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MARCH 3, 2026

Robot Swarms on the Moon: NJIT Student's Concept Wins $10K From NASA

An NJIT student's proposal for robot swarms that can build and service a moon base has won first place at a NASA competition. Led by Tatiana Mejia '27, the winning team received a $10,000 grant to dev...
JANUARY 1, 2026

Newark Segment of New Jersey’s Transformative ‘Greenway’ is Driven by NJIT Alumni and Students

New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni are helping shape one of New Jersey’s most significant public-space transformations — and they are doing it by pulling current NJIT students directly into the...
SEPTEMBER 9, 2025

NJIT, with $5M from the NSF, Will Develop Robotic System to Speed Disaster Recovery

New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has been awarded a cooperative agreement worth $5 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a self-assembling robotic conveyor system to im...
AUGUST 8, 2025

Simulations Unlock Secrets of Blood Vessel Growth

This story is republished from NSF Access Science Stories, and is authored by Kimberly Mann Bruch, SDSC, and co-authored by Jack Imel, University of Alaska Southeast undergraduate student. Researcher...
JULY 7, 2025

AI Breakthrough at NJIT Unlocks 'New' Materials to Replace Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have used artificial intelligence to tackle a critical problem facing the future of energy storage: finding affordable, sustainable alternati...