Otto H. York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

NJIT Students Make Em' Laugh at Newark Improv Festival 2020

Friday, February 21, 2020
As the great improv comic Robin Williams once said, “You’re only given one little spark of madness. You mustn’t lose it.” Newark audiences enjoyed plenty of unique and entertaining moments, sparked with that little bit of madness, during the city’s annual celebration of improv theater recently. The Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Arts Program in collaboration with the local arts-based organization, Express Newark, was involved in hosting the two-day 2020 Newark Improv Festival (NIF). Diverse troupes and performers from across the U.S. arrived in Newark to showcase their improvisational...

NJIT Researchers Ready Follow-Up Investigation Bound for Int'l Space Station

Thursday, February 20, 2020
NJIT researchers will look to continue a successful string of space-bound studies at the International Space Station (ISS) when a new payload of experimental samples launches to the station with the SpaceX CRS-20 commercial cargo resupply mission on Mar. 7.  NJIT’s Boris Khusid, professor of chemical and materials engineering, and Lou Kondic, Distinguished Professor of Applied Mathematics, will join researchers from NASA, New York University and Streamline Automation in conducting a set of experiments, titled “ACE-T-Ellipsoids”, at the ISS to explore the fundamental science of...

NJIT Technology and Society Forum Presents: Smart Cities

Thursday, February 6, 2020
Smart Cities is an all-encompassing expression that represents an optimal situation for operating cities while maximizing the benefit to their citizens. A successful Smart Cities approach would also incorporate forward-looking management strategies, such as clean energy. This Technology and Society Forum Presentation, led by Dr. Shihab Kuran, founder of Power Edison, will address how these concepts are implemented throughout the globe with a focus on New Jersey. We will also present case studies of cities, including Newark, New Jersey, that made major strides towards Smart Cities. Also...

Princeton Review Ranks NJIT Among Top Schools with 'the Best ROI'

Tuesday, February 4, 2020
New Jersey Institute of Technology is one of the nation’s best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review®. The education services company profiles NJIT in the recently published 2020 edition of its annual guide, The Best Value Colleges. In order to make the list, institutions must demonstrate a stellar academic program and affordability, and offer strong opportunities for career prospects after graduation. A return on an academic investment is a highly sought-after quality. “An NJIT...

Researchers Take Exploration of Key "Building Block" Particles Into Space

Monday, January 6, 2020
Jan. 6, 2020 -- As part of SpaceX’s CRS-19 resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched Dec. 5, researchers from NASA, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and New York University (NYU) are set to begin a new scientific investigation to explore how a group of microscopic particles considered key “building blocks” for materials and products here on Earth, known as colloidal particles, behave and form in zero-gravity. The team’s experimental payload of colloidal samples, which officially docked at the station Dec. 8, will be used to study for...

NJIT Opens State-of-the-Art Nanoelectronics Fabrication Facility

Thursday, December 5, 2019
Sagnik Basuray is developing a device the size of a dollar coin that will detect cancer biomarkers in patients in remission by sampling a tiny drop of blood with a dip stick. His sensor is groundbreaking not only in its simplicity, but also in its portability. It’s meant to be used at home. “Cancer patients in remission need to be kept informed at all times about the status of their disease, so a point-of-care test that they can administer themselves makes sense,” noted Basuray, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering. “We’re designing one that is non-invasive,...

NJIT Technology and Society Forum Presents: Environmental Health and Hurricane Impacts

Monday, October 28, 2019
There are over 200 hazardous waste sites in Puerto Rico, including 24 Superfund sites, causing significant contamination of water resources. Air pollution from refineries, power plants, motor vehicles, and large ships at ports is also very high. Puerto Ricans stand out as the most health-disparate Hispanic subgroup; Puerto Rico has one of the highest preterm birth rates among all U.S. states and territories. The population is, on average, significantly poorer than the general U.S. population. Moreover, in September 2017 the island was struck by Hurricane Maria, the most powerful hurricane to...

The Hearst Foundations Promote Diversity in NJIT's Undergraduate Research Community

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
A five-woman team of undergraduate engineering students is tackling a problem experienced by a diverse and growing population: balance instability. For the elderly, people recovering from strokes and accidents or those living with disorders that affect movement, such as Parkinson’s disease, falls present the risk of grave injury. With funding from the Hearst Foundations, the team is taking aim at the mechanics that lie at the heart of the problem, determining with precision – and on a step-by-step basis – when, where and how an individual loses stability. While balance training and...

Newark College of Engineering Celebrates a Century's Worth of Ties That Bind

Thursday, April 11, 2019
For the latest in a series of eloquent centennial-year tributes to its traditions and people, a record crowd of more than 250 flocked to Newark College of Engineering’s 21st annual Salute to Engineering Excellence, held last night at the Park Avenue Club in Florham Park. “What we’ve achieved at NJIT is on the bedrock of NCE – the oldest and largest college of the university,” President Joel Bloom noted at the evening’s outset. For Dean Moshe Kam, that bedrock exists to nurture students – past and present – with their diverse and distinctive skills and their rich potential to shape...

NJIT to Confer Honorary Doctorates at 103rd Commencement Exercises May 21, 2019

Thursday, April 11, 2019
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy to Deliver 2019 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will award more than 3,000 baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees at the 103rd Commencement exercises May 21, 2019, and May 23, 2019, at the Prudential Center and at NJIT’s Wellness and Events Center, respectively, in Newark, New Jersey. The university also will confer honorary degrees on three distinguished individuals May 21, 2019, at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy will...

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