News

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

NJIT Faculty Expert Rima Taher on 'Building Design for Wind Forces'

Wednesday, September 19th, 2018
The faculty at the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD) continues to foster insightful discussion and riveting commentary in and out of the classroom. Senior University Lecturer Rima Taher’s textbook "Building Design for Wind Forces,” which was published by McGraw Hill Education, explores the ...

NJIT Faculty Expert Yvette Wohn on Curating Safe Spaces Online

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018
Live streaming social media platforms such as Twitch are shrinking the distance between broadcasters and their viewers, who watch them and comment in real time. But these interactive forums also bring added layers of intensity to online bullying: trolls who post negative comments can observe the i...

NJIT Center for Pre-College Programs to Host Hands-On Workshop on Oct. 17

Monday, September 17th, 2018
The Center for Pre-College Programs at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) will be hosting a free workshop for middle and high school teachers and STEM curriculum specialists on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m in the NJIT Makerspace. The workshop will include teaching 3D engineering p...

New Parking Facility Profiled by Concrete Institute

Monday, September 17th, 2018
New Jersey Institute of Technology’s recently finished Science and Technology Park parking facility has been featured by the Mid-Atlantic Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) in their September 2018 Project Spotlight, sponsored by Nitterhouse Concrete Products. The seven-story, 938-space fa...

President Bloom Visits 50+ Alumni at Stryker Corporation

Monday, September 17th, 2018
More than 50 NJIT alumni hosted President Bloom at Stryker headquarters in Mahwah, N.J. on Sept. 11. The event marked the fifth time Stryker engaged with NJIT this year. Previous engagements included a Stryker campus tour and basketball game, a lecture at Stryker headquarters by Dr. Treena Ari...

From Undergrad to Graduate: Students are Advancing Their Education at NJIT

Monday, September 17th, 2018
According to a 2018 snapshot of graduate education in New Jersey, from the Council of Graduate Schools, more than 45,000 students were enrolled in graduate study, over 17,000 of whom were in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). At NJIT, 25 percent of the university’s student population ...

From Career Fair to Internship: How This Student Engineer Made the Leap

Friday, September 14th, 2018
On Sept. 26, Career Development Services (CDS) will host the Fall 2018 Career Fair — a gathering that will bring together hundreds of employers in search of talent and thousands of jobseekers looking for internship and co-op opportunities as well as full-time positions. The career fair returns to NJ...

Convocation Welcomes Class of 2022, Recognizes Faculty

Wednesday, September 12th, 2018
"I had to acknowledge that this was the defining chapter in my life and I had to write that chapter," said Muhammad Elgammal P.E., PMP, who was the keynote speaker at University Convocation September 12, 2018. In his address, Elgammal recalled his experience as a first-year civil engineering student...

These 4 Honors Freshmen Span the Country

Tuesday, September 11th, 2018
This year’s Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) freshman class has already set records. The group is 43 percent female, includes 13 New Jersey Medical School students and boasts an average SAT score of 1475. Aside from these fantastic figures, the incoming class is noteworthy for its geography. A s...

Men's Volleyball Alvaro Gimeno Competes at 2018 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championships

Monday, September 10th, 2018
NJIT men's volleyball rising sophomore Alvaro Gimeno competed with the U20 Spain National Team at the 2018 CEV U20 Volleyball European Championships. Alvaro, the reigning Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Newcomer of the Year, joined the U20 Spain National Team at the ...