Such guidelines are important for preparedness of regions regarding oil spills. >>
A TEDxNJIT event will take place again on September 12, 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, has a theme of “Think Big – Think small” and feature leaders in various fields addressing a range of topics on how to take ideas and put them into action.  >>
Edge Therapeutics, a former Enterprise Development Center (EDC) portfolio company, is the first beneficiary of an investment from the New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit program.  >>
Computer scientist, educator, and former research executive Marek Rusinkiewicz, PhD, has been appointed dean of the NJIT College of Computing Sciences, effective Sept. 1, 2013.  >>
An NJIT Capstone team has recently developed the website CELR.org, which stands for Creative Engineering Learning Resource.  The site was created by Priscilla Nelson, professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, and a computer science Capstone team of undergraduates.  >>
Balraj Subra Mani, university lecturer in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, recently presented a paper co-authored with Reggie Caudill, professor and department chair, on reverse engineering at the Fifth Annual First Year Engineering Experience Conference (FYEE) in Pittsburgh.  >>
Two NJIT researchers have demonstrated that using a continuum-based approach, they can explain the dynamics of liquid metal particles on a substrate of a nanoscale.  “Numerical simulation of ejected molten metal nanoparticles liquified by laser irradiation: Interplay of geometry and dewetting,” appeared in Physical Review Letters (July 16, 2013). >>
Don Tuite, power and analog editor at Electronic Design Magazine, visited NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) today.  >>
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force teamed up to host the Hurricane Sandy Small Business Recovery and Matchmaking Summit on Aug. 7 at NJIT.  The event, first of its kind in the region since the disaster, educated and connected small businesses to commercial buyers from the private sector and federal, state and local governments. >>
NJIT Professor Ali Akansu, PhD, wants to prevent another flash crash on Wall Street.  An electrical and computing engineer who is an expert in the relatively new field of adapting signal processing to strengthen the security of finance markets, he fights to be heard.  >>
A representative from Intel's Thin Films Logic Technology Development Group is hosting a recruitment seminar and interviews for graduate students on Aug. 12-13.  >>
Mike Dolan, a young businessman with a wealth of experience in finance and marketing, visited the School of Management recently to talk to students about how they can set about building successful careers. >>
Researchers at NJIT's Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in Big Bear, CA have obtained new and remarkably detailed photos of the Sun with the New Solar Telescope (NST).  The photographs reveal never-before-seen details of solar magnetism revealed in photospheric and chromospheric features.  >>
Forbes has named NJIT as one of America's Top Colleges in 2013.  The online guide notes that NJIT, established in 1881, offers 125 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and that the majority of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors are undergraduate with almost 3,000 graduate students. >>
Methi Wecharatana, PhD, master teacher in the department of civil and environmental engineering, has been asked to speak at the Thailand Innovation Forum: R&D to Commercialization Seminar on Aug. 15 in Bangkok.  >>
Gabrielle Esperdy, PhD, associate professor of architecture at NJIT, in conjunction with SAH Archipedia and UVA Press, recently received a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant from the NEH to significantly expand SAH Archipedia. >>
NJIT's Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) held a closing ceremony yesterday for 125 students who participated in the Summer Academic Enrichment Program.  >>
Deeply concerned about major federal budget cuts to research and higher education at a time when other nations are steadily increasing investments in those areas, NJIT President Joel S. Bloom today joined 164 other university presidents and chancellors in calling on leaders in Washington to close what they call the innovation deficit.   >>
NJIT has announced the appointment of Jonathan Luke to interim dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts, effective Aug. 1, 2013. >>
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has named NJIT Distinguished Professor Philip R. Goode, of Westfield, a 2013 Fellow for his seminal contributions to solar physics and to the development of a revolutionary ground-based solar telescope facility.  >>
AJ Polanco Jr., Woodbridge, and Danielle Esmaya, Union, recently presented “Social Reform Through Mobile Gaming (Seed.Genesis)” in the mobile apps session of SIGGRAPH 2013, the world's premier annual conference on computer graphics and interactive media, held this year in Anaheim, California. >>
CCS Capstone & HS Real World Connections (RWC) will be hosting the 25th Real World Projects Showcase on Aug. 1 from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  >>
Paramus Catholic Paladin cornerback Jabrill Peppers, of East Orange, and head football coach Chris Partridge kept more than 50 students in an NJIT Upward Bound Multimedia Journalism class spellbound yesterday as Peppers, with humility and intelligence, answered students' questions for almost an hour.  >>
The NJIT Board of Trustees has approved a 3.2 percent or $239 per semester tuition and mandatory fee increase for in-state undergraduate students for the 2013-2014 academic year. Total annual tuition and mandatory fees for full-time in-state students will be $15,218 for 2013-2014. Tuition and fees for out-of-state undergraduate students for the 2013-2014 academic year will increase by 4.2 percent to $28,274. >>
Construction speeds ahead as students from NJIT and Harbin Institute of Technology hurry to add finishing touches to their collaborative entry in the 2013 China Solar Decathlon Competition, sponsored by the US Department of Energy and China National Energy Agency.  Nexus House must be ready for judging by Aug. 2, 2013.  Thirteen NJIT alums and current students have been overseas since early July to finish the construction process.  The project began two years ago. >>
NJIT has announced the appointment of Professor Katia Passerini to interim dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College. The appointment will become effective on Aug. 1, 2013. >>
NJIT Assistant Professor Brooks Atwood will appear on the season finale of HGTV Star on Sunday, July 21 at 8 p.m.  >>
The Provost's Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP-2013) will host a seminar on July 24, 2013 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium on surface mount technology.  >>
Students in an NJIT Upward Bound Multimedia Journalism class will interview Paramus Catholic Paladin cornerback Jabrill Peppers, of East Orange, and head football coach Chris Partridge on July 25, 2013 at 1:50 p.m.  Students in the journalism course have been learning about blogging, interviewing techniques, press etiquette writing fundamentals and social media in the five-week course. >>
“Numerical Simulation of Ejected Molten Metal Nanoparticles Liquified by Laser Irradiation: Interplay of Geometry and Dewetting” by NJIT assistant professor Afkhami Shahriar and professor Lou Kondic was published today in Physical Review Letters.  >>
Sherlene Ayala, assistant director for Leadership and Diversity, will be presenting “Graduate School Transitions: Experiences for Students of Color” at the AADA  Summer Conference 2013.  >>
Congratulations to Aubrey Kelley-Cogdell, a recent winner of Manufacturing Engineering magazine's inaugural 30 Under 30 recognition program for excellence in manufacturing and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.  >>
NJIT Professor Michel Boufadel, is a co-author of a new expert report on the effects of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Mississippi Canyon-252 oil spill on ecosystem services in the Gulf of Mexico.    >>
A leading Chinese manufacturer of high speed trains will fund an NJIT research lab to develop new wireless communication technologies.  These technologies will offer passengers wireless internet connections on fast trains. >>
A hemostatic wound dressing, known as ChitO2-Clot, developed by a team of NCE biomedical engineering students took honorable mention for promising technological innovation in the recent 2013 BMEidea Competition.  >>
Congratulations to doctoral candidate Ankur Agrawal, and his CCS advisors Professor Yehoshua Perl and Assistant Professor Mei Liu.  His paper "Identifying Problematic Concepts in SNOMED CT using a Lexical Approach," has been nominated as one of 11 finalists in the student paper competition at the World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics.  >>
AffordableCollegesOnline.org (ACO) has released its “Million Dollar ROI” rankings for 2013, a new list of public universities whose graduates out-earn non-degree holders by at least one million dollars during their careers.  NJIT has been ranked sixth out of sixteen institutions on the list that make up the top 1 percent of U.S. colleges as measured by return on investment (ROI).   >>
One of China's leading manufacturers of fast trains will fund an NJIT research lab that will develop new wireless communication technologies.  These technologies will offer passengers wireless internet connections on the high-speed trains. >>
Zeynep Celik, distinguished professor of architecture in the College of Architecture and Design, is featured in The New York Times.  >>
Assistant Professor Raquel Perez-Castillejos recently gave one of the four courses at a conference on solid-state sensors, actuators and microsystems.  >>
Faculty and students recently participated in a design showcase in Long Branch sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Precast Association.  NJIT entries included work from College of Architecture and Design (COAD) studios, the department of engineering technology and the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) programs and the new Center for Resilient Design.  >>
High school science teachers from throughout New Jersey recently attended NJIT's third annual materials science camp to learn better approaches for teaching materials science.  The one-week program was a partnership among NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), the Metro NY/NJ Chapter of the American Society of Materials (ASM) and the ASM Education Foundation.  >>
Antimatter has been detected in solar flares via microwave and magnetic-field data, according to a presentation by NJIT Research Professor of Physics Gregory D. Fleishman and two co-researchers at the 44th meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division.  >>
NJIT will be hosting a symposium and workshop by AIA Regional Recovery Working Group entitled “Post Sandy: the Effect on the URBAN” on July 9 from 8:00 a.m.– 5:30 p.m. in Weston Hall.  >>
Marinos Xanthos PhD, age 67, of Fort Lee, passed on Thursday June 27, 2013.  He was born in Athens, Greece and was a professor and associate provost for Graduate Studies at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.  >>
Jonathan Van Ostenbridge and Thomas Yeh, two students selected from COAD's School of Architecture, are spending part of their summer break participating in the Digital Stone Project in Italy.  >>
NJIT recently hosted a Curriculum, Learning, & Assessment Studies (CLAS) workshop entitled; “Preparing Students for College, Career, and Citizenship - Bringing the Standards into Your Classroom.”  >>
Starr Roxanne Hiltz, distinguished professor emerita of information systems, was recently named the winner of the SIGCAS Making a Difference Award for 2012 in recognition of her academic research and teaching. >>
The Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research recently published a book entitled "Boil, Bubble, Toil And Trouble," the outgrowth of a project at NJIT's School of Management. >>
NJIT research professor Reginald Farrow will appear on One-on-One with Steve Adubato. >>
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) President Joel S. Bloom has announced the naming of Professor Fadi P. Deek of East Brunswick, NJ, as the next provost and senior executive vice president at NJIT.  The appointment of Professor Deek, who has been serving as interim provost, will take place immediately. >>
An NJIT research professor known for his cutting-edge work with carbon nanotubes is overseeing the manufacture of a prototype lab-on-a-chip that would someday enable a physician to detect disease or virus from just one drop of liquid, including blood.  >>
Business Insider ranked NJIT number three yesterday in its newest listing of the 25 “most underrated colleges in America.”  The news site plotted the annual ranking by U.S. News and World Report of the best colleges and universities against PayScale's mid-career salary rank to identify outliers--institutions that outperform their U.S. News rating. >>
NJIT took second place at the 2013 ASME Student Professional Development Conference (SPDC) National Student Design Contest held recently at the New York Institute of Technology. The proud team of mechanical engineering seniors, Tom Zirmirski and Jarius Amar, developed a remote controlled prototype device for removing radioactive waste.  >>
Douglas S. Ashinsky, MD, FACP, Warren Internal Medicine (Warren), Paulo B. Pinho, MD, FACP, FAAP, PASE Healthcare, PC (Millburn), and Frank Sonnenberg, MD, FACP, FACMI, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Group (New Brunswick) recently went to Washington, DC as part of the Office of the National Coordinator's (ONC) Inaugural Health IT Fellows class that included 28 champions from 18 states.  >>
Green Stories, a Montclair-based, minority-owned design and digital media firm won the “most creative” category at a recent #hackNWK event sponsored by the City of Newark.  >>
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NJIT Professor David Rothenberg was recently featured in The New York Times.  >>
A patent was awarded to the late Ernest Geskin, PhD, of Florham Park, an expert in water jet technology and a mechanical engineering professor at NJIT for more than 25 years.  Sharing the patent with him is Krzysztof Kluz, PhD, his former student and now a senior mechanical engineer for Marotta Controls, Montville. >>
NJIT, under Maurie Cohen's direction, will be a co-sponsor (with Clark University and others) of the SCORAI event “The Future of Consumerism and Well-Being in a World of Ecological Constraints” from June 12-14.  >>
Colette Santasieri, PhD, director of strategic initiatives at NJIT, will be a speaker at the Somerset County Business Partnership's “Showcasing Somerset County's Economic Competitiveness” event being held on June 7.  >>
NJIT Assistant Professor Mei Liu, PhD, a computer scientist, has recently shown in a new study that electronic medical records can validate previously reported adverse drug reactions and report new ones.  >>
Congratulations to NJIT's Steel Bridge Team, placing 12th overall at the National Steel Bridge Building Contest.  This was the highest ranking ever by an NJIT team. >>
Wells Fargo has awarded a grant of $50,000 to the NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs to further the bank's commitment to improving the teaching of mathematics in New Jersey middle schools.  The grant will support a new professional development program to help middle school math teachers adopt the new common core state standards for mathematics. >>
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.  >>
The NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC) is pleased to announce the formation of a venture advisory board to provide business advice and guidance to portfolio companies located at EDC. >>
An expert in robotics and automation problems, especially those involving manufacturing systems, NJIT Distinguished Professor and IEEE Fellow Mengchu Zhou will have two articles published in the upcoming proceedings of the 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.  Both papers were recently presented at this conference. >>
Michel Boufadel, professor in NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will appear this weekend on a segment of One-on-One with Steve Adubato.  >>
How to do business in China will be the focus of an all-day conference, open to the public and hosted by the North American Chinese Entrepreneur Association, NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) and the NJIT Chinese Student Association on June 8, 2013.  >>
Durgamadhab (Durga) Misra, professor and associate chair for graduate programs in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, recently received two awards from The Electrochemical Society (ECS).  >>
NJIT Distinguished Professor and electrical engineer Atam Dhawan hits the lecture trail again this summer as a distinguished speaker for an IEEE life sciences lecture series.  His focus will be how “Point of Care Healthcare” can reduce illness, improve the quality of life, and stop spiraling healthcare costs.  Dhawan, who will stop at conferences in Japan, Colombia and Croatia, tells audiences about the following. >>
In a study published today in the journal PLoS One, a team of researchers led by NJIT Associate Professor Gareth Russell has applied a novel method for linking large-scale habitat fragmentation to population sustainability. >>
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!  >>
Newark has manufacturing assets, but it also faces several challenges, according to a new report by the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Mayor Cory Booker announced partnership-based commitments to capitalize on Newark's strengths and improve its capacity for 21st-century production at an event this morning hosted by NJIT. >>
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.  >>
NJIT's Swarm Lab will host a conference for researchers who study social insects in the northeast of the US on May 24, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Eberhardt Hall on the NJIT campus.  So far, some 35 researchers from Harvard to Rockefeller universities have expressed interest in attending.  Participants will receive 15 minutes to present information about their current projects and 5 minutes to answer questions.  >>
C. Stephen Cordes, of Westfield, has been named to the NJIT Board of Trustees.  Cordes is an equity partner and managing director of Clarion Partners, a leading investment advisory firm headquartered in New York City specializing in real estate with $23 billion in assets under management.  He is a member of the firm's board of directors, management executive board and investment committee.  He serves as chief operating officer of the company and is the head of its portfolio management activities.  Cordes is portfolio manager and chairman of the board of a $2.5 billion investment fund created through the 2005 privatization of a publicly-traded real estate investment trust specializing in multifamily property ownership and development. >>
NJIT Professor and IEEE Fellow Mengchu Zhou, an expert in robotics and automation, received a distinguished service award earlier this month from the IEEE division on robotics and automation.  >>
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.” >>
Vitaly Shneidman, senior university lecturer in NJIT's department of physics, has been selected as one of the “Top 20 Reviewers for 2012” by The Journal of Chemical Physics. >>
The New Jersey chapter of Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO NJ) and The Star-Ledger/NJ.com announced the first annual Garden State Entrepreneur Excellence Award – an award created to honor New Jersey-based companies that exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit of the state.  >>
NJ-HITEC Medicaid Specialist Program Director, Bebet Navia, has an article featured on the Health IT Buzz blog.  >>
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.  >>
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, associate professor of the department of electrical and computer engineering, was an invited speaker at the recent Advanced Energy Conference 2013 in New York.  >>
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) recently hosted a “Wow! That's Engineering!” outreach event titled “Innovation through Imagination.”  The event, funded by a grant from ExxonMobil, hosted 55 students from the seventh grade class of the Newark Early College High School (NECHS) and six of their chaperones.  >>
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. >>
NJIT today awarded 2,643 degrees to the members of the class of 2013, bringing the total number of degrees awarded by the university to more than 74,678.  The ceremony was held this morning at Newark's Prudential Center.  Follow coverage of the ceremony from The Star-Ledger. >>
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.   >>
Twin biomedical and chemical engineering majors, Fabio and David Oliver, of Union, who graduate from NJIT at 9 a.m. on May 20, 2013, have a secret.  Although engineering is their first love and they are actively seeking career positions in their majors, don't expect to see these two spending their leisure time hunched over a computer screen.  >>
The time may be fast approaching for researchers to take better advantage of the vast amount of valuable patient information available from U.S. electronic health records.  Lian Duan, an NJIT computer scientist with an expertise in data mining, has done just that with the recent publication of “Adverse Drug Effect Detection,” IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (March, 2013). >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on May 16, 5-7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Furthering its commitment to improving math teaching in urban middle schools, Wells Fargo has donated $50,000 to the NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs.  Pictured is Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo At Work Director, Northeast Region Stephanie Tonic, a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers with NJIT Associate Vice President for Development Jacquie Rhodes.  >>
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.  >>
Check out some of the upcoming lectures and workshops taking place this week. >>
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 senior right-hander Mark Leiter, Jr. struck out 20 Chicago State batters in a nine-inning 5-3 win for the Highlanders Friday night. Leiter's 20 strikeouts were the most nationally in a 2013 NCAA Division I game and the most in NJIT program history. Read more in The Wall Street Journal. >>
NJIT alum Marjorie Perry, president and CEO of MZM Construction and Management Company, Inc., will discuss "The ABCs of Starting a Business or Growing Your Position in Corporate America" on WABC's "Here and Now" on May 5 at 12:00 p.m.  >>
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.  >>
It was a clean sweep: Over the weekend NJIT students won the regional steel bridge contest as well as the concrete canoe contest.  This marks the second year in a row that NJIT has won both contests.  >>
Check out some of the upcoming lectures and workshops taking place this week. >>
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. >>
Graduating seniors in NJIT's popular CCS Capstone Program will take to the stage on campus next week when they explain how they have solved “real world problems” for corporate and company clients, including CACI,  Audible, Inc., and RDE Systems.  Some students will even feature entrepreneurial projects that grew from the other work.  >>
NJIT Sr. Vice President for Research Donald Sebastian and Associate Professor Michael Recce discuss safer gun technology.  Watch the video on Bloomberg TV. >>
Watch Treena Livingston Arinzeh, professor of biomedical engineering, on “The Edge in Knowledge:  Part II” on Caucus:  New Jersey this weekend.  Arinzeh will be part of a panel discussing the latest advances in biomedical research within New Jersey and among collaborating institutions within the state.  >>
NJIT's first Renaissance Faire, held on campus on April 19, was a festive event featuring performers that entertained crowds with live jousting, fortune telling, tarot card reading and belly dancing.  >>
Three life science inventions that may one day heal wounds faster, improve surgical outcomes and build stronger muscles took $10,500 in prize money for further research and development at NJIT's recent TechQuest/Innovation Day.  The inventions competed against 30 developed by undergraduate teams. >>
Check out some of the upcoming lectures and workshops taking place this week. >>
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.  >>
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 students Gaurav Majumdar, Karine Serrado, Carolina Ligorio and Rajesh Singh represented the MS Engineering Management team at the Regional Supply Chain Case Competition which recently took place at Rutgers University.  >>
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).     >>
Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno has appointed NJIT President Joel S. Bloom to the newly-formed Innovation NJ Coalition.  NJ Secretary of Higher Education Rochelle Hendricks will chair the Coalition. >>
In the spring of 2013 the cicadas in the Northeastern United States will yet again emerge from their 17-year cycle—the longest gestation period of any animal.  Those who experience this great sonic invasion compare their sense of wonder to the arrival of a comet or a solar eclipse.  NJIT Professor David Rothenberg's newly-released and latest opus, Bug Music:  How Insects Gave Us Rhythm and Noise (St. Martin's Press), looks at this unending rhythmic cycle.  >>
The NJIT men's and women's basketball teams each were presented with resolutions yesterday from the NJIT Board of Trustees in recognition of their historic championship seasons of both athletic and academic accomplishments. >>
NJIT will host its 1st Annual NJIT Innovation Day on April 19 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.  The event will take place in the Campus Center Atrium, where posters and exhibits from NJIT undergraduate and graduate students showcasing innovation can be viewed.  >>
The graduate entity of Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE) at NJIT conducted a workshop on “Applying to Faculty Positions” for PhD students and postdoctoral fellows at NJIT.  The workshop was divided into three sessions on applications, interviews and negotiations.  >>
NJIT President Joel S. Bloom is featured in a recent NJBIZ spotlight on higher education.  Turn to page 15 to read “Finding themselves in different company.”      >>
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, announces the appointment of Matthew Golden, EdD, as associate vice president, communications, marketing and branding, effective May 1, 2013.  Golden joins NJIT with more than a decade in the communications field.  >>
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, today announced the new hire of attorney Kay Turner, as vice president of human resources, effective immediately. Bringing a strong understanding of nonprofit association management, equal opportunity laws and even the inner workings of a notable medical center, Turner, an accomplished human resource and labor relations executive, ushers in a new era for NJIT.   >>
