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NJIT Receives Nearly $1 Million To Expand Biomedical Research

To boost the capacity for biomedical and other high-tech research and make the state a leader in the advancement of knowledge and a hub for high-technology industry, the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education awarded $710,816 to NJIT to expand academic and research programs in biomedical engineering in response to New Jersey’s rapidly growing medical device industry. The grant is one of six awards totaling $6.5 million to six New Jersey universities.

The six universities will use the capacity-building funds to recruit renowned faculty, purchase state-of-art equipment and launch innovative new research in biomedical and high-tech areas with important commercial and health care applications. The proposals approved by the commission address the needs of key New Jersey industries, such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices and information technology.

"We can do things now that we couldn’t do before," said David Kristol, acting director of NJIT’s newly established Department of Biomedical Engineering and director of the program for the past 18 years. "The rapid growth in the power of computers has enabled researchers to obtain more data from living systems -- and store the data for subsequent study -- than was previously possible. This has made it practical to analyze and solve complex biomedical problems. The introduction of engineering into the practice of medicine and surgery has led to a further increase in life span, but, in addition, also has raised the quality of life."

Funds also were awarded to Princeton, Rutgers and Seton Hall universities, Stevens Institute of Technology, and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey because they are the state’s top recipients of research, doctoral or specialized (medical) institutions according to the nationally recognized system of institutional classification developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

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