NJIT President's Report 2015 by NJIT

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President’s Annual Report

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a polytechnic university, NJIT has the capacity to create jobs.

NJIT achieves its workforce and economic-development mission

More importantly, jobs that contribute to improving the quality of life,

through several venues, the first and foremost of which is graduating

e.g., remediating the environment, resilient design, sustainability,

well-prepared students who are ready to lead in their professions and

renewable energy, new medical devices, electronic medical records,

make significant contributions globally. NJIT Overseer Phil Rinaldi ’68

preventing traumatic brain injury and maintaining critical telecom-

is an energy expert who is working on innovations to change the

munications even during natural disasters like Superstorm Sandy are

world’s reliance on oil. General Ellen Pawlikowski ’78 recently became

a few of the areas of foci in our classrooms, laboratories, research cen-

the third woman in Air Force history to receive a fourth star and is in

ters and incubator companies. This has been the legacy of NJIT since

charge of equipping the U.S. for “world-dominant airpower.” Whether

its founding in 1881 as Newark’s Technical School in partnership with

developing HIV/AIDs medications or fighting liver disease, Clifford

the city’s industrialists to prepare the workforce for their factories.

Samuel ’88 is working to accelerate access to life-saving medical ther-

Educating a well-prepared workforce is the lynchpin to economic development. New Jersey is home to one of the largest, per capita, workforce of scientists and engineers, which has been a driver for the growth and development of NJIT for decades. Today, we are educating over 11,000 students, conducting over $1 million in research, adding over $300 million to our capital inventory, and producing one

apy across the developing world. Vatsal Shah, PE BSCE ’08, MSCE ’09, PhD ’14, a Hatch Mott MacDonald engineer, led a team that developed a low-technology, emergency-response wastewater and sewage containment and treatment system for Haiti following the 2010 earthquake and was selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers as a “New Face of Civil Engineering” for 2013.

of the most diverse pools of STEM employees. We are proud to serve

NJIT graduates are taught and nurtured by some of the very best fac-

as an economic engine for the region, state and nation, as attested to

ulty in their fields. Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Environ-

by the fact that:

mental Science Som Mitra, who holds among others two Thomas

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The Association of Public & Land-grant Universities just designated NJIT as one of its Innovation and Economic Prosperity Universities, which acknowledges strong commitment to economic engagement.

Edison Patent Awards, developed a foldable battery made with carbon nanotubes that could potentially power electronic devices with flexible displays. Distinguished Professor of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Rajesh Dave works to improve medications, in-

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Companies, including Panasonic, cited the ability to partner with

cluding making them more soluble. One of the world’s leading

NJIT as one of the reasons they relocated to Newark

regenerative medicine researchers, Professor of Biomedical Engineer-

NJIT is among the top 1 percent of public colleges and universities in return on educational investment (ROI), according to PayScale.com

ing Treena Livingston Arinzeh works to someday rebuild damaged nerves and help paralyzed patients walk again. In California, at NJIT’s Big Bear Solar Observatory, researchers recently reported new insights

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NJIT is one of the top 25 public colleges in the nation, and one

into the small-scale dynamics of the Sun’s photosphere – which could

of the top 50 overall, to have a low student loan default rate,

be the key to unlocking the mystery of heating the solar atmosphere.

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For nearly three decades now, we’ve also helped companies start,

Brookings Institution ranked NJIT among the top 1 percent of colleges

grow and flourish. Since 1988, NJIT’s Enterprise Development Center

and universities in the nation for high value-added in terms of occu-

(EDC) has given new small businesses focused on technological inno-

pational earning power and in the top 10 percent for mid-career

vation a critical edge in researching, developing, and commercializing

earners. As a result, CBS Moneywatch called NJIT a “hidden gem” in

their ideas. More than 90 companies employing over 800 people have

this 2015 “new ranking of college superstars.”

brought some $67 million in new revenue to the region through EDC

including: Wickr Inc., which produces the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most trusted encrypted messages; Endomedix, which produces a spray gel that stops bleeding during brain surgery; Sabre88, an IT company ranked by Forbes magazine; and Phone.Com, which has a new contract with the City of Newark. To further enhance NJITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capacity to contribute to economic development, in spring 2014, we launched the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), which brings together business, government and universities to partner on grand challenges and find innovative solutions to improve overall quality of life. Improving Healthcare IT, for example, can save lives. Already, NJIT has secured a $1.45 million grant from JP Morgan Chase & Co. to help companies demonstrate new technology and accelerate the commercialization pathway for health care innovations. With the participation of all Newark hospitals, the Highlander Health Data Network did just that. NJIT and its numerous partners working together are transforming the economic and physical landscape that is being driven by science and technology. It is offering hope for a brighter future. We, our faculty, researchers, students, alumni and industry partners, are delivering practical solutions that are helping right now. Learn more about NJITâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evolving partnerships and collaborations in the pages of this report. Sincerely,

Dr. Joel S. Bloom

President of NJIT

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Research Community

185 133

U.S. patents

pending U.S. patent applications (As of June 11,2015)

esearchers in the Federated

Department of Biological Sciences are collaborating on animal behavior research at all levels. NJIT’s affiliation with Rutgers University provides students access to opportunities for study across a broad biological spectrum.

1 Assistant Professor Simon Garnier has created the Swarm Lab, an interdisciplinary research lab that studies the mechanisms underlying the coordination of large animal groups and their applications to complex problems such the organization of pedes-

trian traffic or the control of robotic

cludes a modified fin structure with

quest, an organization that celebrates

swarms. Garnier and researchers from

tiny spikes that generate friction to

and supports the achievements of

the Research Center on Animal Cog-

adhere to the host. Understanding

women explorers who advance scien-

nition (CNRS, France) have success-

the mechanics of this process could

tific discovery.

fully replicated the behavior of a

help researchers and engineers create

moving ant colony with the use of

or improve designs for devices that

4 Assistant Professor Gal Haspel’s

miniature robots.

need to stick well but then release

research on worm behavior is provi-

quickly without harming the host,

ding data that can help with recovery

such as bandages that do not cause

from neurological damage in hu-

pain when removed.

mans, including spinal cord injuries.

2 Assistant Professor Brooke Flammang researches the complex biological mechanism that allows the

hitchhiking remora fish to cling se-

3 Assistant Professor of Biological

5 Working in his NJIT lab with

curely to swift-moving hosts such as

Sciences Daphne Soares studies how

students and in collaboration with

sharks and whales and yet release

sightless cave fish have evolved to

his colleagues at Johns Hopkins

quickly when survival necessitates.

thrive in perpetual darkness. This re-

University, Assistant Professor Eric

Flammang and NJIT researchers

search has earned Soares recognition

Fortune studies the opposing fin

found that the adhesive disc on the

for the intrepid pursuit of science in

movements of the glass knifefish.

remora’s head used to attach to

distant parts of the world: In 2014,

This oscillation allows animals to in-

sharks and other pelagic hosts is actu-

she was presented with a Woman of

crease both stability and maneuver-

ally a complex mechanism that in-

Discovery Award by WINGS World-

ability, a feat that is often described

by Earth’s slow rotation. The data sup-

Letters: “Detection of a Dynamic

porting these discoveries comes from

Cone-Shaped Meniscus on the

a measuring device aboard the two

Surface of Fluids in Electric Fields.”

NASA Van Allen Probes currently or-

The knowledge gained about how

biting Earth. Lanzerotti is the principal

the conical surface shape that forms when water and other liquids are elec-

trified and produces a spontaneous spark and fluid ejection—named a Taylor cone—prompted the development of an important new technique for controlling cone formation before it becomes a spray. This is the key that NJIT researchers have found for improving current applications where

Taylor cones are the critical element, and for opening developmental doors to even more practical uses. NJIT joined an international team of investigator for the measuring device, called the Van Allen Probes’ Ion Composition Experiment (RBSPICE), which collected the data. The findings, which were reported in a paper co-authored by Lanzerotti for the

engineers who are developing a wireless system to detect the onset of structural damage on bridges, stadiums and other large public infrastructures developed for Nassau County in New York.

