Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

Building Her Future: How Saly Tanyous is Shaping What's Next in Mechatronics

Tuesday, October 14, 2025
When Saly Tanyous ’26 walks across the stage at NJIT this spring, she won’t just be accepting her degree, she’ll be celebrating a journey marked by resilience, discovery and the courage to find her true path in engineering. Born in Egypt, Tanyous moved to the United States in sixth grade and settled in Jersey City with her family. The transition was difficult. As a child who excelled in her Egyptian classrooms, she was suddenly navigating a new culture, a new language and the fear of falling short. “I used to cry every day, worried about failing,” she recalled.  It was her uncle, a...

NJIT Ranked #1 Public University in NJ for Value, Salary in WSJ's '2026 Best Colleges'

Wednesday, October 1, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is the top public university in New Jersey for both value and alumni salary outcomes, according to the newly released Wall Street Journal/Statista “2026 Best Colleges” rankings. NJIT achieved strong placement in categories that highlight return on investment and long-term success: No.1 for Best Salary among public institutions in New Jersey No. 25 for Best Salary among all universities nationally No.1 for Best Value among public institutions in New Jersey No. 42 for Best Value among all universities nationally “These results...

NJIT Rises to No. 80 in U.S. News National University Rankings

Tuesday, September 23, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has climbed to No. 80 — its highest-ever placement — in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best National Universities rankings, continuing its steady ascent among the nation’s leading institutions. The new placement marks a four-spot rise from last year and a 23-place improvement over the past five years, underscoring NJIT’s growing national reputation for academic excellence, innovation, student success and affordability. The university also advanced significantly in several categories that reflect NJIT’s mission of access and return on...

NJIT's STEM Success Academy Propels Students Toward Engineering Futures

Thursday, September 11, 2025
When the vessel “King Gizzard” lined up for the final round of NJIT’s STEM Success Academy boat race, the stakes weren’t high in the traditional sense — just a stream of air and a small plastic boat floating on a narrow water track in NJIT’s Makerspace. But what was at play was far bigger: creativity, collaboration and the confidence to think differently. Josh Rutka, a recent transfer student from Raritan Valley Community College and now a full-time mechanical engineering major at NJIT, drew on his years of experience in FIRST Robotics to help lead his team toward an unconventional design...

NJIT's Rajesh Davé Wins Lifetime Achievement Award from American Institute of Chemical Engineers

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Rajesh Davé, a problem-focused inventor whose groundbreaking methods for re-engineering tiny particles have applications in such diverse areas as rocket fuels and explosives, high-value-added chemicals and pharmaceuticals, has been tapped for the Elsevier Particle Technology Forum Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Davé, a distinguished professor of chemical and materials engineering at NJIT, draws on physics, chemistry and engineering to understand and manipulate the behavior of particles. For example, by vigorously shaking granular or...

NJIT, Leader at Stryker and NJIT Recognized for Innovation in Medical Technology

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Written by: Andrew McMains and Tracey Regan Published: Tuesday, August 5, 2025 .authorship {display: none} The Research & Development Council of New Jersey is recognizing medical technology developed at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Stryker executive Robert C. Cohen’s leadership in surgical device and robotics innovation. Cohen, who holds three degrees from NJIT and chairs its Board of Trustees, is president of digital robotics and enabling technologies at Stryker. He and NJIT will be honored at the council’s annual Edison Patent Awards ceremony in...

CME Recipient of Tier-2 IUSE Grant Award

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Dr. Richard Cimino, Senior University Lecturer, and collaborators at UConn and Pitt have been awarded a $750,000 Tier-2 IUSE grant for Fall 2025 titled Collaborative Research: Using Digital Narratives and Data Analytics to Enhance Ethical Judgment Education and Assessment. This grant builds on and expands the work from their successful T1 project that resulted in the creation of Mars! An Ethical Expedition, a narrative choose-your-own adventure style digital game for teaching engineering ethics. They plan to leverage the digital game platform developed to explore two new research questions...

NJIT No. 27 in Princeton Review's Best Value List, 5th Year in Top 50

Tuesday, June 24, 2025
For the fifth straight year, New Jersey Institute of Technology is a Top 50 Best Value College in The Princeton Review’s annual ranking of public institutions. At No. 27, NJIT is the only university in New Jersey included in the Top 50 Public School ranking. The university has been a staple of The Princeton Review’s broader list of Best Value Colleges since its inception in 2018. That too is a highly selective list: less than a third of the universities and colleges that the review considered made the cut this year. In addition, NJIT is now top 10 on The Princeton Review’s list of the...

CME Faculty Startup, AltVIVO, Awarded NIH STTR Grant

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Dr. Roman Voronov, Associate Professor in NJIT’s Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, has received a prestigious NIH STTR grant totaling $295,038 to advance the commercialization of innovative microfluidic cell culturing technology. Dr. Voronov's startup, AltVIVO, Inc., aims to revolutionize biomedical research by automating precise, non-destructive manipulation and analysis of cell cultures. This technology, designed to support complex cell environments and real-time biological assessments, represents a significant advancement over traditional methods—reducing the need for...

Be True to Yourself & Make a Difference, Speakers Tell NJIT's Class of 2025

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Persevere, be authentic, remain flexible and make a difference in the world, speakers told the Class of 2025 at New Jersey Institute of Technology’s undergraduate commencement. Keynote speaker Kevin O’Toole, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, said NJIT graduates “are not just job-ready; they’re mission-ready. They’re problem-solvers. They’re innovators. They’re people who roll up their sleeves and get things done. And they’re the ones we need at the table solving our country’s problems.” “Your STEM education from this terrific...

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