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Polymers Proposal by NJIT Professor Awarded $125K Grant from the ACS

Thursday, August 6th, 2026
Chemical and materials engineering professor Gennady Gor started out making computer simulations of molecular models to study how liquids stick to porous surfaces; he later started incorporating experiments into his research. That pivot toward experimentation recently earned him a grant from the Ame...

NJIT Appoints Moshe Kam Interim Provost

Tuesday, August 4th, 2026
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has announced the appointment of Moshe Kam, Dean of NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering (NCE) and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, as the university’s Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effectiv...

Investing in a STEM Future: NJIT Pre-College Program Supports Standout Students

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Forensic science. Robotics. Clean air technologies. Essays about these and other STEM topics recently earned five outstanding middle and high school students scholarships to NJIT summer programs, awarded by the university's Center for Pre-College Programs (CPCP). The Kelly A. O'Connor, '94, '96, '03...

Lindsay Burke, May '26 Grad, Simplifies Bus Routes and Earns Doctoral Spot at Michigan

Thursday, July 16th, 2026
Commuters may get to work faster and rely less on bus schedules if transit agencies embrace Lindsay Burke’s undergraduate research at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Burke, who graduated in May with a B.S. in computer science and was in the Albert Dorman Honors College, was first author on A Swa...

Accelerated Program Propelled Krish Poudel Toward Medicine and Innovation

Monday, July 13th, 2026
Good things may come to those who wait, but Krish Poudel '26 isn't waiting to pursue his lifelong dream of a medical career. It took him just three years to earn a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering as part of New Jersey Institute of Technology's accelerated B.S./M.D. program, and he now co...

Juan Torres, Born to Build, Led Construction on New Springsteen Center

Thursday, July 9th, 2026
Bruce Springsteen is The Boss, but Juan Torres ‘97, ‘01 was the engineering boss at the recently opened Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music. Not born in the U.S.A., Torres emigrated from Bogotá, Colombia as a child when his family decided to seek better opportunities. With soccer on his mind...

Graduate and Newark Mayor Scholar Kaily Peixoto Engineered Community Through Volunteer Work

Wednesday, July 8th, 2026
As a construction engineering technology major at New Jersey Institute of Technology, Kaily Peixoto '26 found a community of like-minded students and faculty who challenged and inspired her. Peixoto, who consistently made the Dean's List, is an Albert Dorman Honors Scholar and a Newark Mayor's Schol...

Nanobubbles for Algae Cleanup: Q&A With NJIT Researcher Wen Zhang

Thursday, June 18th, 2026
One of the most powerful environmental cleaning technologies in recent years is too small to see with the naked eye. Nanobubbles — tiny gaseous bubbles with diameters of around 100 nanometers — can clean up a range of harmful pollutants in water, from oil spills to algae.  Wen Zhang, a New Jers...

NJIT’s Ashish Borgaonkar Wins ASEE National Teaching Award for Building the Foundation of Future Engineers

Tuesday, June 16th, 2026
Ashish Borgaonkar, assistant professor of engineering education in the School of Applied Engineering Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology and founding director of Newark College of Engineering’s Grand Challenges Scholars Program, has been selected for the 2026 ASEE National Outstanding T...

From Materials Engineering to a Job at SpaceX: NJIT Graduate Pia Piazzi Built a Bright Future

Monday, June 15th, 2026
All engineers are familiar with the chemical, mechanical and physical properties of the materials that they work with. But for materials engineers, their expertise goes much deeper, demonstrating highly detailed knowledge — down to the molecular and atomic level — of materials such as ceramics, conc...