Dr. Teik C. Lim is the 9th President of New Jersey Institute of Technology and also holds the title of Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Prior to joining NJIT on July 1, 2022, Dr. Lim led the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) as interim president from 2020-2022 and was Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at UTA from 2017-2020.

Dr. Lim’s career has spanned from the private sector to university administration. He worked as an engineer at Structural Dynamics Research Corporation before joining The Ohio State University Center for Automotive Research as a research scientist. He taught at the University of Alabama beginning in 1998, as associate professor, before joining the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he advanced from associate professor to professor to department head and to associate dean for graduate studies and research before, ultimately, being named Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Dr. Lim earned his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (ME) from Michigan Technological University, his Master of Science in ME from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and his Ph.D. in ME from The Ohio State University.

Dr. Lim is internationally recognized as a leading scholar in the field of structural vibrations and acoustics as well as modeling and simulation technology. He was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2018. He is Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and of the Society of Automotive Engineers, from which he received numerous research and teaching awards such as the Arch T. Colwell Merit Award in 2003 and the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award in 2002. Dr. Lim also was recognized with the Thomas French Alumni Achievement Award in 2010, the GearLab Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2017, and the Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence in 2019 from his alma mater, The Ohio State University.

Newark Technical School
Newark College of Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Charles A. Colton
1885-1918

Daniel Hodgdon
1918-1920

Allan R. Cullimore
1920-1947

Robert W. Van Houten
1947-1970

William Hazell, Jr.
1970-1975

Saul K. Fenster
1978-2002

Robert A. Altenkirch
2002-2011

Joel S. Bloom
2011-2022

Hon. Philip D. “Phil” Murphy
ex-officio
Governor of the State of New Jersey
 
Hon. Ras J. Baraka
ex-officio
Mayor of the City of Newark
 
Robert C. Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87 (Chair)
President, Digital Robotics and Enabling Technologies
Stryker Orthopaedics

Norma J. Clayton '81 (Co-Vice Chair)
VP of Learning, Training & Development (Retired)
The Boeing Company

Nicholas M. “Nick” DeNichilo '73, '78 (Co-Vice Chair)
President & Chief Executive Officer
Mott MacDonald
 
Diane Montalto '82 (Co-Vice Chair)
President
DSA Engineering, LLC

Dhiraj Shah ‘00H ​(Co-Vice Chair)
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
AVAAP

Demetrios “Jim” Stamatis '85 (Co-Vice Chair)
CEO
Louis Berger (A WSP Company)

Dr. Jason R. Baynes
Founding Member/ Manager
Baynes Orthopaedics

Elisa Charters '92, '93
President
Latina Surge National

Gary C. Dahms, PE, PP, CME
President and CEO
T&M Associates

Richard M. "Rich" Maser '73
Executive Chairman
Maser Consulting P.A.

Dennis M. Toft, Esq.
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC

Robert Medina ’75 (Chair)
Founder
Medina 43 Business Strategies, LLC

Kenneth M. Colao ’77 (Co-Executive Vice Chair)
President
CNY Group

Arthur A. Kapoor (Co-Executive Vice Chair)
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
HEALTHEC

Kenneth Alexo, Jr., Ph.D.
President, Foundation at NJIT
Vice President, Development & Alumni Relations
NJIT

Teik C. Lim, Ph.D.
President
NJIT

Catherine Z. Brennan
Secretary, Foundation at NJIT
Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Steven Annunziato ’82
Financial Advisor
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.

Siddhartha Bala ‘96H
Head of Product Management/Strategy, Public Cloud
BNY Mellon

Atam Dhawan, Ph.D.
Interim Provost and Senior Executive Vice President
NJIT

Angelo Del Russo ‘82
Founder and CEO
Del-Sano Contracting Corp.

Alfred A. De Seta ’84, ‘86
Partner
Robin Hood Ventures

Albert A. Dorman ’45 ‘99HON
Founding Chairman (Ret.)
AECOM

Jonathan Echeverria '03
Managing Director, Global Markets Technology
Bank of America

Kim Felix
SVP, Enterprise Technology
The Walt Disney Company

Donald Flood ’87, ’95
Associate Vice President, Business Unit Manager
Dewberry

Carlos Fonseca
Founder and CEO
Dental Tourism Colombia LLC

Charles M. Forman, Esq. ‘72
Founder
Forman Holt

Caren L. Freyer
Regional Public Affairs Manager
PSEG Services

John J. Fumosa ’74
Vice President and District Manager (Ret.)
Gilbane Building Company

David T. Gockel ’81
President and Chief Executive Officer
Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc.

