Jorge Alberto Medina '23 grew up with electronics. He recalls watching his dad disassemble and rebuild electronic equipment, and leafed through stacks of monthly electronics magazines as his light reading material. The exposure grew into a passion, and Medina set his sights on a journey that ultimately brought him to NJIT. In his native Honduras, Medina studied electrical engineering at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. He obtained his master's degree in Sweden at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, where he studied electrical engineering with an emphasis on telecommunications…

Six NJIT researchers have secured grants in the latest round of funding provided by the New Jersey Health Foundation (NJHF), which has increased its funding in both its Community Health, Social Services and Education Program, as well as its traditional research program this year. The $4 million round of funding brings the NJHF’s total to $70 million since the inception of its annual grant program. Researchers from NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering and College of Science and Liberal Arts make up the awardees, with projects spanning innovative bone regeneration processes to research on…

Recently, the ingenuity of Newark College of Engineering’s brightest first-year students was on full display at the 2024 NCE First Year Engineering Design Showcase. Forty-two teams featured in this year’s showcase to present a wide range of innovative engineering projects originating from their fall semester introductory engineering design course — from prosthetic limbs and exoskeleton knee braces built at NJIT’s Makerspace, to traffic light clocks for improving intersections on campus, temperature-controlled fans, home security systems and more. The friendly competition, which first…

New Jersey Institute of Technology continues to be recognized nationally by U.S. News & World Report for its online master’s offerings in information technology, engineering and business. For 2024, NJIT earned two rankings inside the top 100: No. 31 for its online master’s in information technology and No. 61 for its online master’s in engineering. In addition, the university saw two other online programs make lists for the best in the U.S.: its master’s in business and its MBA. The national recognition reflects NJIT’s longstanding practice of offering students multiple options for…

New Jersey Institute of Technology is featured in the premiere season of “The College Tour en Español,” a new series from Emmy-nominated producers, which is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Hosted by Lorena Segura, “The College Tour en Español” travels the country, showcasing colleges and universities through the unique lens of Spanish-speaking students on today's campuses. Each episode offers an intimate view of college life, allowing the entire Spanish-speaking population worldwide a chance to explore colleges. NJIT’s episode of "The College Tour" travels back to the Brick City —…

Increases in electric car sales and offshore wind farm construction are poised to both tax and bolster the American power transmission grid, so researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology are building a grid simulator to help industry predict the effects and plan accordingly. The NJIT team is led by electrical engineering professors Marcos Netto and Philip Pong, who jointly received $500,000 of a $1.5M National Science Foundation grant. They will study system dynamics and sensors, respectively. The remaining funds will be shared among collaborators from Harvard University (control and…

NJIT has secured a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to translate science and engineering discoveries into market-ready technologies that will improve quality of life in areas ranging from health care, to sustainable energy, to data privacy. Awarded by the agency’s Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships, the grant will accelerate the development of promising prototypes and enable market validation and other commercialization activities. It will also strengthen the university’s entrepreneurial culture by funding and organizing training workshops in…

NJIT’s spring career fair is right around the corner and registration is now open for students on the Handshake platform. Career Development Services biannual career fair has become one of the most anticipated events for students. The fall semester fair, held last September, was the largest-ever participation: 3,300 students and alumni and 240 companies packed into the WEC and Naimoli Center. The spring fair, now scheduled for March 4 from 11 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., is shaping up to be another packed house. Students are encouraged to register now for the upcoming fair and for pre-fair events to…

Dozens of teams of middle and high school students came to New Jersey Institute of Technology last week for a regional round of the annual New Jersey Science Olympiad hands-on learning competition. NJIT’s Center for Pre-College Programs, along with the university’s Newark College of Engineering, served as the event hosts for about 700 academically excited children. They competed in events spanning topics such as anatomy, ecology, engineering and technical writing. Max Randall, an 8th-grader from Montclair’s Glenfield Middle School, said this was his third year participating in the Science…

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Professor Xianqin Wang has been honored by the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York with the 2023 Excellence in Catalysis Award. This recognition underscores Professor Wang's outstanding contributions to the field of catalysis and her dedication to advancing scientific knowledge. The Excellence in Catalysis Award celebrates individuals whose work has significantly impacted the field of catalysis and has demonstrated excellence in research, innovation and academic leadership. Catalysis is ubiquitous in chemical industries of all kinds, and it’s…