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at NJIT has recently been awarded a grant to support their continued goal of increasing the number of women studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).  The award, funded by ExxonMobil, is part of the national SWE grant competition for K-12 (pre-college) outreach programs.  >>

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April 10, 2013
The New Jersey designated Joint Field Office (JFO) of FEMA had reached out to the BEOC Alliance at NJIT to conduct a two-day information based seminar and discussion platform on campus in March for students interested in registering for the national service.  >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology will be participating in the 2013 Summer Food Service Program from June 26, 2013 to August 8, 2013.  The Summer Food Service Program is a federal Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services.  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Open House on April 11 from  5-7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Afolawemi Afolabi, fourth year PhD student at NJIT, won 3rd place at the Technical Research Exhibition (Oral Presentation Category) held during the 39th Annual Convention of the National Society of Black Engineers in Indianapolis in March.  >>
The recent TEDxNJIT event held on April 4 proved to be a great success, with 100 attendees participating on campus and an approximate additional 1,000 viewers via live stream.  >>
WHAT:  Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, injects fluid underground at high pressure to fracture rock formations in order to extract previously inaccessible oil and gas.  Opponents point to groundwater contamination, risks to air quality, and migration of toxic chemicals to the surface.  Is this technology vital for tapping much-needed energy or one that's environmentally destructive?  That's the question a panel of experts will explore at an upcoming NJIT Technology and Society Forum. >>
The NJIT Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will hold its 15th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 16, 2013 in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium.  The event will celebrate the 94th anniversary of NCE, NJIT's flagship institution.  Honorees, who hail mostly from New Jersey, will include nine students, seven faculty and staff and two alumni with notable careers in technology and engineering.  >>
The NJIT Newark College of Engineering (NCE) will hold its 15th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 16, 2013 in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium.  The event will celebrate the 94th anniversary of NCE, NJIT's flagship institution.  Honorees, who hail mostly from New Jersey, will include nine students, seven faculty and staff and two alumni with notable careers in technology and engineering.  >>
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) reached another milestone in its mission to assist doctors improve the quality of healthcare through Health Information Technology (IT) by successfully assisting approximately 300 doctors submit Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and E-Prescribing (eRx) data through its member portal to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) by the March 31, 2013 deadline to receive federal incentive funding and avoid penalties. >>
CN Foundry and NJIT's "Master What's Next" campaign running on the PATH system received a gold award in the "Outdoor Transit/Billboard" category at the 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards sponsored by the Higher Education Marketing Report.  >>
Sherlene Ayala, assistant director for Leadership and Diversity, recently spoke at The Student Affairs Conference at NYU, a one-day professional development opportunity open to administrators, faculty, and graduate students to share ideas and expertise regarding a wide array of issues in higher education and student affairs.  >>
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.  >>
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.  >>
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.).          >>
It looks like 2013 will be a thrilling season for baseball fans as four of the six divisions can be expected to deliver tight races, says baseball guru NJIT Associate Professor and Associate Dean Bruce Bukiet.  Over the years, Bukiet has applied mathematical analysis to compute the number of regular season games each Major League Baseball team should win.  Though his expertise is in mathematical modeling, his projections have compared well with those of so-called experts. >>
In April 2012 U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and leaders from New Jersey's education, business and technology communities announced a new initiative to spur high-tech innovation in New Jersey - the “New Jersey Apps Challenge,” a mobile apps competition among three New Jersey universities.  >>
Archan Misra, Singapore Management University, will present “Mobile Analytics and the LiveLabs Lifestyle Experimentation Platform” on Mar. 27 from 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
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.  >>
A technology vital for tapping much-needed energy or one that's environmentally destructive?  That's the question a panel of experts will explore at the Technology and Society Forum session on fracking April 10, 2013 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  The NJIT Technology and Society Forum is free and open to the public. >>
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.   >>
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.  >>
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? >>
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.   >>
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at NJIT received the Second Place Outstanding Collegiate Section Award during the recent Regional SWE Conference held in Wilmington, DE Mar. 8-10.   >>
Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development at NJIT, has been reappointed by Governor Christie to serve on the New Jersey Israel Commission.  >>
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.”  >>
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.   >>
NJIT regrets the loss of Ian M. Ross, a president at Bell Labs who received an honorary doctorate from NJIT in 1993 and was a former member of the NJIT Board of Overseers.  >>
Watch NJIT President Joel S. Bloom this weekend on Caucus: NJ with Steve Adubato for a closer look at higher education in Newark.  >>
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.   >>
The university community mourns the recent passing of Peter Hrycak, professor emeritus of NJIT's Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. >>
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. >>
NJIT men's basketball coach Jim Engles is one of 20 national finalists for the 2013 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award, which is presented by the website CollegeInsider.com. >>
NJ-HITEC, a national leader in assisting doctors effectively use Health Information Technology to receive federal incentives, is now offering providers the ability to submit their required quality data through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) qualified Data Registry and Data Submission Vendor (DSV).  >>
A delegation of 20 people from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in China visited NJIT's computer science department on Mar. 11 for a brief introduction on NJIT's teaching and research programs with presentations and discussions focusing on cloud computing.  >>
Shawn Chester, PhD, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at NJIT, will present “Mechanics of Amorphous Polymers and Polymeric Gels” on Mar. 13 from 1:00 – 2:25 p.m. in MEC 221. >>
A lucky group of NJIT undergraduate students enrolled in the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program available through the Newark College of Engineering's Department of Engineering Technology recently returned from a fascinating week in Las Vegas at the World of Concrete Annual Conference.  >>
Congratulations to three NJIT students who were finalists in Dr. Randal Pinkett's Campus CEO Challenge, a competition for New Jersey students who have dreams of running their own company.  The final event and awards were held Mar. 3 on the campus of NJIT.  >>
Ricardo Bianchini, Rutgers University, will present “Leveraging Renewable Energy in Datacenters:  Present and Future” on Mar. 12 at 4:45 p.m. in 202 ECEC >>
Steven Nagy, NJIT alum and former structural designer and inspector, will present “An Overview of The New Austrian Tunnel Method (NATM):  Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, Tysons Corner, VA” on Mar. 12 from 4:30 - 5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall Room 210. >>
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. >>
NJIT will host a Biomedical Engineering Showcase with BS, MS, PhD and Capstone students on March 14 from 9:30-2:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall 6th Floor.  The showcase will feature projects and research via mini poster presentations and guided lab tours and is an opportunity to interact one-on-one with selected students and their faculty advisors as they research and discover new advances in Biomedical Engineering.  >>
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.  >>
Howard Stone, Princeton University, will present “Variations on familiar flows: (i) Marangoni flows with surfactants and (ii) Trapping of bubbles in stagnation point flows” on March 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Lori Peek, PhD, visiting research scientist at the National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University will present “When the Earth Shakes:  A Global Study of Earthquake Risk Reduction Activities, Barriers, and Needs” on March 7 from 4:30 -5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall Room 210. >>
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. >>
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. >>
Ting Tan, The University of Vermont, will present “A Preliminary Idea of Bio-Inspired Wind Turbine Blade Structures” on March 6 from 1:00 – 2:25 p.m.in 221 MEC. >>
NJIT researchers received a top honor for their ideas on better ways to ensure the integrity and long-term reliability of data stored at potentially untrusted cloud storage providers.  "Towards Self-Repairing Replication-Based Storage Systems Using Untrusted Clouds," was written by Bo Chen, a doctoral candidate, and his advisor, NJIT Assistant Professor Reza Curtmola, both in NJIT's College of Computing Sciences (CCS).  >>
The NJIT men's basketball team led by head coach Jim Engles won the Great West Conference Championship on Saturday by coming back from a 17 point deficit against Houston Baptist.  Congratulations to NJIT athletics, men's basketball, its coaches and players. >>
The Director of NJIT's Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network (ManufactureNJ), Meredith Aronson, was awarded “Business Person of the Year” by Essex County Vocational Technical Schools at the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools board meeting on Feb. 25.  >>
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. >>
With more than 6.7 million students taking at least one course online, according to the 2012 Survey of Online Learning conducted by Babson Survey Research Group, higher education institutions are stepping up their efforts to meet the growing demand for online programs.  >>
Three NJIT students are finalists in Dr. Randal Pinkett's Campus CEO Challenge, a competition for New Jersey students who have dreams of running their own company.  >>
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.  >>
Two teams of Albert Dorman Honors College students enrolled in the College's new Interdisciplinary Design Studio were prominently featured in the Star-Ledger for their award-winning research. >>
The university community mourns the recent passing of Martin Katzen, PhD, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences.  The family would like to extend an invitation to Katzen's colleagues and friends for a memorial service to be held on Feb. 27 from 5 - 8 p.m. at the Harrison Building, 205 West 76th Street, 4th floor lounge, N.Y. (between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue).  >>
NJIT's Paul Ranky, department of mechanical and industrial engineering, will discuss “Some R&D Results and New Research Methodologies in Concurrent / Simultaneous Product & Process Design Engineering with 3P and Other Methods” on Feb. 27 from 1:00-2:25 p.m. in MEC 221. >>
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.  >>
"The Edge in Knowledge:  Part 1," featuring NJIT President Joel S. Bloom opened Caucus:  New Jersey  this past weekend with a closer look at the importance of NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC).  >>
Judith Sheft, associate vice president of technology development, will be featured on Caucus:  New Jersey.  >>
Dr. Xiaohui (Helen) Gu, North Carolina State University, will present “Prediction-Driven System Management for Robust and Green Cloud Computing Infrastructures” on Feb. 25 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
For an up-close look at NJIT life, come to the winter undergraduate open house on Feb. 24 from 11-4 p.m. in the University Admissions office in Fenster Hall, Room 100.  >>
Xiaolu Wang, of Newark, a doctoral student at NJIT, was named the 2013 recipient of The Louis Berger International Scholar Award on Feb. 13, 2013.  Wang will receive a stipend of approximately $19,500 to cover tuition and living costs.  In 1997, The Louis Berger Group, Inc. established the Louis Berger International Scholar program at NJIT.  To date, the program has provided scholarships to nine NJIT students.   >>
The American Concrete Institute has named NJIT as an ACI Excellent University for 2012.  >>
Priscilla Nelson, professor in NJIT's Dept. Civil and Environmental Engineering, is scheduled to appear on WBGO 88.3 FM from 4-6:30 p.m. this evening, commenting on PSE&G's announcement of a $3.9 billion, 10-year overhaul of its system. >>
Annabelle Bexiga, the senior managing director and chief information officer at TIAA-CREF, will trace the dramatic changes that have taken place in the field of information technology when she addresses this year's 2013 Gilbreth Colloquium at NJIT.  >>
Yixin Guo, Drexel University, will present “A Model of Thalamocortical Relay Neuron and the Parkinsonian Network” on Feb. 22 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
NJIT's Theta Chi Fraternity can be seen in the latest issue of The Rattle, the fraternity's official magazine.  See page 33 for the article and then page 44 for other listed accomplishments. >>
Dr. Zi Chen, Ph.D., Washington University, will present “Nonlinear mechanics, morphology and instability of ribbons, plates and rods” on Feb. 20 from 10:30 – 11:30 p.m. in MEC 224. >>
Dr. Sangtae Ha, Princeton University, will discuss “Time-Dependent Pricing for Mobile Data – From Economic Theory to Trial Deployment” on Feb. 20 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.                            >>
NJIT civil engineer Fadi Karaa, PhD, is scheduled to appear tonight on NBC News (Channel 4) at 11 p.m. EST for a special story about pipeline security.  Priscilla Nelson, PhD, and civil engineering department chair Taha Marhaba, PhD were also interviewed.    >>
Dr. Alper Murat, McGill University, will present “An Allocation-based Modeling and Solution Framework for Location Problems with Dense Demand” on Feb. 19 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. in 224 MEC. >>
A team of NJIT graduate students recently placed second at the Juniper Networks Hackathon on Feb 2.  NJIT was the host school.  Teams from Rutgers, NYIT, NYU/Poly, and U.Penn participated. >>
Dr. Rajiv Malhotra, Northwestern University, will discuss “Fundamentals of Process Mechanics and Process Innovation in Incremental Forming” on Feb. 18 from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. in 224 MEC. >>
Dejun Yang, Arizona State University, will discuss “Crowdsourcing to Smartphones: Incentive Mechanism Design for Crowdsensing” on Feb. 18 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.    >>
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.  >>
Treena Livingston Arinzeh, professor in NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently nominated 2013 Emerald Honoree in the category of Educational Leadership.  The 2013 Emerald Honorees are distinguished innovators making a difference in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.  >>
Inanc Senocak, Department of Mechanical & Biomedical Engineering, Boise State University, will discuss “Advanced Computing for Wind Energy and Environmental Applications” on Feb. 15 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in MEC 221. >>
Chris Yingchun Yuan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, will discuss “A System Approach for Reducing the Environmental Impact of Manufacturing and Sustainability Improvement of Nano-scale Manufacturing” from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 14 in 221 MEC. >>
Marty Golubitsky, Distinguished Professor of Natural and Mathematics Sciences at Ohio State University, will discuss “Patterns of Phase-Shift Syncrhony” on Feb. 15 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
If you haven't heard already, both teams from NJIT were winners at the Capital One Cross Campus Challenge.  >>
“No FEAR: A Whistleblower's Triumph” is the title of a lecture by the founder of the No FEAR Coalition Marsha Coleman-Adebayo set for Feb. 20, 2013 in the NJIT Campus Center Ballroom.  The event is free and open to the public.  Street parking is available.  Coleman-Adebayo is the Director of the National Whistleblowers Center. >>
Jinisha Patel, of Springfield, a sophomore at the College of Computing Sciences at NJIT, recently attended a White House technology summit.  Patel numbered among 12 college students chosen to attend by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), a group Patel has worked with since high school.  >>
NJIT mourns the passing of William Stanley Brown, 77, of Chatham Borough, who was a former member of the NJIT Board of Trustees, serving from May of 1997 to December of 2005.  >>
For innovative research on semiconductor devices, NJIT Professor Durgamadhab (Durga) Misra, the associate chair for graduate programs in the Newark College of Engineering (NCE) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, will receive two Division Awards next May, the 2013 Electronic and Photonic Division Award and the 2013 Thomas D. Callinan Award from the Dielectric Science and Technology Division of the Electrochemical Society (ECS).  Misra is an ECS Fellow. >>
Dr. Minaxi Gupta of Indiana University will discuss “Unearthing the Roots of Cyberfraud: Exposing DNS Exploitation in AdFraud and Phishing” on Feb. 13 from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Prof. Zhong-Ping Jiang, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Polytechnic Institute of New York University, will present “Feedback, Control and Dynamic Networks” on Feb. 12 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in ECE 202.  >>
Digital poetry expert Christopher Funkhouser, associate professor in the department of humanities, will be consulting on a project called PO.EX'70-80, which focuses on experimental poetry, on Feb. 14 at Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto, Portugal.  >>
Reza Khanbilvardi, Executive Director of CUNY CREST Institute and Director of NOAA-CREST Center, The City College of the City University of New York, will discuss “Satellite Remote Sensing Application in Hydrological Monitoring and Modeling” on Feb. 12 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Jeffrey Jestes, University of Utah, will discuss “Changing the Tide: Efficient Summarization Techniques for Massive Data” on Feb. 11 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
A team of NCE biomedical engineering undergraduates lead by George Ulsh and Dung Le, both of Mullica Hill, recently received the “People's Choice” award at a poster session and pitch competition sponsored by the New Jersey Entrepreneurial Network at Princeton University.   >>
Marjorie Perry, of East Orange, president and CEO of MZM Construction and Management Company, Inc., a Newark-based company, will receive on March 21, 2013, an "Influential Black Women in Business" award from The Network Journal (TNJ).   >>
CN Communications won a Silver Award for the NJIT Presidential Inauguration invitation package from the Collegiate Advertising Awards, an elite program designed to recognize educational marketing professionals for outstanding excellence in all forms of advertising, marketing and promotion. >>
Michael Miksis, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, will present “Drying Processes” on Feb. 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
NJIT Senior Vice President of Research and Development Donald H. Sebastian was asked to join a closed door breakfast briefing held Feb. 5, 2013, in Washington, DC.  California Congressman Mike Thompson organized the meeting.  >>
The NJ Alliance for Action honored NJIT with its leading higher education award for spear-heading the construction of the Warren Street Village Project, a new honors residence hall, Greek houses and additional campus dining facilities scheduled to open on the NJIT campus this coming fall.     >>
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.  >>
The Society of Women Engineers at NJIT has been awarded a grant to support its continued goal of increasing the number of women studying science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). >>
The NJIT Small Business Procurement Fair held on Jan. 24 in Atlantic City was a great success.  The event was held in coordination with contracting activities located on Joint Base McGuire/Dix/Lakehurst.  >>
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) will be presenting a seminar in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium on Feb. 6 from 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.  >>
Steven Hart, Ph.D., P.E., Director of Infrastructure Studies at the Center for Innovation and Engineering, West Point, will present “Conceptual Models for Infrastructure” on Feb. 5 from 4:45 – 5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Dr. Srikanth Krishnamurthy, University of California, Riverside, will present “Resource management in networks:  Performance and Security Issues” on Feb. 6 from 2:15 – 3:15 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
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).  >>
Joe Tien, Ph.D., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, will present a talk entitled, “Physical principles that govern vascularization of scaffolds” on Feb. 1 at 10:30 a.m. in the Central King Building (CKB) Room 204.  >>
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.  >>
Professor Len Pismen from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology will present "Rheology of cytoskeleton: from mesoscopic mechanics to macroscopic instabilities." on Jan. 31 in Cullimore 611 from 4-5 p.m. >>
The research of Dr. Cheul H. Cho, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Research Professor Dr. George Collins was recently published and featured on the Feb. 2013 cover of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, a leading journal in biomedical engineering.  >>
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.  >>
Dr. Fanghua Hao, Vice President of Beijing Normal University, Chancellor Dr. Chuansheng Liu and several other representatives of the school met with NJIT President Joel Bloom on the morning of Jan. 28 to discuss similarities between the universities and how the two plan to collaborate together for a mutual beneficial future.  >>
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>>
Jerry Fjermestad, professor in NJIT's School of Management, and Karen Patten, NJIT alum, won the best paper in the teaching track in the Third Business Intelligence Congress at the recent International Conference for Information Systems.  >>
Dr. Miao Zhao of Huawei Technologies will present “Utility-Maximization Framework for Dynamic Adaptive  Streaming over HTTP in Multiuser-MIMO LTE Networks” on Jan. 28 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
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. >>
Sabine Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, Center for the Study of Brain, Mind & Behavior, Princeton University, will present a seminar entitled, "Neural basis of visual attention in the primate brain" on Jan. 25 at 10:30 a.m. in CKB 204. >>
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.  >>
The IEEE Control Systems Society is hosting a talk entitled, “Optimal Control of Redundant Systems with Controlled Infeasibility” on Jan. 24 from 5:15 to 6 p.m in ECEC 202.  >>
A pioneer in the field of signal processing in adaptive arrays and multiple sensor radar, NJIT Professor Alexander Haimovich has been named an IEEE Fellow.  His work has contributed greatly to the advancement and application of electrical engineering and technology.  >>
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).  >>
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 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.   >>
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.  >>
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).  >>
At the 18th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air and Soil held in Jacksonville, Florida, Lev Krasnoperov, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, presented a keynote lecture entitled "Chemical Reactions in Non-thermal Plasma."  >>
Humanities associate professor Carol Johnson recently gave two presentations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  >>
A performance by members of the Baroque Orchestra of New Jersey (BONJ) will launch NJIT's next Technology and Society Forum series, a celebration of artistic creativity and exploration of key social issues.  BONJ will perform on Feb. 6, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus.  The public is invited to attend the free concert. >>
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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Reginald Tomkins, professor of chemical engineering and co-op adviser for the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, was the winner of the 2011 Zaida C. Morales Martinez ACS Scholars Mentoring Prize.  >>
Jorge Golowasch, chair and professor in the federated department of biological sciences, and Farzan Nadim, professor in the departments of mathematical and biological sciences, presented a joint lab demo earlier this month in collaboration with Rodolfo Haedo, a former undergraduate and MS student from NJIT, and Joerg Oestreich.  >>
The Fall 2012 semester has proven to be both busy and successful for students enrolled in NJIT's Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program.  Andrew Canon, of Parsippany, CIM student and president of the NJIT American Concrete Institute (ACI) student chapter, appeared on the December cover of Concrete International.  >>
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. >>
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. >>
