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.  >>

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. >>

Stewart D. Personick, PhD, an internationally recognized pioneer in the theory and practical applications of new and emerging technologies in telecommunications systems and networks, has accepted the Ying Wu Endowed Chair in Wireless Telecommunications in NJIT’s department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering. >>

Daniel J. Carroll, Jr., '65, president and CEO of Telcordia in Piscataway, NJ and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers, was appointed to President Bush’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. The advisory committee provides recommendations to the executive branch regarding national security and emergency preparedness. >>

Shuangquan Wang, a doctoral student in the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, took first prize in a graduate poster contest that was part of the IEEE’s Global Telecommunication Conference, held in St. Louis, Mo. Wang’s poster highlighted his breakthrough research that could help improve the communication system known as multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO).  >>