Newark College of Engineering

NJ Research Institutions Host Symposium to Tackle Climate Change and Planetary, Human Health

Thursday, November 3, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Rutgers, Princeton and Stevens Institute of Technology joined to present respective research projects and explore potential areas of collaboration related to climate change, planetary and human health that would benefit the population of New Jersey and beyond. Environmental scientists, engineers, experts and government officials were invited to present and speak on a wide variety of subjects related to climate change ranging from nuclear winter and flood mitigation, to measuring community resilience and nanotechnology strategies for agriculture. Also in...

Sustainability Front and Center as Bloomberg Businessweek Hosts Live Show on NJIT's Campus

Thursday, October 27, 2022
Bloomberg Businessweek hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec took their show on the road and across the river to NJIT’s campus for a live panel show on sustainability. The Green Energy and Climate Adaptation Panel featured Jonathan Menard, chief research officer at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab; Dena Prastos, founder of Indigo River, an environmental consulting firm; and Dr. Som Mitra, distinguished professor of chemistry and environmental science at NJIT. Click here to listen to the panel The group discussed climate change initiatives and outlooks, which included topics such as...

Record-Setting NJIT Career Fair Attracts 2,500 Students, 233 Employers

Thursday, October 27, 2022
NJIT’s fall Career Fair — its first in-person fair since the onset of the pandemic — set dual records for attendance, with more than 2,500 students and 233 companies participating. The companies, which spanned myriad sectors, included Verizon, Pfizer, Turner Construction, Reckitt, Accenture, Barclays, Merck, Marsh McLennan, L’Oréal, Bloomberg, Prudential Financial, Colgate-Palmolive and Johnson & Johnson. Collectively, they offered some 445 jobs, internships and cooperative educational experiences, according to NJIT’s Career Development Services, organizer of the event. So, the...

From NJIT to NASA, Roberto Saenz Wants to Inspire Future Generations with His Story

Thursday, October 27, 2022
Roberto Saenz, winner of the first-ever Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) scholarship, wants to one day be an administrator at NASA and design his own spacecraft. Saenz, a first generation Mexican-American from Union City, N.J., is majoring in Mechanical Engineering and minoring in Applied Mathematics. He’s currently in his second year at NJIT after transferring from Passaic County Community College. Although he had the opportunity to study out of state, he selected to remain in New Jersey to be close to friends and family and because NJIT offers a rigorous engineering...

An Engineer and a Mathematician Win Honors at NJIT's 2022 Excellence in Research Ceremony

Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Engineer Michel Boufadel, one of the world’s chief experts on oil spills and a frequent consultant on cleanups, is the winner of the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Award for 2022. Denis Blackmore, a mathematician who specialized in measuring and modeling changes in a range of dynamic systems, was honored posthumously with the Board of Overseers Excellence in Research Lifetime Achievement Award. Atam Dhawan, NJIT’s interim provost, called the two awardees “path-breaking researchers” who are esteemed and influential in their respective fields, but also enthusiastic collaborators...

Students Will Design Hacking Apps, Hardware Exploits to Gain Experience

Thursday, October 6, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students are forming a pair of computer security groups this semester, with the mutual goal of preparing students to hone their skills beyond the classroom. One group is NICC — NJIT Information and Cybersecurity Club — and the other is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group of (virtual) Breaking and Entering. Leaders of both groups make it clear that they don't teach or condone illegal activities. Instead, they're devoted to educating members on how to identify system weaknesses and protect against those. NICC was inspired...

NJIT, Ben-Gurion University Unveil Home of Institute for Future Technologies

Wednesday, September 21, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology and Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev officially opened a research center, the Institute for Future Technologies, located in the NJIT @JerseyCity satellite location. Although the Institute and research there began last year, the opening ceremony only happened now due to pandemic-related delays. NJIT President Teik C. Lim said the Institute epitomizes our university's progress, which must continue. Looking to the future, "[Former NJIT President Joel S. Bloom] and I recognized that what got us here, wouldn't get us there," Lim said. "I was...

NJIT's Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council Gives First-Ever Scholarships

Tuesday, September 20, 2022
The Hispanic and Latinx Leadership Council (HLLC) held Café y Conexiones to kick off this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations at NJIT.  Launched in January 2022, Café y Conexiones brings together NJIT’s Hispanic and Latinx students with HLLC members, alumni, and business and civic leaders in the Hispanic and Latinx communities on a regular basis during the academic year. The first Café y Conexiones of 2022 included the visit of New Jersey Senator Teresa Ruiz and a conversation between President Teik C. Lim with alumnus Ruben Esquivel ‘71, BS EE. To close out the event...

Convocation Speakers Share Advice with Class of '26, Most Diverse Ever

Thursday, September 15, 2022
Jennifer Hensley '15, who majored in chemical engineering and now works for Merck helping determine long-term strategies for cancer immunotherapy drugs, told the incoming class at NJIT convocation yesterday that networking and time management were the most important skills you can learn outside of the classroom. Hensley was a star defender on the women's soccer team at NJIT — among the best who ever played here — and took her studies equally seriously. She was a member of the Albert Dorman Honors College and landed a Merck internship which ultimately led to her current full-time job. "...

Newark Campus Comes to Life as Students Return, Fresh Ambitions in Hand

Tuesday, September 6, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology students arrived on campus en masse today, with a record 1,600 new students leading the way, plus thousands more sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students excited to start a new semester fully in-person for the first time since fall 2020. Underrepresented minorities are 42% of the class of 2026, and women are 31%, both also school records. Students in the class of 2026 come from 24 countries, 23 U.S. states and two U.S. territories. “On behalf of Student Affairs, we are thrilled to welcome students back for the first time in three...

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