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NJIT's Rajesh Davé is Elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering

Wednesday, October 17th, 2018
Rajesh Davé, a problem-driven inventor whose groundbreaking methods for re-engineering tiny particles have fueled advances in such diverse areas as weapons safety and drug delivery systems, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). Drawing on physics, chemistr...

TEDxNJIT Event on November 8

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will host a TEDxNJIT event Nov. 8, 2018 in the Jim Wise Theatre on the NJIT campus and via an accompanying live simulcast available to viewers worldwide. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, is themed “ReFraming” and will featur...

A Neurobiologist, a Solar Physicist and a Chemical Engineer Are Awarded for Research Excellence

Friday, October 5th, 2018
Faced with a formidable list of nominees for the annual Excellence in Research Prize and Medal, the Board of Overseers opted this year for its own brand of novelty and innovation: the prize committee picked three. The sector-spanning winners, all at the forefront of their fields, included a solar ph...

These 4 Honors Freshmen Span the Country

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
This year’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) freshman class has already set records. The group is 43 percent female, includes 13 New Jersey Medical School students and boasts an average SAT score of 1475. Aside from these fantastic figures, the incoming class is noteworthy for its geography. A s...

Undergraduate Research Snapshot: Jennifer Callaghan Investigates Bullet-Proof Armor

Monday, July 30th, 2018
JENNIFER CALLAGHAN ’21 Major: Chemical Engineering Hometown: Nutley, N.J. “I’m doing research at NJIT on meta-composite ballistic armor — bullet-proof armor — with Dr. Kyle Dobiszewski. We are trying to improve modern-day soft body armor, hard body armor and helmets, because there is a lot o...

Honors College Debuts Program Promoting Undergraduate Research

Thursday, July 12th, 2018
Chemical engineering major Jennifer Callaghan is spending her summer on the NJIT campus working to help define the next generation of ballistic materials. Laura Gould, an architecture student, is also at the university during the summer break, using Google Street View to study the correlation betwee...

New Jersey's Future Chemists Compete for Glory In Thirty-Third Annual Chemistry Olympics

Thursday, May 31st, 2018
On May 22, 2018, NJIT hosted more than 300 of Northern New Jersey’s most exceptional high school chemists as they competed for academic glory in the Thirty-Third Annual New Jersey Chemistry Olympics. The Olympics — organized by NJIT's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science and ...

A Gathering of Go-getters: NJIT Celebrates 2017-2018 Scholarship Recipients

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018
The competition for scholarships and fellowships grows fiercer every year. Still, there’s good news: At NJIT, students are increasingly receiving notable awards that provide opportunities to do research, study abroad (both, in certain cases) and more. Just as the spring 2018 semester was coming to ...

Graduates Encouraged to Sustain Hard Work, Passion and Kindness at NJIT's 102nd Commencement

Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) conferred 2,885 bachelor’s and doctoral degrees at the 102nd commencement ceremony May 15 at the Prudential Center in Newark. Dr. Leah Hope Jamieson, Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Professor of Engineering Education...

NJIT Commencement Exercises May 15, May 17 and May 18, 2018

Wednesday, May 9th, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY: New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to Confer More than 3,100 Degrees at 102nd Commencement Exercises May 15, May 17 and May 18, 2018 Engineering Educator Dr. Leah Hope Jamieson to Deliver 2018 Commencement Address and Receive Honorary Doctor of Science    &nbs...