Boris Khusid, PhD, a professor in the department of mechanical engineering at NJIT, will give a keynote presentation on conventional and traveling-wave dielectrophoresis in microfluidics and organize fluids engineering division sessions on electric and magnetic phenomena in micro- and nano-scale systems at the 2006 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition on Nov. 5-10 in Chicago. >>

NJIT hosted a press conference today during which Newark Mayor Cory A. Booker reported on his goals and agenda for the first 100 days of his term. More than 200 people attended the event in NJIT's Campus Center Atrium. >>

The Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science at NJIT will host an Ionic Liquids Conference on July 13, 10 a.m.-3  p.m. in the Campus Center. Contact: Sylvana Brito at 973-596-5241. >>

Atam P. Dhawan, PhD, professor and chair of the department of electrical and computer engineering at NJIT, was named the conference chair of  the 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). The event will be held August 30-Sept. 3 in New York City. >>

NJIT, the 2005 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) regular season baseball champion, was picked to finish second in 2006 preseason voting by the 10 CACC coaches. The 2006 Highlanders are scheduled to open play with a March 4 non-conference home doubleheader against East Stroudsburg University. >>

NJIT scored 22 of the game's first 24 points and went on to a 79-66 road win over Post University in a meeting of the two top women's basketball teams in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Thursday night. The win for NJIT was its fourth straight and fifth in the last six games. >>

NJIT held visiting Felician College without a point for nearly 10 minutes in the second half and the end result was a 51-33 win for the Highlanders in Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference women's basketball Tuesday night. >>

Holding a second straight opponent to just 46 points, the NJIT women's basketball team won a defensive struggle, toppling Philadelphia University, 49-46, Thursday night. The Highlanders raised their record to 8-4 overall and 6-3 in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. >>

The NJIT men's basketball team scored an 82-69 Central Collegiate Conference win over visiting Wilmington on Tuesday evening. The Highlanders, now 5-7 overall and 2-5 in the CACC, had a balanced offense, with five double-figure scorers. >>