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Ph.D. Student's Research Can Reduce Wind Turbine Costs by $15M Annually

Thursday, August 18th, 2022
NJIT student Akhyurna Swain has a plan to save $15 million per year in the maintenance and operational costs of New Jersey's offshore wind turbines. Swain, studying for her Ph.D. in electrical engineering, determined that non-intrusive monitoring technology controlled by magnets can be paired with ...

Student Photo Exhibit at HCAD Showcases Wide Array of Photography

Thursday, August 18th, 2022
Located in the Mostoller Reading Room at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design’s Litman Library, the exhibit of People, Places, Food and Flowers Making Photographs 2022 can be viewed. It’s scheduled to run through September.  The exhibit is a collection of student photography that’s s...

NJIT Featured in The Princeton Review's 'Best 388 Colleges' Guide for 2023

Wednesday, August 17th, 2022
At NJIT, students  are  “learning  on  an  Ivy  League  level,”  getting  “practical  career-focused  education”  at  “a  fairly  affordable  price.” - The Princeton Review New Jersey Institute of Technology has again b...

Online Graduate Computing Student Travels a Route Less Taken: The Thesis Option

Tuesday, August 16th, 2022
Joseph Patchett, a third year M.S. in Computer Science student, thrives on individuality. Whether pursuing his NJIT graduate degree as one of the few online students to actually visit campus or choosing the unprecedented option of completing his degree with a research thesis, he welcomes challe...

Computing Alumna from Vietnam, Now at Google, Credits Perseverance

Monday, August 15th, 2022
NJIT computer science alumna Hang Nguyen, the first in her family to attend college, started her full-time career as a Google software engineer based on her ability to quickly absorb new skills.  Nguyen grew up in central Vietnam, learned English and the outdated Pascal programming language in...

Trevino Welcomes Four Newcomers to 2022 Women's Volleyball Roster

Thursday, August 11th, 2022
The NJIT women's volleyball team hit the court for its first day of practice on Thursday and fourth-year Head Coach Pedro Trevino officially welcomed four new faces to the squad. In addition to the four student-athletes, Assistant Coach Jackie Ahlers is also in her first season ...

Men's Soccer Welcomes 13 Recruits as Part of 2022 Incoming Class

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
Seventh-year head coach Fernando Barboto announced that 13 players will be joining the NJIT men's soccer program as part of the 2022 incoming class. The incoming class will be joining a Highlander squad that advanced to the America East Conference Men's Soccer Tournament semifinals in bac...

Highlander Foundry Showcase Gives Students Opportunity to Present their Startups

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
After concluding their eight-week summer program, NJIT students presented their startups, giving them an opportunity to experience entrepreneurship and business creation. The Highlander Foundry program is a summer startup incubator that helps NJIT students and alumni grow with the same techniques a...

Akhyurna Swain - ECE PhD Student of the Month - August 2022

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
Akhyurna Swain is a Ph.D. student in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology. Currently, she works in the Sensor Research laboratory under the advisory of Dr. Philip Pong. Her research area focuses on the development and ...

Computing Student Makes Fake Tweets Detector, Satire Checker is Next

Tuesday, August 9th, 2022
We've all wished that some people on social media would use a fake news detector before sharing, and now an NJIT computer science student has built one that works pretty well. Natalia Smith, a junior from Newark, said her fake news detector application has performed with up to 90 percent accuracy i...