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Having Played his Last Taps at NJIT, Clayton Powell Heads to MIT

Monday, May 7th, 2018
Organic chemistry looms large – and sometimes ominously – on the horizon of many an ambitious student, constituting a make or break moment for some on the road to medical or scientific careers. For senior Clayton Powell*, “Orgo” turned out to be a game-changer that propelled him in a new direction e...

From Solar Cars to Climate Models, an Engineer Chases the Sun

Friday, April 27th, 2018
Ivan Mitevski is Newark College of Engineering's Outstanding Engineer Success in a Snapshot: Ivan Mitevski*, a Columbia University-bound mathematical modeler, was honored at the 2018 NCE Salute to Excellence as both the outstanding senior for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (EC...

Ying Wu College of Computing Capstone Showcase May 2

Friday, April 27th, 2018
The Spring 2018 Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC) Capstone and Real World Connections (RWC) Showcase will take place Wednesday, May 2, in the Campus Center Ballroom 2-5 p.m. The biannual showcase will feature the work of 27 YWCC capstone industry teams and 16 entrepreneurship teams made up o...

Among NJIT's Women Engineers, Junior Jaasrini Vellore is Judged "Outstanding"

Wednesday, April 25th, 2018
Success in a Snapshot: Jaasrini Vellore*, a biomedical engineering student who specializes in biomaterials, was honored at the 2018 NCE Salute to Excellence as the Madame Mau Outstanding Female Engineering Student. Although she’s a junior, Vellore’s accomplishments – from a 3.96 GPA, to a key role m...

NJIT's Top Student Researchers Take Center Stage at Dana Knox Student Research Showcase

Friday, April 20th, 2018
This month, the work of NJIT’s top student researchers was put on display at the 2018 Knox Student Research Showcase, “A Glimpse Into the Future”. The showcase, which annually honors outstanding research done at NJIT by its graduate and undergraduate students, awarded Najmaddin Akhundov first plac...

NJIT's Engineers Celebrate Homegrown Talent at the 20th Annual NCE Salute to Excellence

Friday, April 20th, 2018
With cherry blossoms at peak season, more than 200 members of the Newark College of Engineering (NCE) community gathered this week at Nanina’s in Branch Brook Park to pay tribute to their own – high-flying seniors setting off on careers, alumni who have already made their mark on the world, and prof...

NJIT Gives Back With Nearly 60,000 Hours of Community Service

Monday, April 16th, 2018
Volunteerism is a mainstay at NJIT, with students and faculty engaged in a range of initiatives to better the community. Such efforts, amounting to more than 59,000 hours of community service over the past year alone, have been recognized both nationally and locally. The university has made the Pr...

Fulbright Winner Brendan Dente Heads Off This Summer for a Two-Year Stint in the Netherlands

Friday, April 13th, 2018
Brendan Dente ’18, a chemical engineer with a talent for product design and a yen for travel, has won a Fulbright scholarship to spend the next two years earning a master’s degree at one of Europe’s major STEM hubs, the Technological University of Delft (TU Delft) in the Netherlands. He intends to s...

Fostering a Vision for The Weiss-Aug Group: Dieter Weissenrieder '76

Friday, April 13th, 2018
Dieter Weissenrieder emigrated from Germany in 1960 as a tool and die maker to work for his uncle’s tooling business. He quickly became the manager of the company, and after working for the family business for 10 years, the company was sold to a large firm. He then founded Weiss-Aug in 1972 with his...

Tara Alvarez is Named a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Thursday, April 12th, 2018
Tara Alvarez, a professor of biomedical engineering 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 American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). Alvarez joined approximately 150 n...