The NJIT American Concrete Institute (ACI) student chapter, consisting mainly of Concrete Industry Management (CIM) students, was recently awarded third place at the ACI 2012 Student Egg Protection Device Competition held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  >>
Andrew Canon, president of the NJIT American Concrete Institute (ACI) student chapter, appears on the December cover of Concrete International (CI).  >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, delivered the tutorial “Content Delivery Acceleration” at the 2012 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2012), the flagship annual conference of the IEEE Communications Society held Dec. 3-7, 2012. >>
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.  >>
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.  >>
DesignIntelligence, the influential architecture and design publication, recently rated NJIT as one of the top brands in architectural education showing diversified strengths. >>
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. >>
Shyamala Pillai, doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, won first place at the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Graduate Poster Contest in San Francisco in November.  >>
The World Wide Web is changing and if you're a web architect, system administrator, content management system specialist or user interface designer, you may need to keep pace along with these changes.  NJIT's newest professional development WebMASTER TNG Certificate, starting Jan. 23, 2013, may be just the ticket.  The 8-week online class will offer the skills and knowledge to enable you to become or stay on top of your field. >>
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. >>
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.  >>
Gregor Kovacic, associate professor of mathematical sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will present “Is Our Sensing Compressed?” on Dec. 7 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Come one, come all!  NJIT students, staff and faculty are invited tomorrow for a look behind the scenes of entertainment technology when a panel of leading experts in the field discusses the latest and greatest in this burgeoning new cutting-edge field.  Albert Dorman Honors College is the host of the event which starts at 2:30 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre in Kupfrian Hall. >>
If you're a small business owner—and especially a veteran—mark your calendar now so as not to miss the upcoming NJIT Small Business Procurement Fair set for Jan. 24, 2013, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., in the Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City.  >>
Jonathan Curley, a senior university lecturer in NJIT's Department of Humanities, will give a poetry reading at the Intrinsic Cafe on December 6 at 7 p.m. The Intrinsic Cafe is located on 5 Sussex Avenue in Newark, across from the NJIT campus.  >>
In a combined effort by NJIT's Young Alumni Club, the College of Computing Sciences and the Campus Center, speakers Neil Santorella and Carol Chang of the American Red Cross will present “Disaster Preparedness: How Do Universities and Individuals Prepare for Natural and Other Disasters and the Role of the American Red Cross” on Dec. 6 at 5:45 p.m. in Campus Center B35.  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on Dec. 6, 5-7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
In 2012, NJIT launched the Project Based Learning (PBL) course.  Come see this year's projects at the PBL Showcase which features real world projects carried out by NJIT sophomore students from multiple colleges, including social entrepreneurship projects started by students.  >>
NJIT Distinguished Professor Robert M. Miura has been named a 2013 inaugural Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS).  This first class will honor 1119 scholars, representing more than 600 institutions.  Fellows have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics, according to the Society.  >>
Dolcey E. Chaplin, Esq., director of NJIT's Defense Procurement Technical Assistance Center (PTAC), invites all small businesses to attend the NJIT Small Business Procurement Fair on Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:30 -1:00 p.m. at the Tropicana Hotel in Atlantic City.  >>
The 19th Annual Capstone Showcase, “Power of Technology” will be held on Dec. 5.  The event, which showcases the work of students from the college of computing sciences and is an opportunity for networking, will take place at 3:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Bhavana Kanukurthi, post-doctoral researcher at UCLA, will present “Outsourcing Computation to the Cloud, Privately” on Dec. 5 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Dr. Sotirios G. Ziavras, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering and director of the Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory, served as general chair of the 24th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence that took place in Athens, Greece from Nov. 7-9. >>
NJIT Associate Professor Eric Fortune's graduate student at Hopkins, Sarah Stamper, is the lead author of an article about weakly electric fish in the Journal of Experimental Biology.  Stamper will also be interviewed on the popular radio program “Quirks and Quarks.”  >>
William Cheswick, lead member of the technical staff at AT&T, will present “Rethinking Passwords” on Dec. 3 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Namas Chandra, Ph.D., P.E., Elmer Koch Professor of Engineering, Department of Materials and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will present “Blast Induced Traumatic Brain Injuries: Experimental And Simulation Approaches” on Nov. 30 at 10:30 a.m. in GITC 1400. >>
With the goal of increasing the enrollment and retention of women students of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) at NJIT, the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Newark College of Engineering have joined forces to develop a new mentorship program for women in STEM.  >>
Yoichiro Mori, assistant professor in the department of mathematics, University of Minnesota, will present “A Model of Electrodiffusion and Osmosis in Cells and Tissues” on Nov. 30 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Thea Rachel Schoenberg-Zunick, assistant director for Fraternity and Sorority Life at NJIT, will participate at the Association of Fraternity and Sorority Advisors Annual Meeting Conference for fraternity and sorority professionals on Nov. 29 at the JW Marriot in Indianapolis, Indiana.  >>
Dr. Mark Kester, senior director of research for Stryker Orthopaedics, will discuss “Evolution of the Electronic Knee Prosthesis” on Nov. 28 from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in MEC 221. >>
Humberto “Humby” Baquerizo '95, of Newark, assistant director of the Campus Center at NJIT overseeing the Office of Conference Services and Programs, spoke at the Undergraduate Greek Leadership Convention on Oct. 27 at Seton Hall University.  >>
Wenda Cao, associate professor in the department of physics, was invited to attend the 2012 Chinese-American Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium, which took place Oct. 12-14 in Irvine, CA.  >>
While on sabbatical this year, Stephen Pemberton, associate professor in the federated department of history, has been speaking at conferences in Europe. >>
Henri Angelino, National Institute of Informatics (Tokyo-Japan)-NII, will present “National Institute of Informatics: Main research activities and International Cooperation policy: case study cooperation with Waterloo University” on Nov. 21 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
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.  >>
The third annual NJIT Executive MBA Annual Conference, “Business Realities in a Time of Transition” was held today in the Campus Center Atrium.  The event included a breakfast, luncheon and late afternoon networking session.  >>
NJIT's Michael Chumer has been hard at work since Sandy struck, helping hard-hit area urbanites cope with devastation.  Chumer, who has worked on homeland security projects and directs the NJIT MS in Emergency Management and Business Continuity (EMBC) program, is familiar with relief efforts.  >>
Marco Gruteser, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss “Distinguishing Users with Capacitive Touch Communication” on Nov. 20 at 5:00 p.m. in ECEC Room 202. >>
Dr. Yanjun Qi of the Machine Learning Department at NEC Labs American will discuss “Machine Learning for Computational Biology” on Nov. 19 from 2:30 – 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
Daniel J. Soeder of the National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, will present “Shale Gas Development: Opportunities and Challenges” on Nov. 16 at 12:00 p.m. in the conference room of Colton Hall.  >>
Mikko Haataja, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Princeton University, will present “Compositional Interface Dynamics within Symmetric and Asymmetric Planar Lipid Bilayer Membranes” on Nov. 16 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
The third annual NJIT Executive MBA Annual Conference, “Business Realities in a Time of Transition” will be held tomorrow in the Campus Center Atrium from 8:30 a.m. through 6:30 p.m. and includes a breakfast, luncheon and late afternoon networking session.  The event is free, open to the public and the NJIT community. >>
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.  >>
MengChu Zhou, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, director of the MS program in computer engineering and director of the MS program in power and energy systems, received the Lifetime Contribution and Leadership Award at the 20th Annual Convention of Chinese Association for Science & Technology – USA , which was held at Columbia University on Oct. 6, 2012.  >>
Catherine Britell, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and Joseph LoBuono, HDR Engineering, Inc., will discuss “The New Bayonne Bridge” on Nov. 15 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Colton Hall 416.  >>
The NJIT Board of Trustees yesterday commended in a formal ceremony NJIT Professor of Electrical Engineering Nirwan Ansari who was honored last month by the NJ Inventors Hall of Fame for his cutting edge work. Feted too by the Board, but unable to attend the ceremony, was noted NJIT Distinguished Research Professor of Physics Louis J. Lanzerotti.  >>
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. >>
Zoran Obradovic, Director, Data Analytics and Biomedical Informatics Center, Temple University, will discuss “Predictive Modeling of Patient State and Therapy Optimization” on Nov. 12 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
Although widespread rebuilding in the hard-hit New York metro region from Super Storm Sandy has not yet begun, NJIT Assistant Professor Mohamed Mahgoub, PhD, PE, says when the hammers start swinging, it's time to look at autoclaved aerated concrete.  The material, best known as AAC, has been heralded as the building material of the new millennium.  It's a lightweight, easily-crafted manufactured stone, strong enough to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes when reinforced with steel.  >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of Victor Abraham Pelson, former chairman of the university's board of trustees and an alumnus of NJIT (BS, Mechanical Engineering, 1959;  Honorary Doctor of Science,  2001).   >>
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.  >>
Edsel A. Pena, Department of Statistics, University of South Carolina, will discuss “Multiple Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty” on Nov. 9 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Industrial Design major Catherine Leung is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on Nov. 4, 2012.  >>
Due to severe weather, Celebration 2012 has been postponed.  The new date will be announced once the event has been rescheduled. >>
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NJIT will hold its annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration 2012, on Nov. 2, 2012 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange. Entertainment will be provided by noted singer, songwriter and composer Neil Sedaka. >>
Raquel Perez-Castillejos, assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering, director of the Tissue Models Lab, chaired a session on “Biomedical Applications,” and presented a paper on “Portable, $5 Microfluidics Laboratory for Education and Outreach” at the 2012 Ibersensor International Conference.  >>
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.  >>
Marco Gruteser, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss “Distinguishing Users with Capacitive Touch Communication” on Oct. 30 at 5:30 p.m. in ECEC, Room 202. >>
NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow and NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas will be the recipients Nov. 8, 2012 in the Liberty Science Center of  an Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey.  >>
NJIT Distinguished Research Professor of Physics Louis J. Lanzerotti and NJIT Professor of Electrical Engineering Nirwan Ansari were honored by the NJ Inventors Hall of Fame for cutting edge work.  Feted too were NJIT doctoral student Yan Zhang, and alumnus Ricky John.  Twenty-five awards were presented to individuals, research teams and corporations. >>
David Edwards, University of Delaware, will present “Increasing the Utilities of Optical Biosensors” as part of the Applied Mathematics Colloquium on Oct. 26 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
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. >>
Priscilla P. Nelson, professor of civil engineering, will present “Approaches to Metrics and Methods for Resilience of Urban Infrastructure” on Oct. 24 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Polytechnic Institute of NYU in Brooklyn, NY.  >>
Since the Major League Baseball Division Series and League Championship Series have determined which teams will compete in the World Series, NJIT Math Professor Bruce Bukiet has again analyzed the probability of each team taking the title. >>
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) is ranked first nationally among the 62 Regional Extension Centers with over 6,300 member Primary Care Providers (PCPs), including 4,600 PCPs who are using a government certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in their practice and 1,432 who have met the federal EHR program's requirements to receive incentive payments.  >>
For an up-close look at NJIT life, come to the fall undergraduate open house on Oct. 21 from 11-4 p.m. in the University Admissions office in Fenster Hall, Room 100.  >>
Meet NJIT's Tim Kellers on Oct. 20 from 10:00am-12:00pm at the iPhone iPad & Android Developer Information Session.  Learn about the popular and sought out ONLINE Android Software Application Development training class.  >>
CSLA Dean Fadi P. Deek provided opening remarks at the first annual Curriculum, Learning, & Assessment Studies (CLAS) Conference held on October 17 in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
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.  >>
On Oct. 15, Concrete Industry Management (CIM) students had a once in a lifetime experience.  They had the chance to train on a state of the art concrete volumetric mixer, a portable concrete batch plant, provided by Cemen Tech Incorporation, the world's largest manufacturer of volumetric concrete mixing systems.  >>
German Mato, Balseiro Institute, Argentina, will present “Temporal Coding in Spiking and Bursting Neurons” on Oct. 19 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
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.  >>
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will host “Computational Analysis and Design of Complex Underground Transit Structures” by Patrick H.C. Chan, Senior Supervising Engineer and Professional Associate, Parsons Brinckerhoff, on Oct. 18 in Colton Hall 416 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. >>

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The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) student chapter is sponsoring a special seminar on Oct. 17 in Kupfrian 211 from 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. on soil magic and geosynthetics by Dr. David Elton of Auburn University.  >>
The first-ever New Jersey Manufacturing Week to be held Oct. 22-26, 2012, includes a variety of scheduled activities throughout the state for manufacturers, students, educators, policy makers and the media.  >>
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.  >>
Dr. Marina Thottan, Director of the Mission-Critical Communications Group at Bell Labs, will present “Secure Scalable Data-Centric Cloud for Smart Grid Data Analytics” on Oct. 16 at 4:00 p.m. in ECE 202. >>
The New Jersey Section of the American Water Resources Association presented the 2012 Excellence in Water Resources Protection and Planning Award to the NJIT project "Protection of Critical Source Areas for Achieving Long Term Sustainability of Water Resources" under the category of the exceptional water resources planning and management initiatives.  >>
More than 2,000 NJIT students and graduates dressed in their finest business attire will wait patiently and professionally on long but potentially profitable lines at NJIT's Annual Fall Career Fair next Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Estelle and Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center and the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility on the NJIT Campus. >>
Philip D. Rack, Department of Material Science and Engineering at The University of Tennessee, will present “Directed, Liquid Phase Assembly of Patterned Metallic Films by Pulsed Laser Dewetting” on Oct. 12 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Following a successful research collaboration with NJIT, Catalent Pharma Solutions of Somerset has announced that it has exclusively licensed innovative taste-making technology developed by NJIT Distinguished Professor Rajesh Davé, who was the principal investigator of a research project funded by Catalent.  >>
NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will present “Analysis and Design of Diaphragm (Slurry) Walls” by Dr. Yousof Q. Abd Al-Jalil, senior engineer with Langan Engineering & Environmental Services.  The event takes place on Oct. 11 from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. in Colton Hall 416. >>
The IEEE Communications Society will host “Dynamic Spectrum Access in Wireless Networks: Overview” by Zhensheng Zhang of Cubic Corporation on Oct. 11 at 5:00 p.m. in 202 ECEC.  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on Oct. 11, 5 p.m.-7:00 p.m. in Campus Center Atrium. >>
Cloud computing is a hot topic in cyber-circles and the popular media.  But what are the real advantages of computing in the clouds, and what are the challenges, including security?  A panel of experts will explore these topics at NJIT's next Technology and Society Forum session on Oct. 10, 2012 in the Campus Center Atrium from 3-4:30 p.m.  The public is invited to this free talk.   >>
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. >>
NJIT Associate Professor Yuan-Nan Young has been awarded a three-year, $212,000 National Science Foundation grant to mathematically model how surfactants interact with the skin's lipid bi-layer.  A surfactant, also known as a wetting or surface-acting agent, breaks the surface tension of a liquid to create more contact with another substance.  Soap is the best-known surfactant. >>
NJIT students and faculty can benefit from the staff expertise, unique facilities, and equipment related to naval warfare systems and technologies available from Naval Air Systems Command, Lakehurst (NAVAIR) through a new Educational Partnership Agreement.  >>
Dr. Selina Cai, assistant professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, will present “Intertemporal Pricing and Return Policies for Strategic Consumers” on Oct. 4 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall 416. >>
MengChu Zhou, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, director of the MS program in computer engineering and director of the MS program in power and energy systems, chaired a plenary speech session on “Distributed Intelligent Systems: a Paradigm Change, chaired a technical session on “Nonlinear Control Systems,” and presented two papers: “Solving Optimal Power Flow Problems Subject to Distributed Generator Failures via Particle Swarm Intelligence” and  “Maximally Permissive Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Fewest Disjunctive Constraints” at the 2012 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems in Tokyo, Japan, from September 18-21, 2012.  >>
About 100 staff and faculty members gathered in the Campus Center Atrium Friday, Sept. 28, 2012, to enjoy a round of thanks along with a special lunch for the contributions made by all, which resulted in NJIT's strong Middle States Accreditation.  >>
Panayotis Kevrekidis, professor in the department of mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, will present “Stability and Dynamics of Solitary Waves and Vortices in Superfluids: From Theory to Experiments” as part of the Applied Mathematics Colloquium on Oct. 5 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
The History of 3D Film: Starring Newark and New York will be the first 2012 featured lecture this fall of the NJIT Technology and Society Forum presentations. The Emmy-nominated, award-winning Newark filmmakers Marylou and Jerome Bongiorno will screen and discuss their short 3D films on Newark and the Brooklyn waterfront on Oct. 3 from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  >>
The IT Program will be sponsoring a seminar on "Real World Attacks Dissected: A Walk Through of Attack Investigations and Forensic Evidence" on Oct. 3.  Speakers Nick Pelletier (NJIT alumnus), Brice Daniels and Willi Ballenthin of Mandiant will engage students by providing real-world scenarios that illustrate much of the information they have learned, or will learn, during the course of their curriculum.  >>
Pushpendra Singh, professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, will present “Dispersion of Particles on Fluid-Liquid Interfaces” as part of the Applied Mathematics Colloquium on Sept. 28 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
The North Jersey IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society will host “From Academia to Industry:  How Digital Image Analysis Plays a Pivotal Role in Biomedical Engineering,” by Dr. Brian D'Alessandro, image analysis scientist with Canfield Scientific and NJIT alumnus.  >>
The department of civil and environmental engineering will host their first seminar of the 2012-2013 academic year.  >>
The Albert Dorman Honors College will host “New Media, Old Obstacles:  How Online Publishing is (and isn't) Changing the Game for College Journalists” by Frank LoMonte, executive director at Student Press Law Center, on Sept. 26 from 2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in Campus Center Ballroom A.  >>
Ali Akansu, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been invited to give a talk on “Generalized DFT Waveforms for MIMO Radar Systems” at the 9th Annual Military Antennas Summit in Alexandria, VA on Sept. 27.  >>
Dr. Zhi Wei, assistant professor in the department of computer science, will host “Microbiome Informatics: Deciphering Microscopic Life And Its Interactions In The Body And The World” by Dr. Gail Rosen, department of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University.  >>
The work of Boris Khusid, professor in the department of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, has been included in NASA's Flight Opportunities Program. >>
This Sunday while you're watching this year's Emmy® Awards, here's some news.  “Engineering Ground Zero,” a production of the prominent Boston-based NOVA, was named among six titles for best documentary.  >>
Jun Zhang, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physics, New York University, will discuss “Understanding biolocomotion in fluids: from passive to active” as part of the Applied Mathematics Colloquium on Sept. 21 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Come and be part of this specially focused industry roundtable. You will have a chance to tell NJIT, Rutgers-Newark, Bergen Community College, Essex County College, Hudson County Community College, County College of Morris and Passaic County Community College as well as the Workforce Investment Boards in these northern New Jersey counties what kinds of IT and STEM skills your company's current and future technical workforce needs. >>
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) and NJIT successfully partnered to bring Health Information Technology (IT) to students by assisting them in creating individual electronic Personal Health Records (PHRs).  >>
Some 2,000 NJIT students milled around yesterday afternoon under the big white tent filling up most of the campus green, enjoying fresh hot dogs, drinks, popcorn and each other's company of a brilliantly clear September afternoon.  >>
Idealism, celebration and commentary from leading state dignitaries will mark the installation of NJIT's eight president, Dr. Joel S. Bloom on Sept. 14, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. in the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facilty on the campus green. >>
Dr. Maurie J. Cohen, associate professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science and the department of humanities, has accepted an appointment on a Task Force on Green Development and Sustainable Consumption in China. >>
New Jersey's Department of Health Commissioner, Mary E. O'Dowd, looks on as an NJIT student inputs her medical information to create her electronic Personal Health Record (PHR) as part of the 7th Annual National Health IT Week celebration.  >>
NJIT is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.  The education services company features the school in the new 2013 edition of its annual college guide, The Best 377 Colleges (Random House / Princeton Review).  The book, which is The Princeton Review's flagship college guide, features only about 15 percent of America's 2,500 four-year colleges. >>
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.  >>
The 2012 fall applied mathematics colloquium begins on Sept. 7 with “Optimal Control in Data Assimilation” given by Richard Moore, associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences.  >>
Truphone, the pioneering international mobile communications company, announced the establishment of a new technology center located in the Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT.  >>
Corporate engineer and NJIT alum Sean Duffy, formerly of Parlin, will be the keynote speaker at University Convocation, an annual celebration and awards ceremony.  The ceremony, which marks the start of the new school year, traditionally honors the accomplishments of students, faculty and staff.  >>
The History of 3D Film: Starring Newark and New York will be the first 2012 featured lecture this fall of the NJIT Technology and Society Forum presentations.  >>
Faculty and staff volunteers served a free breakfast to students at the university's annual Pancakes with the President event on Sept. 4 in the Campus Center.  >>
