New Jersey Institute of Technology Awards
Awards are bestowed on NJIT Faculty annually at the Fall Awards Ceremony. The NCE faculty recipients are recorded below.

NJIT Excellence in Teaching Award

The Excellence in Teaching Awards Recognizes and rewards members of the instructional staff for outstanding accomplishments in teaching.  The awards are conferred upon professors who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom, encouraging and guiding students to work at the highest academic level.

2007
Professional Development by a Tenured Faculty Member
        Timothy Chang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Lower Division:  Undergraduate Instruction
        Robert Barat, Chemical Engineering

Upper Division:  Undergraduate Instruction
        Lawrent Simon, Chemical Engineering

Graduate Instruction
        Bernard Koplik, Mechanical Engineering

2006
Upper Division:  Undergraduate Instruction
        Methi Wecharatana, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor
        Steve Orosz, Chemical Engineering

Team, Interdepartmental, Multidisciplinary, or Non-Traditional Teaching
        Ali Abdi, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2005
Outstanding Professional Development by a Tenured Faculty Member
        Jacob Klapper, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Team, Interdepartmental, Multidisciplinary, or Non-Traditional Teaching
        Durga Misra, Electrical & Computer Engineering

2004
Graduate Instruction
        Janice Daniel, Civil and Environmental Engineering 

 Instruction by a Special Lecturer or Program Director
        Joseph Kisutcza, Chemical Engineering

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor
        John G. Lyssikatos, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Lower Division: Undergraduate Instruction
        Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

 Upper Division: Undergraduate Instruction
        Bernard Koplik, Mechanical Engineering

Instruction by a Teaching Assistant
        Veljko Samardzic, Mechanical Engineering

Team, Interdepartmental, Multidisciplinary, or Non-Traditional Teaching
        John D. Carpinelli, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2003
Undergraduate, Lower Division
        Roy Cornely, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Undergraduate, Upper Division
        Rajesh Dave, Mechanical Engineering

Graduate Instruction
        Sirin Tekinay, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instruction by a Teaching Assistant
        Andriy Titov, Mechanical Engineering

2002
Undergraduate Instruction, Upper Division
        Robert Dresnack, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Instruction by a Special Lecturer or Program Director
        Geraldine Milano, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Interdepartmental, Multidisciplinary, or Non-Traditional Teaching
        Timothy Chang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2001
Honorable Mention; Upper Division; Graduate Instruction
        Rajpal Sodhi, Mechanical Engineering

 Team, Interdepartmental, Multidisciplinary, or Non-Traditional Teaching
        Eugene Golub & Geraldine Milano, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Honorable Mention
        Rajesh Dave, Mechanical Engineering

Honorable Mention
        Michael Hornsby, Civil Engineering

 Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Lev Krasnoperov, Chemical Engineering

Instruction by a Special Lecturer
        William J. Skawinski, Chemical Engineering   

Professional Development
        Donald Getzin, Chemical Engineering

2000
Upper Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Ronald Rockland, Engineering Technology

Graduate Instruction
        Edwin Hou, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Honorable Mention; Graduate Instruction
        Rajpal Sodhi, Mechanical Engineering

 Instruction by a Special Lecturer
        Herli Surjanhata, Chemical Engineering

Honorable Mention: Instruction by a Special Lecturer
        William J. Skawinski, Chemical Engineering

Outstanding Professional Development by a Tenured Faculty Member
        Angelo J. Perna, Chemical Engineering

Instruction by a Teaching Assistant
        Elaine Brenner-Zalewski, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences

1999
Upper Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        John Carpinelli, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Special Recognition: Graduate Instruction
        Edwin Hou, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1998
Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

Graduate Instruction
        Nirwan Ansari, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1997
Upper Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Timothy Chang, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instruction by an Special Lecturer and/or Program Director
        Harry Kountouras, Mechanical Engineering

1996
Undergraduate Instruction
        Angelo J. Perna, Chemcial Engineering

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor
        Robert C. Farrauto, Chemical Engineering

1995
Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Joseph Strano*, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor and/or Program Director
        Robert Conley, Chemical Engineering

Outstanding Professional Development by a Tenured Faculty Member
        Wayne Clements, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1994
Outstadning Professional Development by a Tenured Faculty Member
        Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science

