NJIT's Basu Roy Integrates Humans and Computers to Optimize Tasks and Learn Facts

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
In the early days of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, researchers scrambled to decipher the novel virus — its transmission pathways, its effects on the body, its vulnerabilities. Senjuti Basu Roy, a computer scientist, wondered in turn how lay people absorbed the reams of emerging information they recei...

Michael Rodriguez Takes A Winding Road to Success

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
Sometimes the road less traveled can lead to the most fertile grounds. Michael Rodriguez’s road led him to an internship, NJIT, construction management and back. College and a career don’t always follow neatly one after the other for him and for many NJIT students. Rodriguez, 40, started class at N...

What's Missing From Forest Mortality Projections? A Look Underground

Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
You can’t see it happening. But what goes on below ground in a forest is very important in determining its fate. In a new study, scientists conclude that the sideways flow of water through soil can have an important impact on how riparian forests respond to climate change. Models used to predict the...

Ludvik Alkhoury - ECE PhD Student of the Month - October 2021

Monday, October 18th, 2021
Ludvik Alkhoury is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Alkhoury works under the advisement of Professor Moshe Kam, Dean of Newark College of Engineering, in signal and image processing...

Women's Soccer Blanks New Hampshire For First-Ever America East Road Win

Sunday, October 17th, 2021
It was not pretty, but like seeing the beauty in the struggle, something great came from the grind. The NJIT women's soccer team battled its way to the program's first-ever America East road victory Sunday afternoon, holding off the New Hampshire Wildcats, 1-0, at Wildcat Stadium. The victory moved...

New Methods Can Protect Data Privacy Against Quantum Computing

Wednesday, October 13th, 2021
NJIT Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Joerg Kliewer is looking to help preserve privacy by busting conventional wisdom about the future of computer security, which states that today's data protection measures, especially in Internet-of-things devices, stand absolutely no chance against ...

Ying Wu College of Computing Welcomes New Faculty for 2021-2022 Academic Year

Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
Top Row: Fuad Hamidli, Huong Le, Yao Ma, Kamlesh Naik Bottom Row: Shantanu Sharma,Julie Ancis, Hua Wei Seven new faculty members – researchers and instructors – joined the Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) in Fall 2021, embracing the opportunity to contribute to the NJIT academic mission. They ...

Newly Renovated Weston Alumni Lecture Hall Officially Opens

Tuesday, October 12th, 2021
The newly renovated Weston Alumni Lecture Hall, located on the ground floor of the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, is officially open. The lecture hall, formerly the Weston Lecture Hall, is named for the school’s alumni, whose donations helped fund the renovations. “This event has been a...

NJIT Athletics Holds Hall of Fame Ceremony on Homecoming Weekend

Saturday, October 9th, 2021
NJIT Athletics held its 2020 Hall of Fame Ceremony on Homecoming Weekend, Saturday, October 9 inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center. The 2020 induction class included: Kelly (Crowe) Ascolese '07 (Women's Basketball), Demond Cowins '04 (Men's Basketball), Bob English (Robert Swanson Recipient), Wy...

An Engineer and an Architectural Historian Win the 2021 Excellence in Research Awards

Thursday, October 7th, 2021
Nirwan Ansari, an electrical and computer engineer who is a pioneer in the field of communications networks, and Gabrielle Esperdy, an architectural historian and trailblazer in the digital humanities, are the winners of the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research award for 2021. Atam Dhawan, sen...