March 20 issue of the journal Nature, could have implications for those who model space weather and those who design and operate navigation and

communication satellites as well as spacecraft used for national security.

as impossible in engineering text-

8 NJIT became the first New Jersey college granted approval to test unmanned aerial vehicles at sites including the New Jersey Air National Guard Range at Warren Grove and the William J. Hughes Federal Aviation

books. These findings were published

7 A conversation between NASA

in the Nov. 4-8, 2014 online edition

astronaut Donald R. Pettit and Boris

Pomona, New Jersey. The site team

of Proceedings of the National Acad-

Khusid, a professor in the department

grew out of a collaboration between

emy of Sciences.

of chemical, biological and phar-

New Jersey and Virginia; the team

maceutical engineering, led to a dis-

is led by Virginia Tech and includes

Administration (FAA) Center in

6 Distinguished Research Profes-

covery about how charged water

American Aerospace Advisers, a

sor of Physics Louis Lanzerotti and

droplets behave in the microgravity

private company partnering with

his team at NJIT’s Center for Solar-

environment of the International

NJIT. By 2015, the FAA must report

Terrestrial Research collaborated

Space Station (ISS) with down-to-

to Congress on whether to allow

with the Johns Hopkins University

earth applications that could range

unmanned aircraft into the National

Applied Physics Laboratory and

from the production of better inkjet

Air Space. If approved, these auto-

Fundamental Technologies, Inc. in

printers to more precise techniques

nomous aircraft could be used by

the discovery of a new structure in

for manufacturing polymer fibers,

commercial companies to deliver

Earth’s inner radiation belt. The zebra-

microelectronic devices and improve-

packages, inspect agricultural lands,

striped structure of highly energized

ments in mass spectrometry. It was an

guide ships and monitor oil spills as

electrons could endanger humans in

experiment that put the astronaut,

well as assist police and firefighters in

space and also damage low-earth

Khusid and several NJIT colleagues

public safety initiatives.

navigation and communication satel-

on the path to co-authoring a paper

lites. The new structure is produced

published in 2015 in Physical Review

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9 Gaining greater insight into the

As a component of the BRAIN Initia-

biological clock that sets the pace

tive, Diekman’s work has broader im-

for daily life is the focus of a trans-

plications as well. He anticipates that

atlantic research effort involving

deeper understanding of the flow of

Casey Diekman, assistant professor

information involved at the cellular

in NJIT’s Department of Mathe-

level will aid in the development of

matical Sciences. Diekman’s work,

mathematical models of brain proces-

which is being funded by a three-

ses such as long-term memory for-

year grant of more than $233,000

mation. The project also could impact

as volatile organic compounds—

from the National Science Founda-

areas of mathematical biology be-

chemicals routinely used in solvents

tion (NSF), could yield new knowl-

yond circadian rhythms by advancing

— from water.

edge for the U.S. national BRAIN

development of computer-simulation

(Brain Research through Advancing

methods capable of handling widely

11 As criminal acts involving com-

Innovative Neurotechnologies) ini-

disparate time scales.

puters and networks continue to rise,

cybersecurity has found its place at

tiative. His primary goal as the NSF

grant’s principal investigator is to

10 NJIT researchers have developed

develop mathematical models that

a flexible battery made with carbon

search. Kurt Rohloff, an associate

will promote understanding of the

nanotubes that has numerous con-

professor in the College of Comput-

role that our internal clock’s electri-

sumer applications. Distinguished

ing Sciences and the director of

cal activity plays in circadian time-

Professor of Chemistry Somenath

NJIT’s CryptoLab, is developing

keeping, in particular the way the

Mitra developed the new technology

practical methods for a new family

clock responds to the natural light/

with assistance from Zhiqian Wang,

of encryption schemes called Fully

dark cycle. Diekman is collaborating

a doctoral student in chemistry. In

Homomorphic Encryption, which

with Professor Hugh Piggins and

May 2015, Mitra was awarded a

enables companies to safely share

Research Associate Mino Belle at

patent for a next-generation water

sensitive information. This work

the University of Manchester in

desalination and purification tech-

essentially addresses one of the

England. Piggins’ laboratory is pro-

nology that uses uniquely absorbent

primary flaws of cloud computing:

Endomedix, a company housed at

viding experimental biological data

carbon nanotubes to remove salt

that in order to use cloud comput-

NJIT’s

about electrical activity in the brain

and pollutants from brackish water

ing, you need to trust the person

Center, received a $1.4 million grant

at the cellular level, specifically with

and industrial effluent for reuse

hosting your data to not leak it in

from the National Institute of Neuro-

respect to the influence of dynamic

by businesses and households. His

some way. By encrypting the data

logical Disorders and Stroke to de-

changes in gene expression on neu-

new carbon nanotube immobilized

and still enabling processing the

velop a spray-on gel that surgeons

rons in the suprachiasmatic nucleus,

membrane is an energy-efficient

data, privacy-sensitive industries

could use to stanch bleeding during

or SCN. Gene expression is the pro-

device designed to filter higher con-

such as the medical and financial

brain surgery. Known as a surgical he-

cess by which DNA is translated into

centrations of salt than is currently

domains can begin to outsource

mostat, the gel can be sprayed onto

proteins, and proteins are the engines

feasible through reverse osmosis, one

much of their IT infrastructure,

a surgical site and the natural

of most physiological functions, in-

of the standard industry processes. It

and obtain the resulting financial

biopolymer solutions in the gel will

cluding circadian behavior.

is also used to remove pollutants such

benefits.

cohere and control bleeding within

the forefront of NJIT’s innovative re-

Enterprise

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14 colleagues from the Department of

waste byproducts: This is the goal of

most shaped the field over the past

Computer Science — Assistant Profes-

Associate Professor and Department

three decades. To further research

sor Xiaoning Ding, Associate Profes-

Chair Edgardo Farinas, who is en-

in this area, Biswal and Michael

sor Reza Curtmola, and Professor

listing the bacteria Escherichia coli,

Milham, a cognitive neuroscientist

Narain Gehani — will create a mo-

or E. coli, in the effort. Funded by NSF

and the founding director of the

bile phone avatar, a software surro-

grants totaling some $489,000,

Center for the Developing Brain at

gate of the phone that would live

Farinas, chair of NJIT’s Department

the Child Mind Institute in New

in the cloud and synchronize with

of Chemistry and Environmental

York, co-founded a database five

years ago of well over 1,000 functional MRIs of healthy subjects of various ages that can be downloaded by anyone in the field.

16 Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Jay Meegoda is actively promoting new technology for controlling open landfills in cash-strapped nations. Using the method known as phytocapping, additional soil is placed on top of the dumps and native plants are

Science, is working with Rutgers-

grown that absorb the liquid that

Newark colleague Professor of

would leach from them. Enzymes in

Chemistry Frank Jordan. The two

the plant roots then convert the

scientists are investigating biomolec-

methane produced by decomposi-

ular methods for optimizing the

tion to carbon dioxide, which is

enzyme selected to produce chem-

a substantially less potent green-

ical compounds basic to the man-

house gas. Meegoda, who also

30 seconds. The company has two is-

the phone, write a program that per-

ufacture of products that include

serves as director of NJIT’s Geo-

sued U.S. patents for the technology

mits devices to interact, and figure

antidepressants, antifungal agents,

technical Testing Lab, and Sam

and has begun biocompatibility test-

out ways to improve application

antitumor antibiotics, and medica-

Yuen, a colleague from the Univer-

ing, after which it will seek regulatory

functionality and performance in the

tion for the treatment of Alzheimer’s

sity of Melbourne in Australia, pro-

authorization to begin clinical studies.

cloud. The technology they are devel-

disease.

posed the wide use of phytocap-

12 Piyush Modak, the manager of

oping is designed to support collab-

ping technology at a meeting in

orative applications in areas such as

15 A groundbreaking 1995 paper

Colombo, Sri Lanka. Five coun-

healthcare, safety, and social interac-

by Bharat Biswal, chair of the

tries — India, Nepal, Vietnam, Sri

tion, potentially benefiting millions

Department of Biomedical Engi-

Lanka, and Thailand—have indi-

of users. The proposed mobile cloud

neering, “Functional Connectivity

cated interest in moving forward

computing platform would not only

in the Motor Cortex of Resting

with the technology. Meegoda and

stimulate the creation of ground-

Human Brain Using Echo-Planar

Yuen are now seeking financial

13 A team of computer scientists at

breaking applications, it would also

MRI,” was named one of the most

backing to conduct a pilot project

NJIT has won a multi-year grant from

leverage the cloud to expand the pro-

influential in the history of MRI

from developed nations seeking to

the National Science Foundation to

cessing power, network bandwidth,

by the field’s premier academic

fund low-cost measures to help

devise a platform that would allow

storage space, and battery life of

journal, Magnetic Resonance in

developing countries tackle green-

mobile devices to interact with each

individual devices.

Medicine. Biswal was recognized in

house gas emissions.

research and development at Endomedix, works on the gel that can control bleeding during brain surgeries. Modak received an MS in biomedical engineering from NJIT in 2010.

a ceremony held at the annual

other with help from the cloud. Cristian Borcea, associate professor

14 Producing high-value products

meeting in Milan of the Interna-

and associate chair of the Depart-

such as pharmaceuticals with sub-

tional Society for Magnetic Reso-

ment of Computer Science, is the

stantially less energy, no need for

nance in Medicine (ISMRM), where

grant’s principal investigator. Over

environmentally harmful chemicals,

he was among 28 of the 30 authors

the next three years, Borcea and three

and a greatly reduced amount of

whose work was judged to have

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1 NJIT researchers have developed a paint that changes color when exposed to high temperatures, giving a visual warning to people handling material or equipment with the potential to cause burns, malfunction or explode. Referred to as a “thermalindicating composition” and applied as a coating or a mark on packaging, the material turns different shades of color from blue to red in response to temperature, beginning at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It was awarded a U.S. patent in May of this year. The technology was commissioned and

firefighters of the intensity of a fire

TETN assists those who want to start

funded by the U.S. Army Armament

on the other side of structures such

or grow a business in New Jersey,

Research Development and Engine-

as doors.

or who want to pursue a career

ering Center (ARDEC) at Picatinny

in technology areas such as IT/soft-

Arsenal in response to dangerous

desert conditions encountered in Iraq,

2 NJIT was the host site for the

where soldiers reported temperatures

opening ceremony that kicked off the

near munitions sometimes exceeding

Technology and Entrepreneurship

190 degrees Farenheit, far above

Talent Network (TETN) Industry

design limits. The joint NJIT/ARDEC

Week, which examined the latest

development team was led by Zafar

trends in these two industry sectors.