NJIT announces the appointment, effective Sept. 1, 2012, of Charles J. Fey, EdD, as the new NJIT Vice President of Academic and Student Support Services.  >>
Rivaling the kind of devotion reserved for rock stars, a band of space weather groupies surrounding NJIT Distinguished Research Professor Lou Lanzerotti stayed up all night into the next day to witness the long-awaited launch of Atlas V.   >>
NJIT has appointed Catalin Turc, PhD, to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts in the department of mathematical sciences, an associate professor.  >>
Ji Meng Loh, PhD, a statistician whose work has implications for advances in fields ranging from functional magnetic resonance imaging and epidemiology to telecommunications and astronomy, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences.  >>
Historian Alison Lefkovitz, PhD, whose research interests cover law, gender, and the political economy, has been appointed an assistant professor to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts in the Federated Department of History.  >>
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.  >>
Simon Garnier, PhD, whose research interests focus on bio-cellular sensing, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts in the Federated Department of Biological Sciences an assistant professor.   >>
Eric Fortune, PhD, whose research interests focus on bio-cellular sensing, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts in the Federated Department of Biological Sciences an associate professor.  >>
Cristiano L. Dias, PhD, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts an assistant professor in the department of physics.  >>
An expert in operations research and dynamic pricing decisions, Wenbo Selina Cai, PhD, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering as assistant professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering.  >>
As NASA readies the rescheduled launch  for 4 a.m. on Aug. 30, 2012 (view live starting 1:30 a.m. on NASA TV), read more about the role of NJIT Distinguished Research Professor Louis Lanzerotti  in The Star-Ledger. >>
Zachary Marinelli (Lake Hiawatha, NJ), currently matriculating toward his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering at NJIT, will receive a $2000 scholarship to further his education from the Concrete Industry Foundation. >>
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.  >>
Students, faculty, alumni and staff at NJIT are anticipating three gala days of ceremony, thought-provoking lectures and more, starting Sept. 12, 2012 during a three-day inaugural swirl surrounding the installation of NJIT's eighth president, Dr. Joel S. Bloom. >>
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. >>
Raymond B. Landis, Dean Emeritus of Engineering, Computer Science, and Technology at California State University will present a workshop on Aug. 28, 9:30-11:30 a.m. in Eberhardt Hall 115.  >>
Davida Scharf, Director of Reference & Instruction, and Jim Lipuma, Teacher Education Programs Director, are featured on page 6 in a new brochure developed by the Wikimedia Foundation: "Case Studies: How professors are teaching with Wikipedia." >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, will be delivering a keynote speech entitled, “Content Delivery Acceleration,” at ANT 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. >>
Graduate student John Tang received the Elias Klein Founders' Travel Award for the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Annual Meeting held in New Orleans, LA during June 9-13, 2012.  >>
NJIT students will create individual electronic Personal Health Records (PHR) at NJIT in the Campus Center Atrium, on Sept. 10, 2012, (from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.).  >>
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education has reaffirmed NJIT's accreditation for the next decade.  According to the report, “NJIT is making a disproportionate impact in higher education given its means.  In particular, NJIT is providing an admirable service to first-in-family students attending college.  The students are excellent, well trained, and graduates are highly successful after leaving the university.  NJIT's success in providing a first-class education and college experience to a diverse student body is enviable.”  To see the report in its entirety, please visit: http://www.njit.edu/middlestates/evaluation.php. >>
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.  >>
Wen Zhang, PhD, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor.  >>
Songhua Xu, PhD, a computer scientist who uses advanced techniques to build human-centered applications to benefit society, will join the NJIT College of Computing Science as an assistant professor.  >>
Mei Liu, PhD, a computer scientist who uses advanced informatics approaches to improve health care, will join this fall the NJIT College of Computing Sciences as an assistant professor.  >>
Bernadette Longo, PhD, who has spent her academic career questioning the relationships people have with their technologies, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts in the Department of Humanities as an associate professor.  >>
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.  >>
James Cicon, PhD, JD, an expert in energy industry business systems, has been appointed to the faculty of the NJIT School of Management as assistant professor.  >>
Cesar Bandera, PhD, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's School of Management as an assistant professor and will focus his research on the emerging field of mobile health (or m-health).  >>
Abdallah Khreishah, PhD, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor.  >>
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. >>
Michel Boufadel, PhD, a notable voice in the investigation of the Exxon Valdez oil spill and BP's Deep Water Horizon (DWH) blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, has been appointed to the faculty of NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.  >>
Bharat Biswal, PhD, an internationally renowned researcher recognized for mapping the brain's activity, will join NJIT's Newark College of Engineering this fall as a full professor and chair of the NJIT Department of Biomedical Engineering.  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on Aug. 16, 5-7:30 p.m. in Campus Center Ballroom B. >>
The August issue of prestigious journal Science today has published a perspective by longtime NJIT Professor and noted polymer expert Marino Xanthos about polypropylene, a widely-used plastic with consumer applications ranging from food packaging to automotive parts, including car battery casings.  >>
NJIT Distinguished Research Professor and former Bell Labs scientist Louis J. Lanzerotti, will see his 50-year quest to better understand space weather and Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belts rocket, once again, into space on Aug. 23, 2012.  >>
Inspired Health Strategies, LLC, a member of NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC), announced that founder and managing director, Dyan Bryson, has been named to the annual PharmaVOICE 100 as one of the top driving forces in the life sciences industry.  >>
NJ-HITEC and NJIT will celebrate National Health Information Technology (IT) Week by launching a new health IT initiative at the NJIT Campus Center Atrium on Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. >>
The Division of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) will be hosting a Prior Learning Assessment Meetup on Aug. 16 from 6p.m. – 7:30p.m in Campus Center Conference Room 240. >>
The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) has once again awarded its Soft Landings International Incubator designation to the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), a business incubator operated and sponsored by NJIT.  >>
If you've been hearing how American school children and teens are not learning as much as they should in STEM fields, stop by NJIT Aug. 6-8, 2012, for a story to debunk the myth.  >>
Varun Patel, Spring 2012 graduate and brother of Delta Epsilon Psi Fraternity (which is a new colony on campus as of Fall 2011), was recently elected to the Delta Epsilon Psi National Board as the National Director of External Affairs.  >>
Chris Funkhouser, an associate professor in the department of humanities and director of the undergraduate program in professional and technical communication at NJIT, was invited to join the Literary Advisory Board of the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO).  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on Aug. 2, 5-7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
This summer, CCS and Real World Connections (RWC) will be taking their showcase to the Liberty Science Center.  >>
NJIT Research Professor Michael Jaffe, an expert in materials science and high performance polymers, has been selected to be a member of the 2012 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society (ACS).  >>
Professor Ali Akansu, department of electrical and computer engineering, is the Lead Guest Editor of the upcoming special issue of IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing on Signal Processing Methods in Finance and Electronic Trading to be published in August 2012. >>
Brooks Atwood, assistant professor of industrial design, will be participating in this year's Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) International Conference & Education Symposium>>
NJIT announced today that its federally-funded grant program, the New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC), reached the 6,000-member milestone while also assisting over 1,000 physicians to become Meaningful Users of its Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.  >>
NJIT research professor Mike Jaffe has been selected as a member of the 2012 class of Fellows of the American Chemical Society.  The 2012 ACS Fellows will be honored at a special ceremony during the ACS National Meeting in Philadelphia on Monday, August 20, 2012 from 1:30pm-4:30pm.  >>
Mathematics professor Eliza Michalopoulou is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on July 22, 2012.  Michalopoulou uses mathematical modeling and signal processing to help the Navy detect submarines in coastal areas.  >>
Atam Dhawan, distinguished professor and interim dean of Albert Dorman Honors College, will be giving a seminar on July 20 at the EPFL Center for Neuroprosthetics in Lausanne, Switzerland.  >>
Electrical engineering student Madonnina Suresh of Roselle Park has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Anne Wiley Scholarship.  Suresh was nominated by ECE Undergraduate Advisor Shivon Boodhoo.  >>
The NJIT Board of Trustees has approved a 5.5 percent or $766 annual tuition and fee increase for in-state undergraduate students for the 2012-2013 academic year.  The Board also approved room and board increases averaging 2.4 percent.  Tuition and fees for out-of-state undergraduate students for the 2012-2013 academic year will increase 7.3 percent. >>
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.  >>
NJIT has moved into the top 4 percent (from 8th) among US colleges and universities for return on investment (ROI) in the 2012 PayScale college rankings.  In 2011, PayScale ranked NJIT 81st and now in 2012 ranks NJIT 59th for instate tuition (and top 4th percent http://www.payscale.com/college-education-value/) among more than 1250 undergraduate public and private universities and colleges.  >>
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Two NJIT graduate students, Shyamala Pillai and Laura Wirpsza, both of the chemistry department, participated and presented at the TechConnect World 2012 meeting in Santa Clara, CA from June 18 to 21.  >>
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.  >>
Bernard Harris, MD, the first African-American to walk in space returns to NJIT July 18, 2012 to inspire 54 middle school youngsters from New Jersey who want to learn more about science careers.  >>
A three-day professional development workshop for high school teachers took place at NJIT on July 2, 3, and 5.  >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Study Open House on July 12, 5-7:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
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.  >>
On July 5, Professor Ecevit Bilgili, Department of Chemical, Biological, and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT gave a presentation to teachers, entitled:  “Industrial Perspective of Pharmaceutical Engineering”. >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, is attending the Smithsonian Folklife Festival this week in Washington, DC.  Spak will be part of “The Commons” Participants which will be discussing “The Next 150 years: Campus of the Future” and “The Next 150 Years: Expanding Community Engagement in the Future.”  >>
New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno will visit NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) on Thursday culminating her month-long tour of life sciences companies across the Garden State.  >>
On June 21, NJIT celebrated the award of some $8 million in Department of Labor grants awarded to NJIT and the Newark Workforce Investment Board (NWIB).  Partnering with the NWIB, industry partners, local community colleges and other business alliances, NJIT will provide training in high-wage, high-demand information technology occupations to help fill vacancies that otherwise would go to foreign labor using H-1B visas.  >>
Tejpal S. Ahluwalia, a junior in the department of mathematical sciences, recently completed the Undergraduate Workshop at the Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI). >>
NJIT President Joel Bloom will be interviewed tonight at 7:30 p.m. by WBGO Radio News Director Doug Doyle for his award-winning news magazine the WBGO JournalListeners will find that program at 88.8 on their FM radio dial. >>
It was almost 60 years ago when hot rodders raced home-built cars through Newark, but thanks to NJIT, Rutgers University, Newark and the City of Newark, the first All-American Soap Box Derby since then will be held here June 16.   >>
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. >>
NJIT mourns the loss of John Walker Ryon, III, a professor in the College of Computing Sciences at NJIT, on April 11, 2012. >>
Nirwan Ansari, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, will be delivering a keynote, “The Making Over of TCP for Heterogeneity,” at  IEEE ICC 2012 - 2nd IEEE Workshop on Convergence among Heterogeneous Wireless Systems in Future Internet (CONWIRE 2012), on June 11, 2012 in Ottawa, Canada.  >>
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.  >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education, will participate on the morning panel at the 6th Annual NJ Women in Science and Technology Workforce Summit.   >>
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. >>
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.  >>
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.  >>
Arsalan Khan, a junior majoring in chemical engineering and minoring in law, recently published a book, Life Behind the Frames. >>
Dr. Marguerite Schneider, associate professor in the School of Management, has won the 2012 Best Paper Award of the Organization Development and Change (ODC) Division of the Academy of Management (AoM).  >>
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.  >>
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.  >>
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. >>
Managing malware, better ways to fight electronic warfare and creating smarter wireless networks will number among the dozens of fascinating technology topics available to the public May 21-22, 2012 at NJIT when the prestigious 35th Annual IEEE Sarnoff Symposium opens in the Campus Center.  >>
Over the years Professor Angelo Perna, who has taught at NJIT for 45 years and rarely missed a graduation, has watched tens of thousands of students graduate from NJIT.  >>
Nirwan Ansari, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, will be delivering a keynote, “On Wide Area Network Optimization,” at the 4th International Conference on Communications, Mobility, and Computing (CMC 2012) at Guilin, China, May 21-23, 2012. >>
Law, Technology and Culture (LTC) Major Vanessa Espinal has won a seat in the Rutgers Camden School of Law Pre-Law Undergraduate Scholars (PLUS) Program.  >>

Bubbles 4 Autism

May 15, 2012
On April 26, Caitlyn Ragni, Student Athlete Advisory Committee President and NJIT Women's Soccer Co-Captain, hosted a community service event along with the SAAC to raise awareness for autism.  >>
NJIT Associate Professor Roberto Rojas-Cessa will be the general co-chair of the upcoming 35th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium on May 21-22, 2012.  NJIT will be the host for the first time in the event's history.  >>
Tia Montalto, 22, of Old Bridge, grew up a tomboy, with a passion for cars.   Her long-time boyfriend, Walter Vittitoe, 29, of Laurence Harbor,   industrious and persistent, bright and able, good-hearted and grateful, worked for eight years as a machinist before enrolling at Middlesex County College, where they met.   >>
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.  >>
NeST Group of Companies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Javad K. Hassan will deliver an inspiring message after receiving an honorary degree at NJIT's 2012 Commencement to be held Tuesday, May 15, 2012.  >>
NJIT Associate Professor Zeyuan Qiu has authored and submitted a plan to restore the Neshanic River Watershed to the NJ Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).  >>
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. >>
NJIT Associate Professor Stephen Pemberton will speak about hemophilia to physicians on May 16, 2012 in Princeton at the Nassau Club at a special meeting of the Medical History Society of New Jersey.  >>
For recent Kearny High School graduate Gustavo Pacheco, 21, growing up has been a long and winding road.  >>
NJIT Associate Professor Edgardo Farinas has been awarded today a three-year $340,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to investigate spores as a protein display platform for the directed evolution of membrane proteins.   >>
Yang Fan, NJIT class of 2011, recently led a team based in Philadelphia at the New Venture Competition of the Carnegie Mellon University US-China Entrepreneurship and Innovation Summit held on April 28th-April 29th in Pittsburgh.  >>
NJIT Professor David Rothenberg, author of Survival of the Beautiful (Bloomsbury Press, 2011) will present his revolutionary examination of the interplay between beauty, art and culture in evolution in a lecture May 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown.  >>
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.  >>
In 2012, NJIT launched the Project Based Learning (PBL) course. >>
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.  >>
Mustafa U. Torun, PhD candidate in the department of electrical and computer engineering, recently gave two oral presentations on papers published in the IEEE CISS 2012 conference in Princeton, NJ (http://ee-ciss.princeton.edu/schedule.php). >>
Some two dozen civil engineering students at NJIT were thrilled last Sunday as they took first place in the 2012 Concrete Canoe Competition for the New York metropolitan region.  >>
Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology development and Cesar Bandera, president Cell Podium and adjunct professor in NJIT SOM gave a presentation at the recent Turismo Conference on Tourism and Technology in Oviedo Spain http://turismo.as/>>
On Wednesday, April 25, 2012, from 4-6 p.m. the IEEE North Jersey Section of the Instrumentation and Measurement Society (IMS) and the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT) are hosting a talk entitled, “When Worlds Collide-Why Microwave and High Speed Digital Designers Should Be Best Friends.” >>
The future of green wireless networks will be the focus of a lecture on April 23, 2012 at NJIT http://www.njit.edu/ by Gee (George) Rittenhouse, the chairman of the board of the research consortium GreenTouch http://www.greentouch.org/.  >>
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, Associate Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, gave a talk about "Limiting the Proliferation of Malware and Sybil Attacks"  in  the computer science building, Princeton University, on April 19, 2012. >>
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.  >>
Yesheskel Bar-Ness, distinguished professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, and Pan Liu, alumni, received US Patent 8,023,583 on Sept. 20, 2011 for "Method and /or System for Estimating Phase Noise Error."  >>
NJIT's Career Development Services is hosting the 2nd Annual Culminating service-learning presentations for elementary and middle school students from Bragaw Avenue School (The Service-Learning Academy), Newark Public Schools, on Tuesday, April 17th from 9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A.   >>
NJIT Procurement Center and the Small Business Administration are sponsoring an informational free workshop for Small Businesses located in areas of high unemployment on May 22, 2012 in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium from 8:30-1 PM. >>
US Drag, directed by Louis Wells, will be presented by the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program on April 18, 19, 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. and on April 22 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bradley Hall Theatre on the Rutgers-Newark campus.  >>
Industrial Design major Catherine Leung is featured in an ad appearing in the New York Times Education Life section on April 15, 2012. >>
IEEE's North Jersey Chapter, Controls Section is hosting the technical talk: “Stability Radius Optimization and Nonlinear Control of a Segway Style Robot”, to be presented by Sam Nazari, NJIT Alum., on Monday April 16th, from 6:30 to 7:30 PM in ECE 202.   Pizza and soft drinks will be available to attendees at 6 PM. >>
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Roberto Rojas-Cessa, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has recently co-authored a new book on advanced Internet protocols. >>
Written by Doris Zames Fleischer, PhD, of the NJIT Humanities Department, a 2011 updated edition of The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation (Philadelphia: Temple University Press), originally published in 2001, as well as chapters on disability rights in two different volumes, have recently been published. >>
A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and university lecturer at NJIT, John A. Wiggins, of Union Township, was appointed for the 2012-2013 accreditation cycle to the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).  >>
NJIT will participate in the 2012 Summer Food Service Program from July 2, 2012 to August 15, 2012.  >>
Nirwan Ansari, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering has received an additional three patents for his work.  >>
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.  >>
Alexander Haimovich, Ying Wu Endowed Chair in Wireless Telecommunications and professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, Osvaldo Simeone, assistant professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, Bo Niu, alumni, and Oren Somekh, research collaborator at Princeton University, received US Patent 8,112,095 issued on 2/ 7/2012 for “Sum Rate Of Broadcast Channels With Outdated 1-Bit Feedback.” >>
“Holding Pattern” brings Interboro Partners, and NJIT CoAD's Georgeen Theodore as one of the founding partners, another award. >>
Yun-Qing Shi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Chunhua Chen, alumni, received US Patent 8,103,054 issued on 1/24/2012 for “Method For Identifying Marked Images Using Statistical Moments Based At Least In Part On A JPEG Array.” >>
Nirwan Ansari, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, and Zhiqiang Gao, alumni, received US Patent 8,091,132 issued on 1/ 3/2012 for “Behavior-based Traffic Differentiation (BTD) to Defend against Distributed Denial of Service Attacks.” >>
NJIT Professor Neil Maher will discusses the emergence of the urban park movement in the U.S. and the importance of Frederick Law Olmsted and Essex County's Branch Brook Park in a free talk set for April 12, from 4-5:30 p.m. at the Cherry Blossom Visitors Center in Branch Brook Park.  >>
Three high-tech companies based at NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC) http://www.njit-edc.org/  took top awards at the recent 2012 Venture Conference sponsored by the New Jersey Technology Council.  >>
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.”  >>
The Department of Engineering Technology has appointed three new BCANJ (Building Contractors Association of New Jersey) members to its Industrial Advisory Committee.  >>
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.   >>
NJIT has released President Bloom's first report on the stewardship of New Jersey Institute of Technology. Read more >>
While pursuing a doctorate in information systems at NJIT, Elizabeth Avery Gomez, of Whippany, researched better ways to help emergency first responders—often volunteers from grassroots organizations—communicate more efficiently and effectively throughout a crisis.  >>
The Alcoa Foundation, in partnership with national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the College & University Recycling Coalition (CURC), has given 60 recycling bins to NJIT as part of its national bin grant program to colleges and universities throughout the country during the 2012 RecycleMania collegiate recycling competition. >>
NJIT instructors will teach a group of 35 students how to work in moon suits and handle hazardous materials.  >>
Jordan S. Miller, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania will discuss “Multiscale Vascularization of 3D Engineered Tissues” on April 5 at 11:00 a.m. in Fenster Hall, Rm. 190. >>
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. >>
Christopher Funkhouser and Andrew Klobucar, associate professor and assistant professor, respectively, in NJIT's Department of Humanities, are featured in CAPTA: Conversations with Poets About Technology http://glia.ca/2012/capta/, a new video project produced by the Canadian artist/professor Dr. Jhave Johnston.  >>
John Ason, Angel Investor, will discuss “Angel Investing and Entrepreneurial Opportunities” from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in GITC 4415 on April 4. >>
Dr. Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss “Particle Transport Along and Across the Streamlines in Microfluidic Devices” on April 4, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in MEC 224. >>

Clean Sweep

March 30, 2012
Members of the NJIT fraternity and sorority community partnered with the Downtown Newark District to organize a mass cleanup of the Raymond Boulevard corridor from University Avenue to Warren Street.  >>
Past economic bubbles have been inflated by visions of wealth from tulips (yes, tulips), international trade, railroads, biotechnology and the Internet. >>
Dr. Mahmoud Wazne from Stevens Institute of Technology will present a seminar on “Beneficial Use of Industrial and Agricultural Waste Byproducts in Civil and Environmental Engineering Works” in Colton 210 at  4:30 p.m. on April 3. >>
