The Hispanic Association of Computing College Students (HACCS) at NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing has taken off and is already seeing a great turnout in their inaugural meetings. This Hispanic-oriented club seeks to cater to the needs of Hispanic computing students and create a group that will allow them to support each other with computing coursework and make ties that create a homelike atmosphere at NJIT.

Suresh U. Kumar, senior university lecturer and director of entrepreneurial programs in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), has been elected by the Board of Directors of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) as the next president of the New Jersey chapter, effective July 1, 2023. TiE is one of the world’s largest entrepreneurship support organizations with over 30,000 members in 14 countries helping 25,000 startups with an economic impact of over $1 trillion, according to KPMG.

The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) came out with its annual regional rankings for teams and individuals earlier this month and the NJIT men's tennis team was represented on both lists. The Highlanders were ranked ninth in the northeast region after posting a 15-8 record this season. Additionally, Pablo Perez Ramos was ranked #13 in the Northeast Regional Rankings.

A team of researchers has developed a new method for controlling lower limb exoskeletons using deep reinforcement learning. The method, described in a study published in Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation, enables more robust and natural walking control for users of lower limb exoskeletons.

Growing up, I was very quiet, shy and introverted. As I started to discover myself in my teenage years, I began coming out of the closet at age 12. Because of this, I felt isolated at the time and so I found solace in video games and online forums and communities. I have always struggled with my mental health and it's taken me many years and a lot of work to be able to talk about it so openly. I used to try to hide it or make light of it, but it's been very painful and tough.

Increased computational power has dramatically improved climate modeling over the past several years, allowing scientists to better forecast long term climate evolution. Despite computers becoming faster and more efficient, cloud modeling was still a hazy prospect until a recent algorithmic improvement.

With data from Big Bear Solar Observatory’s Goode Solar Telescope, researchers discover intense wave energy in the coldest region on the Sun, the sunspot umbra, which is driving puzzling temperatures in the star’s upper atmosphere. Nearly five thousand kilometers above the Sun’s surface lies a century-old question for solar physicists — how are temperatures in the star’s upper atmosphere, or corona, hundreds of times hotter than temperatures at the Sun’s visible surface?

Nearly a decade ago, a bark beetle infestation tore through southeast Wyoming's Snowy Range, transforming lush landscape of Medicine Bow National Forest into a tinderbox of dead lodgepole pine. In Sept. 2020 it ignited — what became known as the Mullen Fire raged beyond the parkland across 176,000 acres over the next month, fueled by the beetle-killed trees and unusually dry conditions. Xiaonan Tai, assistant professor of biological sciences and director of NJIT’s Ecohydrology Lab, is investigating the fate of the national forest.

The soot permeating the air in New Jersey and New York this month — courtesy of massive wildfires in Canada — is exactly what a New Jersey Institute of Technology professor is studying to determine its impact on climate change.

Andrew Christ, senior vice president for real estate development and capital operations at New Jersey Institute of Technology, has been elected to the National Academy of Construction. The academy recognizes exceptional leaders from across the construction industry — including construction managers, contractors, designers, educators and financial managers — who advance the industry through innovation and lasting improvements.