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2022 NJIT Faculty Research Showcase

Featuring New Faculty and Faculty Seed Grants

November 14, 2022; Ballroom A and B, Student Campus Center

We are pleased to introduce new faculty members and recipients of 2022 Faculty Seed Grants at the 2022 NJIT Faculty Research Showcase to be held on November 14, 2022. The showcase will start with the Distinguished Keynote talk on research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The Keynote Speaker is Judith Sheft, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology. After the individual podium presentations by new faculty, the showcase will feature e-poster session with ppt presentations by FY23 Faculty Seed Grant (FSG) recipients. The showcase will be held in-person at the campus.

All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend to learn about research expertise of our new faculty and ongoing emerging research projects at NJIT for exploring future collaborations.

Agenda

9.00 AM - 9.10 AM:  Welcome Remarks

                                    Atam Dhawan, Interim Provost and Senior Executive Vice President

9.10 AM - 9.50 AM:  Distinguished Keynote Lecture

                                  Judith Sheft, Executive Director, New Jersey Commission on Science, Innovation and Technology

9.50 AM - 10.50 AM:   New Faculty Presentations: Session-1 (NCE, CSLA)

10.50 AM - 11.00 AM:   Break

11.00 AM – 12.00 PM: New Faculty Presentations: Session-2 (YWCC, MTSM and CoAD)

12.30 PM – 1.00 PM:    Lunch and Networking

1.00 PM - 2.00 PM:       Poster Presentations and Networking Session:  New Faculty and Faculty Seed Grants

Biographical Sketch: Judith Sheft is the Executive Director of the New Jersey Commission of Science, Innovation and Technology. The Commission's mission is to accelerate economic development in New Jersey through science, innovation and technology including stimulating academic-industrial collaboration and encouraging and supporting entrepreneurs and inventors. Previously she was involved with regional economic and entrepreneurial cluster development program, the NJIT I-Corps Site and the Procurement Technical Assistance Center. She has been engaged with technology /IP innovation and commercialization efforts working with faculty and students to create startup companies and establishing licensing relationships with corporate partners. She advised external startups at NJIT’s high technology / life sciences business accelerator/incubator.  Judith served as the co-chair of Governor Murphy’s transition advisory committee for Technology Government and Innovation (2017). She is on the Board of Advisors to the NJIT Murray Women’s Center and serves as a mentor and coach to students and faculty. She is a member of the NJ – Israel Commission and serves on the Board of Greater Newark Enterprise Corporation, StartUp Newark, Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship Corporation, Einstein’s Alley, SheTek and NJEDA Technology Advisory Board, working to assist early-stage tech and life sciences entrepreneurs foster regional economic growth.

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Breakfast with Interim Provost Atam Dhawan

https://www.njit.edu/provost/breakfast-interim-provost

Informal breakfast sessions with small groups from the NJIT community is hosted by the Interim Provost each Tuesday from 8.30 AM to 10.00 AM at the University Club, Eberhardt Building. These breakfast meetings provide NJIT faculty, staff and students the opportunity to ask questions, give feedback, and engage with the Interim Provost on their experiences, concerns, expectations and needs. While it is open to all members of the community, seats are limited each week. If you are interested in participating in this informal discussion, please submit this form. The Office of the Provost will follow up with you to confirm the date of your breakfast session.

NSF: Using the Rules of Life to Address Societal Challenges (URoL:ASC); Biology Integration Institutes (BII); Cyberinfrastructure, Data and Computation Opportunities for CMM; Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR)

NIH: NCMRR Early Career Research Award (R03); BRAIN Initiative: Theories, Models and Methods for Analysis of Complex Data from the Brain (R01)

Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: Young Faculty Award (YFA); AFPMB DWFP FY 23 Announcement; Strategic Technology Office (STO) Office-wide; Information Innovation Office (I2O) Office-wide; Science of Artificial Intelligence – Basic and Applied Research for the Naval Domain

EPA: Developing And Demonstrating Nanosensor Technology To Detect, Monitor, and Degrade Pollutants

Department of Energy: Environmental System Science; Atmospheric System Research (ASR)

National Endowment of Humanities: Landmarks of American History and Culture; Climate Smart Humanities Organizations; Cultural and Community Resilience; Dangers and Opportunities of Technology: Perspectives from the Humanities

National Labs to Receive $1.5B Funding Boost: he Biden-Harris administration on Friday announced $1.5 billion in additional funding to “build and upgrade” the federal government’s national laboratories. The funding, which comes from President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act and will flow through the Department of Energy, will “upgrade scientific facilities, modernize infrastructure and address deferred maintenance projects” at Energy’s national labs, according to the department. “America’s commitment to science and ingenuity shaped us into the world leaders we are today, and the continued success of our national laboratories will ensure we’re at the global forefront of innovation for generations to come,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm said in a statement. “Thanks to President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, these world-class institutions will receive $1.5 billion—one of the largest ever investments in national laboratory infrastructure—to develop advanced energy technologies and groundbreaking tools like Argonne National Laboratory’s powerful new supercomputer, Aurora, that we need to advance new frontiers, like modeling climate change and developing vaccines.” More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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Adoption of AI in Health Care Relies on Building Trust, DOD: VA Officials: Health agencies within the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department are using artificial intelligence to streamline medical care for active-duty military personnel and veterans, but they must be deliberate in their efforts to build trust in the underlying technologies and algorithms, federal officials said during the General Dynamics Information Technology’s Emerge Health 2022 event on Thursday. During a panel discussion on health data and AI, Maj. Scott McKeithen—product manager for health analytics within the DOD’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office—and Dr. Rafael Fricks—the VA’s associate director for AI in medical imaging—discussed the possibility for AI technologies and machine learning to vastly improve patient outcomes, but also stressed the need to present new innovations in ways that can lead to broader adoption of AI technologies moving forward. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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New Self-healing Material Fixes Some Key Issues: A new self-healing composite allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service. This latest technology resolves two longstanding challenges for self-healing materials, and can significantly extend the lifespan of structural components such as wind-turbine blades and aircraft wings. “Researchers have developed a variety of self-healing materials, but previous strategies for self-healing composites have faced two practical challenges,” says Jason Patrick, corresponding author of the research paper and an assistant professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering at North Carolina State University. More information is posted on the NextGov website.

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