The Advisory Board Day and Dana Knox Student Research Showcase serve as opportunities for NJIT to honor the service of its various boards and to provide board members with time to interact with each other and our outstanding student researchers. The 2026 Dana Knox Student Research Showcase included more than 200 research projects and nearly 300 NJIT students.
Congratulations to the 2026 Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Sodhi Prizes:
Undergraduate Division:
First Place - Arena Chowdhury, Chemistry & Environmental Science, “Endocrine-Disrupting Effects of a Common Preservative”
Second Place - Mark Nyevgen, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, “Thermal recovery of the Mullins effect in filled rubbers: Experiments and modeling”
Third Place - Ishaakannan Rajeshkannan, Biomedical Engineering, “Ultrasound-Targeted Delivery of Xenon-Loaded Microbubbles for Neuroprotection After Traumatic Brain Injury”
Graduate Division:
First Place - Hannah Suresh, Physics, “Evolution of Global Magnetic Helicity in Solar Cycles 24 and 25”
Second Place - Elias Joseph, Biological Sciences, “Environmental zinc induces embryonic-lethal changes to fertilization envelope in the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi”
Third Place - Riley Grossman, Martin Tuchman School of Management, “Automated Detection of Non-Compliant and Manipulative Cookie Banners on the Web”
For more information about the event and the research projects, please see the press release and the 2026 eBook.
