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NJIT Researchers Help Prevent Cyberattacks From Software Supply Chain

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020
An open-source tool that cryptographically protects the layout of your software code supply chain is now available from researchers at NJIT, New York University and Purdue University, bolstering the type of weakness exploited in the recent cyberattack on the commercial SolarWinds monitoring applicat...

Business Data Observatory Coming Soon to Van Houten Library

Friday, December 18th, 2020
A room in the university library is being rebuilt as the Leir Business Data Observatory, providing a dedicated high-tech space for graduate students and faculty from Martin Tuchman School of Management to collaboratively study data science as it pertains to business and finance. Data science is typ...

Miguel Rodrigues aka Kaliptus Published in Collaborations - Vol.1 by APEX Collective

Thursday, December 17th, 2020
The book, Collaborations Vol. 1, by APEX Collective, includes works of art, particularly painting collaborations, created from 2014-2020 by various artists that were exhibited in a multitude of art galleries, including the Ryan Joseph Gallery in Denver, Knew Conscious Gallery also in Denver, Alex Gr...

Kum-Biocca Presents Projection Mapping at SIGGRAPH Asia

Thursday, December 17th, 2020
SIGGRAPH ASIA  Siggraph Asia Projection Mapping work title  AI: Artificial Interruption The artificial, a curtain of cubes, interrupts, and rolls over the natural order. Leaves fall and freeze into polygonal crystals. As the artificial interruption spreads, fields and leaves shatter in...

COVID-19 Vaccines Breathe Life into Research Done 20 Years Ago

Thursday, December 17th, 2020
Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen,  who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA), a key ingredient of the v...

Alumna Masha Drozdov '09 on Responsibility and the Value of Technical Skills

Thursday, December 17th, 2020
Masha Drozdov is a frequent guest critic for the advanced integrated architecture studios at Hillier College and Columbia GSAPP and has also participated as a guest for the Alumni Tea discussions at NJIT with students who are figuring out what their career paths will be. Masha’s admiration for Louis...

Architecture Studios Present Research and Projects at Super Jury

Thursday, December 17th, 2020
After final reviews at the end of this semester the advanced Architecture Studios presented their projects at the Super Jury. The goal is to share the research undertaken and knowledge gained through new approaches to design and studio instructors present their students' work to ...

Pandemic Gives Architects New Challenges in Designing for Health Concerns

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
Architects consider cost, design aesthetics, materials, uses and a host of other factors when planning new spaces, but now the COVID-19 pandemic is making occupant health another factor to consider. Designing in the context of current events and lifestyle changes is nothing new for architects, whet...

Interior/Digital Design Students Team Up on Coffee Shop Prototype

Wednesday, December 16th, 2020
The team of interior and digital design students who collaborated with students in the Tuchman school of management on the COCO Coffee Shop include Sandy Ghattas, Claritza Guerrero, Ahn Ly, Rua Elmosallamy, and Suzanne Hlinka.   "Our values are driven by the fact that both ends of the NJI...

Two NJIT Engineers are Elected 2020 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, December 15th, 2020
Two pioneering researchers, Rajesh Davé, a distinguished professor of chemical and materials engineering, and MengChu Zhou, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, were recently elected fellows of National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Davé and Zhou join 173 other academic i...