Dr. Wonsiri Punurai, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mahidol University, Nakhonpathom, Thailand will speak on “Monitoring Vibration-based Structural Healthusing Nonlinear Approach”.  >>
Dr. Crystal Smith, associate director of the Educational Opportunity Program, has been elected to the national board of the MIND (Minorities in Engineering Division) Division of ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education.)  >>
The Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and Arizona Diamondbacks should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves and the Cincinnati Reds will make it to Major League Baseball's post-season as wild card teams in the National League (NL) in 2012, according to NJIT's baseball guru Bruce Bukiet.  >>
Mathematics is a vital tool for understanding the world and in the fall of 2012 a new museum will invite the public to experience the power and wonders of mathematics, with an emphasis on activities that are creative, surprising and fun.   >>
Dr. Cesar Bandera, adjunct professor in the School of Management and College of Computing Sciences,  spoke today at Juniper Networks OpenLab in Bridgewater.  >>
David Rothenberg, professor of Philosophy and Music, will present “The Survival of the Beautiful” as the final lecture in the spring series at the Morris Museum on Wednesday, May 9 at 7:30 p.m. >>
NJIT Associate Professor Stephen Pemberton has been invited to speak at the Bullitt History of Medicine Club at the University of North Carolina (UNC) about how hemophilia became manageable in the 20th century.  >>
Dr. Abishai (Avi) Polus, professor of Transportation Engineering with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, will discuss “Modeling Interchange Complexity and Its Effect On Safety” on Mar. 27 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Joe Goddard, PhD, professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, will discuss "Playing in Sand for Science, Engineering and Amusement (or Life without kT)” on March 28, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. in GITC 3710.  >>
Dr. Mei Liu, Department of Biomedical Informatics School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, will discuss “Mining EMR and Public Resources for Adverse Drug Reaction Detection” on March 28 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Professor Yee C. Chiew, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss “Solubility and Thermodynamics of Pharmaceutical Systems” on Mar. 26 at 2:30 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117. >>
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. >>
High school student teams will present their projects from the current season's work at the ACE Mentor Program Final Presentation Night on March 22 from 4-6 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  >>
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Department of Biomedical Engineering funding for creating an REU site. >>
NJIT was assigned a patent (8,126,103) developed by Miao Shi, of Kearny, and Distinguished Professor Yeheskel Bar-Ness, of Marlboro, for a "frame synchronization using correlation between permuted sequences." >>
Angelo J. Perna, PhD, director of the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at NJIT, was recognized last month by Omega Chi Epsilon, the chemical engineering honor society, for his dedicated service over the past four decades.  >>
The NJIT men's swimming team has been honored with the Team Scholar All American award by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America for the 2011 season.  >>
Gale Spak, associate vice president of Continuing & Distance Education, is presenting at a conference at the University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom on March 22.  >>
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.  >>
Dr. Shweta Jain, assistant professor in the Math and Computer Science Department at York College CUNY, will discuss "SAP: Storage Aware Protocols for Seamless Integration of Heterogeneous Network Architectures" on March 21, 2:30 p.m.-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
Farzan Nadim, PhD, professor in the departments of mathematical sciences and biological sciences at NJIT, has been appointed chairperson of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Sensorimotor Integration Study Section from July of 2012 to June of 2014. >>
Petia Vlahovska, assistant professor of engineering at Brown University, will discuss “Nonlinear Electrohydrodynamics of a Viscous Droplet” on March 19 at 4:00 p.m. in Cullimore 611. >>
NJIT senior Anthony Sorgi wants to save the world – or at least improve it. >>
The Department of Information Systems will be holding the 7th annual web design competition on Wednesday, March 14, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom.  >>
On Saturday evening, February 25th, the major yearly fundraiser for the Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program was held at Valbella Restaurant in NYC.  >>
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, is growing not only in faculty and enrollment, but physical size in order to meet the demand for workforce and economic development in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions. >>
Sihong Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, The City University of New York, City College will discuss “Development of 3D Microfluidic Cell Arrays” on March 9, 10:30 a.m. in Central King Building 204.  >>
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. >>
Sudharshan S. Vazhkudai, Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will discuss “Novel Storage Architectures for Big Data Challenges in Extreme-scale HPC Systems” on March 8 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.            >>
Durga Misra, PhD, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT, will give a seminar on "From Graduate Student to a Successful Faculty Member" on March 8th at 4 pm in GITC-4415. For more information, please visit http://deepcs.njit.edu/gradfaculty.php. >>
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. >>
Ravi Ananth, Onsight Technology USA, will discuss “Real Time XRD Microscopy” on March 7 from 2.30 to 4:00 p.m. in Tiernan Hall 406. >>
Dr. Pius Egbelu, Dean of the School of Management, will discuss the importance of providing engineering students with the leadership, business and management skills necessary to advance their careers on Tuesday, March 6 in Colton Hall 210 from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.   >>
Dr. Gustavo De Los Reyes, Executive Director of Technology Security at AT&T, will present “The Network as a Mobility Security Platform” on March 7, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
NJIT will be receiving 60 recycling containers awarded through the Alcoa Foundation Collegiate Recycling Bin Grant program.  >>
The work of NJIT researchers N.M. Ravindra, Ivan Padron, Priyanka Singh, Bhumi Bhatt, and Vishal Singh will be featured in the upcoming March issue of JOM - The Member Journal of TMS>>
NJIT's Computer Science Department of the College of Computing Science is pleased to organize the 2012 NJIT High School Programming Contest on Thursday, March 15, 2012 from 8:30am – 5pm. >>
Poetry and other forms of creative expression have the power to motivate thinking that addresses critical social issues such as race and identity in new and positive ways. >>
“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. >>
Richard Russo, president and CEO of Endomedix, Inc., will discuss "Starting Out in Medical Devices: A Long and Winding Road" on March 2 at 10:30 a.m. in the Central King Building Rm. 204.  >>
Meenakshi Dutt, PhD, assistant professor in the department of chemical and biological engineering at Rutgers University, will discuss "Harnessing Spontaneous and Self-Assembly to Design Biomimetic Functionalized Nanotube-Lipid Hybrid Structures" on March 5, 4-5 p.m. in Cullimore 611. >>
Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor and director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Policy Studies at NJIT, will speak next month at a series of events on the Future of the Vancouver Region organized by the Metro Vancouver Council of Governments>>
Sven G. Bilén, Engineering Design, Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, will discuss "The Need for Systems Thinking to Solve 21st Century Challenges" on March 5 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117. >>
Software engineer Lawrence "Larry" Bernstein an adjunct professor at NJIT has received the 2011 Industrial Innovation Award from the IEEE Communications Society.  >>
Zach F. Gallagher, PE, LEED-AP, COO and vice president, Alliance Environmental & Natural Systems Utilities, will discuss "LEED and Integrated Water Resource Management" on Feb. 28, 4:30-5:45 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
More than 150 employers will attend the NJIT Spring Career, Co-op and Internship Fair -- the largest ever at NJIT.  >>
NJIT mourns the loss of John N. Bain '53, who served as vice chairman of the NJIT Board of Trustees for many years, on February 21, 2012.  >>
NJIT has been named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellent University for 2011.  >>
The US Labor Department H1-B Technical Skills Training Program has awarded NJIT a $5 million grant to create a technical skills training program for the City of Newark and Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Morris and Hudson counties.  >>
A treatise from a German foundation advocating the deceleration of the pursuit of science in higher education has been translated into English by NJIT Professor James Geller.   >>
NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering in collaboration with Career Development Services will host the second annual Biotech/Life Sciences Industry Forum on March 7, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Ballroom B. >>
Paul Rosolie of Tamandua Jungle Expeditions in Wyckoff, NJ will discuss "Conservation in the Western Amazon" on Feb. 28 at 11:30 a.m. in Tiernan 373. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss of William S. Guttenberg '44, a loyal and generous alumnus who spent his life, time, and fortune making the world a better place for people with physical limitations and those who are developmentally disabled. >>
Cabaret, directed by Michael Kerley, will be presented by the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program on Feb. 29 and March 1, 2, and 3 at 7 p.m. and on March 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre, Kupfrian Hall. >>
Gary Hemphill, PhD, PE of Parsons Brinkerhoff (East Side Access Project) will discuss "Tunneling in the Miaoli Area for the Taiwan High Speed Rail" on February 21, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210.   >>
Roseanne Zia, a post-doctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, will discuss "Particle Motion in Colloids: Microviscosity, Microdiffusivity, and Normal Stresses" on Feb. 27, 4-5 pm in Cullimore 611. >>
Linda C. Sharkus, PhD, president and co-founder of AcquiSci Inc., a a medical device company based in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, has been named one of New Jersey's 2012 Best 50 Women in Business by NJBIZ. >>
The NJIT Innovation Acceleration Center, School of Management (SOM) and Enterprise Development Center technology incubator will host the Brick City Tech Meetup on Feb. 29 at 6 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room in SOM.  >>
Xia Jing, PhD, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Institutes of Health, will discuss "Constructing A Bio-health Knowledge Base For Access Via A Standardized Electronic Health Record Prototype" on Feb. 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415. >>
NJIT's Continuing Professional Education (CPE) will offer an Information Session for their iPhone and iPad Application Development and Android Application Development online non-credit classes on March 3, 10 a.m-12 noon in the College of Architecture and Design, Weston Hall Gallery. >>
Cesar Bandera, PhD, adjunct professor in NJIT's School of Management and College of Computing Sciences, is presenting the results of his federally funded research in health delivery via mobile devices at the third international m-Health Summit and the Society for Applied Learning Technologies Conference. >>
Fuzzy Hierarchical Decision Modeling by NJIT Associate Professor Michael Khader has been re-issued by Lambert Publishing Company in a soft-bound text.  >>
Maxine Kwan, PhD, adjunct professor in the department of biomedical engineering at NJIT, will discuss "Designing the World's Best Badminton Racket" on Feb. 17 at 10 a.m. in the Central King Building Room 204.  >>
Shicong Meng of the College of Computing at Georgia Tech will discuss "Monitoring-as-a-Service in the Cloud" on Feb. 15, 2:30–3:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 4415.     >>
A group of students in the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program will be performing in New York City as the IT: Improv Technicians on Feb.14 at 9:30 p.m. at The People's Improv Theatre.   >>
NJIT Associate Professor Jian Yang, an industrial engineer, recently delivered an invited lecture at Rutgers University about dynamic pricing involving competing firms.   >>
The Winter 2012 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available on line. The issue's cover feature is “Bolstering Cyber Security,” which describes how NJIT researchers are addressing a wide variety of security issues unique to protecting computer resources.   >>
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.  >>
Stu Soled, PhD, Distinguished Research Associate at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., will discuss "Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Catalytic Materials" on Feb. 13 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117. . >>
“Creative Diversity” will be the theme of this Spring's 2012 NJIT Technology and Society Forum, http://tsf.njit.edu a series of free events open to the public and scheduled from Feb. 22, 2012-April 13, 2012 on the NJIT campus.   >>
Michel Boufadel, PhD, PE, professor of environmental engineering at Temple University and director of the Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection, will discuss "The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill after 22 Years: Persistence and Remediation" on Feb. 7, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Check out Best Buy's commercial featuring winning inventors like NJIT's Dan Henderson–inventor, sculptor, entrepreneur, member of the NJIT Board of Overseers and Albert Dorman Honors College Board of Visitors–that aired in the first quarter, third break during yesterday's big game. >>
A student team in the Albert Dorman Honors College Interdisciplinary Design Studio (IDS) won two second-place awards–Best Pitch and People's Choice–on Feb. 1 at the Annual New Jersey  Entrepreneurial Network (NJEN) poster session at Princeton University. >>
NJIT Humanities Professor and digital poetry expert Christopher Funkhouser will participate in Interrupt 2012, a three-day international studio celebrating writing and performance in digital media, on Feb. 10-12 at Brown University. >>
NJIT's Procurement Technical Assistance Center will present a seminar on the Federal Aviation Administration's procurement forecast for 2012-13 on Feb. 18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at Atlantic Cape Community College. >>
Lou Kondic, PhD, a professor in NJIT's Department of Mathematical Sciences, will discuss "Modeling Thin Film Instabilities with Application to Liquid metals on Nanoscale" on Feb. 6 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Room 611. >>
Anthony Di Benedetto, PhD, professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at the Fox School of Business, Temple University, will discuss "Design as a Strategic Component of New Product Development" on Feb. 8, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A.  >>
NJIT's College Goal Sunday is set this year for Feb. 19, 2012 (snow date March 4, 2012) from 1-4 p.m. in the second floor ballroom of NJIT's Campus Center.  >>
Chemical Engineering Professor Norman W. Loney is an organizer and Biomedical Engineering Professor Treena Arinzeh will discuss “Biomaterials for Stem Cell Tissue Engineering” at the inaugural symposium of the Chemical Engineering Discussion Group on March 30 at The New York Academy of Sciences.  >>
Startup companies will have the opportunity to meet face to face with investors with access to funding at Startupalooza NJ on Feb. 9, 3-6 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium at NJIT.  >>
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. >>
Durgamadhab Misra, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, served as the Guest Editor of the current issue of "INTERFACE" magazine (Vol. 20, No. 4) of the Electrochemical Society. >>
Wei Wang, PhD, PE, president of Urbantech Consulting Engineering, PC, will discuss "Construction of the 145th Street Bridge Over Harlem River in NY" on Jan. 31, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
The first event of the new graduate chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at NJIT was held on Jan. 26 in the Campus Center Faculty Dining Room.  >>
Michael Skarzynski, chief executive officer of Intera Group, Inc., will discuss “Do You Have What It Takes to Become An Entrepreneur?” on Feb.1, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 4415. >>
NJIT Professor Mengchu Zhou, of Basking Ridge, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) based on his distinguished scientific contributions to a variety of research areas in the field of electrical and computer engineering.  >>
Three Albert Dorman Honors College students, accompanied by ADHC Assistant Dean for Student Programs Paul Dine, PhD, traveled to the Dominican Republic earlier this month to help complete the building of a home for a local family in need.  >>
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.  >>
The NJIT Innovation Acceleration Center, School of Management and the Enterprise Development Center will host the Brick City Tech Meetup on Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Leir Conference Room in SOM. >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, is an invited speaker at the World Wide Security and Mobility Conference (WWSMC) to be held on Jan. 23-25, 2012 in Princeton, NJ.  >>
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.  >>
NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser has published New Directions in Digital Poetry (Continuum Books, 2012), an informed look at digital poetry in its contemporary state.  >>
Mengchu Zhou, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been named a 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). >>
Computer engineering major Christopher Early, an Albert Dorman Honors College scholar and a varsity swimmer, will be featured in an ad scheduled to appear in the New York Times Education Life section on January 22, 2012. >>
Mohamed Mahgoub, PhD, assistant professor and Concrete Industry Management program director in the Department of Engineering Technology, has been appointed to the chair position of the American Concrete Institute Committee 555, Concrete with Recycled Materials, for a three-year term. >>
Humberto “Humby” Baquerizo '95, of Newark, assistant director of the Campus Center overseeing the Office of Conference Services and Programs, presented at the Tau Delta Phi Pyramid Leadership Institute 2012 at Ramapo College on Jan. 14, 2012. >>
Meghan Groome, PhD, director of K12 Education and Science & the City at the New York Academy of Sciences, will discuss "The Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program" on Jan. 23 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117.  >>
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.  >>
The NJIT Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will sponsor "Fulfilling the Dream through STEM" on Jan. 20, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom at NJIT.  >>
Call this event the true battle of the brains as some 500 middle and senior high school students from throughout Northern New Jersey descend on NJIT Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 to compete vigorously among themselves to be crowned the best of North Jersey's future scientists and engineers.   >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss on December 25, 2011 of Ernest Geskin, PhD, professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering.  >>
The recently reinstated Xi Pi Chapter of Order of Omega at NJIT was recognized in the society's national newsletter for December 2011/January 2012. >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-demand fields, meet one-on- one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Open House on Jan. 12, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall, Room 100, Admissions Office. >>
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. >>
The NJIT community mourns the loss on December 18, 2011 of Seymour "Zoom" Fleisher '51. A memorial service will be announced at a later date. >>
NJIT Professor Gordon Thomas and NJIT Research Professor Reginald Farrow, both in the department of physics, and NJIT alumnus Sheng Liu, formerly a doctoral student of both researchers and now an engineer at a biotech company, were awarded a patent today for the NJIT SmartShunt™, a unique device to help patients with brain injuries.  >>
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.” >>
Mustafa U. Torun, a PhD candidate in electrical and computer engineering, co-authored a paper entitled "On Epps Effect and Rebalancing of Hedged Portfolio in Multiple Frequencies" with his adviser Ali Akansu, PhD, and presented it at the Fourth International Workshop on Computational Advances in Multi-Sensor Adaptive Processing on Dec. 14, 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. >>
2011
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. >>
Atam Dhawan, PhD, distinguished professor and associate dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College, was selected to represent the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) as a 2012-2013 Distinguished Lecturer>>
NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser has published a new multimedia piece in The New River, one of the oldest online digital art/writing journals. >>
Attorney Dolcey E. Chaplin, director of the NJIT Procurement Center, participated last week in an invitation-only panel discussion on behalf of the U.S. House of Representatives Armed Services Committee's Defense Business Panel.   >>
Marjorie Perry '05, president and chief executive officer of MZM Construction and Management, Inc., based in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, was one of three individuals to be inducted into the NJBIZ Hall of Fame.  >>
A photo exhibit by Owen Fitzgerald '08, of Monroe Township, who spent 27 months as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali, will be on display at the Monroe Township Public Library through December 18.  >>
Gautham Rao, PhD, director of the Law, Technology and Culture major in NJIT's Federated Department of History, has been appointed by the American Society for Legal History to chair the Kathryn T. Preyer Committee.   >>
Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, has been named a recipient of a New Jersey Small Business Development Centers 2011 Success Award. >>
Michael Weinstein, PhD, professor of applied mathematics at Columbia University, will discuss "Scattering, Homogenization and Waves in Microstructures" on Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, has been invited to deliver a keynote speech, "On Accelerating Content Delivery," at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Services.  >>
"Never Losing Hope: Different Voices of Contemporary Music,” the first of three free concerts from the Museum of Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance will take place Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at 4 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center, Summit and Bleeker streets. >>
Basil C. Baltzis, PhD, professor in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, has been appointed as Associate Dean of Academic Affairs of the Newark College of Engineering.  >>
WattLots LLC, a solar parking lot systems firm in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, won a "Cool Product" award in the New Jersey Technology Council's mid-Atlantic Innovation Competition. >>
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.   >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, has been invited to deliver a keynote speech, "On Accelerating Content Delivery," at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2011 Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Services on Dec. 5 in Houston, Texas. >>
NJIT mourns the passing this weekend of Fe'Tia Daniels, Business Manager for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority.  >>
NJIT researchers, who have helped hundreds of science, mathematics, and technology teachers in New Jersey improve how students learn, have published a book chapter about their success using robotics as both a motivational and learning tool.  >>
Own It Ventures, in collaboration with New Jersey Monthly magazine will honor three women business owners located at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center (EDC).  >>
Praveen Ramaprabhu, PhD, assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, will discuss "Numerical Simulations of the Nonlinear Rayleigh-Taylor Instability" on Dec. 5 at 4.p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
Eight Interior Design students from the School of Art + Design who are members of the NJIT chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) spent Nov. 20 in Union, NJ, volunteering to help a family in need.  >>
NJIT Professor Alexander Haimovich has been named the new Ying Wu Endowed Chair in Wireless Telecommunications in the NJIT Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Newark College of Engineering. >>
Judith Sheft, associate vice president for technology development, will be the keynote speaker at the North-America Chinese Entrepreneur Association (NACEA) Annual Conference on Dec. 3 at NJIT. >>
Kenneth Breuer, professor at Brown University, will discuss "The Mechanics of Bacterial Motility in Viscous and Viscoelastic Fluids" on Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Douglas E. Adams, AICP, an urban planner specializing in active transportation planning and design, environmental planning, and community outreach, will discuss "One Bike Lane Does Not Fit All:  Designing Bikeways for (Almost) Everyone" on Nov. 30, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
NJIT Humanities Professor and poet Burt Kimmelman, of Maplewood, has published his seventh collection of poetry, The Way We Live (Dos Madres Press, 2011). >>
Edward G. Amoroso, PhD, senior vice president and chief security officer for AT&T Services, Inc., will discuss "Advances in Network-Based Security and Career Advice to Students" on Nov. 28, 2:30 -3:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
NJIT's Office of Continuing and Professional Education will host Graduate Certificate, Weekend University and Professional Development Open Houses and an Online Chat on Dec. 1, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall Rm.100. Register here. >>
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program at NJIT hosted a Biannual Northeast Concrete Industry Management Patrons meeting on Nov. 11 in Eberhardt Hall. >>
