Newark College of Engineering

People with hands-on labor jobs may prefer to go to work even if their tasks could be done remotely through robotics, according to a survey of 218 students at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The survey was conducted by computer science major Matthew Nicol, a senior from Allenwood, whose research is part of a National Science Foundation grant by Cong Wang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. After meeting Wang through a friend in a humanities course, "I thought it was very interesting, the idea that you could have someone at the port operating the crane from...

A New Jersey leader in economic development is impressed by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to commercialize research, forge international partnerships and generally be “commercially minded.” Joseph Kelley, deputy chief of staff for economic growth under N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy, reflected on some of NJIT’s past successes after a meeting on campus with deans, department heads, research leaders, the interim provost and top administrators, including Chief External Affairs Officer Angela Garretson and President Teik C. Lim. Kelley described the launch and sale of cell and gene...

Rajesh Davé, a problem-driven inventor whose groundbreaking methods for re-engineering tiny particles have fueled advances in drug formulations, delivery systems and manufacturing processes, is the 2022 winner of the prestigious Pharmaceutical Development, Discovery and Manufacturing Forum (PD2M) Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Davé, a distinguished professor of chemical and materials engineering at NJIT, was honored for his contributions to what is known as QbD: engineering approaches that enable drug design based on a deep understanding of the dozen...

Tara Alvarez, a distinguished professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT who studies the links between visual disorders and the brain and develops novel devices to identify and treat them, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Alvarez was one of 169 inventors from 110 research universities, governmental and non-profit research institutions worldwide inducted into the Academy in 2022 in a class that includes members of the National Academy of Sciences and Nobel Laureates. Together, they hold more than 5,000 issued U.S. patents. With her election, there are now...