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January 31, 2022

Qi Kang - ECE PhD Student of the Month - January 2022

Qi Kang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His advisor is Professor Mengchu Zhou and his Co-advisor is Professor Mesut Sahin from Biomedical department. His research is about Neural Modulation. This includes focused ultrasound stimulation (FUS) and transcranial electrical current stimulation (tECS). He has a journal (brain stimulation) publication about focused ultrasound stimulation on an anesthetized rat. He won the first prize in ECE’s first Ph.D.
January 28, 2022

Management Alum's Startup App Offers New Approach to Make Friends and Date

Business school alumnus Tomi Antoljak wants to do for online relationships what NBC's The Voice did for singing competitions. People using his new mobile app, Hangoo, talk first — and then only get to see each other if there's a match. "My belief really is that voice is the more authentic way to communicate," said Antoljak, who in 2019 earned a B.S. in business with a concentration in financial technology from NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management. He was also a member of Albert Dorman Honors College.
January 27, 2022

New Study Challenges Core Understanding of How Efficient Solar Flares Release Their Energy

New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares.
January 26, 2022

NJIT Increases Financial Aid Offerings With Garden State Guarantee

NJIT students can soon see their out-of-pocket costs reduced thanks to New Jersey’s Garden State Guarantee (GSG), which makes a college degree more accessible and affordable for New Jersey residents who attend in-state, public four-year institutions.
January 25, 2022

US News and World Report Ranks NJIT Online Programs Top 100 Nationally, Top 3 Statewide

Three of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities, and in the top three for New Jersey institutions.
January 24, 2022

NJIT Sweeps Visiting Purdue Fort Wayne for First Win of 2022

The NJIT men's volleyball team picked up its first win of the 2022 season sweeping visiting Purdue Fort Wayne, 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 26-24), Sunday afternoon in men's volleyball non-conference action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.
January 22, 2022

Lyzi Litwinko's Double-Double Leads NJIT Back into the Win Column

Sophomore guard Lyzi Litwinko combined for her fourth career double-double, netting a personal-best 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Highlanders moved back into the win column with a 58-48 victory over visiting Binghamton in America East Conference women's basketball action inside NJIT's Wellness and Events Center.
January 24, 2022

NJIT Professor's COVID-19 Research Is Personal and Prolific, with 3 Books Out, 2 to Come

As a researcher, NJIT Adjunct Professor Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is fascinated by COVID-19, having just co-edited three books on the virus and its implications, with two more on the way, distinguishing himself globally as a prolific researcher on the topic. But his interest isn’t just professional. You see, Hussain is also COVID survivor who was hospitalized and connected to a ventilator for 25 days. At one point, his blood oxygen level was 54% (normal is 95-100%). He also lost track of time: when a nurse asked him the date, he was off by a month.
January 20, 2022

David Bader Named ACM Fellow for Career in Data Science and Supercomputing

The ACM has announced NJIT Distinguished Professor David Bader in its new class of Fellows. Bader received the honor along with 70 peers in the computing industry, representing just 1% of Association for Computing Machinery membership. "The contributions of the 2021 Fellows run the gamut of the computing field — including cloud database systems, deep learning acceleration, high performance computing, robotics, and theoretical computer science," ACM President Gabriele Kotsis stated.
January 19, 2022

College of Computing to Modernize MIPS Online System, Connecting Healthcare Providers with Medicare

Over the last few years, Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) has been involved in a number of commercial software development projects, typically outsourced from corporations. By employing the skills of its international students, many of whom have prior experience in software development, the College enhances the student experience with real-world opportunities for advancement, innovation and societal change.
January 19, 2022

DENSE Magazine Launched By NJIT Alumni

New Jersey was built by design. It’s a strange and complicated place – flawed and often misunderstood. DENSE, a new magazine launched by a group of mostly NJIT alumni, tells the Garden State’s story through a critical lens. Design, in the eyes of DENSE, is a tool for change in a state that needs plenty of it. 
January 19, 2022

Salam Daher Wins Tech Innovator Award for Healthcare Simulation

Salam Daher, assistant professor of informatics, this week received the Society for Simulation in Healthcare's Technology Innovator of the Year award in recognition of four projects addressing patient simulation.
January 7, 2022

NJIT Updates Athletics Spectator Policy on Attending Home Athletic Events

The Department of Athletics has revised the spectator policy for home athletic events for Winter 2022. All athletic events shall either be held without spectators in attendance or with limited attendance to allow for strict social distancing.  All spectators ages 5 and older, must be fully vaccinated and provide proof upon entry. Masks remain required for all non-participants, in compliance with America East conference, NCAA, and NJIT guidelines.  These policies are effective immediately.
January 18, 2022

Bevan, Ban Sweep America East Swimming Honors For NJIT

NJIT Men's Swimming and Diving swept this week's America East weekly awards, with junior Matthew Bevan earning Male Swimmer of the Week honors and sophomore Aiden Ban claiming Male Diver of the Week. Bevan and Ban helped the Highlanders win their first meet of 2022, defeating in-state rival Monmouth 179-110 last Friday (January 14). 
February 7, 2022

NJIT Featured On Amazon Prime Video Series 'The College Tour'

Streaming now on Amazon Prime Video!
January 18, 2022

NJIT Alum's Startup Earns National Acclaim for Li-Ion Battery Recycling Technology

For all the convenience of our electronic devices, one inconvenient truth is that waste from our discarded tech is piling up — global e-waste could reach a whopping 74 million metric tons in 2030. NJIT alum Chao Yan’s new greentech startup, Princeton NuEnergy, is receiving national acclaim for their solution to a key aspect of the environmental dilemma — what happens to our smartphone and laptop batteries once we’re done with them?
January 12, 2022

VentureLink Applications Open Through March 1 for Newark Minority Entrepreneurs

Applications are now open for local business leaders of color to join NJIT's Paul Profeta Entrepreneur-in-Residence program. The program, operated by NJIT’s VentureLink incubator, initially functions as a matchmaking service between the vast collection of NJIT-developed intellectual property and Newark-area minorities who might have impressive talent but lack traditional management or technology backgrounds.
January 10, 2022

Computing Student Logan Reyes Answers the Call Where Help is Needed

Logan Reyes was named by his parents after James “Logan” Howlett, otherwise known by his codename Wolverine. Perhaps Marvel’s superhero is an apt comparison for a young man who states that he “wakes up every day striving to make an impact.” 
January 10, 2022

Miles Coleman Honored by America East for Second-Straight Week

Miles Coleman, a senior on the NJIT men's basketball team, was named America East Conference Player of the Week, it was announced on Monday. Coleman earned the honor for the second-straight week after he helped lead the Highlanders to a pair of America East road wins at UMass Lowell and Binghamton. NJIT is the lone 3-0 team in the America East Conference standings. 
January 11, 2022

Statewide, University HQ Ranks NJIT No. 1 in MBAs and No. 3 in Bachelor's and Master's

New Jersey Institute of Technology is among the best universities in New Jersey to earn a bachelor’s or master’s degree – particularly an MBA – according to University HQ.

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