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Biomedical Engineering

USING ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY: Richard Foulds and Sergei Adamovich, associate professors of biomedical engineering, are using virtual reality and robotics to help patients of stroke and cerebral palsy.

UNDERSTANDING BRAIN FUNCTION: Tara Alvarez, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, is studying how the brain divides and controls its tasks to send and receive information.

REGENERATING TISSUE WITH STEM CELLS: Treena Livingston Arinzeh, associate professor of biomedical engineering, won a prestigious NSF Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers to support her work with adult stem cells.

DEVELOPING NOVEL BIOMATERIALS: Michael Jaffe, research professor of biomedical engineering, is developing biomaterials for medical use from corn derivatives.

Chemical Engineering

UNDERSTANDING HOW NANOPARTICLES MOVE: Understanding the physics of fluidization and transport of nanoparticles is the research focus of Robert Pfeffer, distinguished professor of chemical engineering.

WATCHING CARBON NANOTUBES GROW: Zafar Iqbal, research professor of chemistry, reported the first direct nanoscale view of the nanotube growth process. Read more.

SENSING AIRBORNE ORGANICS: Somenath Mitra, professor of chemistry, is developing an integrated sensing system for airborne organics using single wall carbon nanotube technology.

MILITARY NANOTECHNOLOGY: NJIT researchers are working with the U.S. Army NanoValley program at Picatinny Arsenal and the U.S. Army Smart Materiel Program to develop smart coatings and other nanotechnology applications. Read more.

NANOPOROUS MEMBRANES: Kamalesh Sirkar, distinguished professor of chemical engineering, is developing an environmentally-friendly technique for making nanoporous membranes which have extensive applications in manufacturing and medicine.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

SIMULATING TRAFFIC FLOW:
Janice Daniel, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, uses mathematical analyses and computer simulations to try to improve traffic conditions on New Jersey’s roads.

COASTAL WATER QUALITY: Establishing remote sensing as an operational management tool in assessing the quality of New Jersey's nearshore waters is the focus of research by Sima Bagheri, professor of civil and environmental engineering.

IMPROVING NEW JERSEY'S DRINKING WATER: The New Jersey Applied Water Research Center, directed by Taha Marhaba, associate professor of environmental engineering, has been established by NJIT in partnership with the American Water Works Association to unite industry, government and academia in a common effort to research and improve the state's water.

Electrical and Computer Engineering

BUILDING THE WIRELESS INFRASTRUCTURE: Technologies to enable the next generation of digital communications are the focus of research at the Center for Communications and Signal Processing, led by Yeheskel Bar-Ness, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering.

FASTER, FARTHER, BETTER WIRELESS: Consumer demand for improvements in transmission speed and user mobility are shaping the focus of research by Alex Haimovich, professor of electrical engineering.

INNOVATIVE WIRELESS SOLUTIONS: New solutions for integrated wireless network management, data and network security are the goals of the New Jersey Center for Wireless Networking and Internet Security, directed by Atam Dhawan, professor and chairman of electrical and computer engineering.

NANO WITHIN NANO: Haim Grebel, professor of electrical and computer engineering, heads a team of researchers who grow carbon nanotubes in the tiny spaces between the silica spheres that make up synthetic opals.

DEVELOPING FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES: A novel fabrication technique for intergrated sensors is the focus of research by Leonid Tsybeskov, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.

ADVANCING CANCER DIAGNOSIS: To aid in the clinical diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, Timothy Chang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, has developed a robotic technique for placing genetic material onto slides precisely, quickly and inexpensively.

OPTICAL IMAGING FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS: Atam Dhawan, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering, has developed a new instrument for early detection of skin cancer.

Mechanical Engineering

PARTICLE ANALYSIS: The New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates has expanded its research capacity with a state-of-the-art electron microscopy facility for nanoscale analysis and x-ray spectroscopy.

TESTING MATERIALS IN MICROGRAVITY (.pdf): A research team led by Edward Dreizin, professor of mechanical engineering, studied the chemistry of zirconium-based materials in microgravity.

MANIPULATING BIOMOLECULES: Boris Khusid, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is currently collaborating with Sandia National Laboratories to develop simulations of microscale and nanoscale manipulation of biomolecules, such as DNA.

DEVELOPING MINIATURE LABS: Developing microchip technology for miniature chemical and biological laboratories and reactors is a major goal of the New Jersey Center for Micro-Flow Control, led by Nadine Aubry, F. Leslie and Mildred Jacobus Distinguished Professor and chair of mechanical engineering.