Daniel A. Henderson
Chief Executive Officer (Ret.)
Intellect Wireless

Emil C. Herkert (Emeritus)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.)
Hatch Mott MacDonald Infrastructure and Environment

J. Robert Hillier ‘17HON
Principal
Studio Hillier

Sonya Kakkar, Ph.D.
Regional Quality Head, Biotech Operating Unit
Pfizer Inc.

Ralph Maddalena ’75, ‘77
Retired President, NSB Global Solutions LLC
Retired Executive, ExxonMobil Corporation

John McCann
Chairman, JMC Enterprises
Retired CEO, Quanta Services
Retired VP, Bechtel Telecom, Power, Canada

Raymond J. McGowan ’64
Executive Vice President (Ret.)
ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Pascal Montilus ’87
Vice President, Global Home Care Supply Chain
Colgate-Palmolive Company

Patrick J. Natale ’70, ‘75
Executive Director
United Engineering Foundation

Kathleen Natriello
Partner
Fortium Partners, LP

George M. Newcombe, Esq. ’69
Partner (Ret.)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett

Brett Newton
Executive, South Region Platform Leader
Avande

John H. Olson ’61, ’66
Managing Director, Northeast Region (Ret.)
Morgan Stanley

Michael Pages
Banker and Executive Director
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Marjorie A. Perry ’05 (Chair Emerita)
President and Chief Executive Officer
MZM Construction & Management

Paul V. Profeta
President
Profeta Urban Investment Foundation

Philip L. Rinaldi ’68, ’77 (Emeritus)
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.)
Philadelphia Energy Solutions

Mark Romanski
Vice President and General Manager
Turner Construction Company

Gregory Sauter
Founder
Smart City Works

Steve B. Saperstein ’84 (Emeritus)
Overseers Co-Executive Vice Chair
President
Linvale Consulting, LLC

John W. Seazholtz ’59 (Chair Emeritus)
Chairman of the Board (Ret.)
Westell Technologies

Stephanie Tonic
Senior Vice President, Northeast Region
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Martin Tuchman ’62
Chief Executive Officer
Kingstone Capital V

Kim Vierheilig '99H, '00
President - Buildings Facilities
STV Incorporated

Robert E. Ward '00
Former CEO and Chair
Eloxx Pharmaceuticals

Joseph T. Welch, III ’62 (Emeritus)
Division President (Ret.)
BD

Teik C. Lim, Ph.D.
President

Atam P. Dhawan, Ph.D.
Interim Provost and Senior Executive Vice President

Catherine Brennan
Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer

Andrew P. Christ, P.E
Senior Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations

Kenneth Alexo, Jr., Ph.D.
Vice President for Development & Alumni Relations
President of the Foundation

Marybeth Boger, Ph.D.
Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Joseph Wilson
Interim Vice President for Human Resources

Holly Stern, J.D.
General Counsel and Vice President, Legal Affairs

Ed Wozencroft
Vice President for Digital Strategy and Chief Information Officer

Angela Garretson, Ph.D.
Chief External Affairs Officer

Matthew Golden, Ed.D.
Chief Communications and Marketing Officer
Strategic Initiatives

Katie Hageman
Chief of Staff

David E. Jones, Ed.D.
Chief Diversity Officer

Lenny Kaplan
Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics

Susan Gross
Vice Provost for Enrollment Management

Kevin Belfield
College of Science and Liberal Arts

Gabrielle Esperdy
Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Interim

Craig Gotsman
Ying Wu College of Computing

Louis Hamilton
Albert Dorman Honors College

Moshe Kam
Newark College of Engineering

Oya Tukel
Martin Tuchman School of Management

Year preceding name of institution marks date of founding

1766
RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY
Jeffrey Robinson
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

1829
ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Ryne Raffaelle
Vice President of Research, Associate Provost

1855
KEAN UNIVERSITY
Lamont Repollet
President

1855
THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Kathryn Foster
President

1855
WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY
Joshua Powers
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

1856
SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
Katia Passerini
Provost and EVP

1867
CENTENARY UNIVERSITY
Bruce Murphy
President

1867
DREW UNIVERSITY
Alexander Rudniy
Professor

1867
BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE
Marcheta Evans
President

1870
ST. JOHN’S UNIVERSITY
Nancy Kaplan
Vice Provost, Academic Engagement

1870
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Beth McGrath
Vice President for University Relations and Chief of Staff