An agreement was signed today by NJIT Interim President Joel S. Bloom and NeST Group of Companies CEO Javad K. (“Jay”) Hassan to offer a post-graduate program in “Global Technology Management.”  >>
"Never Losing Hope: Different Voices of Contemporary Music,” the first of three free concerts from the Museum of Human Rights, Freedom and Tolerance will take place Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 at 4 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center, Summit and Bleeker streets.  >>
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. >>
The New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center (NJ-HITEC) announced today that it has reached the 5,000 primary care providers member milestone in support of the healthcare evolution to transition to patient Electronic Health Records (EHRs).  >>
Adeena Karasick, PhD, a professor of global literature at St. John's University and media artist who has created four internationally acclaimed videopoems, will discuss "Glammed-Out, Googley-Eyed & Gangsta: Parody, Satire and Cultural Sampling in the Age of Media Obsession" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on Nov. 23, 2:30-4 p.m. in GITC 1100.  >>
Dajin Wang, PhD, a professor in the department of computer science at Montclair State University, will discuss "A Few Recent Results in WSN Research" on Nov. 23, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in GITC 4415.           >>
NJIT's Science, Technology, and Society Program and Albert Dorman Honors College will host "Turning Science and Technology Green: Sustainable Development and Engineering Education" by Andrew Jamison, PhD, professor of technology, environment, and society at Aalborg University in Denmark, on Nov. 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in Kupfrian 106.  >>
Mahmoud Wazne, PhD, assistant professor in the Center for Environmental Systems at Stevens Institute of Technology, will discuss "Beneficial Use of Industrial and Agricultural Waste Byproducts in Civil and Environmental Engineering Works" on Nov. 22, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
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. >>
“The Worldwide Water Crisis” will be the focus of a talk by Upmanu Lall, director of the Columbia Water Center at Columbia University on Nov. 16, 2011 at 3 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Ballroom. >>
Alexander Schliep, PhD, an associate professor of computer science at Rutgers University, will discuss "Efficient Full Bayesian HMM for CNV Detection" on Nov. 21, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center  4415.        >>
The IEEE NJ Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters and NJIT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will co-sponsor “The Perspective of Nanotechnology and Its Convergence with Future Information Technology" on Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. in ECE Rm. 202. >>
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program will present “The Murderous Mansion of Mr. Uno” by Don Zolidis on Nov. 30 through Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. and on Dec. 4 at 2:30 p.m. at the Bradley Hall Theatre, Rutgers University-Newark. >>
Ron Ogan, a Senior IEEE Member and Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society Governor Board member, will give two talks on Nov. 17 in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center, Rm 3710: "Empowering Engineers during Changing Economic Times," 4:30-5:30 p.m., and "Federal Next Generation Flight Control System," 6:30-7:30 p.m.  >>
John M. Guckenheimer, PhD, Abram R. Bullis Professor in Mathematics at Cornell University, will discuss "Mixed Mode Oscillations" on Nov. 18 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
The NJIT student chapter of the Association of Computing Machinery has invited NJIT College of Computing Sciences Associate Dean Barry Cohen to speak on Nov. 16, 2011, about the Open Source file distribution technology BitTorrent. >>
Camille Kamga, PhD, assistant professor of civil engineering at The City College of NY, will discuss "Dynamic Traffic Assignment Modeling for Incident Management" on Nov.15, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Yasmine Aly, Carlo Badiola, Shasha Zhang, Priya Santhanam, Shashank Vummidi, all graduate students in NJIT's Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, presented papers last week at the AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student, and Education Conference 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). >>
Joel Plawsky, PhD, professor in the department of chemical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will discuss "The CVB Heat Pipe Experiment on Earth and in Space" on Nov. 21 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall 210. >>
Zujie Fang of the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will discuss "Optical Fiber Sensitivities and Fiber Sensors" at a Joint Physics-MTSE Seminar on November 10, 2.30-3.30 p.m. in Tiernan 408.  >>
David R. Chapman, PE, president of Lachel & Associates, Inc., will discuss "Project Evaluation, Cost Estimating, and Risk Assessment" on Nov. 8, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Hillary Gillings, of Irvington, an administrative assistant at NJIT who happens to also be a long-time gospel singer/songwriter has recorded an album with the Tate Music Group entitled "This Is The Lord's Doing."   >>
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. >>
More than a half dozen licensed inventions that will someday enable people to lead healthier and more productive lives has brought a unique honor to NJIT Professor Gordon A. Thomas, of Princeton Township>>
Vincent Lombardo, of Bayonne, has been named a new development director in the NJIT Office for University Advancement. >>
Balagangadhar G. Bathul, PhD, of Columbia University will discuss "Cross-Layer Architecture and Design Approaches for Optical Networks" on Nov. 8 at 4:30 p.m. in ECEC 202. >>
The inaugural TEDxNJIT event takes place on Nov. 11, 2011 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus and via an accompanying live simulcast broadcast available to viewers worldwide.  >>
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. >>
Jonas B. Brobbey, who received his BS in mathematical sciences in 2009 and is now pursuing an MS in applied statistics, has been awarded an Actuarial Diversity Scholarship from the Actuarial Foundation. >>
NJIT Humanities Professor Burt Kimmelman, of Maplewood, who has published six poetry collections, will read from his collected works on Nov. 6 at 3 p.m. at the Monroe Center for the Arts in Hoboken.  >>
Discover how NJIT's CloudMASTER® and CloudGURU® certificate programs can enhance your career or help you gain employment in a highly competitive labor force at a Cloud Information Session on Nov. 10, 5-7:30 p.m. or on Nov. 12, 10 a.m.-12 noon in the Gallery at NJIT's College of Architecture and Design. >>
Scott Kiefer, PhD, of the mechanical engineering department at York College of Pennsylvania, will be the guest speaker at the "Workshop on Everyday Examples in Engineering (E3)" on Nov. 9, 2:30-4 p.m. in Tiernan Room 406. >>
NJIT is offering a noncredit, 100 percent online Android OS Application Development Course for entrepreneurs and anyone who is interested in learning how to build mobile applications for the Google Android Mobile platform. >>
John J. Peirce, PE, DGE, vice president and secretary, and Jennifer Peirce Brandt, PE, vice president and principal of Peirce Engineering, Inc., will discuss "Selection of Excavation Support Systems: Advantages and Disadvantages" on Nov. 1, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210.  >>
NJIT will co-host with the New Jersey United States Marine Corps Reserve Association a daylong cyber-terrorism symposium looking at proactive approaches to counter-terrorism.  >>
Ionnis Kevrekidis, PhD, Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor in Engineering and professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University, will discuss "No Equations, No Variables: Modeling and Computation for Complex Systems" on Nov. 7 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 210. >>
Alan E. Delahoy, former vice president, research and development at New Millennium Solar Equipment Corp., will discuss "Transparent Conducting Oxides with High Electron Mobility: A New Tool for Their Deposition" on Nov. 2, 2:30-4 p.m. in Tiernan 406. >>
Komlan Egoh, a PhD student in NJIT's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was selected as a recipient of the Graduate Student Award 2011 by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. >>
Owen Fitzgerald, who received a degree in engineering and construction technology from NJIT in 2008, will discuss his recent Peace Corps experience in Mali at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on Nov. 2, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
NJIT will hold its annual black-tie benefit dinner, Celebration 2011, on Nov. 11, 2011 at The Pleasantdale Chateau, West Orange.  >>
Vivian K. Mushahwar, PhD, associate professor at the University of Alberta, will be the guest speaker at the Department of Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series on Oct. 28, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Central King Building Rm. 204. >>
The NJIT student chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) received the Outstanding Student Chapter Award from the national organization for the 2010-2011 school year. >>
The 10th International Workshop on Digital-Forensics and Watermarking will be held Oct. 23-26, 2011 at the ACH Casino Resort, Atlantic City.  >>
NJIT Professor David Rothenberg's newest book Survival of the Beautiful: Art, Science, and Evolution (Bloomsbury Press) will be released at the end of this month.  >>
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. >>
"This Is The Lord's Doing," a new album by Hillary Gillings, administrative assistant in NJIT's Office of Institutional Research and Planning, was released this week on the Tate Publishing website. >>
Jose Rodriquez, chief executive officer of M.E.R.I.T., Inc., a portfolio company located in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, has been invited to participate in the White House Business Leaders' Forum on Jobs and Economic Competitiveness on Nov. 4, 2011. >>
Joseph Nadan, PhD, industry professor at NYU Polytechnic Institute, will discuss "How to Become an Innovation Sherpa©" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on Oct. 26, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium. >>
Rajarshi Roy, PhD, professor and director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, will discuss “Synchronization in Real Networks: Control and Optimization” on Oct. 28 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II.  >>
Concrete Industry Management Program students Wilton Arellano, Nicholas Thomas, John Te, and Christopher Worthington, and CIM Specialist Anlee Orama attended the Concrete International Institute (ACI) Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. >>
With Major League Baseball's World Series set to begin tomorrow, NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the players most deserving of winning baseball's most important awards for the 2011 season. >>
Due to unforeseen circumstances, “Understanding the Benefits and Risks of Atomic Power,” the Technology and Society Forum presentation scheduled for Wednesday, October 19, has been cancelled.  >>
"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. >>
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.  >>
MengChu Zhou, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, presented two papers at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics on Oct. 9-12 in Anchorage, AK. >>
A new wireless device to help victims of spinal cord injury is receiving attention in the research community.  >>
Umit S. Ozkan, PhD, professor in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering at The Ohio State University, will discuss "Catalysis and Energy" on Oct. 31 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 210. >>
George Nechwort Sr., of Sangerfield, NY, has helped to maintain the Panama Canal, supervise construction of pipelines, power plants and refinery process units, and direct major bridge and highway projects. >>
“Decide what you're passionate about and pursue that passion to the very best of your ability, always keeping the goal of excellence in mind.” That's the advice Gurinder S. Ahluwalia, of Danville, CA, offers to young people contemplating the path ahead.  >>
Marjorie Perry, president and CEO of MZM Construction and Management, a Newark-based company, recently received one of six annual NJIT Alumni Achievement Awards.  >>
Robert Sommerlad, of Gurnee, IL, has thought a lot about the challenges of power generation since he completed his bachelor's in mechanical engineering at Newark College of Engineering in 1960. >>
When Neil Armstrong took one small step for a man and a giant leap for mankind on the moon in 1969, he did so with the help of many people. They were the thousands of scientists, engineers and technicians who helped to make the Apollo moon-landing program a national triumph. Those individuals included NJIT alumnus Stanley Barauskas, of Diamond Bar, CA, who recently received one of six NJIT Alumni Awards. >>
Durgamadhab Misra, PhD, professor in NJIT's department of electrical and computer engineering, presented an invited talk on “Issues and Challenges of High-κ Dielectrics on High-Mobility Substrates” at the International Symposium on ULSI Process Integration at the ECS Meeting in Boston on Oct. 10. >>
Paul Steen, PhD, a professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University, will discuss "Dynamics and Stability of Reconfigurable Capillary Surfaces" at the Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series on Oct. 21 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
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.  >>
Cesar Bandera, PhD, adjunct professor in NJIT's School of Management and College of Computing Sciences, will be giving two workshops on Oct. 19-21 at the Third International Conference on Computation and Telecommunications in Lima, Peru.     >>
Nancy Chiaravalloti, PhD, director of Neuroscience Research at the Kessler Foundation, will be the guest speaker at the Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar Series on Oct. 21, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Central King Building Room 204. >>
The Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program will present The Castle, a play based on the novel by Franz Kafka, on Oct. 19-22 at 7 p.m. and on Oct. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theatre in Kupfrian Hall at NJIT.  >>
Want to check the pulse of New Jersey's economy? What better way to learn what employers want than to spend time tomorrow at NJIT's 19th semi-annual career fair. >>
Yehoshua Perl, PhD, professor in the department of computer science at NJIT, has been named a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics. >>
The Major League Baseball Division Series is underway and NJIT math professor Bruce Bukiet has once again analyzed the probability of each team advancing to the World Series. >>
Carlo Laing, a senior lecturer at Massey University in New Zealand, will discuss "Chimera States in Heterogeneous Kuramoto Networks" on Oct. 14 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Paul Chiarot, PhD, assistant professor in the department of mechanical engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton, will discuss "Electrospray and Continuous Ink-jet Technologies: Novel Applications and the Electrohydrodynamics of Droplets and Sprays" on Oct. 24 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore 611. >>
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. >>
David Korn, PhD, of AT&T Laboratories will discuss "Ksh and the AST Toolkit" on October 26, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 4415.  >>
NJIT Electrical Engineering Professor Haim Grebel, who will be honored tonight by NJIT for his research, will speak in a free, live webcast about the future of nanotechnology and his research.  >>
Mihaela van der Schaar, PhD, Chancellor's Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles, will discuss "Game-Theoretic Design for Networked Communities" on Oct. 26 at 6:15 p.m. in ECEC 202. >>
Electro Þerdix, a book published earlier this year by NJIT Humanities Professor Christopher Funkhouser, was reviewed by Jacket 2, an online publication associated with PennSound and the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. >>
John L. Cusack, president of Gifford Park Associates and board chair, New Jersey Corporation for Advanced Technology, will discuss "Technology Verification of Cleantech, Energy & Environmental Technology" on Oct. 11, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall Rm.210. >>
Richard B. Sher, PhD, distinguished professor in NJIT's Federated Department of History, will give the keynote lecture at the "Ireland, America and the Worlds of Mathew Carey" conference on Nov. 17 at the National Library of Ireland. >>
Grace Wang, PhD, an associate professor in NJIT's Department of Computer Science, will host a student panel on "Intern Experience in Summer 2011" on Oct. 10, 2:30-3:30 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center 4415.   >>
Kathleen Mihlbachler, university lecturer in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, will discuss "Preparative Chromatography for the Purification of Pharmaceutical Intermediate and A API" on Oct. 10, 2-3:30 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 210. >>
Yichao Wu, PhD, assistant professor in the department of statistics at North Carolina State University, will discuss "Continuously Additive Models for Functional Regression" on Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall Rm. 111. >>
NJIT's Enterprise Development Center will host an NIH/NCI SBIR Seminar and one-to-one appointments on Oct. 11, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at 211 Warren Street, Newark. >>
Philip Yecko, PhD, assistant professor of mathematical sciences at Montclair State University, will be the guest speaker at the Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series on Oct. 7 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Rima Taher, PhD, PE, university lecturer in NJIT's College of Architecture and Design and consulting structural engineer at Taher Engineering LLC, will discuss "Working with Architects and Contractors: An Engineer's Perspective" on Oct. 4, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
The Art of Invention: Sculpture by Daniel A. Henderson (Schneider Museum of Art, 2010), a companion book to the sculpture exhibition by inventor and entrepreneur Daniel A. Henderson, is now available for purchase at the NJIT Bookstore. >>
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.  >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Board of Trustees has unanimously appointed Joel Bloom, EdD, to serve as interim president of the university, effective immediately. This follows the recent announcement of the resignation of Robert Altenkirch. Altenkirch will serve as a consultant to the interim president until the end of October. >>
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.  >>
Jose Rodriguez, president of MERIT, Inc., a Newark-based contracting company, will discuss "Diversify or Die: A Key Element to a Successful Enterprise" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on Sept. 28, 2.30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
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.  >>
Career Development Services is pleased to announce the 19th Annual NJIT/Rutgers-Newark Career Fair, their largest career fair ever, to be held on Oct. 12, 12:30-5 p.m.  >>
Richard Foulds, PhD, associate professor in the department of biomedical engineering at NJIT, will discuss "The Biomechanics of Ventriloquism" on Sept. 30, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Central King Building, Rm. 204. >>
Lisa Fauci, PhD, the Nola Lee Haynes Pendergraft Professor of Mathematics at Tulane University, will discuss "Waving Rings and Swimming in Circles: Some Lessons Learned through Biofluiddynamics" on Sept. 30 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
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.     >>
"Effectively Utilizing e-Discovery and Computer Forensics" is the topic of a seminar to be presented by Barry Rozen, manager of Electronic Discovery at Johnson & Johnson, on Oct. 5, 3:15-4:15 p.m. in GITC 1100.  >>
Parag Borgaonkar, MS '10, a technical sales engineer at CSM Instruments, will discuss "State-of-the Art in Surface Mechanical Properties Characterization Methods" on Sept. 28, 2:30-4 p.m. in Tiernan 406. >>
It's been a good year for NJIT. For the sixth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges 2012 Edition has named NJIT to the top tier of national universities for its range of undergraduate majors and master's and doctoral degrees.  >>
Atam P. Dhawan, PhD, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College at NJIT, will discuss "The Future of Engineering in Medicine" on Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m. at Cornell University.  >>
The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Board of Trustees accepts with regret the resignation of Robert A. Altenkirch, President of NJIT since 2002, effective on or about November 1.  >>
"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.   >>
Jon Curley, university lecturer in the Humanities Department at NJIT, has just published Poets and Partitions: Confronting Communal Identities in Northern Ireland, a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish poetry focusing on the colonial, political, and cultural underpinnings that have shaped artistic expression in a variety of ways.  >>
Joseph Baladi, PE, PP, of the Division of Engineering and Development Review in Bergen County, NJ, will discuss "Capital Improvement Projects From A to Z" on Sept. 27, 4:30-6 p.m. in Colton Hall 210. >>
Camille Duprat, PhD, of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, will discuss "Elastocapillary Flows" on Sept. 26 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall, Room 611.  >>
Bozena "Bo" B. Michniak-Kohn, PhD, director of the Center for Dermal Research (CDR) at Rutgers University, will discuss "Tyrospheres as Delivery Vehicles for Topical Therapeutics" on Sept. 26 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall, Room 210.    >>
Ronald Chamberlain, MD, MPA, FACS, chairman and surgeon-in-chief in the department of surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, will discuss "Biomedical Advances and Surgery:  Pushing the Envelope in the New Millennium How Minimal and Can Minimally Invasive Surgery Become?" on Sept. 23, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Central King Building, Rm. 204. >>
Felicia Sun, PhD '01, production engineer at the Ford Motor Company, will discuss "On Improving Fuel Efficiency of Hybrid Electric Vehicles" on Sept. 20, 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the ECE Building Room 202. >>
"A Place," a play by Michèle Raper Rittenhouse, director of theatre arts and technology, will be read as part of the ID Theatre Reading Series on Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Jimmy's No. 43 in New York City. . >>
New banners were installed this week in front of NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, located at 211 Warren Street. >>
Xiaofan Li, PhD, associate professor of applied mathematics at Illinois Institute of Technology, will discuss "Microstructual Evolution in Elastic Media" on Sept. 23 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Hall II. >>
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. >>
Karen A. Franck, an environmental psychologist and a professor in the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT, has an interest in memorials.  >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, along with COMSOC leaders from Europe and Asia, is spearheading the 2011 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications on Sept. 26-29, 2011. >>
Mengchu Zhou, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, presented his status report about his recently launched Wiley-IEEE Press Series on Systems Science and Engineering at the IEEE Press Editorial Board meeting on Sept. 9-10 in San Francisco. >>
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.  >>
Roumiana S. Petrova, PhD, a university lecturer in the department of chemistry and environmental Science at NJIT, was elected an ASM International Fellow for 2011. >>
Steven W. Levison, PhD, co-director of the Integrative Neuroscience Graduate Program, director of the Laboratory for Regenerative Neurobiology and professor at the New Jersey Medical School, will be the guest speaker at the Fall 2011 Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar Series on Sept. 16, 10-11:30 a.m. in the Central King Building, Rm. 204. >>
Edge Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company located in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center (EDC), will be a presenting company at the Rodman & Renshaw 13th Annual Healthcare Conference in New York City from Sept. 11-13, 2011. >>
The Society for Technical Communication honored Nancy Coppola, a professor of English at NJIT and founding director of the Master of Science in Professional and Technical Communication program, in a ceremony at its annual conference in Sacramento, CA on May 17. >>
Sanjeeva Balasuriya, PhD, associate professor of mathematics at Connecticut College, will discuss "Transport and Barriers in Unsteady Flows" on Sept. 16 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Sotirios G. Ziavras, PhD, of Fort Lee, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, and director of the NJIT Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing Laboratory, has been selected to receive the Excellence in Graduate Instruction Award at NJIT's University Convocation.   >>
Victor Matveev, of Hoboken, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences in NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts, has been selected to receive the honor of “Excellence in Upper Division Undergraduate Instruction” at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Trevor Tyson, PhD, of Mineola, NY, professor in the department of physics, was promoted to Distinguished Professor with tenure at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Tian Tian, of Lake Hiawatha, a teaching assistant in the department of computer science at NJIT, has received the award of Excellence in Instruction by a Teaching Assistant at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 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.  >>
Andrei Sirenko, PhD, of Basking Ridge, associate professor in the department of physics, has been selected to be promoted to professor at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Richard O. Moore, of Philadelphia, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences in NJIT's College of Science and Liberal Arts, has been selected to receive the honor of “Excellence in Lower Division Undergraduate Instruction” at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
