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For Fourth Straight Year, NJIT Professor Makes Global List of Highly Cited Researchers

For Fourth Straight Year, NJIT Professor Makes Global List of Highly Cited Researchers

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022
A research paper on metal carbides and nitrides is paying dividends for NJIT’s Meng-Qiang Zhao — eight years after it was published. For the fourth straight year, Zhao, an assistant professor of chemical and materials engineering at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering, has made Clarivate’s ...
NJIT Researchers Awarded $620k Grant to Study Climate Change Impact of Soot

NJIT Researchers Awarded $620k Grant to Study Climate Change Impact of Soot

Friday, November 4th, 2022
NJIT researchers have received a $620,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to advance our understanding of the way in which soot particles from combustion of fossil fuels are driving climate change in the Earth’s atmosphere. Associate Professor of Chemistry Alexei Khalizov and Associate ...
NJIT Research on Nanoporous Materials Would Make Electronics Stronger, Safer

NJIT Research on Nanoporous Materials Would Make Electronics Stronger, Safer

Thursday, September 1st, 2022
Scientists at NJIT and in Germany are working to understand how ions congregate around nanoporous materials, which could lead to safety and reliability improvements for electronic components such as supercapacitors and microscopically tiny actuators. Nanoscale porous materials are used in everyday o...
NJIT Ranked No. 10 Nationally in Money's 'Best College for Engineering Majors'

NJIT Ranked No. 10 Nationally in Money's 'Best College for Engineering Majors'

Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology is a top 10 Best College for Engineering Majors in the U.S., according to Money. The universities in the top 10, which also include MIT, Princeton University and Georgia Institute of Technology, emerged from Money’s 2022 list of Best Colleges, which ranked NJIT N...
Senior Success: Published Researcher Marcos Molina to Pursue PhD at Princeton

Senior Success: Published Researcher Marcos Molina to Pursue PhD at Princeton

Wednesday, May 18th, 2022
Marcos Molina, a chemical engineer with a penchant for complicated algorithms, made a tough call when deciding among Ph.D. programs at several graduate Ivy League institutions. In the end, he chose to pursue theoretical and computational research at Princeton. “It allows me to be closer to family ...
Students Earn High Marks in a Return to Engineering Competitions

Students Earn High Marks in a Return to Engineering Competitions

Tuesday, May 10th, 2022
Students from NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering have earned first, second and third place recognitions across steel bridge, chemical car and concrete canoe events held for inter-institutional competition. The steel bridge regional competition made its return for the first time since COVID restr...
Leader of the House Sees STEM in Action at NJIT

Leader of the House Sees STEM in Action at NJIT

Thursday, April 28th, 2022
The Assistant Speaker of the House of Representatives visited New Jersey Institute of Technology to get a closer look at how STEM education and research fuels the economic mobility of the city, region and country. U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, D-MA-05, toured NJIT’s Makerspace — the largest in the ...
ROI-NJ Features NJIT Leaders in Technology Influencer List

ROI-NJ Features NJIT Leaders in Technology Influencer List

Thursday, April 28th, 2022
Business publication ROI-NJ included several NJIT executives and faculty among its annual list of New Jersey's top technology influencers. "Innovating: If your company isn’t doing it, it probably will not be around for very long," the publication stated. "Our goal was to select those who are havin...
New NJIT-Led Center Wins Pharma Backing to Improve Drug Design, Shorten Development Times

New NJIT-Led Center Wins Pharma Backing to Improve Drug Design, Shorten Development Times

Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
Swallowing a pill is simple. Developing one the body will absorb into the bloodstream and deliver to the precise location, at the right concentration and in the optimal sequence is complex. The vast majority of pills are composed of powders, materials with properties of both solids and liquids, and ...
The Hylander Requiem Motors for Glory Before a Hometown Crowd

The Hylander Requiem Motors for Glory Before a Hometown Crowd

Tuesday, April 5th, 2022
The Hylander Requiem, a technology-filled cart atop mini monster wheels that is powered by self-generated hydrogen, will attempt to motor to victory this weekend at the regional round of the annual Chem-E-Car Competition. This year, Highlander Nation will be cheering loudly – and collectively – ...