1870
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Sheraine Gilliam
Vice President of Human Resources and Chief HR Officer

1870
UNION COUNTY COLLEGE
Margaret McMenamin
President

1891
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Haimin Wang
Alumni

1899
SAINT ELIZABETH UNIVERSITY
Michele Connahan
Alumni

1900
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY
Genoa Warner
Alumni

1908
MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY
Jonathan Koppell
President

1964
OCEAN COUNTY COLLEGE
Amir Sadrian
Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs

1965
BERGEN COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Emily Vandalovsky
Dean of Mathematics, Science and Technology Division

1966
ESSEX COUNTY COLLEGE
Augustine Boakeye
President

1967
BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
David Stout
President

1968
PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Steven Rose
President

1969
RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY
Nicole Morgan-Agard
Chief Equity and Diversity Officer

1972
THOMAS EDISON STATE UNIVERSITY
Merodie Hancock
President

Newark College of Engineering
Carolina Yanez
Coordinator for Infrastructure and Outreach

J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design
Allison Lim
Student Engagement Coordinator

College of Science and Liberal Arts
John Wolf
Assistant Dean

Martin Tuchman School of Management
Lilia Lozarito
Senior Academic Advisor

Albert Dorman Honors College
Burcak Ozludil
Associate Dean

Ying Wu College of Computing
Michele Bell
Director of Academic Advisement

The Mace
The mace, used today as a symbol of authority invested in the president by the Board of Trustees, is the institution's most sacred symbol of office. Dating back to medieval times, it was used by civil officers and bodyguards. Originating from fasces used during the Roman Empire to restore order and implement court-ordered punishment, fasces were carried in processions adorned with laurel on festive occasions and draped in cloth for mourning. Maces were also used in consecration ceremonies and to protect the pope, cardinals and bishops. In time, it became a staff borne by, carried before, or placed near a magistrate or other dignitary as an ensign of his royal authority.

Presented as a class gift in the early 1950’s, the mace is thirty inches in length, made of wood and metal struck in silver and cast in bronze.Its head is marked by the seal of the university at the time of its presentation. The mace is adorned with tassels representing the colleges and degrees awarded by the university.

The Presidential Medallion
The use of medallions or large medals, as symbols of office and authority, is also a tradition stemming from medieval times. The presidential medallion of the university is struck in silver and cast in bronze. It is worn about the neck by the president of the university on ceremonial occasions. The Presidential Medallion used today consists of two plates. The first plate is a replica of the medallion presented to the university in 1968 by the Alumni Association bearing the university seal at the time. The second plate bears the official university seal today.

Academic Apparel
The pageantry and tradition of college ceremonies originated over 800 years ago in medieval universities of Europe. These early universities were bodies or guilds of students who took their name from the Latin word universitas, meaning a number of persons associated into one guild or community. These guilds were dedicated to the mastery of the arts and sciences.

Academic caps, gowns and hoods developed gradually from the long flowing robes that the teachers wore to protect themselves from the cold of the medieval buildings.As the scholars of the time were usually clerics, their robes differed little from those used by the church orders. Slowly, certain styles were designated for the universities. Hoods were originally fashioned after the monk’s cowl. The cap,with its tassels, evolved from the skull caps of the scholar-monks. In France, where the degree system probably began,wearing the cap and gown marked the formal admission of the student to the body of masters. Today, academic regalia is standardized by the American Intercollegiate Code.

In the United States, it is traditional for academicians to wear the gown and hood of the university where they received their highest degree. The gowns of bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates are usually unadorned, whereas those for the doctoral degree are faced down the front with velvet and feature three velvet bars on the sleeves. The hood, a triangular fold of cloth worn over the back of the gown, is faced with colors which signify the field of study in which the degree is earned. The colors of the lining are those of the college or university which granted the degrees. The length of the hood increases with each higher degree. The cap may be the stiff-crown style mortarboard or the soft tam. The tassel for bachelor’s and master’s is black or color appropriate to the major; those of doctor’s are black or golden.

To Alma Mater fair and great,
our voices now we raise,
Our gratitude we demonstrate,
Her steady voice we praise.
Her challenge on us never fails,
a world of knowledge calls.
In heart and mind,
our trust we’ll bind
to our NJIT.
We’ll hold her memory ever dear,
Her spirit we’ll revere.
To her we’ll promise loyalty,
our own NJIT.