Iqbal, research professor in the

Technology and Entrepreneurship is

Department of Chemistry and En-

one of nine New Jersey Talent Net-

vironmental Science. The technol-

works established by the New Jersey

ogy has potentially wider applica-

Department of Labor and Workforce

tions as well, including as a temper-

Development to connect employers,

ature indicator for factory machines,

job seekers, the state’s One Stop

household appliances and tools,

Career Centers, and educational in-

signaling that they have become

stitutions to help grow the economy

dangerously hot. It could also warn

through workforce development.

ware, communications, life sciences, electronics/advanced manufacturing, and energy/environment. Following the kick-off session, a “People 2 Business TM ”Meet Up linked mid- and upper-level volunteers with entrepreneurial companies, giving the former opportunities to contribute their skills while helping entrepreneurs grow their companies.

3 John Ratzenberger, the Emmy-

April 2014 for the launch of the New

More than 40 student projects —from

nominated actor, director, author

Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII).

a drowsy-driving detection system, to

and skilled carpenter, delivered the

Consisting of five innovation labs

cell regeneration research, to an aerial

keynote speech at the opening

(iLabs) ready to work with industry

seeding device for reforestation, to

ceremony for ManufactureNJ Week

partners in healthcare delivery sys-

cancer prediction through bioinfor-

on September 29, 2014. The week-

tems, bio-pharmaceutical production,

matics — were on display at the third

long series of events showcased the

civil infrastructure, defense and home-

annual NJIT Innovation Day, an in-

importance of manufacturing to the

land security, and financial services,

vention-packed showcase of cutting-

state’s economy, key contributions

NJII is poised to help industries at

edge, student-led research, design and

from Garden State companies, and

every stage forge strategic relation-

development across programs and

ongoing efforts on the part of

ships with industry partners. Six

disciplines, on March 25, 2015. This

colleges and universities, businesses

companies, including AECOM, Cisco,

year’s projects were notable for their

and government agencies to nurture

Louis Berger, HEALTHEC, Panasonic

highly interdisciplinary approach to

and promote a skilled workforce. The

Corp., and Torcon, Inc., have already

problem-solving, bringing together

architecture, computer science, engineering and management and finance students Innovation Day assembles the university’s key undergraduate research and innovation programs and competitions. These contests and programs are designed to help students become researchers and innovators with the know-how, technical savvy and experience to identify and address important unmet societal needs. The programs included: TechQuest, an undergraduate invention competition sponsored by James Stevenson, a

events were organized by the Ad-

committed to charter memberships

vanced Manufacturing Talent Net-

by making founding contributions to

Enterprise Development Center

work (MNJ), a workforce develop-

NJII, while several others are finalizing

ment organization hosted by NJIT

agreements. Soon after naming

and funded by a grant from the New

Tomas Gregorio ’08, a veteran health

companies

Jersey Department of Labor and

care executive experienced in build-

Workforce Development, and part-

ing IT networks for regional hospitals,

ners such as the NJ Manufacturing

senior executive director of health

Extension Program (MEP).

care systems innovation, NJII secured

90+ 800+ $67

employees million

in new revenue

its first contract. Partnering with

4 Government and industry lead-

Osler Health IPA, a health network

ers, including U.S. Senator Cory

owned and managed by primary care

Booker, New Jersey Lieutenant Gov-

physicians, the NJII team will assist

ernor Kim Guadagno, New Jersey

physician practices with transforming

Secretary of Higher Education

their organizations to deliver higher

Rochelle Hendricks, New Jersey State

quality service, while also helping

Senator Raymond Lesniak and Pana-

them convert data collected in elec-

sonic Corp. of North America Chair-

tronic medical records to actionable

man and CEO Joe Taylor joined

information.

President Joel S. Bloom on campus in

retired Honeywell scientist and consultant at Stevenson PolyTech LLC; The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program, which helps students compete for awards for their research presentations and enroll in graduate programs; the Undergraduate Research and Innovation Program, which enables students to become researchers and to select projects that will address societal problems, enhance our quality of life, and contend with global challenges; the Student Innovation Acceleration Club, which gives students the forum to develop business concepts utilizing a lean start-up methodology; and the Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge, a collaboration between NJIT and Capital One.

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5 NJIT received a donation of 420 Intelbased Supermicro servers valued at $1.2 million from Linode, a Linuxbased cloud hosting company based in Galloway, New Jersey. The servers will support advanced instruction, research and career advancement for NJIT students and increase the computational power available in the university’s research computing cluster by more than 1,000 percent. The donation is part of the Linode IT

5 Through a collaborative research agreement between Langan Engineering & Environmental Services and NJIT, Langan Vice President Stewart Abrams and NJIT Professor of Environmental Engineering Michel Boufadel will direct Langan’s Remediation Technology Program at NJIT’s Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection. Langan and NJIT have been jointly performing applied research involving cleanup technologies for various Langan Fortune 500 and private site-development clients, achieving a degree of quality and control not available if this work was subcontracted.

6 NJIT President Joel Bloom met with alumni working at the headquar-

30 years. In his last venture prior to

Workforce Preparation (ITWP) initia-

ters of Stryker Corp.’s orthopedic

Stryker, his company developed a

tive, launched by the company in

division in Mahwah, New Jersey. The

novel porous biologic ingrowth

July 2014, which provides hardware

visit was hosted by Robert Cohen

material added to hip and knee pros-

to higher-education institutions to

’83, ’84, ’87, vice president and gen-

theses for bone attachment, while

complement and/or augment their

eral manager of Stryker’s orthopedic

using intraoperative robotic assis-

existing capacity for curriculum and

robotics business unit. The company

tance for bone preparation and

administrative purposes.

is a leading employer of NJIT gradu-

implant placement. The procedure

ates, with more than 60 Highlander

allows the implant to be placed into

alumni working at Stryker facilities in

the patient’s bone in a position that

the New Jersey region alone.

best matches the individual’s need to

Cohen, who also serves as chairman of Newark College of Engineering’s Board of Visitors and vice president of the Alumni Association, has been in-

ensure proper joint motion. Once accurately secured, the implant provides for both initial stability and long term biologic fixation.

NJIT’s Cryptography and Telecommunications Laboratory (CTL), part of the College of Computing Sciences, was the first benefactor of the Linode donation. The CLT lab provides faculty and their students a means to conduct advanced research

volved in creating advanced materials

and experiments in cryptography,

and breakthrough designs for hip and

computer security, and telecommuni-

knee orthopedic implants for the past

cations networking.

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from others in the arena by both its efficient use of space and its adaptability to virtually any setting, from indoors to outdoors, rooftops to basements. The patent-pending VOHS is self-contained, with built-in infrastructure that controls all aspects of the plants’ growth, including the amount of water, the color and intensity of light, and the concentration of nutrients they receive. The system has also

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been incorporated into the science curriculums of several public schools

volunteers participated in NJIT’s Alternate Spring Break Superstorm Sandy Cleanup

in New York City, where the com

The American Institute of Architects

Regional Resilience Design Studios in

Foundation (AIAF) selected NJIT to

collaboration with Architecture for

be the site of a Regional Resilience

Humanity and Public Architecture.

Design Studio, the mission of which

The studio will allow researchers

will be to design and build resilient

to design prototypes for resilient

structures and communities across

houses and businesses and to then

the Northeast. The studio will be

turn those models into thousands of

pany works with teachers to train

housed at NJIT’s Center for Resilient

built structures.

and support them, with the technol-

Design, which works to address

ogy then becoming theirs to use in

critical design and sustainable-

1 A startup venture at NJIT’s Enter-

a variety of STEM classes. Hanni

building challenges across New

prise Development Center is apply-

Abukhater ‘14, who was hired as an

Jersey, especially those that arose

ing the concepts of vertical farming

intern the second semester of his

in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

to deliver freshly grown food to urban

junior year, serves as principal me-

Funded by a $250,000 grant from

centers from the company’s home

chanical engineer, and the extruded

Benjamin Moore & Co., the new stu-

base in the City of Newark. The com-

components for the company’s

dio is the first to be launched as part

pany, City-Hydroponics, uses a Verti-

demonstration model were fabri-

of the AIAF’s National Resilience Pro-

cally Oriented Hydroponic System

cated in NJIT’s machine shop.

gram, which plans to open five

(VOHS) which distinguishes itself

Partnering

WITH T H E

Local Community

4 engineering, economic analysis and financial engineering. The Interboro team consists of Interboro Partners, Apex, Bosch Slabbers Landscape + Urban Design, Center for Urban Pedagogy, David Rusk, Deltares, H+N+S Landscape Architects, IMG Rebel, NJIT’s Master of Infrastructure Planning program, Palmbout Urban Landscapes, Project Projects, RFA Investments and TU Delft.

3 2 Student professional organizations with an interest in meeting potential employers participated in a Reverse Career Fair. The event, which preceded NJIT’s Fall 2014

for graduates to become WOS con-

Transit-centered communities that are

sultants with partner companies.

dense, service-rich and walkable are

Through UPskill, a program made

one of the pillars of developing a

Career Fair — the largest in the

possible through a four-year grant

sustainable living environment in

university’s history — allowed em-

awarded to NJIT by the U.S. Depart-

the 21st century. But the challenge,

ployers an extra opportunity to

ment of Labor, CPE plans to deliver

planners say, is figuring out how to

collaborate with student leaders. At

training to 420 underemployed and

actually create them. NJIT has risen

the event, employer representatives

out-of-work veterans and midcareer

to this challenge with the publication

voted on their favorite student organ-

professionals.

