Chemical biological and pharmaceutical engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has taken a significant step in its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence by establishing the Grace Hopper AI Research Institute (GHRI). The institute is a key component of NJIT's $10 million AI Initiative aimed at enhancing the university's capabilities in AI research and applications.

Gennady Gor, associate professor of the Chemical and Materials Engineering department, was overcome with joy for the second time when his second undergraduate researcher, Nicholas Corrente defended his Ph.D. thesis at Rutgers University.

NJIT’s Kathleen McEnnis, assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering, is pioneering a new approach in cancer treatment through innovative drug-delivery nanoparticles. 

Her research focuses on treating aggressive types of breast cancer, using platinum-based nanoparticles that target cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue. This breakthrough could mark a significant step forward in minimizing the side effects of chemotherapy.

Back-to-school buzz has returned to campus, and with it has come the latest wave of promising first-year students hailing from NJIT’s home city of Newark.

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s standing in national rankings continues to rise with U.S. News & World Report placing NJIT No. 84 among U.S. universities — improving two places from last year — in the 2025 edition of its Best Colleges list.

The latest ranking extends NJIT’s upward trajectory — climbing 19 spots since 2022 — and supports the findings of other publications that rank U.S. universities, which emphasize value and return on investment.

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is launching a new, $10+ million initiative that will significantly advance the university’s strength in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and position NJIT to become a leader in both AI research and application in higher education. This augments already significant existing academic and research activity in AI and related programs. In 2023 alone, NJIT research related to AI totaled nearly $60 million.

Professor Ecevit Bilgili of the Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, has been appointed as the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry (Open Access MDPI journal). The official announcement and a short Q&A with Prof.

Melisa Bilgili, a junior in NJIT's Chemical and Materials Engineering Department, won a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship under the DAAD Research Internship in Science and Engineering (RISE) program. 2,358 North American, British and Irish students applied for 320 scholarships.

Bacterial spores are some of nature’s most adept survivors. Subject to extreme environments – blazing and freezing temperatures, drought and even the vacuum of space – they coat themselves in a thick husk and lie dormant until conditions improve.

In studying the way these single-cell organisms respond to an environmental change – an uptick in humidity, Gennady Gor, an associate professor of chemical and materials engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, noticed anomalous behaviors.

The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report continue to boost the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering and computer science, with both programs ranking in the top 100.

NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) ranks No. 80 on the publication’s list of the Best Engineering Schools in the U.S. — the ninth consecutive year that NCE has made the top 100.