Newark College of Engineering

The NJIT community is mourning the loss this month of Bruno Gonçalves da Silva, an esteemed assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who launched a new field of study for the university, energy geotechnology, which includes novel experimental investigations into the hydraulic fracturing of rocks. In his Geo-Resources and Geotechnical Laboratory, Gonçalves da Silva and his team focused on reducing the environmental impact and maximizing the financial potential of geothermal, as well as oil and gas, production, and better predicting and mitigating geotechnical-related...

In conjunction with the 2021 Summer Research Symposium, NJIT launched a campus chapter of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), an organization founded in 2010 to recognize and promote academic technology and innovation and to encourage its translation into devices and services that benefit society. NJIT inducted 32 faculty members at the ceremony, as well as nine honorary members, including President Joel Bloom and Provost Fadi Deek. Chapter members must hold patents issued from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Atam Dhawan, senior vice provost for research, called the...

Daniela Bushiri, NJIT Class of 2021, has not been in the U.S. for long – about five years. In that time, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering, a minor in Applied Mathematics, and is now taking her talents to Columbia University in the fall where she will research alternative energy in pursuit of a Ph.D. She is an Albert Dorman Scholar, a McNair Scholar, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, and a member of the National Society of Black Engineers. Bushiri moved with her family from Congo to South Africa in 2000, then to Elizabeth, N.J. in 2016...

Three teams of student engineers are showcasing their applied research this week at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Student Design Expo, as they vie for a second round of funding from the EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet program, which aims to spur new systems and technologies that advance sustainability. “Despite the challenges of last year, you worked hard, you thought creatively and you developed innovative solutions that support EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment,” said Janet McCabe, deputy administrator of the EPA, in opening remarks...