The winners of the Best Booth Con-

4 Architecture Professor Georgeen

a 600-page toolkit of best practices,

test were: Institute of Electrical and

Theodore’s Interboro Team won a

techniques and transferrable “lessons

Electronics Engineers (IEEE), first

$125 million grant from the U.S.

learned” that highlights successes in

place; American Institute of Chem-

Department of Housing and Urban

this area. Funded by a $2.2 million

ical Engineers (AIChE), second place;

Development (HUD) to protect

grant from the Federal integrating

and Society of Hispanic Professional

Nassau County’s South Shore from

transit planning with local land-

storm surges and rising sea levels.

use planning Transit Administra-

Theodore is principal and co-founder

tion (FTA), the guide is designed as

3 NJIT’s Division of Continuing

of Interboro Partners, the architecture

a resource document for planners

Professional Education (CPE) part-

firm that leads the Interboro Team,

on every level, including metropoli-

nered with Workforce Opportunity

which combines the best of Dutch

tan planning organizations, region-

Services (WOS) — a nonprofit edu-

land-use planning, environmental

al planners, transit agencies, local

cation and social-venture enterprise

and coastal engineering, and urban

planners and local governments,

that prepares highly motivated veter-

water management with the best of

who want to understand the many

ans and young adults for business

American urban design, participatory

nuances of planning for transit-

careers—to identify, train and arrange

planning, community development,

supportive development.

Engineers (SHPE), third place.

of Planning for Transit Supportive Development: A Practitioner’s Guide,

ization table display and presentation.

Partnerships and Collaborations

2 0 1 5

Partnering

President’s Annual Report

WITH T H E

■

2015

International Community

2 NJIT formalized an agreement with Chinese partners to advance the university’s research on thin-film solar cells, an alternative energy technology with the potential to make buildings and other infrastructure substantially more energy-efficient. Jingong Pan ’08 facilitated a partnership between NJIT and the China National Building Materials Company (CNBM), one of the largest gypsum, cement and fiber glass producers in the world. After receiving his doctorate in electrical and computer engineering from NJIT, Pan affiliated with Apollo Solar Science and Technology Company, a leading miner and refiner of rare-earth metals used in thin-film cells, when he returned to China. His dream was to advance

2 Above from left to right:

1 NJIT’s School of Management

Ekundayo J.D. Thompson,

is partnering in an international

director of the Institute of

effort to assist Sierra Leone build

Public Administration and

a diverse and healthy economy

Management (IAPM) and

anchored by innovation and new

deputy vice chancellor of the

business startups. Following a visit by

University of Sierra Leone;

Cesar Bandera, an assistant professor

Cesar Bandera; Sid Kargbo,

of management, the entire top floor

director of planning of the

of a new building at the University of

University of Sierra Leone;

Sierra Leone has been dedicated to a

Foday Mansaray, director of

business incubator modeled on NJIT’s

principles with NJIT’s EDC, including

thin-film technology so that it would

the Sierra Leone Stock

Enterprise Development Center

its close connection with the univer-

be more cost-competitive, and he

Exchange; and Minkailu Jalloh,

(EDC). Bandera had previously met

sity, which gives its entrepreneurs ac-

started raising money to create a

one of the first tenants to be

government ministers from Sierra

cess to faculty, top students and

research center at NJIT. The univer-

in the incubator.

Leone when they toured NJIT’s EDC

training programs.

sity’s CNBM New Energy Materials

and solicited a white paper from him

Research Center, directed by NJIT

on the topic of business incubation.

Physics Professor Ken Chin, is focus-

The proposed center shares core

ed on thin-film cells based on CIGS

Partnering

WITH T H E

International Community

(copper indium gallium selenide) and cadmium telluride, which are both potentially lower-cost alternatives to silicon, the industry standard, because they use raw materials more sparingly, take less net energy to produce, and occupy less space on buildings. Compounds such as cadmium telluride and silicon function as the active semiconductor in a solar cell, absorbing sunlight and converting it to electricity. The CNBM Center has already developed important insights into the physics of the pho-

toelectric behavior of these

tween NJIT and the consortium led

materials, which suggests

by Chulalongkorn will provide both

that new manufacturing

partners with access to new technolo-

techniques could produce

gies, management techniques, best

much higher cell efficiencies.

practices, vast amounts of useful data and user experience.

3 NJIT signed an agree-

The SCG Center of Excellence, est-

ment with Istanbul Techni-

ablished last year in the John A. Reif,

cal University to offer a B.S. in elec-

Bangkok to meet with Thai indus-

Jr. Department of Civil and Environ-

trical engineering.

trial leaders, including Roongrote

mental Engineering, will pursue inter-

Rangsiyopash, who is slated to become

disciplinary research and technology

NJIT’s School of Management (SOM)

SCG’s new CEO at the start of next

development in a growing number of

expanded its offerings to include de-

year. SCG, with more than $14 billion

areas of common interest following the

gree programs in China and Sweden.

in assets, develops and manufactures

recent visit. They include sustainable

Students at Beijing University of Chem-

state-of-the-art building materials and

and resilient building materials, innova-

ical Technology and at the Shanghai

products in Thailand, among other

tive construction methods and tech-

Lixin University of Commerce can trans-

countries. NJIT signed an agreement

nologies, the development of nano-

fer to NJIT for their third and fourth

last year with the conglomerate to

materials and polymers that maintain

years of study and receive a bachelor

bring both Thai graduate students and

the beauty and integrity of infrastruc-

of science degree from NJIT. SOM stu-

research funds to the university to fur-

ture, the remediation of environmental

dents also have the opportunity to

ther technology innovation in diverse

contamination and advanced waste

study in Sweden, where they enroll for

areas of shared interest such as materi-

treatment of pulp and paper byprod-

one year at Linköping University.

als science, wastewater treatment, in-

ucts, among others. In addition to

dustrial chemicals and energy.

scholarships and research funds, the

4 NJIT has strengthened ties with

The NJIT team also met with academic

some of Thailand’s most innovative

leaders at Chulalongkorn, which heads

and productive companies and re-

the Thai Center of Excellence on

searchers, expanding the university’s

Hazardous Substance Management

existing relationship with Siam Cement

(HSM), a consortium of four major Thai

Group (SCG), one of the country’s

universities focused on protecting

leading industrial conglomerates, and

the environment and public safety.

signing an agreement with Chula-

Manaskorn Rachakornkij, an NJIT

longkorn University, its oldest univer-

alumnus, is the deputy executive direc-

sity, to exchange students and faculty

tor of the HSM center, one of 11centers

and collaborate on research. President

of excellence designated by the Thai

Joel S. Bloom led a delegation to

government. The collaboration be-

partnership with SCG may also include future joint ventures designed to advance promising technologies.

Partnerships and Collaborations

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President’s Annual Report

■

2015

Milestones

NJIT awarded more than 2,700

Ellen M. Pawlikowski ’78, who

bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral

studied chemical engineering at

degrees at the 99th Commence-

NJIT and entered the Air Force in

ment ceremonies at the Pruden-

1978 through the university’s

tial Center in Newark (above),

ROTC program, was promoted to

bringing the total amount of de-

the rank of four-star general in

grees awarded by the university

the U.S. Air Force—the third

to more than 77,000. Receiving

woman in the history of the

honorary degrees were Charles

Air Force to receive a fourth star.

Elachi (below, left), director of

She has assumed control of the LARRY LEVANTI

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Air Force Materiel Command, a major command that conducts research, development, testing

NJIT marked the 20th anniver-

Eng-Wong ’75, ’80, who re-

and evaluation, and provides

sary of Celebration, the univer-

ceived the Edward F. Weston

purchasing services and logistics

sity’s annual black-tie fundraiser,

Medal for Professional Achieve-

support to keep the Air Force’s

on November 14, 2014 at The

ment. Torcon, Inc. was named

weapons systems ready for war.

Pleasantdale Chateau in West

Outstanding Corporate Partner.

and a vice president at California

Orange. Three distinguished in-

The event featured a special

Institute of Technology, and

dividuals were recognized for

performance by Broadway star

Irving Pressley McPhail (below),

achievements beneficial to the

Bernadette Peters, with Marvin

P r esident

chairman and chief executive of-

state and our nation, as well as an

Laird, music director. Proceeds

Bloom was

organization exceptional for its

support endowed scholarship

honored by the

commitment to NJIT’s mission:

funds for students at NJIT.

Boy Scouts of

The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, who received the University Medal for Lifetime Achievement; The Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, United States ficer of the National Association

House of Representatives, State of

for Minority Engineering, Inc.

New Jersey, who was presented

(NACME), who also was the com-

with The President’s Medal for

mencement speaker.

Lifetime Achievement; and Paul

Above from left: Joel S. Bloom, President of NJIT; Paul Eng-Wong ’75, ’80; The Honorable Thomas H. Kean, The Honorable Rodney Frelinghuysen, and Benedict J. Torcivia, Jr., Co-President, Torcon.

America on June 3, 2014 for his support of STEM initiatives.

