Albert Dorman Honors College

NJIT 2020 Goldwater Scholar Class Among Largest In U.S.

Thursday, April 16, 2020
NJIT undergrads continue to earn the nation’s top academic honors, the latest being a new university record of four students named Goldwater Scholars this year by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. The scholarship is recognized among the country’s most prestigious for STEM undergraduates pursuing research careers. This year’s NJIT Goldwater Scholar class, doubling last year’s total, is the largest from any academic institution in New Jersey and equals second-most across the nation, beating out universities such as Columbia University (3),...

With an NSF RAPID Grant, NJIT Engineers Build a New Model to Track COVID-19

Tuesday, April 14, 2020
A team of environmental engineers at NJIT is developing a new way to track the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus, by combining advanced statistical methods with models that incorporate environmental conditions, such as wind speed, temperature and social distancing. To date, modelers are largely tracking the growth in the number of cases and adjusting their projections as the numbers change, attributing flattening curves, for example, to social measures. With funding from a National Science Foundation RAPID (Rapid Response Research) grant, the NJIT team is creating a model that...

Meeting the Demand: Honors Scholars Produce Hundreds of Personal Protective Equipment

Thursday, April 9, 2020
It all started with an email sent by NJIT/Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) alumnus, Biren Bhatt, M.D., to Louis Hamilton, ADHC dean, as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading with lightning speed throughout the New York-New Jersey area. Dr. Bhatt, an attending emergency physician at Hackensack Medical Center (HMC), asked the dean to put out a call to Dorman Scholars to design and create a prototype for a face shield, vital personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers. Without hesitation, the Honors College sprung into action. The very next day, a Saturday, it messaged its...

Six Highlanders Earn EIVA All-Conference Honors

Monday, April 6, 2020
Six Highlanders were recognized to the 2020 Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) All-Conference team, headed by Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Co-Player of the Year Alvaro Gimeno and Freshman of the Year Julian Meissner the league office announced Tuesday afternoon. The postseason EIVA teams are determined by a vote by the eight head coaches. Gimeno was selected 2020 Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Co-Player of the Year and named to the first-team. Meissner tabbed 2020 Freshman of the Year and was named to the second-team. In...

NJIT Designers Fabricate Masks, Shields and Swabs to Battle COVID-19

Monday, March 30, 2020
As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in COVID-19 (coronavirus) infections, diverse members of the NJIT community – from engineers to physicists to advanced manufacturing specialists to students – are designing and fabricating devices to help address the shortfall. After consulting with emergency room physicians on specifications, a team in the Makerspace at NJIT designed and manufactured a prototype of a face shield that can be used by various...

Daniel Meza, Hillier's First Fulbright Scholar, Works in Slime Mold

Thursday, March 26, 2020
Students applying for Fulbright scholarships often see their work described as advanced, insightful, sophisticated or any number of similar platitudes -- but for senior industrial design major Daniel Meza the word was also slimy. Meza, who plans to graduate in December from Hillier College of Architecture and Design and who's also an Albert Dorman Honors College student, found his medium in mold and slime. He is just the fourth NJIT student to become a Fulbright Scholar and the first from HCAD. "You're not missing anything," the Randolph, N.J., native explains to people who...

NJIT Recognized in 4 Areas of Distinction for Student Opportunity and Success

Monday, March 23, 2020
For its unwavering and ongoing commitment to both first-generation college students and students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, NJIT has been acknowledged in four key areas of distinction: inclusion, affordability, completion and outcomes. The accolade comes from Strive for College, an online mentoring platform that supports aspiring college students and with which NJIT is a success partner. The distinctions represent data-based measures culled from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (more well-known as IPEDS), as well as economic mobility “report cards”...

NJIT Robotics Club Qualifies for Vex World Championships Tournament

Thursday, March 12, 2020
NJIT's robotics club just stamped its ticket to the world championships tournament of a top-level league, despite competing as underdogs this season after all of its top members graduated last year. Chief engineer Yichao Zhang and lead programmer Dale Nacianceno — the former a senior, the latter a freshman — are leading the Highlanders to Louisville, Ky. to play in a tournament comprising up to 92 teams, after qualifying with a victory at a College of Southern Maryland tournament in February. The league is operated by the Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, which is...

Alpha Kappa Psi Team Makes Top 10 in Business Competition's Preliminary Round

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
By Krishna Sutariya Late last month NJIT’s chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi, a professional business fraternity, won first place in the annual Case Competition held at each location of the Principled Business Leadership Institute (PBLI), “Alpha Kappa Psi’s annual flagship event where students and alumni interact with top professionals in business industries, gain insight on necessary industry-related skills, and develop a leadership development plan. It is designed for all individuals seeking to enhance their professional development.” The Chi Zeta chapter attended the PBLI held in Boston...

Faculty-Student Team Explores Social Security Benefit Valuation and Risk

Monday, March 2, 2020
Social Security benefits continue to make up a substantial portion of most Americans’ retirement portfolios. With many people depending on this program during their golden years, understanding the associated value and risks of future Social Security payments is of the utmost importance. But just what are the associated risks for recipients based on their health profile and wage history? This is the question an NJIT faculty-student team, led by Assistant Professor of Finance Steve Taylor and Assistant Professor of Accounting Ming Fang Taylor, set out to answer. The students on board...

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