Bacterial spores are some of nature’s most adept survivors. Subject to extreme environments – blazing and freezing temperatures, drought and even the vacuum of space – they coat themselves in a thick husk and lie dormant until conditions improve. In studying the way these single-cell organisms respond to an environmental change – an uptick in humidity, Gennady Gor, an associate professor of chemical and materials engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology, noticed anomalous behaviors. “They swell significantly and quickly. One of their amazing properties is just how fast they respond…

Robert Cohen, a three-time alumnus, chair of NJIT's Board of Trustees and President of Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technologies at Stryker, has been inducted as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This prestigious honor recognizes Cohen’s prolific, innovative and groundbreaking contributions to the medtech field and academia. The NAI Fellows Program is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors, celebrating those who have demonstrated a remarkable innovation, creating or facilitating outstanding inventions that have significantly impacted…

Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels. Startups are always a gamble, but the Materium team has a good hand, with two pair of Highlanders — recent alumni Sheldon Fereira (M.S. ‘23) and Scott Daniel (M.S. ‘24), advised by Professor Nuggehalli Ravindra and Adjunct Instructor Michael Jaffe. Their collective scientific expertise spans the worlds of artificial intelligence, applied physics, biomedical engineering, and semiconductors. Their idea evolved throughout 2023 and the…

The latest graduate studies rankings from U.S. News & World Report continue to boost the national standing of New Jersey Institute of Technology in the fields of engineering and computer science, with both programs ranking in the top 100. NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) ranks No. 80 on the publication’s list of the Best Engineering Schools in the U.S. — the ninth consecutive year that NCE has made the top 100. “NJIT’s enduring placement in the top 100 reflects our intentional investment in hiring first-rate faculty, building and maintaining world-class research facilities and…

A team of researchers have demonstrated a new method that leverages AI and computer simulations to train robotic exoskeletons that can help users save energy while walking, running, and climbing stairs. Described in a study published in Nature, the novel method rapidly develops exoskeleton controllers to assist locomotion without relying on lengthy human-involved experiments. Moreover, the method can apply to a wide variety of assistive devices beyond the hip exoskeleton demonstrated in this research. “It can also apply to knee or ankle exoskeletons, or other multi-joint exoskeletons,” said…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) earned the top rating in Money’s 2024 analysis of the Best Colleges in America. With five stars, NJIT tied Princeton University as the highest-rated university in New Jersey and matched STEM schools like MIT, Georgia Institute of Technology and California Institute of Technology. The rating marks an improvement from last year, when NJIT earned 4 ½ stars. In 2023, Money shifted from a numerical ranking of the top universities and colleges in the U.S. to individual ratings, based on factors such as graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid…

As Fimimolaoluwa Are prepares to start working at Honeywell after earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering, she feels grateful for all the support and experiences she had at New Jersey Institute of Technology. “Chemical engineer I” is her title at Honeywell, where she’ll undergo a year of training before joining the company’s Field Operating Service team. Reflecting on how she got there, she credits mentors, internships, networking and the embrace of a welcoming community. Are had three internships as an undergraduate. She worked in environmental engineering at Phillips 66 (an…

Carson Williams is returning to his native Texas after earning a master’s in engineering management at New Jersey Institute of Technology, a year after he earned a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering there. He feels thoroughly prepared for his associate account representative role at Daikin Applied, an HVAC systems manufacturer in Austin. Why? Because he developed a broad range of skills in a series of experiences on and off campus, both as a grad student and undergraduate. Work and teamwork  As an intern at LB Electric Co., Williams was part of a team of contractors that built NJIT’…

His lifelong passion for baseball led Owen West, a rising junior from Point Pleasant Beach majoring in biomedical engineering, to dive into pharmaceutical research and become one of two NJIT winners of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for 2024. Growing up, all West wanted to do is pitch. “My entire life goal was a plan to be in the Major Leagues,” he said. He threw left-handed and grew to 6-feet, 6-inches, giving him two vital tools to make that dream come true. But upon joining NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors college, he confirmed a nagging feeling that the worldview of student-researchers…

Preaching patience, courage and resilience, MGM Construction Co. President and CEO Marjorie Perry urged the Class of 2024 at New Jersey Institute of Technology to become lifelong learners as they apply their imagination to real-world challenges. Perry, an NJIT alumna who serves on its Foundation Board of Directors, called on the undergraduates earning bachelor’s degrees to be “agents of change in our communities” and build a future “that we can all be proud of.” “You stand at the crossroads of what is and what can be,…