Alumni News

Newark College of Engineering Celebrates a Century's Worth of Ties That Bind

For the latest in a series of eloquent centennial-year tributes to its traditions and people, a record crowd of more than 250 flocked to Newark College of Engineering’s 21st annual Salute to Engineering Excellence, held last night at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. “What we’ve achieved at NJIT is on the bedrock of NCE – the oldest and largest college of the university,” President Joel Bloom noted at the evening’s outset.

NJIT Physicist Makes Big Noise in the World of Amateur Ham Radio

Each year, ham radio enthusiasts from around the globe make the trek to Ohio’s Greene County Fairgrounds and Expo Center, where they gather in mass for one of amateur radio’s largest awards and technology conventions — Dayton Hamvention®. This year, the name of NJIT Professor of Physics Nathaniel Frissell will be heard loud and clear throughout the amateur radio world, as Frissell was recently announced winner of the “2019 Hamvention® Amateur of the Year.”

Custom-Designed Prosthetics and Pothole Scanners are Winners on Innovation Day

A team of biomedical engineering students who designed a body-powered prosthetic index finger for a carpenter who lost part of one in an accident were the first-place winners of this year’s TechQuest Challenge, announced earlier this month at NJIT’s seventh annual Innovation Day.

Men's Lacrosse Trounces Hampton In 26-9 Rout

Hampton, Va. --- Powered by an eight-point effort from Aaron Forster, the NJIT men's lacrosse team dominated the Hampton Pirates in a 26-9 victory Saturday afternoon at Armstrong Stadium. WATCH Highlights vs. Hampton

NJIT Hosts Traveling Exhibitions Exploring Nuclear War and Peace

On Friday, April 5, NJIT held the opening ceremony for the first of two internationally recognized peace exhibitions scheduled to be publicly displayed on campus this month, titled, "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit." The 36-panel exhibition — showcased on the 2nd floor of the university’s Campus Center until April 18 — explores modern and historical issues related to nuclear weapons, and the role that citizen education can play in promoting nuclear disarmament and global peace.

NJIT Scores Two Late to Win Series Finale, 3-1, at Stetson to Split Doubleheader

Watch Highlights vs. Stetson | Game 2 Watch Highlights vs. Stetson | Game 3 DELAND, FL—NJIT scored a pair of runs late to win the series finale, 3-1, at Stetson, behind a complete game performance from senior Sean Lubreski to the split Sunday's doubleheader while the Hatters took game one, 1-0, at Melching Field in ASUN Conference action.

One For the Record Books: Recapping NJIT's Historic 2018-19 Season

The NJIT Highlanders' record-setting 2018-19 season came to a close on March 28, 2019, in the CIT Quarterfinals. Head Coach Brian Kennedy's team finished in fifth place of the ASUN Conference with a 22-13 (8-8 ASUN) record, the third-best overall record in the conference. Kennedy's overall record in three seasons as NJIT's head coach improves to 47-49 (.490) and 117-105 (.527) in his seven seasons as a member of the Highlanders' coaching staff.

NJIT Leaders Featured on NJBIZ's Business Influencer List

Joel S. Bloom, president of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), and Donald H. Sebastian, senior vice president of Technology & Business Development at NJIT and president and CEO of New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), have each earned a spot on The Power 100, NJBIZ’s annual ranking of the most powerful people in New Jersey business.

NCE Recognizes Faculty, Staff and Student Excellence

Newark College of Engineering celebrated faculty, staff and student achievements at the first ceremony of the 21st Annual Salute to Engineering Excellence on April 4, 2019 in the Campus Center Atrium. Outstanding alumni also will be honored at a separate ceremony on April 10, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park, New Jersey. Tickets for this event may be purchased at https://njit-connect.njit.edu/2019-nce-banquet. Following is a list of the faculty, staff and student honorees.

What's Hot and Cool in Tech? Come Find Out at NJIT's 7th Annual Innovation Day

NJIT Innovation Day, an invention-packed showcase of cutting-edge, student-led research, design and development across programs and disciplines, will take place Monday, April 8, at the Campus Center. Around 70 student projects – from autonomous lawn care equipment, to lightweight solar arrays for solar vehicles, to a tornado water filtration bottle, to a platform that provides visual feedback on human balance control – will be on display. Broadly, the event will feature inventions that improve lives, novel business ideas, computer games and fundamental scientific research.

