Salute to Engineering Excellence
Celebrating Newark College of Engineering's continued commitment to engineering education advancement.
28th Annual Salute to Engineering Excellence
April 16, 2026
Join us in congratulating this year's outstanding alumni, students, faculty and staff honorees:
Alumni Honorees
Rolando E. Acosta, Esq.
Student Honorees
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
School of Applied Engineering & Technology
Otto H. York Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering
John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dr. Charbel Abou-Khalil
John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Faculty and Staff Honorees
School of Applied Engineering & Technology
Swapnil Moon
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Faneza Hoossain-Ally
Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Lucas Dorazio
Otto H. York Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
Prateek Shekhar
School of Applied Engineering & Technology
Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Alexandra Carreras
Campus Planning, Design & Construction
Questions? Please contact salute@njit.edu
Every Spring, NJIT's Newark College of Engineering (NCE) hosts its annual gala reception and networking event for over 150 people that will celebrate and recognize outstanding members of the NCE Family.
The goal is to support efforts to educate, research, improve and expand programs for students. All proceeds of this event go toward the NCE Board of Visitors Endowed Scholarship and Dean's Fund.
NCE is one of the oldest and largest professional engineering schools in the United States and offers 18 undergraduate degree programs, 20 master's and 10 doctoral degree programs. NCE has recently introduced 5 new master's MS programs responding to the needs of the industry and the students. Undergraduate enrollment is more than 4,500 and more than 2,500 are enrolled in graduate studies. The 144-member faculty includes engineers and scholars who are widely recognized in their fields.