Milestones

The interior design program at

Newark College of Engineering

NJIT’s School of Art + Design was

(NCE) celebrated its continued

officially awarded full accreditation

commitment to advancing engineer-

by the Council for Interior Design

ing education and recognized ac-

Accreditation (CIDA). The visiting

complished alumni and industry partners on March 31, 2015, at the 17th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence. Proceeds from the event benefit the NCE Dean’s Fund. Theodore D. Cassera ’72 (below), a

The Board of Overseers honored two

Philip R. Rinaldi ’68, ’77 and NJIT

eminent NJIT faculty members —

President Joel S. Bloom) received

Distinguished Professor Emeritus

the 2014 Excellence in Research

CIDA team report underscored nu-

Yeheskel Bar-Ness and Distin-

Lifetime Achievement Award for

merous strengths that were evident

guished Professor Somenath

his groundbreaking work in elec-

in student outcomes, program con-

Mitra — for foundational contribu-

trical and computer engineering.

tent delivery and opportunities for

tions to their respective fields of

Mitra (above right) was award-

student development provided by

wireless communications and nan-

ed the Overseers Excellence in

the school, particularly in global

otechnology at the seventh annual

Research Prize and Medal for his

perspective for design, design pro-

celebration of research excellence

pioneering work in chemistry and

cess, collaboration, communica-

on October 2, 2014. Bar-Ness

environmental science.

tion, professionalism and business practice, space and form, interior

(center in photo above left, with

construction and building systems.

project manager at Omland Engi-

The report specifically emphasized

neering Associates Inc., and Arnold

public and community-service op-

M. Peskin ’65 (below), the retired

portunities beyond the classroom

head of the Information Technology

provided by the CIDA program, in-

Division and a

cluding a summer course in Costa

senior scientist at

Rica for ongoing construction of a

the Brookhaven

youth hotel; the Alternative Spring

National Labora-

Break to assist in Superstorm Sandy

tory received the

recovery efforts; the Educate Tomor-

2015 NCE Out-

row fundraising event; NeoCon;

standing Alum-

the Dream Room Makeover com-

nus Award. Scott Lattimer, pres-

The Newark Regional Business Part-

National

Week,

munity project; the 2012 Mansion

ident of the Utility and Trans-

nership (NRBP) recognized NJIT

NRBP and its Transportation Council

in May Showhouse design; and

portation Contractors Association

President Joel S. Bloom (above, sec-

honor distinguished leaders in the

community-makeover and redesign

(UTCA) of New Jersey, accepted

ond from left) for his leadership in

field. Recognizing outstanding lead-

volunteer projects through the

the 2015 Outstanding Industry

promoting the university’s commit-

ers and organizations both familiar

American Society of Interior De-

Partnership Award on behalf of

ment to research and improvement

to the public through the news

signers (ASID) Student Chapter.

his organization.

in transportation. Each year, during

media and working behind the

Transportation

scenes emphasizes the vital role that transportation plays in the region’s economic vitality. NJIT is affiliated with the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and home

The NJIT community officially

to the Intelligent Transportation

welcomed the incoming freshman

The Bachelor of Architecture and

System Resource Center and the

class and recognized faculty and

Master of Architecture programs at

National Center for Transporta-

staff excellence during the annual

the New Jersey School of Architec-

tion and Industrial Productivity.

Convocation on September 10,

ture were reaccredited for eight

NJIT also is a leader in preparing

2014. Indira Hernandez ’08 (left),

years by the National Architectural

graduates for careers in transporta-

Project Engineer at GACE Consult-

Accrediting Board (NAAB) following

tion engineering and operations

ing Engineers, was the keynote

a site visit.

speaker.

2 0 1 5 The Warren Street Café (right,

Two NJIT researchers and an alum-

science, were the recipients of a

top), a full-service restaurant, and

nus inventor were honored by the

Thomas Edison Patent Award in

the Village Market (right, bottom),

Research & Development Council of

the enabling technology category

a convenience store and deli, ex-

New Jersey at the 35th annual Edi-

for “Microwave Induced Function-

panded the range of dining venues

son Patent Awards ceremony and

alization of Single Wall Carbon Nan-

available to the NJIT community.

reception held at the Liberty Sci-

otubes” (U.S. Patent 7,754,054).

ence Center on November 6, 2014.

The patent is for the use of microwave heating to create rapid,

Student speakers John Canela ’15

environmentally friendly function-

and Monica Khattak ’16 (below)

alization of carbon nanotubes. With

described how the generosity of

this technique, functionalizing-

donors has impacted their academic

reaction times drop from days to

success on April 24, 2015, at the

minutes, and the use of toxic sol-

27th Scholarship Brunch. In 2015,

vents is eliminated. Mitra and Iqbal,

private scholarship aid amounted to

among nearly 50 inventors honored at the event, were the only ones affiliated with a New Jersey college or university. Newark College of Engineering, Albert Dorman Honors College and the School of Management

Somenath Mitra (above, right), dis-

welcomed new deans with long

tinguished professor in the Depart-

records of achieve-

ment of Chemistry and Environ-

ments in acade-

mental Science, and Zafar Iqbal

mia and industry.

(above, left), research professor

more than $3 million and helped

Moshe Kam, Ph.D.

of chemistry and environmental

nearly 1,240 students. At the event,

joined NJIT from

guest speaker Charles R. Lipuma

Drexel University,

’53 ’56, who retired from Exxon-

where he served as the Robert

Mobil and is now the mayor of

Quinn Professor and Department

Kiawah Island, South Carolina,

Head of Electrical and Computer

shared his personal motivation for

Engineering and also is a former

The diversity of achievement hon-

providing an endowed scholarship

president and chief executive officer

ored at the ceremony also included

since 2004.

of the Institute of Electrical and

awarding of the Council’s highest

Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Katia

honor to John J. Mooney (above),

Passerini, Ph.D.

an alumnus who earned a master’s

is Professor and

degree in chemical engineering

Hurlburt Chair of Management Information Systems at NJIT’s School of Management and holds a joint appointment in the Information SysThe College of Architecture and

tems Department.

Design’s Barbara and Leonard

Reggie J. Caudill

Littman Architecture and Design

previously served

Library expanded its existing space

as chair of NJIT’s

to 7,377 square feet. The renova-

Department of

tion and expansion project added a

Mechanical and

room for housing the Materials

Industrial Engineering, executive

Library and special collections as

director of the Multi-lifecycle Engi-

well as an additional seating area

neering Center, and as executive

and a multimedia/group study

director of the Center for Manufac-

room.

turing Systems.

J. Malcolm Simon, professor emeritus of physical education and athletics and former men’s soccer coach, served as honorary chairman of the second annual Cornerstone Society Recognition Brunch on May 15, 2015. The event acknowledges donors whose consecutive annual gifts serve as the foundation for NJIT’s growth and help the university move forward with all of its commitments in education and research. Above from left: NJIT President Joel S. Bloom, J. Malcolm Simon, and Athletics Director Lenny Kaplan.

from Newark College of Engineering in 1960. Mooney received the Science & Technology Medal, which is presented to individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology, while successfully bringing innovation from the laboratory to the marketplace. The honor was bestowed on Mooney for being the co-inventor of the three-way catalytic converter, developed while he was working for Englehard Industries. The Society of Automotive Engineers considers this one of the 10 most important innovations in the history of the automobile.

Milestones

Rankings and Recognition

NJIT earned the top spot among all

NJIT was also cited as one of the

U.S. colleges and universities be-

top 25 colleges where you can

cause the average starting salary of

earn six figures before getting an

its graduates is nearly twice the an-

advanced degree by Time’s Money

nual tuition charged to out-of-state

Magazine. NJIT ranked top in New

students. Using NJIT’s tuition rate

Affordable Colleges Online rank-

Jersey and 12th among public uni-

for New Jersey residents increases

ed NJIT third in “AC Online’s High-

versities for salary potential with a

the university’s value proposition,

est Return on Investment Colleges

bachelor’s degree and tied at 59th

making alumni average starting

in New Jersey” ranking. AC Online

for midcareer earnings of U.S. col-

salaries nearly four times greater

analyzed 162 colleges in New Jersey

leges overall.

than NJIT’s annual tuition cost.

and ranked the top 24 colleges that

For the fifth year, NJIT was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, one of the highest federal

provided students the biggest re-

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

recognitions a college or university

turn on investment. Colleges were

continued to rank NJIT among its

can receive for its commitment to

ranked based on several criteria

top 50 producers of STEM degrees

volunteering, service-learning and

including:

for minorities including rank 28 for

civic engagement. The Corporation

• Net tuition prices

bachelor’s degrees in engineering

for National and Community Serv-

and 18 in master’s degrees in

ice, which has administered the

engineering. College

Honor Roll since 2006, admitted

Factual ranked NJIT

over 600 colleges and universities

first on its list of top

for their impact on issues from liter-

10 “Colleges for

acy and neighborhood revitaliza-

(Provided by IPEDS/NCES) • Graduate’s average starting salaries and ROI calculation (Provided by Payscale)

Computer Infor-

• Fully accredited, four-year not-for-profit institutions (Provided by the Carnegie Foundation)

tion to supporting at-risk youth.

mation Systems” for major quality, 16 for architecture and related services, 57 for ethnic diversity, 177 for non-traditional students, and 261

NJIT was ranked at the top of

overall nationwide.

Business Insider’s 2015 list of the NJIT is one of the top 25 public

most underrated colleges in the

colleges in the nation, the only

United States.

Economic Prosperity University

New Jersey institution and one of

designation from the Association

the top 50 overall to have a low stu-

NJIT ranks in the top 1 percent of

of Public and Land-grant Univer-

colleges and universities in the

sities in recognition of the univer-

U.S. for its occupational earnings

sity’s strong commitment to eco-

power — a measure of the market

nomic engagement through entre-

value of the careers it prepares its

preneurship, technology transfer,

graduates to pursue, according to

talent and workforce development,

the Brookings Institution, the

and community development.

dent loan default rate, according to BestColleges.com, which factored in not only student loan default rates, but also graduation, retention, and acceptance rates.

