Helen and john c hartmann department electrical and computer engineering

Rituja Bhattacharya is a second-year PhD student in the ECE department at NJIT, advised by Dr. Cong Wang. Her research focuses on minimalist robotic manipulation for domestic services, motivated by everyday tasks such as cooking, prioritizing durability and affordability. She has also developed general prompting techniques for AI-assisted tool reasoning and design.

From Leonardo da Vinci to Nam Jun Paik to Lillian Schwartz, art and technology have a long and intertwined relationship. Beginning in spring 2026, all NJIT students will have the opportunity to explore this productive feedback loop.

Robots are becoming increasingly mobile and autonomous in busy factories and warehouses, so researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology and four other universities are working out how to keep electronic employees aware of wifi networks at all times.

Aditya Kale is an EE Ph.D. candidate advised by Dr. Marcos Netto. His research focuses on the Koopman Operator theory of Dynamical Systems. Specifically, the open problem of discovering provably optimal observables for complex nonlinear systems.

Raj Adhikari is a Ph.D. student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at NJIT, advised by Dr. Tao Han. His research focuses on enhancing the efficiency and reliability of data transmission and computation in next-generation intelligent systems such as autonomous vehicles and edge–cloud networks. His aim is to design methods that enable these systems to operate seamlessly in real time, even under network or resource constraints, thereby contributing to safer, more efficient connected environments.

Rupak Bhakta is a second-year Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering, working in the Biophotonics Imaging and Sensing Lab with Xuan Liu. His research focuses on deploying advanced interferometric imaging techniques that enable label-free visualization of cellular and nanoparticle dynamics with nanometer-scale sensitivity. Besides research, he enjoys spending time playing video games or watching movies.

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. 

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/College Pulse “2026 Best Colleges” rankings.

NJIT achieved strong placement in categories that highlight return on investment and long-term success:

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.

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.