NSF Appoints NJIT's Wenda Cao to Its Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee

Monday, February 7th, 2022
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has appointed Wenda Cao, physics professor and director of the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) of NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR), to its Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Committee (AAAC).  The AAAC is comprised of 13...

NJIT Reaffirmed As An Elite Research University, Retains R1 Classification

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has reaffirmed its status among the nation’s most elite and productive research institutions by once again achieving an R1 status — the highest designation — by the Carnegie Classification. First published in 1973, the Carnegie Classification of Institutions...

NJIT Professor Named Oceanic Engineering Society Distinguished Lecturer

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022
Eliza Michalopoulou, mathematics professor and chair of NJIT’s Department of Mathematical Sciences, has been named Distinguished Lecturer by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Oceanic Engineering Society (OES) — a premier professional organization dedicated to advancing engineeri...

New Study Challenges Core Understanding of How Efficient Solar Flares Release Their Energy

Thursday, January 27th, 2022
New findings published Jan. 27 in the journal Nature Astronomy have called into question decades of theoretical understanding used by astrophysicists to interpret an observational phenomenon central to understanding energy released during powerful eruptions from the Sun, kno...

NJIT Professor's COVID-19 Research Is Personal and Prolific, with 3 Books Out, 2 to Come

Monday, January 24th, 2022
As a researcher, NJIT Adjunct Professor Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is fascinated by COVID-19, having just co-edited three books on the virus and its implications, with two more on the way, distinguishing himself globally as a prolific researcher on the topic. But his interest isn’t just professiona...

NJIT Alum's Startup Earns National Acclaim for Li-Ion Battery Recycling Technology

Tuesday, January 18th, 2022
For all the convenience of our electronic devices, one inconvenient truth is that waste from our discarded tech is piling up — global e-waste could reach a whopping 74 million metric tons in 2030. NJIT alum Chao Yan’s new greentech startup, Princeton NuEnergy, is receiving national acclaim for their...

NSF Hub, With NJIT as Member, Now Taking Applications to Commercialize Research

Monday, January 10th, 2022
Aiming to propel discoveries made in university labs into everyday life, the new I-Corps Northeast Hub launched this week following its announcement last summer, as applications are now open for its first researcher training program. The 4-week program, in which researchers confront the challenges o...

New Jersey Institute of Technology Names Dr. Teik C. Lim as University's Ninth President

Wednesday, January 5th, 2022
The Board of Trustees of New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Teik C. Lim as NJIT’s ninth president following a national search and a unanimous vote of the Board on January 5, 2022. President-elect Lim, who also will be appointed as a Distinguished Pr...

Surprise Finding: Zebrafish Break Out Into 'Panic Wave' Mosh Pits to Social Distance

Thursday, December 16th, 2021
Social distancing is nothing new in the time of COVID. But new research of the well-studied zebrafish (Danio rerio) has captured a previously undocumented behavior of the animal that takes such measures to the extreme — and the end result resembles the frenzy of a circle pit typically asso...

NJIT Joins NASA-Funded Project Where You Can Be a "Solar Jet Hunter"

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021
Scientists at NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research (CSTR) are joining a new research project, led by researchers at the University of Minnesota (UMN) with support from NASA, which will give volunteering citizen-scientists the chance to contribute toward our understanding of explosive ac...