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 by the…

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 drawn to…

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, the…

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. "…

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 years…

Scientists at NJIT and in Germany are working to understand how ions congregate around nanoporous materials, which could lead to safety and reliability improvements for electronic components such as supercapacitors and microscopically tiny actuators. Nanoscale porous materials are used in everyday objects such as household water filters and gas masks, but there is little research into how such surfaces behave when interacting with electrolytes, which can create internal stress that changes the material's physical properties. The electrolytes form when materials are exposed to water, leading…

Oluwanifemi Fuwa fabricated face masks to protect people from COVID-19. Kaily Peixoto volunteered at a senior center and handed out scarves to homeless individuals at Newark’s Penn Station.  Nyssa Nixon volunteered at Isaiah House shelter through Jack and Jill of America and tutored peers as a member of the National Honor Society.   They did it all as high school students in Newark, even while achieving exceptional marks in class. And now each is embarking on her first year at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Meet the 2022 Newark Mayor’s Honors Scholars. Now in its fourth…

New Jersey Institute of Technology jumped 114 places to No. 75 on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Top Colleges.  The national ranking is based primarily on return on investment and outcomes for students. “Schools placed well if their students graduated on time, secured high salaries and low debt and went on to have successful careers,” Forbes explained.  NJIT is the No. 1 public university in New Jersey, No. 28 nationally Among public universities, NJIT ranked No. 28 nationally — up from No. 89 last year — making it the highest ranked public institution in New Jersey and second…

Vishva Rana ‘23, a Goldwater Scholar, has always been interested in addressing sustainable issues. The mechanical engineering major, minoring in innovation and entrepreneurship, has been working on a real-time air quality monitoring system and hopes to see it implemented in Newark’s Ironbound. Last year she received the Albert Dorman Honors College's Moonshot Prize for her work to examine air pollution in Newark and to create access to data for its residents. This year, she worked on a prototype that she presented in the Summer Research & Innovation Symposium hosted by NJIT’s…

NJIT student Akhyurna Swain has a plan to save $15 million per year in the maintenance and operational costs of New Jersey's offshore wind turbines. Swain, studying for her Ph.D. in electrical engineering, determined that non-intrusive monitoring technology controlled by magnets can be paired with machine learning software to realize the impressive cost savings for an 1,100-megawatt project which will begin construction in 2024. Windmill technology began in the first millennium of the common era, but modern high-tech turbines reach a new plane of productivity. They'll be located 15 miles…