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2015 Edition ranked New Jersey Institute of Technology 149th among national universities overall for its range of undergraduate majors and master’s and doctoral degree programs and commitment to groundbreaking research, and 14th among national universities on the Campus Ethnic Diversity list.

Payscale.com ranked NJIT in the top one percent of all public colleges for return on investment and fourth in alumni midcareer earning potential among public research universities nationwide.

NJIT received the Innovation &

Washington, D.C.–based think tank. In a second measure, NJIT alumni are among the top 10 percent of high earners for mid-career salaries, as compared with the

Forbes magazine ranked NJIT an

thousands of two- and four-year

“America’s Top College” and one of

colleges and universities surveyed

“50 College Gems” with bargain

for the study.

tuitions, SAT optional policies and openings.

2 0 1 5

Student Accomplishments

Milestones

The Bloomberg Businessweek survey of U.S. colleges ranked NJIT in the top 10 percent nationally for return on investment and classified the university as one of four higher education “best buys” in New Jersey.

The Princeton Review listed NJIT among its Best 379 Colleges for 2015. It also ranked NJIT’s School of

A team of NJIT students took top hon-

Management among

ors and shared a $40,000 prize for their

prised of Matthew Cooper ’16, Jackie

the Best 296 Business

mobile gateway app at the United Ath-

Patel ’15, and Albert Dorman Honors

Schools in 2015.

letes Foundation-Microsoft Hackathon

College scholars Nikhil Kaushal ’16 and

at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond,

Pitambar Dayal ’16, perfect scores on

Washington. The contest judges

all three criteria: innovation, revenue

NJIT was named one

awarded the NJIT student team, com-

model and demonstrable functionality.

of the top 25 schools

For their demo, the students installed

on The Princeton

their app on a cellphone to convert it

Review’s list salut-

into the mobile gateway, then used it

ing those with the

to broadcast videos directly to the

best undergrad-

judges’ cellphones. Health care insti-

uate programs in

tutions can use this app to broadcast

video game design.

public-service announcements in regions of the world where there is no

For the fourth year in a row, NJIT

Internet access.

was named an American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellent University, one of 15 universities to receive the award for 2014. The award recognizes student chapters that participate in ACI-related activities.

Value Colleges.com ranked NJIT’s School of Management as 24th among the top 50 “best value master’s in management programs.”

For the second year in a row, a team of

a buy, sell, or hold recommendation and

NJIT students reached the final four of

presented and defended their analysis to

the CFA Institute Research Challenge,

a panel of industry professionals.

an annual global competition that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in financial analysis. The team, (above, left to right) comprised of Waydon Destin ’15, Kavitha Somasundaram ’15, Nicholas Gradkowski ’15, Alexander Leventhal ’15 and Hari Ravichandran ’16, researched and analyzed a publicly traded company, drafted a research report with

Milestones

Student Accomplishments

Under the direct guidance of associate professor and practicing urban designer Georgeen Theodore, AIA, the students employed an interdisciplinary, collaborative team-based approach in creating a design that focused on the social, economic and environmental challenges presented by globalization and urbanization and delivered strategies to make the current urban landscape even more livable and equitable. Not only was the group seAbove, back row (left to right): Matthew Potter, Morgan Jones, Esther Zipori, Matthew McCabe; Middle row (left to right): Gabriel Canizo, Milena Popow, Eka Pramuditha; Front row (left to right): Vincess Dimayuga, Grace Dong, Monali Patel, Lauren Martin and Georgeen Theodore.

A group of students in the Col-

lected as one of 12 finalists from

lege of Architecture and Design’s

over 250 entries worldwide, they

(CoAD) fall 2014 master of in-

also hold the distinction of being the

frastructure planning (MIP) stu-

only team selected from North

dio headed to Shenzhen, China,

America. A total of $150,000 was

of NJIT civil engineering students

for five days in April 2015 as one

awarded to the winners, ranging

(below) scored a dramatic win in

of 12 finalists for the Global

from a first prize of $50,000 to six

the regional round of the 2015

Schindler Award. The design com-

travel grants of $5,000 each.

National Student Steel Bridge

petition, sponsored by Schindler—

For the 10th year in a row, a team

Competition, besting nine other

a leading global manufacturer of A team of three graduate students in

elevators and escalators—called

NJIT’s School of Management

on top architecture and design students from around the world to present innovative mobility design concepts that would engage specific spatial conditions in Shenzhen, a special economic zone (SEZ) situated between mainland China

placed third in the 2015 American

and Hong Kong.

Production and Inventory Control Society Northeast District Case Competition. Sharad Saxena ’15

teams including Columbia Univer-

(above, left), Ronald Cortes ’15

sity, Cooper Union and Rutgers

(above, center), and Omkarajit

University. Under the strong leader-

Solapurkar ’16 (above, right) re-

ship of bridge co-captains Kevin

ceived a cash award of $400. They

Alvernaz ’15 and Matt Tchorz ’15,

ranked first in New Jersey, defeating

the team swept all technical scoring

both Rutgers University and Seton

categories, achieving first place

Hall University. The team was re-

overall. The teams were judged on

quired to propose a solution to a

seven categories, including adher-

case study provided by the Kellogg

ence to the specifications, time,

School of Management using the

weight and stiffness, among other

APICS best practices of supply chain

A team of civil engineering stu-

the men’s sprint in a closely con-

factors. The NJIT team assembled

management.

dents and their 20-foot Viking-

tested meet against six other uni-

its bridge in 10 minutes and 45

inspired boat, Valhalla (above)

versities, including CCNY, NYU-

seconds, well under the allowed

placed first overall in the metro-

Polytechnic School of Engineering

time. The competition is organiz-

politan regional round of the

and Rutgers University. The win

ed by the American Institute of

Concrete Canoe National Com-

advanced the team to the Canoe

Steel Construction (AISC) and the

petition, winning categories rang-

Nationals at Clemson University in

American Society of Civil Engineers

ing from design presentation to

South Carolina.

(ASCE).

2 0 1 5

Athletics Achievements

Milestones

Right: The Atlantic Sun Conference Presidents Council held a press conference June 12 to announce NJIT as the eighth member of the Atlantic Sun Conference. From left: New Jersey Senator

Capping off a historic run that

tutions in the region: University of

for individual awards, regular sea-

Richard J. Codey;

witnessed the Highlanders men’s

North Florida, Jacksonville Univer-

son and post-season team titles

Men’s Basketball

basketball team’s victory over the

sity, Florida Gulf Coast University,

immediately with the exception of

Coach Jim Engles;

#17 ranked Michigan Wolverines

Kennesaw State University, Lip-

men’s soccer. Because of existing

NJIT Athletics Director

in Ann Arbor and the university’s

scomb University, University of

commitments, men’s soccer will

Lenny Kaplan; Atlantic

first-ever post-season appearance,

South Carolina Upstate and Stet-

play in A-Sun schedules beginning

Sun Conference

NJIT became the eighth member

son University.

in the 2016-17 academic year.

Commissioner Ted

of the Atlantic Sun Conference

Gumbart; NJIT President

(A-Sun). The announcement

Joel S. Bloom; New Jersey

was made on June 12,

Senator Paul A. Sarlo ’92,

2015 during a news con-

’95; and Newark

ference that was tele-

Mayor Ras Baraka.

The Highlanders men’s swimming and diving team has been a member of the Coastal Collegiate Swim-

The addition of NJIT and the New York media market will also bring the A-Sun exposure in seven of the top markets in the nation.

ming Association for

vised live on ESPN3.

two years, which

Competition will begin

the A-Sun cur-

in 13 sports for the 2015-16 aca-

rently operates in partnership with

demic year, with NJIT joining

three other Division I conferences.

some of the most prestigious and

NJIT will be included in regular

dynamic private and public insti-

season schedules and eligible

T r a v i s Johnson, a former player who has been coaching at the

col-

lege level The women’s tennis

ference championship in

since the 1999-2000 academic

and men’s soccer

tournament play held in

year, was named the first head

teams were invited

April. Men’s soccer joined

coach of men’s lacrosse at NJIT.

to join and accepted

the Sun Belt Conference,

The startup program began play

which reinstated the sport

in 2015 as an NCAA Division I

membership in conferences whose championship

as its 18th champi-

team receives an automatic spot in

onship offering

the postseason NCAA Division I

beginning in

championship field. Described as

September

“associate” or “affiliate” member-

2014.

team.

ship, the women’s tennis team played for the America East Con-

Milestones

Athletics Achievements

nized. He was voted onto the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Associated Division I second-team and Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I all-star third team. The first player in NJIT history to reach 1,000 career points as a sophomore (1,078), Lynn led the Highlanders in numerous statistical categories during the season, including scoring three-point field goals assists (123-NJIT Division I single-season record) and steals (58). Garcia, a freshman from Madrid, Spain, won a silver medal in the women’s epee competition at the 2015 NCAA Fencing Championships in March, becoming the first female fencer to compete in the National Championship and the newest NJIT All-American. She qualified and competed at the The NJIT men’s swimming and

M e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l coach J i m

More than 325 student-athletes

Junior World Championships in

diving team (above) was recog-

Engles (below) was honored as the

on 19 varsity teams were recog-

Uzbekistan in April, finishing

nized by The College Swimming

nized for their accomplishments

13th out of 113 fencers from 49

Coaches Association of America

for the 2014-15 season at the

countries.

