In February, more than 300 educators, superintendents, technology advisors and engaged citizens from districts throughout New Jersey convened at NJIT to promote digital education at the 2018 Future Ready Schools New Jersey (FRS-NJ) North Regional Certification Summit.

Five NJIT students — Ivan Mitevski, Kiera Nissen, Omar Qari, Priya Rajbabu and Michael Vitti — have been named 2018 Governor’s STEM Scholars, an honor that is providing them with unique opportunities to learn from and network with New Jersey STEM professionals, research organizations, academic institutions and state policymakers. They join their fellow scholars from universities, high schools and academies throughout New Jersey in attending STEM conferences and field trips, and in participating in a team-based research project.

NJIT’s Michel Boufadel, professor of civil and environmental engineering, co-authored a paper recently accepted by Geographical Research Letters, an American Geophysical Union (AGU) publication. The paper, “Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the estimation of the oil discharge and droplet size distribution,” looks to improve the understanding of the character of an uncontrolled pipeline flow. This is critical for the estimation of the oil discharge and droplet size distribution, both essential for evaluating oil spill impact.

NJIT played a prominent role in the National Brownfields Training Conference sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the International City/County Management Association. Held last December in Pittsburgh, the conference brought together several thousand environmental professionals, government officials, engineers, community representatives, real estate developers and investors, academics and others to learn, share ideas and experiences —and build new relationships focused on cleaning up contaminated land.

New Jersey Institute of Technology’s civil engineering program now ranks among “the top 10 nationally”, according to the latest data published by College Factual.

Assistant Vice President/Director of Athletics Lenny Kaplan has been named a 2017-18 Division I-AAA Under Armour Athletics Director of the Year (ADOY) award recipient by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA). Kaplan was one of 28 winners. The Athletics Director of the Year Award highlights the efforts of athletics directors at all levels for their commitment and positive contributions to student-athletes, campuses and their surrounding communities. To read the full story, click on "Learn More" below.

NJIT senior Kelly Guarino has been selected to the 2018 ASUN Conference All-Academic team. The league office announced postseason honors and awards Thursday. This marks the first selection for Guarino, who is a business major with a concentration in marketing and minor in communications. She earned Dean's List seven-out-of-eight semesters at NJIT. To read the full story, click on "Learn More" below.

NJIT men's fencing ended the conference regular season undefeated and placed second at the MACFA Championships defeating the 14 teams they competed against. Despite NJIT besting them at the championships, the Highlanders earned second place with 110 wins behind Johns Hopkins who accumulate 111 victories. To read the full story, click on "Learn More" below.

They were newly arrived from China for a semester-long, customized, professional development program at NJIT, and for most of them the journey marked their first time coming to the United States. While some of the 10 employees from the China Triumph International Engineering Company, Ltd. (CTIEC) were still recovering from jet lag, all were happy to be settling in at the university, as evidenced during an official welcome luncheon held Feb. 14.

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