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On-the-Job Analytics That Help Construction Crews Avoid Injuries

Friday, May 1st, 2026
A Q&A with Mohammad Khalid, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineeringHow would you summarize your research?I focus on equipping the construction workforce with on-the-job data analytics and computational thinking. Designed for people without a background in computer science, my ...

YWCC Research Earns Best Paper Awards at ACM CHI 2026

Friday, May 1st, 2026
Several Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) faculty members in the Department of Informatics and their student collaborators presented award-winning research papers at the ACM CHI 2026 conference in Barcelona, Spain during the month of April. The ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI confere...

Bukunmi Odunlami - ECE PhD Student of the Month - May 2026

Friday, May 1st, 2026
Bukunmi Odunlami is a third-year Ph.D. student in the ECE department, advised by Dr. Marcos Netto. Before beginning his Ph.D., he worked for four years in industry as an electrical engineer, focusing on industrial power system installation and automation, including control panels and PLC systems. Hi...

NJIT Leaders Recognized Among BINJE’s Best Higher Education Honorees

Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Several New Jersey Institute of Technology leaders have been recognized in BINJE’s inaugural "BINJE’s Best: Higher Education" honorees list, a statewide package highlighting the people and programs shaping New Jersey’s higher education ecosystem.Published April 24, BINJE described the recognition as...

American Concrete Institute Elects NJIT Professor as Board Director

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
Professional accolades started arriving early in the career of Matthew P. Adams, an associate professor of civil engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and co-director of the Materials and Structures Laboratory (MatSLab). In 2015, Adams was still working toward his Ph.D. when he wa...

NJIT Infrastructure Forum Connects AI, Workforce and Resilience Challenges

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, energy demand, transportation systems, water quality and workforce development are no longer separate conversations, but rather connected challenges where universities can help move ideas into practice, said leaders from academia, government and industry at Ne...

Senior Zac Kuzak Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak has been named one of 42 winter recipients of the 2025-26 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, recognizing excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership.A native of Kirkland, Quebec, Kuzak will graduate in May with a degree in financial technology. He b...

MTSM's Homer Bonitsis Wins Industry Service Award

Monday, April 27th, 2026
NJIT’s Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in Martin Tuchman School of Management, was awarded the 2026 Lifetime Service Award from the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute.NEDSI members methodically study the planning, execution and evaluation of organizational decision-making.Over mult...

NJIT Students Win Top Awards in Princeton Kiosk Design Competition

Monday, April 27th, 2026
Two teams from NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture won top awards in the Princeton Kiosk Design Competition. The design competition is one of several of American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Jersey 125th anniversary events. Launched in May of 2025 in collaboration with the municipality of ...

NJIT Names New Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs

Friday, April 24th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the appointment of Dr. Kannan Mohan as its new Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs (SVPAA) following a national search. Mohan joins NJIT on August 1, 2026, coming from Baruch College of the City University of New York, where he has served ...