1993
Upper Division:
Undergraduate Instruction
        Dana E. Knox, Chemical Engineering

1991
Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Avner Shilman, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor
        William J. Boswell, Civil and Environmental Engineering/ Engineering Technology

1990
Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Wayne Clements, Electrical and Computer Engineering

 Graduate Instruction
        Edwin Cohen, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Instruction by an Adjunct Professor
        Richard A. Dime, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry and Environmental Science

Instruction by a Teaching Assistant
        Charalambos Christou, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1989
Lower Division; Undergraduate Instruction
        Donald R. Getzin, Chemical Engineering
Graduate Instruction
        Stanley S. Reisman, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1988
Graduate Instruction
        Basil C. Baltzis, Chemical Engineering

 Instruction by an Adjunct Professor/Special Lecturer
        Robert Conley, Chemical Engineering

*Deceased

Robert W. Van Houten Award for Teaching Excellence

The Robert Van Houten Award is conferred by the NJIT Alumni Association to recognize teaching excellence. Each year, NJIT Alumni, who have graduated within the previous five years, select a faculty member to receive the award. The Alumni Office distributes ballots to alumni.

2006
John R. Schuring, Civil Engineering

2004
Rajesh Dave, Mechanical Engineering

2002
Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

2001
Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

1998
Basil C. Baltzis, Chemical Engineering

1997
Angelo J. Perna, Chemical Engineering

1996
Ian S. Fischer, Mechanical Engineering

1995
John H. Olson, '60, '66 Chemical Engineering

1994
Dana Knox, Chemical Engineering

1991
Edip Niver, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1990
Roy Cornely, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1989
John V. Droughton, '62, Mechanical Engineering

1985
Stanley S. Reisman, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1981
C. Richard Hatch, Industrial Engineering

1979
Robert P. Kirchner, '62, '64 Mechanical Engineering

1978
Wayne I. Clements, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1977
Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

1972
Robert Dresnack, Civil and Environmental Engineering


Harlan J. Perlis Award

The Board of Overseers confers the Harlan J. Perlis Award for Research. Named for the late professor of  Electrical Engineering and outstanding researcher, the Perlis Award is presented to a faculty member at NJIT whose work advances the state-of-the-art and furthers scientific investigation.

2007
Kamalesh Sirkar, Chemical Engineering

2006
Haim Grebel, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2003
Marino Xanthos, Chemical Engineering

2001
Rajesh Dave, Mechancial Engineering

2000
Robert Pfeffer, Chemical Engineering

1999
Basil C. Baltzis, Chemical Engineering

1998
Piero Armenante, Chemical Engineering

1997
Kamalesh Sirkar, Chemical Engineering

1996
Ian S. Fischer, Mechanical Engineering

1995
Donald R. Getzin, Chemical Engineering

1994
John R. Schuring, Civil and Environmental Engineering

1992
Carol Venanzi, Chemical Engineering

1991
Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Electrical and Computer Engineering

1990
Gordon Lewandowski, Chemical Engineering
Sverre Lyngstad, Chemical Engineering

1988
Joseph Bozzelli, Chemical Engineering


The Foundation Board of Overseers Award for Public and University Service Award

The Foundation Board of Overseers for Public and University Service goes to extraordinary dedicated faculty whose service to the university and/or community goes above and beyond the call of duty.

2007
Ronald Rockland, Engineering Technology

2000
Angelo J. Perna, Chemical Engineering

1999
Deran Hanesian, Chemical Engineering

1994
David Kristol, BioMedical Engineering

1985
Eugene Golub, Civil and Environmental Engineering

1987
Reginald Tomkins, Chemical Engineering

1984
Harold Deutschman, Civil and Environmental Engineering

1983
Richard Trattner, Chemical Engineering


Master Teacher Designation

The Master Teacher Designation is the most prestigious recognition that the university bestows upon high quality teaching

2007
John R. Schuring, Civil and Environmental Engineering

2005
Bernard Koplik, Mechanical Engineering

2004
John Carpinelli, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2003
Timithy Chang, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stanley Reisman (Retired), Civil and Environmental Engineering

2002
Harold Deutschman, Civil and Environmental Engineering

2001
Robert Dresnack, Civil and Environmental Engineering

2000
Basil C. Baltzis, Chemical Engineering
Deran Hanesian, Chemcial Engineering
Angelo J. Perna,  Chemical Engineering