A specialist in neural tissue engineering, Bryan Pfister, of Newton, PA, an assistant professor in the department of biomedical engineering in NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, 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. >>
Somenath Mitra, PhD, of Bridgewater, a professor in and chair of the department of chemistry and environmental science, has been selected to be promoted to Distinguished Professor with tenure at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Min Song, of Cherry Hill, an assistant professor in the department of computer science in NJIT's College of Computing Sciences will be promoted to associate professor with tenure at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>

Margaret Yobbi, of Springfield, an adjunct instructor in the department of Humanities, has been selected to receive the Excellence in Instruction by an Adjunct Professor Award, at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>

Laramie Potts, of Basking Ridge, an assistant professor in the department of engineering technology in NJIT's Newark College of Engineering, has been selected to be promoted to associate professor with tenure at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration held to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Katia Passerini, of Brooklyn, an associate professor in the NJIT School of Management has been selected to receive the prestigious honor of “Master Teacher” at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 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.  >>
James Geller, of West Orange, a professor in the department of computer science, in NJIT's College of Computing Sciences has been selected to receive the Professional Development Award at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011. >>
Jay Kappraff, of East Orange, an associate professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT's  College of Science and Liberal Arts,  has been selected to receive the award, “Excellence in Innovative Teaching” at NJIT's University Convocation, an annual celebration to be held Sept. 14, 2011.  >>
Andrew Gerrard, PhD, of Bridgewater, associate professor in the department of physics, will be promoted to 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.    >>
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. >>
Daisy Gallegos, of Jersey City, a recent NJIT graduate now enrolled in a master's degree program at NJIT, has been selected to receive the graduate Presidential Leadership Award 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.   >>
Cheickna Sylla, of Morris Plains, a professor in the NJIT School of Management (SOM) has been selected to receive the “Excellence in Service Award” 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.  >>
Anthony D. Rosato, PhD, professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at NJIT, gave a talk entitled "Transition of Random Granular Assemblies to Structural Order via Mechanical Tapping" on Sept. 6 at the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid.  >>
Hai-Ying Chen of Chen Emission Control Technologies, Johnson Matthey Inc., will discuss "Molecular Sieve Supported Transition Metal Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx in Diesel Exhaust" on Sept. 12 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 210.  >>
Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science and Director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Policy Studies at NJIT, has been appointed Associate of the Boston-based Tellus Institute.  >>
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.  >>
The Newark College of Engineering (NCE) at NJIT has been selected by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to participate as one of 20 universities and colleges across the nation in a new five-year program to keep students enrolled in engineering programs.  >>
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.  >>
"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.  >>
Shivon Boodhoo, undergraduate advisor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, and Sanchoy Das, PhD, professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, presented their work at the 2011 Health Care Operations Research/Systems Engineering Symposium on August 10-12 at the Mayo Clinic. >>
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.  >>
Mengchu Zhou, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, presented three papers at the 2011 IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering in Trieste, Italy.    >>
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.  >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, and co-authors Cesar Bandera and Peter Schmitt received the 2011 American Society for Engineering Educators Annual Conference and Exposition Best Paper Award. >>
Josep Miquel Jornet, a doctoral student in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, will discuss "Enabling Communication in Wireless Nanosensor Networks (WNSNs)" on Sept. 1 at 11:30 a.m. in ECEC 202. >>
In a repeat performance from last year, Daniel Palma of Paterson and Benjamin Gross, an honors student from Lambertville, were accepted to participate in the Student Volunteer Program for SIGGRAPH 2011 held in Vancouver, British Columbia, from August 6 through August 11. >>
Jeffrey Pohlmeyer of Livingston, a PhD student in the Applied Mathematics program at NJIT, has received the Visiting Studentship award from the University of Oxford, UK for the Spring 2012 semester. >>
The Bleeding Disease: Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress (Johns Hopkins University Press) is the new book by NJIT Associate Professor Stephen Pemberton.  The book recounts the promising and perilous history of medical and social efforts to manage hemophilia in 20th-century America. >>
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. >>
Anthony Rosato, PhD, a professor in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering at NJIT, will give a talk on August 17 at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. >>
"Energy Efficient Rate Control Mechanism for Multimedia Delivery over Wireless Internet" will be the topic of a talk by Sudipta Mahapatra, PhD, associate professor at the India Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, on August 24 at 2:30 p.m. in ECEC 202. >>
The NJIT women's track and field team has been honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as an All-Academic team for the 2011 season. >>
An architectural design by NJIT student Joseph Cestaro of Denville has been selected by The Trilogy Repertory Theater Company of New Jersey for fund-raising and eventual construction. >>
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. >>
Distinguished Professor of Physics Trevor Tyson is featured in the August 10, 2011 issue of Photon E-Newsletter published by Brookhaven National Laboratory. >>
Chemical engineering student Elaine Gomez of Union City is the 2011 recipient of the Platinum Sponsors Outstanding Achievement Award from the Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. of Teaneck.  >>
NJIT has been included in the 2012 revised and updated edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges. >>
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.  >>
NJIT was named by The Princeton Review as one of the country's best 376 institutions for undergraduate education in the annual college guide for 2012 and on PrincetonReview.com one of 220 "best” institutions in the Northeast.  >>
The NJIT Board of Trustees approved a 4.5 percent tuition and fee increase for in-state undergraduate students for the 2011-2012 academic year. >>
NJIT will host a Graduate Open House on August 4, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall, Admissions Office, Room 100. Reserve your spot. >>
Thirty-five students presented their summer research projects at the Fourth International Summer Research Symposium on July 28 in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
For the third straight year, the NJIT men's and women's tennis teams have both been awarded ITA All-Academic Team honors by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.  >>
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. >>
Hundreds of youngsters from New Jersey schools enrolled in five-week summer science programs at NJIT for middle and elementary school youngsters will  complete an assortment of hands-on, exciting science projects—from building space stations to tie-dyeing t-shirts—through next week. >>
Roberto Rojas-Cessa, PhD, associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, was an invited speaker at the World Wide Security and Mobility Conference (WWSMC) on July 25-27, 2011 in Princeton, NJ. >>
Newark Mayor Cory Booker will participate in a mock press conference on Monday, July 25 at 4 p.m. with 25 students in NJIT's Upward Bound program.  >>
We're topping-off ENJOY: A Generation House, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Decathlon 2011 entry from Team New Jersey, a collaborative effort of Rutgers, The State University (RU) of New Jersey and NJIT on July 26 at 10 a.m. on Colden and Warren Streets.  >>
NJIT hosted U.S. Senator Bob Menendez's first Latino Leadership Series Forum for 2011 yesterday in the Campus Center Atrium. The forum, “Access to Capital: Seizing Opportunities for Latino Businesses in a Global Economy,” provided the opportunity to engage in discussions on access to capital, lending and government contracting.  >>
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.   >>
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. >>
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. >>
The first African-American to walk in space returns to the NJIT campus on July 19, 2011 to inspire 55 middle-school students from throughout New Jersey (47) and New York City (8) to seek a career in science.  >>
Ali N. Akansu, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, gave an invited plenary talk entitled "Electronic Trading: A Data Intensive Discovery" on July 6 at the International Conference on Mathematical Finance and Economics in Istanbul, Turkey.   >>
For the second year, NJIT has been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, one of the highest federal recognitions a college or university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement. >>
Silvestro Micera of the BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Institute of Automation, at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, will discuss "Implantable Neural Prostheses To Restore Sensorimotor Functions in Disabled People" on July 26 at 11 a.m. in Fenster Hall Rm. 698. >>
Assistant Professor of Industrial Design Brooks Atwood in collaboration with Virginia Harper Design designed and produced a series of custom D'cay and Cor'cay furniture for an exhibition on May 28-June 30 at the Rouge 58 Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. >>
Mark Arnowitz of the Humanities Department and his Technical Writing class presented "Utopians at Play," a collection of games and models that were on display during the month of June at the Utopian Direction Gallery in Warwick, NY. >>
Learn about NJIT's professional development training programs, non-credit classes, Weekend University, online learning, and more at the Continuing Professional Education Open House on July 14, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall, Rm. 100. >>
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. >>
Pius J. Egbelu, PhD, professor of industrial engineering at Louisiana State University, has been appointed the new dean of the NJIT School of Management.  >>
NJIT mourns the loss on June 22 of Bill Gile, 69, from complications of diabetes which led to his retirement two years ago as creative director and producer of Theatre at NJIT as well as a stage director in the joint Theatre Program between NJIT and Rutgers-Newark. >>
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. >>
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.  >>
Deborah Morales, producer and executive director, and Bobby Shepard, director of photography, will be present at the Newark Black Film Festival screening of "On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of" on July 20 at 7 p.m. at NJIT. >>
Learn about NJIT's graduate programs in high-growth, in-depth fields, meet one-on-one with faculty and admissions representatives and more at a Graduate Open House on July 14, 5-7:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall, Rm. 100. >>
Reginald C. Farrow and Zafar Iqbal, research professors at NJIT, were awarded a patent today for an improved method of fabricating arrays of nanoscale electrical probes.  >>
NJIT Research Professor Mike Jaffe's recent book chapter about sugar-based chemicals is topping the American Chemical Society (ACS) book series' must-read list.  >>
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. >>
Students in the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program are self-producing the Black Note Theatre's 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festival on June 22 at 9 p.m. at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street in NYC.  >>
For the first time, NJIT will host the American Society of Materials (ASM) Camp® for high school teachers on June 27-July 1. >>
Gale Tenen Spak, associate vice president of Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, will present the co-authored paper, “M-Outreach for Engineering Continuing Education: A Model for University-Company Collaboration” at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Educators on June 26-29 in Vancouver, Canada.  >>
Sharon Gilbert, assistant director of Career Development Services at NJIT, received the 2011 Practitioner of the Year Award on June 9 at the New Jersey Cooperative Education and Internship Association's annual awards luncheon held at NJIT. >>
The Greater Newark Enterprises Corporation, headed by NJIT Overseer Michael A. Wall, will hold its Inaugural Opportunities and Awards Breakfast on June 17, 8:30-11:30 a.m. in the NJIT Campus Center.   >>
Third-year industrial design students Sara Jane Rin of Jersey City and Avrami Rakovsky of Elizabeth participated in a three-day workshop during NYC Design Week in which they designed a bench with Brooks Atwood, assistant professor in NJIT's School of Art + Design, and designer Marc Thorpe.  >>
Norman W. Loney, PhD, professor and chair of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, visited the University of Technology in Jamaica as an External Examiner of their Chemical Engineering Program. >>
Bragaw Avenue School students displayed their projects designed to showcase their knowledge of the various issues that they have studied as part of their contributions to the school community today in the Campus Center Ballroom. >>
Gale Tenen Spak, PhD, associate vice president for Continuing and Distance Education at NJIT, will be a panelist at the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness and Economic Prosperity Annual Summer Meeting on June 20-22 in Portland, Oregon.   >>
Students in the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program are self-producing the Black Note Theatre's 4:48 Psychosis by Sarah Kane as part of the Planet Connections Theatre Festival on June 12 at 11 a.m. at the Gene Frankel Theatre, 24 Bond Street, NYC.  >>
Fourteen high school and middle school teams will present their real world projects at the College of Computing Sciences Capstone Program and Real World Connections (RWC) Project Showcase and Awards Ceremony on June 11, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Atrium.  >>
Ali Akansu, PhD, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, organized and chaired a Special Session "Signal Processing Methods for Finance Applications" at the IEEE 36th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing in Prague, Czech Republic.   >>
Thea Schoenberg, assistant director for Greek Life and Wellness at NJIT, contributed a vignette that appeared in the online publication of the Association for Fraternity and Sorority Advisors. >>
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. >>
Acrow Corporation, a leading international bridge engineering and supply company headed by Bill Killeen ‘83, recently received the Presidential “E” Award for Exports from U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke at the Department's headquarters in Washington, DC.  >>
Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor and director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Policy Studies at NJIT, will discuss "The Paradox of Uneconomic Growth" at the 7th Annual Sparta Mountain Day event on June 5 in Edison Park. >>
Joseph T. Roman '99, president of the Accelerant Sales Group, an adjunct professor in NJIT's School of Management (SOM) and a member of the SOM Board of Visitors, recently authored an article on "Disaster Recovery, Quality and the Need for a Paperless Society" for the New Jersey Technology Council's LifeSciTrends magazine.   >>
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.  >>
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. >>
Industrial design student Kristen Ciandella of South Plainfield was awarded the top prize of $1,500 for her “Wave Collection” in a table-top design competition sponsored by Cambridge Silversmiths, Ltd. of Fairfield, NJ for the second-year industrial design studio in NJIT's School of Art + Design. >>
NJIT Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Priscilla P. Nelson will deliver the keynote address at the 45th Annual Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium on June 26, 2011 in San Francisco. >>
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. >>
Medicine and technology are converging in patient care at a faster pace than most people realize.   >>
Hindy Lauer Schachter, PhD, a professor in NJIT's School of Management, was an invited participant in the Kettering Foundation's Public Government Workshop on May 23 and 24 in Dayton, Ohio.  >>
A promising new venture based at the NJIT Enterprise Development Center was selected as the winner at iEvening New Jersey, an innovative new business event attended by more than 160 startup founders and entrepreneurs, and hosted by NJIT on May 19, 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.  >>
The Spring 2011 issue of NJIT Magazine is now available online. The issue's cover feature is “Finding the Right Cues,” which focuses on the tissue-engineering research of Associate Professor Treena Arinzeh and Assistant Professor Cheul Cho of the Biomedical Engineering Department.  >>
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. >>
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, a professor and associate dean in the NJIT School of Management, was named a Fellow of the Eastern Academy of Management. >>
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. >>
The NJIT Student Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery has won the organization's 2010-2011 Outstanding Chapter Recruitment Award. >>
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.   >>
Piri "Petey" Borja, son of NJIT soccer alum and former Olympian Hernan "Chico" Borja, was chosen from thousands of applicants to appear on the Golf Channel's "Big Break" reality show, the winner of which will receive a PGA tour exemption to compete professionally.  >>
AECOM President and CEO John M. Dionisio and NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch signed on May 9, 2011, a $200,000 scholarship agreement to establish an endowment providing scholarships for undergraduate students of the Albert Dorman Honors College. >>
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).  >>
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.  >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering, will deliver a tutorial, "Next Generation Broadband Access: Passive Optical Networks", at the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2011), on June 5, 2011 in Kyoto, Japan. >>
NJIT and UMDNJ have executed a license agreement with The Incubation Factory, St. Louis, MO, covering their personal tonometer technology on which a patent is pending.  >>
A memorandum of understanding was signed today between NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch and representatives from the University of Parma, Polytechnic of Valencia, University of Extremadura, and Rutgers University for a dual bachelor's degree that focuses on multinational engineering management.  >>
Panasonic Corporation of North America Chairman and CEO Joseph M. Taylor today delivered a moving address at NJIT's 2011 Commencement at the Prudential Center in Newark after receiving an honorary degree.  >>
The Humanities Department is pleased to announce the 2011 winners of the Enid Dame Poetry Competition. All winners will be honored in the fall semester and their work will be published in The Vector newspaper and the new online poetry magazine, Newark Review. >>
Brian M. Taylor, Natalie M. Gatchalian, Vignesh Ramanan, Angelica M. Ogando, Brandon Rockwell, and Kenneth C. Welch Jr., all students in the Executive MBA Program at NJIT, were inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society on May 2. >>
Jonnie Williams, Wilton Arellano, and Andrew Canon, all students enrolled in NJIT's Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program, visited Harrison High School in Kennesaw, GA as part of the Student Ambassador program.  >>
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, an associate professor in the department of humanities and director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, was honored recently by Soroptimist International of the Greater Westfield Area for helping women to succeed in academe.   >>
NJIT Facilities Manager Kenneth C. Welch, Jr., who will receive his MBA degree at NJIT's 2011 commencement ceremony on May 16, was inducted last week into the Beta Gamma Sigma Graduate Honor Society. >>
Charles William Bell III, a graduate student majoring in civil engineering at NJIT, was chosen as one of the representatives of Newark who will accompany His Holiness The Dalai Lama during his visit to Newark this weekend at the Newark Peace Education Summit>>
An 18-member group from the China Meteorological Administration spent time at NJIT during an extensive U.S. educational and exchange program on weather disaster emergency management. >>
Education changes lives and it will be no different this year when more than 2300 graduates march down the aisle at the Prudential Center to accept their diplomas from NJIT. >>
A play by Michele Rittenhouse, managing director of the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program, will be read on May 16 at 6:30 p.m. as part of the ID Theater NYC's "The Return of id-iots at Play II: The Prequel" at Jimmy's No. 43.   >>
The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT will host "Network, Exhibit & Pitch," a start-up conference featuring Newark Mayor Cory Booker on May 19, 4-8 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center. >>
Information technology is playing an increasingly greater role in fighting crises born of terrorism, natural or manmade disasters. NJIT will join a nationwide practice emergency drill from May 16-19, 2011, to enable the US Department of Defense to better defend itself against such disasters. >>
Zeyuan Qiu, PhD, associate professor in the department of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT, gave a keynote speech entitled “Precision Land Use Planning and Management for Managing Land Uses” at the 24th Annual New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Mapping Contest on April 21. >>
The NJIT Chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honor society, initiated 37 engineering students on April 29 in the Campus Center.  >>
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.  >>
Walid Saad, PhD, a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, will discuss "Game Theory for Cooperative Networks" on May 10 at 5 p.m. in ECE 202.  >>
Catherine Florio, a doctoral candidate in the department of mechanical and industrial engineering, was acknowledged as a Second Year Amelia Earhart Fellow at the Zonta International District 3 Annual Regional Conference. >>
Shruti Parekh, a graduate student in pharmaceutical engineering at NJIT, is the 2011 winner of the Annual International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) New Jersey Chapter Student Poster Competition on April 21 at the Nutley facility of Hoffmann-LaRoche.   >>
NJIT is the recipient of an $80,000 grant from the ExxonMobil Foundation and Bernard A. Harris, Jr., MD, to provide funding for the ExxonMobil Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp. >>
Room 311 of Cullimore Hall may not fit the image of a techno band's garage studio, but to the dozen members of the NJIT Laptop Orchestra, who just released their first CD, it's perfecto.  >>
Edwin Hou, PhD, associate professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, will serve as conference co-chair of the 34th IEEE Sarnoff Symposium on May 3-4 in Princeton. >>
Urovalve, a medical device company located in the Enterprise Development Center at NJIT, has appointed Bent Johnsen as European managing director. The company develops superior products for urinary flow and control. >>
Faizan Naqvi, of Kearny, a junior majoring in electrical engineering and the third of three brothers to receive a Goldwater Scholarship, was recognized yesterday at a reception attended by NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch, administrators and his parents. >>
Ronald H. Rockland, PhD, chair of NJIT's Department of Engineering Technology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Rockland, of Parsippany, will receive the designation at the ASEE Annual Conference this coming June in Canada. >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, professor of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, will be the invited speaker at the Upsilon Pi Epsilon (UPE) Induction Ceremony on April 29 at Hofstra University.  >>
Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor and director of the Graduate Program in Environmental Policy Studies at NJIT, will discuss "From Sustainable Development to Sustainable Well-Being" at the First Annual Brick Township Green Fair on April 30 at 11:30 a.m. at Brick Township High School. >>
William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" will be presented by the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program on April 27, 28, 29 and 30 at 7 p.m. and on May 1 at 2:30 p.m. in the Bradley Hall Theatre-Rutgers Newark campus.  >>
America is often referred to as the land of opportunity. Faizan Naqvi, of Kearny, refers to NJIT as his “university of opportunity.” >>
CGC Genetics, Inc., located in NJIT's Enterprise Development Center, received the Emerging Innovative Business Award from The Portuguese American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey at an annual gala dinner on April 8 at the Newark Club.   >>
The Brothers of Alpha Sigma Phi, Alpha Rho chapter raised $1000 to support The Lance Armstrong Foundation at a dinner given in honor of a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon, David Ketcham, who is a cancer survivor. >>
Two NJIT students recently released an iPhone app that is selling well on the iTunes App Store.  The app, called Quotebook, was recently Apple's 15th best-selling app in the reference category. >>
NJIT is one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the U.S.A. and Canada, according to The Princeton Review. >>
