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NJIT's Ashish Borgaonkar Wins ASEE National Teaching Award for Building the Foundation of Future Engineers
1+ hour, 23+ min ago (904+ words) For Borgaonkar, the recognition affirms a teaching philosophy that begins early in a student's engineering education and is designed to last well beyond graduation. In Fundamentals of Engineering Design, or FED101, Borgaonkar does not treat the first-year of engineering as a…...
NJIT Ph. D. Researcher Wins NASA FINESST Award to Probe Mysteries of "White-Light" Solar Flares
1+ day, 28+ min ago (915+ words) In 1859, astronomer Richard Carrington witnessed a sudden flash from the Sun. The flare was followed by an extreme geomagnetic storm that produced auroras at unusually low latitudes and disrupted telegraph systems around the world." The event later became known as…...
From Materials Engineering to a Job at Space X: NJIT Graduate Pia Piazzi Built a Bright Future
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (657+ words) 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…...
NJIT Names Alumnus Pelesko as Interim President, Effective August 4, 2026
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (357+ words) Following the June 9 announcement of NJIT President Teik C. Lim's intent to retire from the university on August 3, 2026, the university's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr. John A. Pelesko, NJIT's provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, to serve…...
Construction Workers Get Mental Health Support from NJIT Initiative
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (496+ words) Eventually, Protecting Under the Hard Hat will provide researchers with valuable information about the extent and scope of mental health issues in the construction industry, and could help experts strategize solutions, says Ventura." In 2025, Ventura first reached out to Lalevee,…...
From NJIT to Harvard, Austin Chen Designs for a More Sustainable Future
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (924+ words) Austin Chen "26 arrived at NJIT with an interest in architecture, but he leaves with something more defined: a belief that the built environment must be measured not only by its form, but also by its function, performance, and how it…...
From Classroom to Job Site: How Pennoni and NJIT Are Building an Engineering Partnership
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (515+ words) By the time Celine Jobson arrived at Pennoni, she had already seen engineering from several angles. A senior biomedical engineering student at New Jersey Institute of Technology with a minor in legal studies, Jobson had built experience in research, municipal…...
Zac Kuzak Named 2025-26 America East Man of the Year
1+ week, 1+ day ago (498+ words) NJIT men's swimming and diving senior'Zac Kuzak'has been named the 2025-26 America East Conference Man of the Year, the league office announced at the conference's annual awards dinner on the evening of June 2. Kuzak becomes the first student-athlete in NJIT Athletics…...
Honors Scholars Turn Research, Service Learning Into Real-World Impact
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1044+ words) The forum brought together scholars from four honors courses: Introduction to Research Writing, Introduction to Research Methods, Introduction to Entrepreneurship, and Service Learning Experience for Engineers: Life on the River. The event also welcomed parents and family members, giving them…...
Q&A with David Bader, Recipient of Scientific Computing Honor
2+ week, 4+ day ago (425+ words) NJIT's David Bader, distinguished professor and director of the Institute for Data Science, was recently named one of the industry's most influential researchers by Scientific Computing World. Scientific computing, also known as high-performance computing, refers to the hardware, software and…...