In an NJIT First, Engineering Student Ayushi Sangoi Wins a Coveted Tau Beta Pi Graduate Fellowship

Tuesday, July 20th, 2021
Ayushi Sangoi ’20, a Ph.D. candidate who uses neuroimaging and eye movement-tracking equipment to discover connections between brain injuries and eye disorders was awarded a highly competitive graduate fellowship from Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society. The biomedical engineer is th...

From Congo to Columbia, Engineering Grad Perseveres for Her PhD

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021
Daniela Bushiri, NJIT Class of 2021, has not been in the U.S. for long – about five years. In that time, she graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemical engineering, a minor in Applied Mathematics, and is now taking her talents to Columbia University in the fall where she will research alterna...

Entrepreneur Lands Job at Venture For America, Defers Med School

Friday, June 25th, 2021
Parth Agrawal, a 2021 biomedical engineering graduate and Albert Dorman Honors scholar, was accepted to the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. But he’s not going – right away, at least. He deferred admission for a two-year fellowship with Venture For America, a nonprofit organization that trains rec...

Three NJIT Engineering Teams Showcase Their Research at the EPA's National Student Design Expo

Monday, June 21st, 2021
Three teams of student engineers are showcasing their applied research this week at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Student Design Expo, as they vie for a second round of funding from the EPA’s People, Prosperity and the Planet program, which aims to spur new systems and technolo...

Smart Play: NJIT Athletics Boasts a 25-Semester Streak in the Classroom

Friday, June 4th, 2021
3.49 is not a baseball ERA, basketball steals per game, volleyball block average, or any other athletic statistic measured of the Highlanders this spring semester. Rather, it is their impressive cumulative grade point average. This semester marks the 25th straight that Highlander student athletes ha...

Accomplished Engineering Grad Says NJIT Opened Doors to Her Success

Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
At NJIT, Sydney Sweet’s success extended beyond the classroom into research labs, cooperative educational experiences, a Goldwater scholarship and the opportunity to study in Australia. Remarkably, the chemical engineering major and Albert Dorman Honors College scholar also found time to tutor unde...

An Aspiring Technology Leader's Next Educational Stop is STEM Powerhouse ETH Zurich

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
Roberto Adamson, an aspiring technology leader who aims to create AI-driven convenience and efficiency for peoples’ homes and workplaces, will begin the next stage of his professional journey at one of the world’s preeminent STEM universities. Named the “Outstanding Senior” for the Department of E...

Chemical Engineering Grad at NJIT Scores a Unique Job Opportunity at Merck

Friday, May 21st, 2021
Samantha Swider ’21, fresh from the experience of earning a bachelor’s in chemical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology — which included three cooperative education roles, co-founding NJIT Green and running track, all as a member of Albert Dorman Honors College — is off to Merck, where ...

NJIT Graduates 3,000 Who Excelled Despite COVID-19 Pandemic

Tuesday, May 18th, 2021
New Jersey Institute of Technology formally graduated more than 3,000 students today, in a hybrid in-person and virtual ceremony due to the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Kimberly Bryant, founder and CEO of Black Girls Code, delivered this year’s commencement address. Black Girls Code is a non-profit ...

A Mathematician and a Biomedical Engineer Win 2020 Excellence in Research Awards

Tuesday, May 11th, 2021
Caption: Senior Vice Provost for Research Atam Dhawan (far left) and Chair of the Board of Overseers awards committee Emil Herkert (far right) with the 2020 Excellence in Research award winners, (left to right) Bryan Pfister, chairman of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (standing in for Nama...