NJIT has landed some unexpected residents recently, and they’ll be getting plenty of “airtime” as they settle into their new home. In fact, they’ll have their own channel where you can check them (and their new crib) out, 24/7.  Two red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis) have begun a rare urban nest on a sixth-story ledge of the campus’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) Residence Hall on Colden Street.  Contrary to most red-tailed hawk nests found in nature, the nesting site is so unusual that a team of NJIT faculty, students and staff have set up a YouTube livestream for viewers…

Some might say that Sam Itman’s direction in life was preordained by his last name, as this “IT man” has had a passion for technology since childhood. He states that he became infatuated with technology because “it presents a world of opportunities to those who are willing to discover them.” As a senior B.S. in Information Technology student (with a business minor), he has already been successful in implementing phase two of his professional goals – literally – as part of an international team of interns who developed ways to optimize Optum Technology’s pharmacy benefit and health care…

Satoshi Inoue, assistant professor of physics and member of the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) at NJIT, is investigating a mysterious connection between two of space’s most powerful explosions as part of a new CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. Inoue joins a select group of researchers by earning the CAREER award — one of the NSF’s most prestigious awards designed to support early-career researchers and their development as faculty-mentors.  As part of his project, Inoue is exploring the complex dynamics that give rise to solar flares — the largest…

On March 22-23, New Jersey’s forensic and legal professionals will convene again at the 2022 Forensic Science Summit for the Criminal Defense Bar to discuss the latest advances in forensic sience and its increasing influence in today’s courtrooms.  The summit is considered among the leading annual forensic science conferences for New Jersey’s defense attorneys and investigators, promising a variety of talks from experts and collaborative training workshops with forensic scientists, law enforcement, legal professionals and students from across the state.  For the second consecutive…

Murat Guvendiren, a chemical and materials engineer who designs biomaterials that train stem cells to differentiate in the proper sequence to form functioning organs and tissues, and Mengyan Li, a microbiologist who develops sustainable water remediation techniques to biodegrade persistent industrial pollutants, have been named senior members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Guvendiren and Li are among 83 researchers from 41 NAI member institutions and research universities named to the class of 2022. Collectively, the new members are named on 1093 issued U.S. patents. "Today,…

Kevin Belfield, dean of NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts, has been named fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). RSC is the world’s oldest professional society of chemists, founded in 1841, and has grown to over 54,000 members around the world. The society awards fellow status to distinguished chemists that have served a minimum of five years in a senior position and have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the chemical sciences. “It’s humbling to even be considered for this recognition, yet alone receive it, particularly considering the…

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has appointed Wenda Cao, physics professor and director of the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) of NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), to its Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC).  The AAAC is comprised of 13 distinguished astronomers from U.S. universities tasked with advising the NSF, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy on emerging issues within the fields of astronomy and astrophysics.  In particular, the Committee will assess and make recommendations related to the Astro2020…

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reaffirmed its status among the nation’s most elite and productive research institutions by once again achieving an R1 status — the highest designation — by the Carnegie Classification. First published in 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education is the primary measure used by rating organizations and governmental agencies to describe colleges and universities. Institutions that grant doctoral degrees are divided into three tiers that represent their level of research activity in terms of research and development…

Eliza Michalopoulou, mathematics professor and chair of NJIT’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, has been named Distinguished Lecturer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) — a premier professional organization dedicated to advancing engineering and technology in marine environments.  The honor is presented each year by the OES to a select group of society members who “are inspiring to both experts and general audiences.” Each distinguished speaker spends a four-year term presenting lectures across the U.S. on topics within their…

New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, known as solar flares. Solar flares, which are triggered when magnetic field lines break and reconnect above the Sun’s surface — referred to as magnetic reconnection — can release a large amount of energy, energetic charged particles, and intense electromagnetic radiation, possessing the…