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From Industrial Engineer to Career Coach: Carla G. Jones '94
<p>Carla Jones ’94 did not always envision herself in the career-coaching profession per se, but as an NJIT student she was continually involved in activities where she was helping someone or improving something. And looking back on her decision to study industrial engineering, she even chose a major closely connected to working with people to improve systems or processes.</p>
<p>Originally from Newark and now based in Maryland, Jones most recently managed a career-coaching program for a nonprofit organization in the DC metro area and currently teaches career planning as an…
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Sparking Research in Space
Lego building blocks and a chance conversation at a scientific conference have led to a discovery about water droplets on the International Space Station (ISS) with down-to-earth applications that could range from the production of better inkjet printers to more precise techniques for manufacturing polymer fibers and microelectronic devices, and improvements in mass spectrometry.
The fortuitous conversation was between Boris Khusid, professor in the NJIT Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering, and NASA astronaut Donald R. Pettit. Khusid is an expert in…
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Harry Ettlinger Monument Man
Harry Ettlinger - NJIT's Monument Man, Newark College of Engineering Class of 1950
“The spoils of war do not belong to the victors, culture belongs to everybody, and we can all be proud that back then the United States understood this.” - Harry Ettlinger
NJIT's own monument man, Harry Ettlinger is an alum of the Newark College of Engineering who majored in Mechanical Engineering, after serving in World War II in the US Army where he was assigned to their Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. The accomplishments of this unit which was …