U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) congratulated NJIT students who participated last week in the EPA's P3: People, Prosperity and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.  >>
Peichun Amy Tsai, PhD, of Princeton University will discuss "Wetting Transition, Drop Impact, and Micro-Flows upon Hydrophobic Microstructures" on April 25 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
Daisy Gallegos of Jersey City, an NJIT track star and senior majoring in information technology at the College of Computing Sciences, was honored for her dedicated work as president of the NJIT student chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at a gala annual dinner in Newark.  >>
For the sixth straight year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Steel Bridge team has taken first-place honors at the annual Metropolitan New York Region Steel Bridge Competition this past weekend.  >>
NJIT will participate in the 2011 Summer Food Service Program from July 5, 2011 to August 11, 2011. The Summer Food Service Program is a federal Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Services. >>
NJIT Associate Professor Sergiu M. Gorun is leading a research team to develop a biologically-inspired catalyst, an active yet inert material.  >>
Greg Smith, managing principal of ScienceSmith, will conduct a special seminar entitled “Workshop for Technical Entrepreneurs” on April 28, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), 211 Warren Street, Room 407. >>
In recognition of Math Awareness Month, the Mathematical Sciences Department and the NJIT Math Club are hosting two events on April 20: an Integral Bee and an induction ceremony for Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honorary society.   >>
Carlo Badiola and Paul Dupiano, both graduate students in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological & Pharmaceutical Engineering, placed second and third, respectively, in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Region I-NE Student Conference. >>
Shuangge (Steven) Ma, PhD, assistant professor of Public Health at the Yale School of Public Health, will discuss "Integrative Analysis of Cancer Genomic Data" on April 21 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Room 611 (Math Conference Room). >>
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.  >>
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. >>
NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will sponsor a seminar on rail and transportation by Vinay Mudholkar, MS, MBA, director of railway programs at the Louis Berger Group, Inc. on April 18 at 6 p.m. in Kupfrian 107.   >>
Margarita Staykova, PhD, of Princeton University will discuss "Lipid Membranes under Forces: New Aspects of Membrane Behavior" on April 18 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall 611. >>
Norman W. Loney, PhD, chair of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering at NJIT, was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). .   >>
Sometimes engineering school really can be fun. Just ask the six Newark College of Engineering undergrads who created and designed their own micro airplane. >>
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. >>
In many ways, Daisy Gallegos, of Jersey City, represents the quintessential NJIT student.  Although born in this country, she is the daughter of immigrant parents who barely spoke a word of English when they arrived on these shores. >>
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). >>
Ronald H. Rockland, PhD, chair of NJIT's Department of Engineering Technology, has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). >>
The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT will host a Monthly Entrepreneurs Gathering on April 14, 10 a.m.-12 noon. >>
Panasonic Corporation of North America Chairman and CEO Joseph M. Taylor and inventor, sculptor and entrepreneur Daniel A. Henderson, the CEO of Intellect Wireless, Inc., will receive honorary degrees at the May 16, 2011 NJIT commencement. >>
The Microsoft 2011 Imagine Cup recently honored a smart phone application to eradicate world hunger developed by two NJIT graduate students.   >>
Sia Nemat-Nasser, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Mechanics and Materials at the UC-San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, will discuss "Managing Stress Waves over Multi-Frequencies by Micro-Architectural Design of Materials" on April 18, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Guttenberg Information Technologies Center Rm. 3730. >>
Mark A. Snyder, PhD, the P.C. Rossin Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Lehigh University, will discuss "Hierarchical Nano-Manufacturing of Inorganic Nanomaterials Towards Reaction and Separations Applications" on April 18 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117. >>
Sometimes engineering school really is fun. Just ask six Newark College of Engineering undergrads, three of whom recently made a remarkable road trip to Fort Worth, Texas to watch the “Flying Highlander” take fourth place in a notable aerospace international competition.  >>
More than 40 NJIT alumni met with 106 students during the Third Annual Speed Networking Event on March 30 in the Campus Center Ballroom. >>
Sissy Nikolaou, PhD, PE an associate of Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, will discuss “Seismic Ground Motions for the Challenging Geologic Conditions of New York” on April 11, 11:30-1 p.m. in Colton 416.  >>
NJIT launched its spring radio campaign on WCBS-880 and 1010 WINS beginning on April 4. The campaign will continue to reinforce NJIT's position as "New Jersey's Science and Technology University" and build on the theme "The Edge in Knowledge."  >>
Nancy Steffen-Fluhr, PhD, an associate professor in the department of humanities and director of the Murray Center for Women in Technology, will be honored by Soroptimist International of the Greater Westfield Area on April 14 for the work she has done to help women succeed in academe. >>
Alexander Nepomnyaschy, PhD, a professor in the department of mathematics at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, will discuss "Front Propagation in Anomalous Diffusion-Reaction Systems" on April 8 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Rodney E. Reyes, production coordinator of  Theatre Arts and Technology in the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Program, will perform this week in "Real Men," a new, theatrical live sitcom at the Producers Club Theatre in New York City. >>
Michael Schwemmer, PhD, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, will discuss "The Effects of Dendritic Properties on the Dynamics of Oscillatory Neurons" on April 5 at 2:30 p.m. in Cullimore Hall 611. >>
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. >>
Aaron Cote, PhD, Engineering Director and Head of the Merck Crystallization Laboratory, Chemical Process Development and Commercialization, will discuss "A Novel Crystallization Methodology to Ensure Isolation of the Most Stable Crystal Form" on April 11 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Room 117.  >>
The IEEE-North Jersey Section Electron Devices, Circuits and Systems Chapters and NJIT will host a talk by EDS Distinguished Lecturer Fernando Guarín of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center at IBM on April 6 at 5 p.m. in ECEC 202. >>
Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants should win their divisions, while the Atlanta Braves will take the wild card slot in the National League (NL), according to NJIT's baseball guru Bruce Bukiet>>
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.  >>
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department will sponsor a guest lecture by Robert Prieto, senior vice president of Fluor Corporation, on April 4 at 11:30 a.m. in Colton 416.  >>
A panel discussion with prominent figures in the nuclear industry will be led by Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor in the department of environmental science at NJIT.   >>
For a group of NJIT fraternity brothers, winter this year turned out to be chillier than expected, but certainly more profitable.  >>
NJIT and Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) in Branchburg entered into a new agreement today that will provide for the seamless transfer of RVCC students into NJIT. >>
NJIT and Bergen Community College (BCC) have entered into a “2 + 2 Connect Agreement” to offer Bachelor of Science programs at NJIT's Newark College of Engineering (NCE). >>
Student representatives from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at NJIT visited a fourth-grade classroom in the Randolph school district, where they gave a presentation on “What Is Civil Engineering?” and conducted a hands-on activity using toothpicks and gumdrops to design and construct bridges.  >>
Universities are going into business — in a big way, according to Donald Siegel, dean of the School of Business and professor of management at the University at Albany, State University of New York (SUNY). >>
NJIT will host a public forum on "Japan and Early Lessons for the Nuclear Industry" on April 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Jim Wise Theater. >>
NJIT men's basketball coach Jim Engles is one of 16 national finalists for the 2011 Skip Prosser Man of the Year award, which is presented by the website CollegeInsider.com. >>
Karl A. Smith, PhD, Cooperative Learning Professor of Engineering Education at the School of Engineering Education at Purdue University, will discuss "Design and Implementation of Cooperative Learning" on April 4 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117. >>
Linda Smolka, PhD, an assistant professor of mathematics at Bucknell University, will discuss "Stability of a Planar-Extensional Flow and an Axisymmetric Thin Film Flow" on April 1 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
NJIT will host a special screening of Food, Inc., Robert Kenner's film about the nation's food industry, on March 28, 6-9 p.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall 1.  >>
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.   >>
NJIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will host three Graduate Seminars on March 28, beginning at 11:30 a.m. >>
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.  >>
Carl Wassgren, PhD, a professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Purdue University, will discuss "Modeling Uniformity in Particulate Coating Processes" on April 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in MEC 224. >>
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. >>
Dan E. Dobry, vice president of Engineering at Bend Research, Inc. in Bend, OR, will discuss "Spray Drying of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs for Bioavailability Enhancement: Formulation, Processing, and Scale-up" on March 28 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117.  >>
Eugenia K. Roman, PE, a senior engineer and vice president with Olson Engineering, will be the guest speaker at the ASCE meeting on March 23, 2:30-4 p.m. in Colton Room 416.   >>
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. >>
Olga Ordeig, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar with the Tissue Models Lab at NJIT, has been selected to participate in the 61st Nobel Laureate Meeting. >>
Christopher R. Jacobs, PhD, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, will discuss "Primary Cilia as Cellular Mechanosensors" on March 21 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
William Sasso '73, manager of IT Finance and Controls at PSEG, will discuss "Risk and Risk Management" at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Seminar Series on March 21 at 7 p.m. in Kupfrian 107. >>
Pavol Rajniak, principal scientist of Pharmaceutical Commercialization Technology at Merck in West Point, PA, will discuss "Mechanistic Models for Development and Scale-up of Pharmaceutical Unit Operations" on March 21 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117. >>
A talk by Balagangadhar G. Bathul, PhD, of Columbia University previously scheduled for March 30 at 5 p.m. in 202 ECEC has been cancelled. >>
High school student teams will present their projects from the current season's work at the ACE Mentor Program Final Presentation Night on March 22, 4-8 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom. >>
Priscilla Nelson, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering at NJIT, will discuss "Tunnel Construction and Engineering" on March 21 at 6 p.m. in Kupfrian 107.   >>
NJIT's BA in Interior Design program has two of three regional winners in the 2011 Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Competition. >>
Michael Schatz, PhD, associate professor in the School of Physics at Georgia Tech, will discuss "Characterizing Spatio-Temporal Complexity in Fluid Flow using Computational Homology" on March 25 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Eight teams of 3-4 students representing New York and New Jersey high schools will compete for prizes in the New Jersey Web Design Competition on March 15, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in the Fleisher Athletic Center. >>
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.  >>
In the NJIT Technology and Society Forum presentation on March 23 in the Campus Center Ballroom at 2:30 p.m., Columbia University Professor Sheena Iyengar will address the psychological and cultural challenges of choice, and suggest answers drawn from her discipline-spanning research.  >>
A few tugs on red cloth, a round of applause and 48 linear feet of custom mural was unveiled yesterday morning at the newly-named NJ Transit Warren St/NJIT light rail station. >>
NJIT mourns the loss of Ken Diehl, formerly of Career Development Services, who passed away on February 26.  He was employed at NJIT for 33 years before retiring.   >>
Qianxing Mo, PhD, a research biostatistician in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, will discuss "A Fully Bayesian Hidden Ising Model for ChIP-seq Data Analysis" on March 10 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall I. >>
NJIT opened yesterday a new 25,000-square-foot, 40-foot-high concrete facility, the largest indoor space on campus for activities ranging from tennis to career fairs. >>
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.  >>
Jay Tang, PhD, assistant professor of physics at Brown University, will discuss "Swimming Bacteria Meet Applied Math and Physics at Fluid Boundary" at the Applied Mathematics Colloquium Series on March 11, 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility, the newest addition to NJIT's growing campus, was officially dedicated yesterday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Vincent J. Naimoli '62, his wife, Lenda, and members of the NJIT community. >>
"The BP Oil Spill: Containment Efforts and Ethical Considerations," a paper by Martha Molinini, a student majoring in electrical and computer engineering, has been accepted for presentation at the American Society for Engineering Education Middle Atlantic Section Conference on April 29 in Farmingdale, NY. >>
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. >>
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.  >>
Michael Brownstein, PhD, assistant professor in NJIT's Department of Humanities, will discuss "How Your Habits Work for You: An Ethics of Automatic Behavior" at the Albert Dorman Honors College Colloquium Series on March 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A. >>
Once on This Island, a musical directed by NJIT's Michael Kerley, will be presented by the Rutgers-NJIT Theatre Arts Program on March 2, 3, 4, 5 at 7 p.m. and on March 6 at 2:30 p.m. in NJIT's Jim Wise Theater, Kupfrian Hall. >>
On Saturday, March 19, the NJIT Alumni Club of Metro DC, in partnership with the NJIT Enterprise Development Center, will sponsor a Workshop for Entrepreneurs at the American Society of Civil Engineers National Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Graham Bell Drive, Reston, VA.  >>
The NJIT Ice Hockey Team took the championship trophy in the 2010-2011 Great Northeast Collegiate Hockey Conference (GNCHC) playoffs yesterday at at Protec Ponds in Somerset.  >>
The Warren Street Newark City Light Rail Station is getting a facelift thanks to the efforts of two NJIT Student Senate presidents (one now an alum), who ceaselessly rallied students to champion and support a plan to beautify the station's walls with custom contemporary murals depicting the university and city.  >>
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. >>
John Liuzzi, director of Security Risk Management at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), will discuss "Information Technology and Security: Enabling the Mission of the IRS" on March 9, 2:30-4 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom B. >>
Christine Hrenya, PhD, an associate professor in the department of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder, will discuss "'Stokes's Cradle' and Beyond: Using Toys to Probe the Physics of Wetted-particle Agglomeration" on March 7, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the MEC 224. >>
The NJIT "Edge in Knowledge" radio campaign developed by NJIT and CN Communications has been awarded a silver medal from the 26th Annual Educational Advertising Awards sponsored by the Higher Ed Marketing Report. >>
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. >>
Support for NJIT takes many forms and some are literally concrete. In the case of the The Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility, it's steel and a host of other materials, including concrete. >>
Maurie Cohen, PhD, associate professor and director of the graduate program in environmental policy studies at NJIT, will deliver the keynote address at The Explorer Connection's Sustainability Symposium on March 19 at LaSalle University. >>
Michael Gonzalez, a senior majoring in information technology who has held a number of leadership positions in NJIT's Residence Life since his freshman year, has won the Central Atlantic Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls (CAACURH) Distinguished Service Award.  >>
The NJIT Graduate Environmental Policy Program and the Rutgers Division of Global Affairs are hosting a presentation by the acclaimed Sri Lankan climate activist Uchita de Zoysa on February 28, 6-7:30 p.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall 1.  >>
NJIT volunteers are needed for the GoNewark HoopFest NCAA Basketball Tournament on March 24-27, 2011. Register here. >>
The NJIT Student Senate in association with the engineering clubs and societies is celebrating National Engineering Week (Feb. 21-Feb. 27) with a roster of fun and professional events geared to the NJIT community.  >>
"Advanced Population Balance Modeling of Particulate Processes" is the topic of a talk by R. Bertrum Diemer, Jr., an Engineering Fellow at the DuPont Company on Feb. 28 at 2:45 p.m. in Kupfrian Hall Rm. 117. >>
Larry Chickola, vice president and chief of Corporate Engineering at Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, will discuss “Roller Coasters, Bio-Dynamics, and Engineering Careers” on Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m. in the Central King Building Rm. 204. >>
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. >>
Ethan Akin, PhD, professor and chair of the department of mathematics at the City College of New York, will discuss "Good Measures on Cantor Space" on Feb. 25 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
NJIT mourns the loss of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Stanley B. Winters, a member of the Federated Department of History faculty from 1957 to 1991 who died on Jan. 28 in Port Charlotte, Fla. >>
AT&T, Oppenheimer Funds, Motorola, Samsung, McGraw Hill Companies and the Liberty Science Center will number among the 120-plus organizations participating in the March 2, 2011 NJIT Career Fair.  >>
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.   >>
Think NJIT. Think green. Environmental awareness is an intrinsic part of the campus culture. >>
Judith Sheft, associate VP of technology development at NJIT, was one of four NJ research university representatives who briefed a conference of entrepreneurs last week on their commitment to commercializing new discoveries to move them out of the lab and into the economy. >>
Priscilla Nelson, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering at NJIT, will be an invited speaker next month at the Blackboard Jungle 4 Symposium at the University of Vermont.  >>
Kevin Connington, PhD, a research associate at The Levich Institute, City College of New York, will discuss "Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Particle Transport in Flexible Tubes via Peristalsis" on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
Atam P. Dhawan, PhD, distinguished professor and associate dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College, will be the guest speaker at a Physics Department Seminar on Feb. 23, 2:30-4 p.m. in Faculty Memorial Hall Room 408. >>
Love is always in the air at NJIT and there are no better people to discuss romance than couples who met here and married. >>
NJIT has been named an Outstanding University for 2010 by the American Concrete Institute. >>
"Tissue Engineering: Scaffold, Bioreactor and Cell" will be the topic of a Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar by Eun Jung (Alice) Lee, PhD, of Yale University on Feb. 11 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall III.  >>
Guillaume Bal, PhD, professor of applied mathematics in the department of applied physics and applied mathematics at Columbia University, will discuss "Inverse Elliptic Problems with Internal Controls and Applications to Hybrid Imaging" on Feb. 11 at 11:30 a.m. in Cullimore Lecture Hall II. >>
Horacio G. Rotstein, PhD, an assistant professor in the department of mathematical sciences at NJIT, will discuss "Subthreshold Resonance in a Stellate Cell Model: Part II" on Feb. 15 at 2:30 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
Marguerite Schneider, PhD, an associate professor in NJIT's School of Management, has been named treasurer of the International Association for Business and Society (IABS). >>
NJIT has developed a series of short and affordable continuing education courses for Professional Engineers (PE) to help them comply with existing regulations in New York State and anticipated in New Jersey.  >>
A remembrance and visitation to honor the memory of Distinguished Professor Timothy N. Chang will be held on Saturday, February 26, 2011 from 2-6 p.m. at the Parsippany Funeral Service, 60 North Beverwyck Road, Lake Hiawatha, NJ 07034.   >>
More than 50 NJIT students will compete at NJIT in a student Hackathon. See dozens of empty pizza boxes and soda cartons strewn throughout the Campus Center Ballroom as teams feverishly compete to build next-generation applications using SciVerse, a new search and discovery platform. >>
NJIT mourns the loss of Distinguished Professor Timothy N. Chang, who died on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at home. He was 52. >>
The Journal of the American Medical Association ("Medical News & Perspectives", Jan. 19, 2011) featured the research of NJIT Associate Professor Sergei Adamovich, a biomedical engineer. >>
Philip L. Rinaldi, of Bridgewater Township, an NJIT alumnus, has been elected to succeed Emil C. Herkert as chairman of the NJIT Board of Overseers. Herkert, of Whippany, who became an overseer in 1980, will remain on the Board as chairman emeritus. >>
Pushpendra Singh, PhD, a professor in NJIT's department of mechanical and industrial engineering, will discuss "Manipulation of Particles Trapped at Fluid-Liquid Interfaces" on Feb. 7 at 4 p.m. in Cullimore Hall Rm. 611. >>
The Klang String Quartet with its unique blend of musical interests and influences (Klang in German means sound) is scheduled to perform on Feb. 16, 2011 in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium from 3-4:30 p.m. >>
The Albert Dorman Honors College Library was officially named the Gilbert Glass Library on Jan. 28 in a ceremony on the fourth floor of Fenster Hall. >>
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.  >>
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). >>
NJIT has again joined more than 400 colleges and universities in RecycleMania 2011, a national recycling competition to determine who can reduce, reuse and recycle the most campus waste.  >>
Some 30 students in NJIT's School of Management traveled to Bloomberg L.P. in NYC last week to participate in the Bloomberg Assessment Test, which is designed to connect financial firms with students looking for careers in finance or related areas.  >>
The battle between Android and Apple applications for tablet devices is yet in its infancy. But give it two months, said NJIT's Tim Kellers, an instructor who's teaching an on-line course at NJIT in Android apps, and you may see a very different landscape.  >>
The Enterprise Development Center (EDC) at NJIT has joined The National Alliance of Clean Energy Incubators, known as the Clean Energy Alliance, Inc.  >>
NJIT's Department of Biomedical Engineering in collaboration with the Division of Career Services will host the Spring Biotech/Life Sciences Industry Forum on Feb. 9, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in Fenster Hall Rm. 698.  >>
NJIT President Robert A. Altenkirch received the Martin Luther King Award this morning at “MLK Day: Fulfilling the Dream Through S.T.E.M.,” a breakfast to acknowledge those individuals who have been an advocate for Dr. Martin Luther King's dream.   >>
There's probably no topic more on the minds of parents of college age students than financial aid.  For many of these parents, and students, too, however, unraveling the mysteries of finding and securing the best financial aid package can be daunting.  >>
NJIT's Department of Public Safety, the Campus Center, Inter Fraternity Sorority Council and Spectrum will be sponsoring a presentation "Cyber-Bullying in a College Environment" on Jan. 26 from 2:30-4:30 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom A.  >>
The brothers of the Alpha Phi Omega Lambda Delta Chapter participated in the Martin Luther King Day of Service yesterday at Louis Spencer Elementary School in Newark.  >>
Once again some 500 middle and senior high school students from throughout Northern New Jersey will gather at NJIT for the annual Science Olympiad play-offs. The date this year is Jan. 14, 2010,  from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. >>
Michael Ehrlich and Alan (Zhipeng) Yan, both assistant professors of finance in NJIT's School of Management, have been granted sponsorship for one seat for one year in the Kauffman Firm Survey NORC Data Enclave community.   >>
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. >>
Nirwan Ansari, PhD, a professor in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, has recently completed co-editing two special issues covering the state of the art in communications and networks.    >>
Confounded by federal student loan applications?  If you are a low-income family, there is no reason to suffer alone. >>
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. >>
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.  >>
Marino Xanthos, PhD, a professor in NJIT's Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, has been named Associate Provost for Graduate Studies. His appointment will be effective Feb. 1, 2011.  >>