Student Survey Finds Surprising Opposition to Remote Work in Labor Jobs

Friday, January 20th, 2023
People with hands-on labor jobs may prefer to go to work even if their tasks could be done remotely through robotics, according to a survey of 218 students at New Jersey Institute of Technology. The survey was conducted by computer science major Matthew Nicol, a senior from Allenwood, whose research...

NJIT Receives $1.3M in Federal Funding for Engineering and Manufacturing Initiatives

Wednesday, January 18th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will receive more than $1 million for new initiatives that will bolster engineering education, as well as manufacturing and mechatronics apprenticeship training, under the federal spending bill signed by President Joe Biden. The $1.7 trillion spending packag...

NJ Leader on How NJIT Is Paying Dividends in Economic Growth

Wednesday, January 11th, 2023
A New Jersey leader in economic development is impressed by New Jersey Institute of Technology’s efforts to commercialize research, forge international partnerships and generally be “commercially minded.” Joseph Kelley, deputy chief of staff for economic growth under N.J. Gov. Phil Murphy, reflected...

Romark Logistics Partners with NJII to Accelerate Technology-Driven Operations

Thursday, December 22nd, 2022
Romark Logistics, LLC has partnered with New Jersey Innovation Institute to design the technology-enabled warehouse of the future. Founded in 1954 and family owned, Romark has established itself as a premier 3PL provider with strategic focus on innovation and technology, including robotics and auto...

New Jersey Awards $10M to Fund Water Quality Improvement Projects Statewide

Tuesday, December 20th, 2022
A collaborative research group led by NJIT has been awarded a $788k grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to implement restoration and protection measures for polluted lakes and ponds within the state. The grant is part of a $10M allocation announced by the Murphy ...

NJIT's Davé is Tapped for a Top Award in Pharmaceutical Engineering

Tuesday, December 20th, 2022
Rajesh Davé, a problem-driven inventor whose groundbreaking methods for re-engineering tiny particles have fueled advances in drug formulations, delivery systems and manufacturing processes, is the 2022 winner of the prestigious Pharmaceutical Development, Discovery and Manufacturing Forum (PD2M) Aw...

Two Members of the NJIT Community are Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Thursday, December 15th, 2022
Tara Alvarez, a distinguished professor of biomedical engineering at NJIT 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 National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Alvarez was one of 169 inventors from 110 ...

Norma Clayton, NJIT Alumna and Trustee, Elected to Goodyear Board of Directors

Monday, December 5th, 2022
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced the election of Norma Clayton ’81, co-vice chair of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) Board of Trustees, to its Board of Directors, effective Nov. 28, 2022. "We are very pleased to welcome Norma Clayton to Goodyear's Board of Directors," s...

NJIT Hosts Symposium on Boosting Safety Culture Into Undergraduate Education

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
NJIT and the National Academy of Construction (NAC), with the support from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine hosted a symposium to bring together members from the industry, government and academia to collectively work together to help students become much more productive wh...

An NJIT Water Treatment Specialist Wins an Edison Patent Award

Monday, November 28th, 2022
In daily battles with pathogens, legacy chemicals from long disappeared factories and a growing array of micropollutants, water treatment systems are often handicapped by clogged membrane filters. Replacing them regularly is both laborious and expensive. “Membrane filters are easily clogged when bac...