Alumni News

December 29, 2020

Brinson's Buzzer Beater Lifts NJIT to First America East Victory at League Favorite Vermont

In a game that lasted 50 minutes, it was a put-back layup in the final tenth of a second that made the difference.  San Antonio Brinson's buzzer-beating layup put NJIT ahead for good as the Highlanders earned their inaugural America East Conference victory over defending league champions and preseason favorite Vermont on Monday at Patrick Gymnasium. 
December 23, 2020

Computer Science Student Wins Business Challenge With Health Care App

Yashwee J. Kothari, an Albert Dorman Honors College and computer science student from Parsippany, placed first among student competitors at this year’s New Business Model Competition for her innovative work supporting patients living with traumatic brain injury (TBI). The annual competition was hosted virtually by NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Acceleration Center Dec. 7, marking its twelfth year.
December 23, 2020

NJIT@JerseyCity Celebrates First Graduates of M.S. in Data Science Program

NJIT @JerseyCity celebrated the graduation of its first group of master’s students, with four students earning their Master of Science in Data Science at the end of the fall semester this week. While a typical part-time M.S. program takes five semesters to complete, including a full summer semester, these students raced ahead to complete the program in just four semesters.
NJIT's Martin Tuchman School of Management
December 23, 2020

NJIT Earns Another National Accolade: Best Online MBA in Information Systems

NJIT’s online MBA program continues to earn national accolades.  After being recognized as one of the Best Online MBA Programs by U.S. News and World Report, NJIT’s online MBA in management information systems has been ranked No. 1 by Master’s Programs Guide.
December 22, 2020

NJIT Researchers Help Prevent Cyberattacks From Software Supply Chain

An open-source tool that cryptographically protects the layout of your software code supply chain is now available from researchers at NJIT, New York University and Purdue University, bolstering the type of weakness exploited in the recent cyberattack on the commercial SolarWinds monitoring application used by the U.S. government.
December 18, 2020

Business Data Observatory Coming Soon to Van Houten Library

A room in the university library is being rebuilt as the Leir Business Data Observatory, providing a dedicated high-tech space for graduate students and faculty from Martin Tuchman School of Management to collaboratively study data science as it pertains to business and finance.
Cover Art, Collaborations Vol. 1, by the APEX Collective
December 17, 2020

Miguel Rodrigues aka Kaliptus Published in Collaborations - Vol.1 by APEX Collective

The book, Collaborations Vol. 1, by APEX Collective, includes works of art, particularly painting collaborations, created from 2014-2020 by various artists that were exhibited in a multitude of art galleries, including the Ryan Joseph Gallery in Denver, Knew Conscious Gallery also in Denver, Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors in New York, the Philadelphia VisionaryArts Gallery and many more. 
Projection Mapping: Artificial Interruption
December 17, 2020

Kum-Biocca Presents Projection Mapping at SIGGRAPH Asia

SIGGRAPH ASIA, Projection Mapping AI: Artificial Interruption
December 17, 2020

COVID-19 Vaccines Breathe Life into Research Done 20 Years Ago

Research conducted 20 years ago by a former NJIT dean is being put to new use in the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. Barry Cohen,  who was an associate dean of Ying Wu College of Computing, worked on the algorithm for bioengineering stable messenger RNA (mRNA), a key ingredient of the vaccine recently approved for emergency use by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration.
Manhattan Skyline at night from across the river
December 17, 2020

Alumna Masha Drozdov '09 on Responsibility and the Value of Technical Skills

Masha Drozdov is a frequent guest critic for the advanced integrated architecture studios at Hillier College and Columbia GSAPP and has also participated as a guest for the Alumni Tea discussions at NJIT with students who are figuring out what their career paths will be. Masha’s admiration for Louis Kahns’ work and a fourth year NJIT project has been an inspiration for her volunteer work at Four Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island. She has been a docent at the park since 2012.
Code for energy management and cool design by Allie Kostelnik and Meghna Vambukar
December 17, 2020

Architecture Studios Present Research and Projects at Super Jury

After final reviews at the end of this semester the advanced Architecture Studios presented their projects at the Super Jury.
December 16, 2020

Pandemic Gives Architects New Challenges in Designing for Health Concerns

Architects consider cost, design aesthetics, materials, uses and a host of other factors when planning new spaces, but now the COVID-19 pandemic is making occupant health another factor to consider.
Interior view of the COCO coffee-shop-in-a-container prototype design
December 16, 2020

Interior/Digital Design Students Team Up on Coffee Shop Prototype

The team of interior and digital design students who collaborated with students in the Tuchman school of management on the COCO Coffee Shop include Sandy Ghattas, Claritza Guerrero, Ahn Ly, Rua Elmosallamy, and Suzanne Hlinka.  
December 15, 2020

Two NJIT Engineers are Elected 2020 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Two pioneering researchers, Rajesh Davé, a distinguished professor of chemical and materials engineering, and MengChu Zhou, a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering, were recently elected fellows of National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Davé and Zhou join 173 other academic innovators, together representing 115 research universities and governmental and non-profit research institutes, in this year’s class of fellows. Collectively, the group holds more than 4,700 issued U.S. patents. Davé has 15 U.S. patents and Zhou has 14.
Michael Rivera design for NJIT gateway building
December 15, 2020

Architecture Students Propose NJIT Master Plan, New Building Designs

It is a long-standing practice within architecture studios to assign real-world projects to students as they develop the skills to build for the future. In a studio taught by Associate Professor Darius Sollohub, the reimagining of the Mueller Florist Supplies site continues this practice.
December 15, 2020

Lyzi Litwinko Tabs Second Straight America East Conference Rookie of the Week Honor

Freshman Lyzi Litwinko was selected America East Conference Rookie of the Week for the second straight week the league office announced on Monday. The 5-foot-8 guard from Berlin, CT, averaged 9.5ppg and 5.5rpg in a pair of games for the Highlanders last week.  Litwinko shot 42 percent on the week and matched her career-high with 11 points on Saturday against Fairleigh Dickinson.
Construction site with a "slow down" sign
December 14, 2020

Inculcating Ethics in Engineers

J. Britt Holbrook, a philosopher who specializes in science policy, is designing an innovative course in engineering ethics that focuses on justice and societal impact. The goal of the course is to help engineering students better understand how their future actions and decisions as engineers can directly affect the lives of individuals and communities at large.
December 14, 2020

NJIT Community Updates and Announcements 12/14/20-12/18/20

Here you will find a weekly listing of updates and announcements for members of the NJIT campus community. Announcements are to be submitted through the form found at https://forms.gle/V6PBxUy5b3jkErMc8. Those submitted by each Thursday will be included in the following week's Updates and Announcements email.
December 10, 2020

IBM-4-Good Ideathon Registration Now Open for Students

To celebrate Computer Science Education Week #CSEdWeek, IBM Z is teaming with Goodwall, a youth-led social enterprise, to power its "What’s Your Coding Story" video challenge. What inspired you to learn to code? Why does computer science fire you up? Tell IBM Z and Goodwall and earn an opportunity to win $1,000 toward education expenses through Goodwall’s video challenge. Upload your video now.
December 10, 2020

NJIT President Recognized with Technology Award for Boosting Innovation by TechUnited

In a virtual ceremony Dec. 9, NJIT President Joel S. Bloom was presented with the Martinson-Ballen Technology Supporter award by TechUnited. This award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated a significant impact and a long-standing contribution to New Jersey's technology and innovation industries. 

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