(CSCAA) as a Scholar All-America

NJIT Athletics annual awards ban-

Team for the 2014 spring season,

quet. Sophomore basketball player

supported by Nike Swim. The

Damon Lynn was honored as Male

Team Scholar All-America Award

Athlete of the Year while women’s

is presented to college and univer-

fencer Julia Garcia (below) was

sity swimming and diving teams

Rizell, a freshman from Gothenburg, Sweden, started the season by winning the Temple Open out of 83 competitors, finishing with a 34-5 overall mark on the foil strip and 45-7 overall. He started the

who have achieved a team grade-

season with a 22-bout win streak

point average of 3.0 or higher.

and captured the 2015 MACFA conference foil championship. He placed fourth at the NCAA Re-

2015 John McLendon National

gional Championships and 18th at

Coach of the Year by College-

the National Championships.

Insider.com. Named in honor of

Rizell participated in four world

trailblazing Hall of Fame coach

cups this season and also qualified

John McLendon, the award is one

studentathletes

for the 2015 European Games by

of 17, mostly for coaching, spon-

placing in the top four at the qual-

sored annually by the website CollegeInsider.com, known to NJIT

named Female Athlete of the

volunteered at a soup kitchen

basketball fans as sponsor of the

Year. Men’s fencer Simon Rizell

national postseason tournament,

earned Male Newcomer of the

held a youth soccer clinic

the CIT. The Highlanders, who

Year and Garcia was also honored

earned their first-ever Division I

as Female Newcomer of the Year.

participated in a middle school Career Day provided weekly homework help at the Boys & Girls Club of Newark

postseason tournament berth with a spot in the 2015 CIT, advanced all the way to the tournament semifinals.

Lynn was acknowledged as an Associated Press 2014-15 AllAmerica Honorable Mention, becoming the third Highlander in the last four years to be recog-

ifying event in December.

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Grants

$125 million

to Architecture Professor Georgeen Theodore’s Interboro Team for their “Living with the Bay (Slow Streams)” project

million EPA grant to NJIT’s Brownfields Program

$884,344 to Biomedical Engineering Professor and director of the Center for Injury Biomechanics, Materials and Medicine, Namas Chandra, from the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command for studying blast-induced traumatic brain injury

Milestones

$500,000 awarded to Distinguished Research Professor Michael Jaffe from the Department of Agriculture to commercialize his corn-based epoxy. Sherwin Williams is a partner.

$1.75 million

awarded to Computer Science Professors Yehoshua Perl and James Geller from the National Cancer Institute, NIH on biomedical information and ontologies

$150,000 to Associate Professor of Biological Sciences Daniel Bunker to study the effects of global environmental change on the bee population

Partnerships and Collaborations

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Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Annual Report

â&#x2013;

2015

Albert Dorman Honors College Enrollment History Fiscal Years 2005-2014 (Fall Semester)

687

700

Enrollment

600 500 400 300

Undergraduate Student Enrollment Composition

200 100

Fiscal Year 2014 (Fall 2013)

White, Non-Hispanic 31.8%

Fiscal Year

American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.1%

PhD Graduates Fiscal Years 2005-2014 (Fall Semester)

Asian 19.2%

80 70

Black or African American 8.8%

60 50 40 30

Race and Ethnicity Unknown 14.5%

Hispanic/ Latino 19.0%

10 0

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0.1%

Nonresident Alien 4.3%

Fiscal Year

Two or More Races 2.2%

Students Living on Campus Fiscal Years 2005-2014 (Fall Semester) 1,800

1,561

1,600

Graduate Student Enrollment Composition

1,400 1,200

Fiscal Year 2014 (Fall 2013)

1,000

Asian 10.7%

American Indian or Alaskan Native 0.1%

600

Black or African American 7.0%

400 200 0

Hispanic/ Latino 8.4%

White, Non-Hispanic 19.5%

Fiscal Year

University Enrollment History Fiscal Years 2005-2014 (Fall Semester)

Race and Ethnicity Unknown 10.6%

Total Enrollment: 10,130

10,000 8,000 6,000

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0%

Nonresident Alien 42.9%

Undergraduate: 7,286 4,000 2,000

Graduate: 2,844 0

Fiscal Year

Resources

■

Total Revenue & Revenue by Source

Total: $445,252

■

Fiscal Year 2013-2014 (Dollars in Thousands) State Appropriations ■ $92,086

$155,138

Tuition and Fees ■ $155,138

$140,000

Expenditures

$120,000

$92,086

$100,000

$88,878

$80,000

$66,908 $60,000 $40,000

$24,969

$17,273

$20,000 $0

Tuition State and Appropriations Fees

Other

Federal Grants

State and Other Grants

Auxiliary Enterprises

Federal Grants ■ $66,908 Other ■ $88,878

State and Other Grants ■ $24,969 Auxiliary Enterprises ■ $17,273

Operating Resources Total Revenues: $347,375

Expenses

Fiscal Year 2013-2014 (Dollars in Thousands)

■

Expenditures by Source & Total Expenditures

Scholarships and Fellowships ■ $53,821

$204,265 Tuition, Fees, and Other Resources: $353,166 $420,000

■

Total: $445,252

Academic and Research ■ $204,265

$200,000

State Supported Fringe Benefits: $54,390 State Base Appropriation: $37,696

$160,000

$340,000

$260,000

$120,000

$180,000

$80,000

$113,020

$60,273 $100,000

$40,000

$20,000

$53,821

$13,873

07 08 09 10 Fiscal Year

Academic Depreciation Support Auxiliary Scholarships and and Enterprises and Research Change in Fellowships Net Assets

Support ■ $60,273 Auxiliary Enterprises ■ $13,873

Depreciation and Change in Net Assets ■ $113,020

Research Expenditures

■

Total & Expenditures by Source

■

Total: $106,082

Fiscal Year 2014 (Dollars in Thousands)

Institutional 40% ■ $42,734

$106,082

Internal External

$100,000

$80,000

Federal 51% ■ $54,655 $60,000

$40,000

$20,000

Fiscal Year

State 2% ■ $2,823 Corporate & Foundation 6% ■ $5,869

Partnerships and Collaborations

Leadership University Officers Joel S. Bloom President Andrew P. Christ, P.E., ’94, ’01 Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations Fadi P. Deek ’85, ’86, ’97 Provost and Senior Executive Vice President Charles R. Dees, Jr. Vice President for University Advancement Charles J. Fey Vice President for Academic Support and Student Affairs Henry A. Mauermeyer ’72, ’74 Senior Vice President for Administration and Treasurer Donald H. Sebastian President and Chief Executive Officer, New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) Senior Vice President for Technology and Business Development Holly Stern, J.D. General Counsel Kay Turner, Esq., S.P.H.R. Vice President for Human Resources

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President’s Annual Report

■

2015

Board of Overseers John W. Seazholtz ’59 Overseers Chair Chairman of the Board (Retired) Westell Technologies Arthur A. Kapoor Overseers Co-Executive Vice Chair CEO and Founder, HEALTHEC Marjorie A. Perry ’05 Overseers Co-Executive Vice Chair President and CEO MZM Construction & Management Charles R. Dees, Jr. President and COO of the Foundation Vice President, University Advancement, NJIT Henry A. Mauermeyer ’72, ’74 Assistant Treasurer and Secretary of the Board Senior Vice President for Administration and Treasurer, NJIT Joel S. Bloom President, NJIT Steven Annunziato ’82 Sr. VP, Marketing & Sales Synapse Biomedical, Inc. Norma J. Clayton ’81 VP of Learning, Training and Development, The Boeing Company Fadi P. Deek ’85, ’86, ’97 Provost and Senior Executive Vice President, NJIT Paul A. Denehy ’94 Vice President and Senior Operations Manager, Turner Construction Company

Nicholas M. DeNichilo ’73, ’78 President and Chief Executive Officer Hatch Mott MacDonald Rodney L. Dickens ’85 Independent Consultant Former President, Allegheny Power Carlos Dominguez Senior Vice President (Retired) Office of the Chairman & CEO Cisco Systems, Inc. Albert A. Dorman ’45, ’99 HON Founding Chairman (Retired), AECOM Irwin Dorros, Ph.D. Consultant, Dorros Associates Jerome Drexler, Ph.D. ’55 Chairman and President (Retired) Drexler Technology Corporation Caren L. Freyer DeSouza Regional Public Affairs Manager PSEG Services Corporation Caren L. Freyer DeSouza Regional Public Affairs Manager PSEG Services Corporation John J. Fumosa ’74 Vice President and District Manager Gilbane Building Company David T. Gockel ’81 President and CEO, Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. Emil C. Herkert Chair Emeritus Chairman and CEO (Retired) Hatch Mott MacDonald Infrastructure and Environment J. Robert Hillier Principal, studiohillier

Board of Trustees Philip K. Beachem

President New Jersey Alliance for Action Dennis M. Bone

President (Retired) Verizon New Jersey, Inc. Peter A. Cistaro ’68 Vice President, Gas Delivery (Retired), Public Service Electric and Gas Company C. Stephen Cordes ’72 NJIT BOT Co-Vice Chair Managing Director (Retired) Clarion Partners Gary C. Dahms, PE, PP, CME President and CEO, T&M Associates Vincent L. DeCaprio ’72 NJIT BOT Co-Vice Chair President and CEO (Retired), Vyteris, Inc.

