Newark College of Engineering

Last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic began its inexorable march across the country, NJIT, along with higher education institutions nationwide, faced an unprecedented challenge: how to best move to fully remote instruction, both quickly and safely. Immediately, the university drew upon its technological resources and know-how to provide a virtual learning experience for its more than 11,000 students while completing the spring 2020 semester as scheduled. Within a span of two weeks, the Digital Learning and Technology Support team at NJIT helped prepare faculty to teach online effectively and...

In a study of COVID-19 pathways inside supermarkets, a team of environmental engineers and modelers investigated the role that surfaces play not as infection hazards, but rather as deterrents. Shelves, floors and ceilings proved to be attachment magnets for virus-laden particles, reducing the concentration of suspended particles in the air by as much as 50%, according to the team’s simulations. Their report was published last month in the American Society of Civil Engineers Journal of Environmental Engineering. “Surfaces can reduce the airborne spread of disease particles substantially...

There is no sustainable cure at present for osteoarthritis, the most common chronic musculoskeletal disorder of the joints. And while joint replacements are successful treatments for older patients with already reduced mobility, they hold less promise for younger patients, with failure in the long-term nearly guaranteed. Biomaterial engineers propose another solution: restoring the damaged tissue itself. “The gap between supply and demand for transplantable tissues and organs is continuously increasing,” says Murat Guvendiren, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering...

When Jeffrey Jude-Ibe ’20 flew to Dallas in September to begin work as a quality engineer at Texas Instruments, Kelvin Siebeng ’19, the person who put the semiconductor giant on his job-search horizon, picked him up at the airport. With 3 full-time offers from major corporations and another from the FBI at his choosing, Siebeng also cemented the deal. “Kelvin described TI as a company that reengineers itself constantly to meet the market’s demands. As an engineer, I like that idea of constantly learning and adapting,” he noted, adding that he’d highlighted other key considerations for a...