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HCAD's Julio Garcia Figueroa's Quest to Merge Prefabrication, Energy Efficiency & Cultural Heritage

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
University Lecturer Julio Garcia Figueroa at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) looks forward to teaching his course on prefabricated architecture this semester, and in the future, hopes to create a study abroad program to take HCAD students to his native Mexico.  “First, wh...

Q&A with Jamie Payton, New Dean of Ying Wu College of Computing

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
Jamie Payton is the new dean of NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing. She met with NJIT News for a Q&A session about her views on computing education and questions about current events in computing. The following transcript is lightly edited for clarity. Her Roadmap to NJIT NJIT News: Norther...

Instructor de HCAD, Julio García Figueroa, comparte su visión sobre la prefabricación y su futuro

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
El profesor universitario Julio García Figueroa en el Hillier College of Architecture and Design (con siglas en inglés HCAD) está preparando cada detalle para enseñar su curso sobre arquitectura prefabricada este semestre, y en el futuro, quiere crear un programa de estudios en el extranjero para ll...

NJIT Celebrates Largest Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium

Wednesday, August 7th, 2024
An independent, flexible, small sensor for breast tumor detection was the winner of the top Dr. James F. Stevenson Innovation Award at the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation (URI) Symposium at NJIT. Isabella Frangiosa, a rising senior at Rowan University, said the inspiration of her ...

NJIT Hosts Summer STEM Boot Camp for Tech-Minded High Schoolers

Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
Nearly 100 high school rising juniors and seniors spent their July days at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where they’re studying advanced topics such as cybersecurity, engineering, entrepreneurship, neuroscience and robotics. The students came from 64 school districts throughout the Garden Sta...

Historic Gift Renames College of Science and Liberal Arts

Monday, August 5th, 2024
Dear Highlanders,   It is with immense pride that I announce the renaming of our College of Science and Liberal Arts to the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts. This recognition honors a historic and transformative gift from Jordan Hu '89, founder and CEO of RiskVal Financial Soluti...

NJIT Renames College of Science and Liberal Arts, Honoring Historic Gift from Alumnus Jordan Hu

Monday, August 5th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology has announced the renaming of its College of Science and Liberal Arts to the Jordan Hu College of Science and Liberal Arts (JHCSLA) in recognition of a historic gift from Jordan Hu ’89, founder and chief executive officer of RiskVal Financial Solutions, LLC and a f...

NJIT Appoints Vice President of Human Resources

Thursday, August 1st, 2024
Dear Highlanders,   I am pleased to announce that William Brady will become NJIT’s new vice president of human resources on October 1, 2024. He brings more than two decades of experience in HR leadership, strategic planning and workforce development to NJIT.   Curre...

NJIT Appoints William Brady as Vice President of Human Resources

Thursday, August 1st, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has named William Brady as the new vice president of human resources, effective Oct. 1, 2024. Brady brings more than two decades of extensive experience in HR leadership, strategic planning and workforce development to NJIT. Brady has had a distinguished ca...

Muhaiminul Islam Akash - ECE PhD Student of the Month - August 2024

Tuesday, July 30th, 2024
Muhaiminul Islam Akash has completed his first year as a Ph.D. candidate in the ECE Department at NJIT, being advised by Dr. Cong Wang. His research focuses on robot physical intelligence, AI-robot bridgeware for task and motion planning, crowdsourced machine learning, and robot teleoperation. Beyon...