Newark College of Engineering

Two NJIT "Rising Stars" are Named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Murat Guvendiren, a chemical and materials engineer who designs biomaterials that train stem cells to differentiate in the proper sequence to form functioning organs and tissues, and Mengyan Li, a microbiologist who develops sustainable water remediation techniques to biodegrade persistent industrial pollutants, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Guvendiren and Li are among 83 researchers from 41 NAI member institutions and research universities named to the class of 2022. Collectively, the new members are named on 1093 issued U.S. patents. "Today...

An NJIT Tissue Engineer Joins the Ranks of National Academy of Inventors Fellows

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
Treena Arinzeh, a biomedical engineer who combines bioactive materials and human cells in novel architectures to regenerate nerve and bone tissue, was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Arinzeh focuses on tissues that do not repair themselves naturally, such as nerve tissue in spinal cord injuries. To date, there are neither workable repairs nor detours that will restore signal flow between the brain and limbs, reversing paralysis. She developed a scaffold composed of piezoelectric material, an energetic polymer with an electrical charge, which coaxes nerve cells...

Chemical Engineering Solves Problems with Computer Simulation

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Gennady Gor is becoming a go-to expert at combining the power of chemistry and computers to protect our bodies. Gor's specialty is molecular simulation of fluids and their interactions with porous materials. "I am interested in coupling between surface chemistry and mechanics. This is the main focus of my NSF Career Award from 2020," he explained. In addition to his teaching role as an assistant professor in the Otto York Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Gor has two new grant-funded research projects. One, from Colgate-Palmolive, is to evaluate how certain toothpastes...

NJIT Reaffirmed As An Elite Research University, Retains R1 Classification

Thursday, February 3, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reaffirmed its status among the nation’s most elite and productive research institutions by once again achieving an R1 status — the highest designation — by the Carnegie Classification. First published in 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is the primary measure used by rating organizations and governmental agencies to describe colleges and universities. Institutions that grant doctoral degrees are divided into three tiers that represent their level of research activity in terms of research and development...

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...

NSF Hub, With NJIT as Member, Now Taking Applications to Commercialize Research

Monday, January 10, 2022
Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week following its announcement last summer, as applications are now open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges of creating successful startups and entrepreneurial ventures based on scientific and technological discoveries, kicks off Feb. 28 and runs through March 23 online. Funded with a 5-year grant from the National Science Foundation, the Hub brings together an initial eight of the region’s top...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Names Dr. Teik C. Lim as University's Ninth President

Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Teik C. Lim as NJIT’s ninth president following a national search and a unanimous vote of the Board on January 5, 2022. President-elect Lim, who also will be appointed as a Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will begin his NJIT tenure on July 1, 2022. “The appointment of Dr. Lim as NJIT’s next president is the result of his emergence from an exceptionally talented pool of candidates,” said Robert Cohen, chair of NJIT’s Board of Trustees. “Teik has incredibly...

Eric Sherman Named America East Winter Presidential Scholar Athlete

Friday, December 24, 2021
NJIT men's lacrosse redshirt junior Eric Sherman has been named one of nine America East Winter Presidential Scholar Athletes, the conference announced Wednesday afternoon. Sherman, a Cherry Hill native and Mechanical Engineering major with a 3.85 GPA., joined Faith Bonett (New Hampshire WBB), Lauren Brushingham (UMass Lowell Field Hockey), Lexi Doran (Hartford Women's Soccer), Carlos Morehouse (UAlbany Men's Soccer), Maia Perez (Hartford Women's Soccer), Bjarki Sturlaugsson (UAlbany Men's Soccer), Danielle Tedesco (UAlbany Volleyball), and Jack Valderrabano (Stony Brook Men...

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...

For 3rd Straight Year, NJIT Professor Makes Global List of Highly Cited Researchers

Tuesday, December 7, 2021
A research paper on metal carbides and nitrides is paying dividends for NJIT’s Meng-Qiang Zhao — seven years after it was published. For the third straight year, Zhao, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering, has made Clarivate’s list of Highly Cited Researchers. Why? Chiefly because peers continue to cite the paper, which introduced a faster and safer way to synthesize MXenes, a family of novel 2D transition metal carbides and nitrides, according to Zhao. MXenes are promising electrode materials for next generation...

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