Alumni News

NJIT Professor Rajesh Dave and his former graduate student, alumnus Daniel To

January 17, 2017

NJIT Engineers Win an Edison Patent Award for Technology that Masks the Taste of Bitter Drugs

Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, and two of his former graduate students, Maxx Capece and Daniel To, received a Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award from the Research & Development Council of New Jersey for developing a manufacturing process that masks the bitter tastes of medications while delivering them effectively to their targets in the body. The team of chemical engineers was honored for their “enabling technology” at the organization’s 37th Edison Patent Awards Ceremony on November 3. They were among 12 winners in 2016.

NJIT's Blast Lab

January 17, 2017

The Art of War: Engineering Protective Gear for 21st Century Soldiers

Battle-inflicted head injuries are as old as war itself, evidenced by the copper helmets worn by Bronze Age soldiers to deflect blows from spears and axes. Over the ensuing millennia, as weapons evolved, so did armor. Today, the powerful explosive devices of 21st century warfare have once again raised the stakes, prompting urgent calls to re-engineer protective gear.

January 16, 2017

NJIT Grad Talks Digital Design

Pixar has been entertaining millions for over two decades with brilliant work like “Toy Story,” “The Incredibles” and “Up.” The American film animation studio also continues to inspire budding animation artists, like 2016 graduate Mark Sanna, to create their own art and stories.

January 13, 2017

Influential Scholar

Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Distinguished Professor Emerita of Information Systems, defined the electronic frontier with her groundbreaking research and prescient, award-winning books about the impact of virtual online communities and the potential of communicating through computers.

January 13, 2017

Course Spotlight: Behind the Scenes of the Incredible CoAD Superhero Studio

During the 2015 fall semester, there was a collective of interior, digital and industrial designers and architects holed up in the Idea Factory on the lower level of Cypress Hall creating the legends of tomorrow.

Mane Event

Twice a week at NJIT, on the third floor of the Central King Building, adjunct professor Patti O’Brien-Richardson teaches “HAIR: Culture, Politics and Technology,” a senior seminar offered by the humanities department in the College of Science & Liberal Arts.

NJIT distinguished alumnus Ying Wu '88

January 12, 2017

Distinguished Gentleman

Alumnus Ying Wu makes a name for himself at NJIT and beyond.

January 12, 2017

From Industrial Engineer to Career Coach: Carla G. Jones '94

<p>Carla Jones ’94 did not always envision herself in the career-coaching profession per se, but as an NJIT student she was continually involved in activities where she was helping someone or improving something. And looking back on her decision to study industrial engineering, she even chose a major closely connected to working with people to improve systems or processes.</p>

Casey Diekman

January 12, 2017

Delving Deeper into the Circadian Rhythms of Life

The circadian rhythms that harmonize our behavior with the daily cycle of light and dark, and with seasonal change, are among the most powerful physiological forces that we experience each day — forces that are experienced not only by other mammals, but also by many other living organisms.

Diverse Hands image

January 12, 2017

Is the Cooperative Economy Next in a Post-Consumer World?

For a significant part of the 20th century, the Manufacturing Economy generated unprecedented material prosperity in the United States. Then, as well-paying factory jobs migrated to corners of the world where labor is much less expensive, it was the Information Economy or the Service Economy that provided gainful employment and enabled the consumption underpinning our national and individual well-being.

January 11, 2017

Can-do Attitude

At NJIT, faculty and staff take great care to nurture students who are concerned about humanity.

January 11, 2017

A Dream Come True

Having grown exponentially over the last decade, the city of Newark continues to burgeon as a mecca of architectural rebirth, thanks in part to creatives like College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) alum Kyle Rendall ’07.

January 11, 2017

Prime Time

Contrary to popular belief, the world of interior design isn’t all pillow fluffing, couch shopping and paint sampling. “Sure, it’s a part of the job, but it goes far beyond that,” insists Elouie Gaspar. “I feel like anyone can decorate, but not everyone has the skills to design a space. We care about the infrastructure of the building. We care about plumbing. We care about electrical. It’s not just about does this couch go with this wall.” Destined for Design

College of Architecture and Design students spent a month in Italy learning how to cut stone.

January 11, 2017

All Abroad

The Digital Stone Project is a summer workshop offered by Italian stone-cutting company Garfagnana Innovazione. Students from NJIT, NYIT, Yale University, Bennington College and William Paterson University were selected by their respective faculty and brought to Garfagnana, Italy to work with the latest innovations in digital stone fabrication technologies. The students developed models using programs such as Rhinoceros, 3-D Studio Max, Zbrush and Cinema 4-D to be milled out by five axis robotic mills at facilities provided by Garfagnana Innovazione.

Inside the kitchen at NJIT

August 23, 2017

On-campus Dining at NJIT

Gourmet Dining Services makes an effort to leave room for improvement and measure student satisfaction and perception.

NJIT Alum Addresses Health Care Needs of the LGBTQ Community

We chat with an industrious NJIT alum and his inspiring adviser about a service they’ve cooked up to help combat one of the biggest issues facing the LGBTQ community: health care discrimination.

Design student presents her work

January 10, 2017

NJIT Ranks in the Top 7 Percent of Interior Design Programs Nationwide

The interior design program at the School of Art + Design—which joined the New Jersey School of Architecture to form the College of Architecture and Design at NJIT in 2008—has recently been ranked #13 nationally by DesignIntelligence.

four students hold up smartphones featuring FaceDate

February 6, 2017

NJIT Grad Students Invent Slick New Dating App

Online dating has become a way of life for folks looking for love in the freewheeling, tap-and-swipe culture that dominates the 21st century. According to the Pew Research Center, online dating sites or mobile dating app usage by 18-to 24-year-olds has increased nearly threefold since 2013, while usage by 55-to 64-year-olds has doubled.

Nancy Jackson Brazil

January 5, 2017

Coastal Perspectives — Studying Forces That Affect Life Where Land and Water Meet

Land lies in water; it is shadowed green. Shadows, or are they shallows, at its edges showing the line of long sea-weeded ledges where weeds hang to the simple blue from green. Or does the land lean down to lift the sea from under, drawing it unperturbed around itself? Along the fine tan sandy shelf is the land tugging at the sea from under? — From “The Map” by Elizabeth Bishop

Dean Kevin Belfield

January 5, 2017

From Cells to Science and Society — Kevin Belfield is Engaged Across a Broad Spectrum of Research

As a researcher, Kevin Belfield is working at the forefront of medical innovation to develop a minimally invasive imaging technique that could revolutionize how wound healing and the growth of cancerous tissue are monitored. A professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Belfield is also dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA), and in this role he is helping to build the success of programs that span a very broad spectrum of research and education at NJIT.

Pages