Alumni News

A small indigenous Ecuadorian community now has clean spring water thanks to a passionate group of engineering students at the NJIT Chapter of Engineers Without Borders. The initiative started in 2016 as part of an independent project led by Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Jay Meegoda. Students in his classes were tasked with the design and implementation of a spring cap to clean and increase the supply of water from a natural spring in the Cotopaxi Province. 

NJIT students’ return on investment is at the top of the charts according to the Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, which ranked NJIT in the top 10% for return on investment nationwide. In New Jersey, NJIT is ranked No. 1 among public four-year institutions, and second overall in the state.

The NJIT women's tennis team returned to the win column with a 7-0 shutout victory over the Quinnipiac Bobcats Sunday afternoon at the Naimoli Family Athletic and Recreational Facility. The 7-0 win was the Highlanders' second in their last four games and improved NJIT's home record to 3-1 on the season.

The NJIT women's basketball team advanced to its first-ever America East Conference semifinals defeating visiting UMass Lowell, 47-33, led by Kenna Squier (14pts) and Ellyn Stoll (13 points) Saturday afternoon inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.

The NJIT track and field teams wrapped up their first-ever America East Indoor Championships Saturday evening on the campus of Boston University. TEAM STANDINGS The Highlander men completed their time at the championship meet with 20 points (8th place) while the NJIT women scored 11 points (9th place).

Dear NJIT Community Members, NJIT will be commemorating Women’s History Month throughout the month of March and shining a spotlight on the extraordinary contributions of women to our university and our world. It is important that we celebrate Women’s History Month in this way and embrace our responsibility, as a premier public polytechnic university, to cultivate future generations of women studying, researching, working in, and leading the STEM fields.

Advances in health care research and practice are spurring continuous improvements in society’s capacity to understand, diagnose and treat diseases. The response to COVID-19 is a powerful case in point. And yet the pandemic also highlights the challenge that remains: to provide high-quality health care efficiently, equitably and promptly to underserved people around the globe.

U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill recognizes the value of a new pilot plant in her New Jersey district that will modernize munitions development through the production of foamable celluloid. The 16,000-square-foot plant in Fairfield, N.J. is run by the Polymer Processing Institute (PPI), which is based on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark. PPI and NJIT are partners in the Joint Munitions Manufacturing Technology Group (JMMTG) that also includes the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center, based at Picatinny Arsenal. 

ROI-NJ recognized 15 leaders connected to New Jersey Institute of Technology in its 2022 Power lists of ROI Influencers. The honorees made lists for Higher Education, Technology, New Jersey Executives, Economic Development, Real Estate, Elected & Appointed Government Officials, Associations & Organizations, Consultants and the Top 50 statewide, with most having earned such recognition in the past.