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Senior Gira Abdou is a Project Engineer for New Jersey’s Newest State Park

Friday, May 1st, 2026
NJIT alumni and students are assisting with construction of New Jersey’s newest state park, a nine-mile greenway that will convert a former Norfolk Southern rail line into a linear state park spanning from Montclair to Jersey City in Essex and Hudson Counties. AECOM Tishman is the construction manag...

Optimizing Rain Gardens in a Flood-Prone City

Friday, May 1st, 2026
With nearly $1 million in state funding, NJIT’s Center for Natural Resources (CNR) is leading a team of engineers, modelers and construction designers who are developing rain gardens in public areas of flood-prone Paterson, N.J., such as parks, schools and community centers. The city’s many com...

Bringing Clean Water to an Andean Village 3,000 Miles from Newark

Friday, May 1st, 2026
A team of Engineers Without Borders students who designed a gravity-driven piping system to bring clean water to houses in a remote village in Ecuador is the 2025-2026 winner of the Outstanding Student Chapter Award, presented at the 28th annual Newark College of Engineering’s Salute to Engineering ...

On-the-Job Analytics That Help Construction Crews Avoid Injuries

Friday, May 1st, 2026
A Q&A with Mohammad Khalid, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineeringHow would you summarize your research?I focus on equipping the construction workforce with on-the-job data analytics and computational thinking. Designed for people without a background in computer science...

NJIT Leaders Recognized Among BINJE’s Best Higher Education Honorees

Thursday, April 30th, 2026
Several New Jersey Institute of Technology leaders have been recognized in BINJE’s inaugural "BINJE’s Best: Higher Education" honorees list, a statewide package highlighting the people and programs shaping New Jersey’s higher education ecosystem.Published April 24, BINJE described the recognition as...

American Concrete Institute Elects NJIT Professor as Board Director

Wednesday, April 29th, 2026
Professional accolades started arriving early in the career of Matthew P. Adams, an associate professor of civil engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and co-director of the Materials and Structures Laboratory (MatSLab). In 2015, Adams was still working toward his Ph.D. when he wa...

NJIT Infrastructure Forum Connects AI, Workforce and Resilience Challenges

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
Artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, energy demand, transportation systems, water quality and workforce development are no longer separate conversations, but rather connected challenges where universities can help move ideas into practice, said leaders from academia, government and industry at Ne...

Senior Zac Kuzak Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

Tuesday, April 28th, 2026
NJIT men's swimming and diving senior Zac Kuzak has been named one of 42 winter recipients of the 2025-26 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, recognizing excellence in academics, athletics, and leadership.A native of Kirkland, Quebec, Kuzak will graduate in May with a degree in financial techno...

MTSM's Homer Bonitsis Wins Industry Service Award

Monday, April 27th, 2026
NJIT’s Homer Bonitsis, associate professor of finance in Martin Tuchman School of Management, was awarded the 2026 Lifetime Service Award from the Northeast Decision Sciences Institute.NEDSI members methodically study the planning, execution and evaluation of organizational decision-making.Over mult...

NJIT Students Win Top Awards in Princeton Kiosk Design Competition

Monday, April 27th, 2026
Two teams from NJIT's New Jersey School of Architecture won top awards in the Princeton Kiosk Design Competition. The design competition is one of several of American Institute of Architects (AIA) New Jersey 125th anniversary events. Launched in May of 2025 in collaboration with the municipality of ...