NJIT Professor Receives Google Faculty Research Award

Qiang Tang is one of the researchers around the globe receiving this highly competitive award: this year Google received 910 proposals covering 40 countries and more than 320 universities. Tang was recognized for his work in cliptography, an advanced form of cryptography, which preserves the security of cryptographic tools even if they encounter malicious software or hardware implementations containing backdoors.

NJIT students participating in Alternative Spring Break 2019

A Source of Service: Student Volunteers at NJIT

April 7-13 is National Volunteer Week, when volunteers nationwide are acknowledged for their service-oriented contributions. The NJIT community remains engaged in a range of giving-back activities, centrally coordinated by Career Development Services. To help meet its civic and social responsibility goals, the university is a member of Campus Compact, a coalition “focused on teaching, research, and institutional action in service of the public good.”

The study-abroad group from Martin Tuchman School of Management in front of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt University

School of Management Faculty-led Study Abroad Goes to Germany

This past spring break, six undergrads from the MRKT485 course and two graduate students from MGMT699 ventured to Germany for the first Martin Tuchman School of Management (MTSM) undergraduate faculty-led study-abroad experience. Accompanied by MTSM Senior University Lecturer Melodi Guilbault, they visited both prominent companies and locations of historical and cultural significance, and attended lectures at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI) University, a partner institution of NJIT that helped plan the excursion.

NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management

NJIT Cited for Its Online Master's in Management Program

OnlineMasters.com, “a trusted source of unbiased college rankings and higher education planning,” has named the graduate management program at NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management a Best Online Master’s in Management Program for 2019. It is ranked No. 18 out of 47 of the best programs identified nationwide, and shares kudos with such respected institutions as Harvard University, New York University and Drexel University.

Small business at work

Free Workshops to Teach Startups to Go "Lean"

Entrepreneurs looking to develop their startup businesses are invited to a free Lean Startup Jumpstart Seminar. The introductory training workshop will be held April 10 at Seton Hall, April 17 at Stevens Institute of Technology, May 1 at NJIT and May 8 at New Jersey City University.

NJIT to Host National Town Hall Meeting on Gentrification in Black America

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host a free and open-to-the-public town hall meeting Friday, April 5, to assess gentrification in major cities across America, including concerns in Newark, New Jersey.

Interview with Dr. Donald H. Sebastian, President and CEO of New Jersey Innovation Institute

Dr. Sebastian is also senior vice president of Technology & Business Development at NJIT. New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) is a non-profit corporation that is a new model for business innovation, serving key industrial clusters that anchor the State of New Jersey and national economy. What is the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII)?

Fraud Alert: Notice to Vendors

NJIT wants to alert vendors to an active email scam involving “Requests for Quotation” and/or “Purchase Orders”. While the university cannot prevent this illegal activity, we are actively working with law enforcement to investigate the origin of these fraudulent emails. The investigation is ongoing. To date, some common traits of these fradulent emails include:

NJIT Mourns Death of Former Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) community mourns the loss of one of its historic alumni, Kenneth A. Gibson, who died March 29. The 1962 graduate of the Newark College of Engineering (now NJIT) and recipient of an honorary doctorate from his alma mater in 1977 was the first African-American mayor of Newark. He also was the first African-American to serve as mayor of a major Northeast city.

Highlanders Split Saturday Doubleheader with Jacksonville

NJIT split a doubleheader with Jacksonville Saturday, as the Dolphins took game one 5-2 while the Highlanders won the nightcap, 5-2, behind strong pitching from senior RHP Sean Lubreski and closer RHP Joe Georgini in ASUN Conference action at Somerset Patriots TD Ball Park Saturday. In game one, the Dolphins (18-10, 5-1 ASUN) used four late runs to take the lead in game one and the Highlanders (9-12-1, 2-4 ASUN) scored four runs in the seventh inning of the nightcap to earn the 5-2 victory. Game One | Jacksonville 5, NJIT 2 (Final)

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