Stephen P. DePalma, PE, PP, CME,’72 NJIT BOT Chair Chairman and CEO (Retired) Schoor DePalma Inc. Elizabeth “Liz” Garcia, PE, ’73 NJIT BOT Co-Vice Chair Manager, Public Affairs (Retired) Infineum USA, L.P. Anthony J. Knapp, Jr. Proprietor (Retired) Black Horse Restaurant Group Lawrence A. Raia, PE, ’65 Principal, Raia Properties Anthony R. Slimowicz, Esq. Sr. Vice President/Chief Claims Officer, Crum & Forster

Steve Kalafer Chairman, Flemington Car and Truck Country Somerset Patriots Baseball Team Robert J. Levin, Esq. General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Orbis Operations, LLC Richard M. Maser ’73 Chief Executive Officer and President, Maser Consulting P.A. Nicholas J. Masucci President and Chief Executive Officer, Berger Group Holdings, Inc. John McCann Chief Executive Officer, Quanta Power, Inc.

Binay Sugla Chairman, Vestac LLC

Patrick J. McGowan ’88 President and Chief Executive Officer, McGowan Builders, Inc.

Joseph M. Taylor Chairman and CEO, Panasonic Corporation of North America

Raymond J. McGowan ’64 Executive Vice President (Retired) ExxonMobil Chemical Company

James G. Medeiros Vice President, United Parcel Service Robert Medina ’75 Senior Vice President (Retired) T.Y. Lin International Pascal Montilus ’87 Vice President, Global Home Care Supply Chain, Colgate-Palmolive Company Vincent Naimoli ’62 Chairman Emeritus/Founder, Tampa Bay Rays; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Anchor Industries and Naimoli Baseball Enterprises John J. Nallin Vice President (Retired) United Parcel Service, Inc. George M. Newcombe, Esq. ’69 Partner (Retired) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett John H. Olson ’61, ’66 Managing Director (Retired) Northeast Region, Morgan Stanley Paul V. Profeta President, Profeta Urban Investment Foundation Philip L. Rinaldi ’68, ’77 Chair Emeritus Chief Executive Officer Philadelphia Energy Solutions Steven B. Saperstein ’84 Chief Operating Officer, Fixed Income, Prudential Financial, Inc. Gregory Sauter Former Chief Corporate Officer and Executive Vice President AECOM Technology Corporation Gregory M. Smith Senior Vice President, New Jersey Banking, Capital One, N.A. W. Marcus Sheridan Managing Director J.P. Morgan Private Bank Regina M. Spratt ’94 US Sales & Marketing, Leader, Marsh, Inc. Stephanie Tonic Senior Vice President, Northeast Region, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Martin Tuchman ’62 Chief Executive Officer Kingstone Capital V Joseph T. Welch III, ’62 (Emeritus) Division President (Retired), BD Carlton R. West Senior Vice President, Chief Information and Operations Officer City National Bank of New Jersey

Schools and Colleges Newark College of Engineering Moshe Kam, Dean (973) 596-6506 ■ engineering.njit.edu College of Architecture and Design Urs P. Gauchat, Dean (973) 596-3080 ■ design.njit.edu College of Science and Liberal Arts Kevin Belfield, Dean (973) 596-3677 ■ csla.njit.edu School of Management Reggie Caudill, Dean (973) 596-3314 ■ management.njit.edu Albert Dorman Honors College Katia Passerini, Dean (973) 642-4448 ■ honors.njit.edu College of Computing Sciences Marek Rusinkiewicz, Dean (973) 596-5488 ■ ccs.njit.edu

Affiliated Centers New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program, Inc. Jonn W. Kennedy, CEO (973) 998-9801 ■ www.njmep.org NJEdge.Net George G. Laskaris, President & CEO (973) 596-5490 ■ www.njedge.net North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc. Mary K. Murphy, Executive Director (973) 639-8400 ■ www.njtpa.org Polymer Processing Institute Ming Young, President (973) 596-3267 www.polymers-ppi.org

Research Centers and Labs Applied Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory Treena Livingston Arinzeh Director ■ (973) 596-5269 web.njit.edu/~arinzeh/ Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics Daljit S. Ahluwalia, Director (973) 596-8465 math.njit.edu/research/ Center for Brain Imaging Bharat Biswal, Director (973) 596-8380 Center for Building Knowledge Deane M. Evans, Executive Director (973) 596-3097 ■ www. centerforbuildingknowledge.org/ Center for Communications and Signal Processing Research Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Executive Director and Foundation Professor of Communications and Signal Processing (973) 596-8474 ■ ccspr.njit.edu Center for Injury Bio-mechanics, Materials and Medicine (CIBM3) Namas Chandra, Director (973) 596-8380 Center for Manufacturing Systems Wayne Chaneski, Executive Director (973) 596-2874 ■ www.njit.edu/cms/ Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection Michel Boufadel, Director (973) 596-6079 centers.njit.edu/nrdp/

Schools

AND

Research Centers

Center for Resilient Design Thomas Dallassio, Director (973) 596-5872 centerforresilientdesign.org/ Center for Solar Terrestrial Research Philip Goode, Director (973) 596-3360 ■ solar.njit.edu Big Bear Solar Observatory Alexander Kosovichev (909) 866-5791 ■ bbso.njit.edu

Center for Pre-College Programs John Carpinelli, Executive Director (973) 596-3550 www.njit.edu/precollege Continuing Professional Education Gale Tenen Spak, Associate Vice President Continuing and Distance Learning (973) 596-8540 ■ cpe.njit.edu Enterprise Development Center Jerry Creighton, Sr., Executive Director (973) 643-4063 ■ www.njit-edc.org

Innovation Acceleration Center Michael Ehrlich, Co-Director Judith Sheft, Co-Director (973) 596-5825 Materials Characterization Labs Helen Gramcko, Director of Operations (973) 596-5883 ■ ycees.njit.edu/labs Microelectronics Fabrication Center Dentcho Ivanov, Director (973) 596-5696 ■ mfc.njit.edu New Jersey Health Information Technology Extension Center William O’Byrne, Executive Director (973) 642-4055 ■ www.njhitec.org

Intelligent Transportation System Resource Center Steven Chien, Director (973) 596-6083 ■ go.njit.edu/itsrc

Owens Valley Solar Array Dale Gary, Director (973) 642-7878 ■ ovsa.njit.edu

Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research William Rapp, Director (973) 596-6414 www.leirbubblecenter.org

Polar Engineering Development Center Andrew J. Gerrard, Director (973) 596-5343 go.njit.edu/polartrec

LIXIN-NJIT Economic Risk Early Warning Center Dr. Zhipeng (Alan) Yan Co-Director (U.S.) ■ (973) 596-3260 centers.njit.edu/lixin/

Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ion Composition Louis J. Lanzerotti, Director (973) 596-5343 ■ rbspice.ftecs.com

Medical Device Concept Lab Michael Jaffe,Director ■ (973)353-1462 www.njbiomaterials.org/web

Space Weather Research Laboratory Haimin Wang, Director (973) 596-5781 ■ swrl.njit.edu CNBM Photovoltaic Material Research Center Kenneth Chin, Director (973) 596-3297 ■ blogs.njit.edu/Apollo/ CSRZIC Laboratory for Rail System Network and Information Technologies Mengchu Zhou, Director (973) 596-5860 ■ go.njit.edu/csrzic

Outreach Centers Center for Manufacturing Systems Wayne Chaneski, Executive Director (973) 596-2874 ■ www.njit.edu/cms/

Engineering Research Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems Rajesh N. Dave, Associate Director (973) 596-5860 ■ www.ercforsops.org

New Jersey Homeland Security Technology Systems Center Donald H. Sebastian, Executive Director (973) 596-8449 ■ hls.njit.edu

Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center ■ Center for Membrane Technologies Kamalesh Sirkar, Director and Foundation Professor of Membrane Separations (973) 596-8447 ■ www.mastcenter.org Microelectronics Fabrication Center Dentcho Ivanov, Director (973) 596-5696 ■ mfc.njit.edu National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity Lazar Spasovic, Director (973) 642-7214 ■ http:// transportation.njit.edu/nctip/ New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates Rajesh N. Dave, Director (973) 596-3352 ■ www.njit.edu/njcep Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Richard A. Foulds, Director (973) 596-3335 ■ rerc.njit.edu/

Procurement Technical Assistance Center Dolcey E. Chaplin, Director (973) 596-3105 ■ www.njit.edu/ptac

SmartCampus Quentin Jones, Director (973)596-5290 ■ smartcampus.njit.edu

Technical Assistance for Brownfields Colette Santasieri, Director (973) 642-4165 ■ www.njit.edu/tab

Structural Analysis of Biomedical Ontologies Center James Geller, Co-Director Yehoshua Perl, Co-Director (973) 596-3392 ■ cs.njit.edu/ ~oohvr/SABOC/index.php

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What’s

Next?

June 30, 2015, the university surpassed the NJIT NEXT

comprehensive campaign goal by raising $153,700,251, which President Joel S. Bloom called a “tremendous success” that “sustains and advances NJIT’s leadership in education, research and economic development.”

$153,700,251 Total raised

67+

New Faculty Recruited

125

New Student Scholarships created

+Total 19,000 number of donors 28