Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Senior Success: Computer Engineer Suraj Ghumwala Joins U.S. Space Force

Thursday, May 5, 2022
Suraj Ghumwala will soon be the first cadet from NJIT's ROTC detachment commissioned into the U.S. Space Force. The computer engineering major from Rochelle Park said his childhood dream was to be an astronaut, and as the first person in his family born in the U.S. he felt a sense of service to the community, influenced by friends who also joined the military. Ghumwala chose NJIT because of its strong academics, affordability, commuting distance and diversity, and he truly felt a sense of belonging in his second semester when he switched from computer science to computer...

Leader of the House Sees STEM in Action at NJIT

Thursday, April 28, 2022
The Assistant Speaker of the House of Representatives visited New Jersey Institute of Technology to get a closer look at how STEM education and research fuels the economic mobility of the city, region and country. U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-MA-05, toured NJIT’s Makerspace — the largest in the state — and heard from the university’s president-elect, senior vice provost of research, deans and representatives of its engineering and business schools, and its director of experiential learning. Collectively, they explained how a blend of STEM education, research and entrepreneurship primes...

Sara Ghasvarianjahromi - ECE PhD Student of the Month - April 2022

Monday, April 18, 2022
Sara Ghasvarianjahromi is a Ph.D. student in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at NJIT. She is working as a member of the Center for Wireless Information Processing (CWiP) under the supervision of Professor Joerg Kliewer. Her research focuses on Authentication and Federated learning. What attracted you to NJIT? At first glance, I was deeply impressed by Prof. Kliewer’s research expertise and his graduate students' success in the prestigious community of Information theory. Professor Kliewer and the achievements of the other faculty members...

NJIT Ranked Top 100 Engineering Grad School by US News & World Report

Tuesday, March 29, 2022
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2023 rankings for the nation’s top graduate schools, with NJIT ranked among the best for graduate degree programs in engineering. The university slots in this year at No. 86 — up two positions from the prior year and 25 positions in the past eight years — and has been included on the distinguished list since 2003. The 2023 rankings mark the seventh consecutive year NJIT has appeared in the top 100. NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE), which has been providing engineering education for over 100 years, offers more than 30 master’s and Ph.D...

Engineering Professor Helps Invent New Methods of Data Management

Friday, March 25, 2022
Reflect for a moment on how you'd manage your terabyte-scale hard drive if the data were literally one million times bigger. Then you'd be working with exabytes, which is the reality for supercomputer users at federal laboratories across the country, one of which is relying on Assistant Professor Qing Liu to mitigate their information storage problems by studying new methods of data reduction. Liu, along with Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distinguished Scientist Scott Klasky, is aiming to see what happens when data from research such as fusion experiments and climate change models...

Ali Emadi - ECE PhD Student of the Month - March 2022

Monday, March 21, 2022
Ali Emadi is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He works under the supervision of Professor Ali Abdi.  His research focuses on systems biology and is cross disciplinary at the intersection of molecular biology, neuroscience, and signal processing. His leisure time is primarily spent working out and amateur modeling. What attracted you to NJIT? I remember days when I was seeking a school to pursue my Ph.D.  I was impressed by the research expertise of the...

Jorge Medina - ECE PhD Student of the Month - February 2022

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Jorge Medina is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His research focus is on the optimization of networked communications systems, network programmability, and blockchain under the advisement of Professor Roberto Rojas-Cessa. Jorge is passionate about coding and learning about innovating technology. During his free time, he enjoys cooking, going to the gym, and watching movies and documentaries. What attracted you to NJIT? I worked in the telecommunication sector acquiring...

Qi Kang - ECE PhD Student of the Month - January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022
Qi Kang is a Ph.D. candidate in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His advisor is Professor Mengchu Zhou and his Co-advisor is Professor Mesut Sahin from Biomedical department. His research is about Neural Modulation. This includes focused ultrasound stimulation (FUS) and transcranial electrical current stimulation (tECS). He has a journal (brain stimulation) publication about focused ultrasound stimulation on an anesthetized rat. He won the first prize in ECE’s first Ph.D. Stories contest in fall...

US News and World Report Ranks NJIT Online Programs Top 100 Nationally, Top 3 Statewide

Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Three of NJIT's online graduate programs placed among the top 100 in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of American universities, and in the top three for New Jersey institutions. More colleges and universities than ever before began offering distance learning options in response to COVID-19. However, NJIT has long offered both fully online and partial, or hybrid, online degree programs as part of the university’s vision of a global campus. NJIT was recognized in 2021 for its technological innovations and digital transformation initiatives. The publication ranked...

Dina Ayman, NJIT Alum and Professor, Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Tech

Thursday, December 9, 2021
Her 20s have been a busy time for Dina Ayman: earning two degrees at NJIT in the same year, working at Intel and Microsoft, teaching at her alma mater and starting a consultancy dedicated to diversity and inclusion. Along the way, she achieved her dream of working at the intersection of engineering and technology, and became a role model for women interested in STEM. And now Forbes is recognizing all that, by naming her to its 2022 list of 30 Under 30 in Enterprise Technology. Ayman, a program manager at Microsoft, adjunct instructor at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering and founder...

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