Advisory Board Members

NJIT greatly appreciate all the board members and their invaluable contributions to the Undergraduate Research and Innovation program.

The External Advisory Board is a select group of experts from industry that provides invaluable expertise, strategic direction, and guidance to students and to the URI Student Seed Grant program. The External Advisory Board meets two times in each semester for the Student Presentation Workshops and Board Meeting.

The Faculty Advisory Board helps to promote and expand research opportunities to undergraduates and enhance the undergraduate research experience at the university. The faculty board will foster an interconnected undergraduate research community by working closely with programs and organizations on campus that support and facilitate undergraduate research.

Atam P. Dhawan, PhD
Senior Vice Provost, Research
Distinguished Professor, and Executive Director
Undergraduate Research and Innovation
Email: dhawan@njit.edu

Brian Kiernan (Chair, EAB and Executive Committee) Angel Investor, Executive VP and Chief Scientist (ret) InterDigital Communications Corp.	Govi Rao (Co-Chair, EAB and Executive Committee) CEO Phase Change Solutions www.phasechange.com
Naor Berkner Managing Partner FalconCreek LLC naor.berkner@falconcreekllc.com	Daniel A. Henderson Serial Innovator and Entrepreneur, NJIT Foundation Board of Directors https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-a-henderson/
Ridwana Isla Global Regulatory Strategy Lead, Boehringer Ingelheim https://www.linkedin.com/in/ridwana-isla	Marc Long Vice President, Research & Development MTF Biologics
Pallavi Madakasira Managing Consultant Eunomia Research & Consulting	Alfredo (Al) Matos President and CEO A Z Matos, LLC
Peggy McHale Consultants 2 Go\| Principal www.consultants2go.com	Pete Mendonex, Jr President & COO PearlX pm@pearlxinfra.com
Liz Miller, CFA & CFP President Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC www.summitplacefinancial.com/SummitPlace	Harry Moore President Graybeard Solutions,LLC graybeardsolutionsllc.com
Manish Patel (Executive Committee member) CEO Trickywater, LLC www.trickywater.com	Shashi Patel Manager - Engineering PSEG www.pseg.com
Sabbir Rangwala President Patience Consulting srangwala@verizon.net

Atam P. Dhawan, PhD
Senior Vice Provost, Research
Distinguished Professor, and Executive Director
Undergraduate Research and Innovation
Email: dhawan@njit.edu

Newark College of Engineering

Nirwan Ansari, PhD Distinguished Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Office: ECEC 343 Email: nirwan.ansari@njit.edu	Balraj Mani University Lecturer, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Office: MEC 326 Email: balraj.mani@njit.edu
Wenbo Cai, PhD Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Office: MEC 308 Email: wenbo.cai@njit.edu	Jay Meegoda, PhD Distinguished Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Office: Colton Hall 221 Email: jay.meegoda@njit.edu
Raj Dave, PhD Distinguished Professor, Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Office: YCEES 308 Email: rajesh.n.dave@njit.edu	Anthony Rosato, PhD Professor Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Office: MEC 320 Email: anthony.rosato@njit.edu
Edwin Hou, PhD Interim Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Policies Office: ECEC 357 Email: sui-hoi.e.hou@njit.edu	Bryan Pfister, PhD Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering Office: Fenster Hall 619 Email: bryan.j.pfister@njit.edu

College of Science and Liberal Arts

John Federici, PhD Distinguished Professor, Physics Office: Tiernan 474 Email: john.f.federici@njit.edu	Farzan Nadim, PhD Professor Biological Sciences Office: Boyden Hall 312 Email: farzan.nadim@njit.edu
David Horntrop, PhD Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences Office: CULM 520 Email: david.horntrop@njit.edu	Gordon Thomas, PhD Professor, Physics Office: Tiernan Hall 482 Email: gordon.a.thomas@njit.edu
Somenath Mitra, PhD Professor, Chemistry and Environment Sciences Office: Tiernan Hall 151A Email: somenath.mitra@njit.edu	Haimin Wang, PhD Distinguished Professor, Physics Office: Tiernan Hall 460 Email: haimin.wang@njit.edu

College of Computing Sciences

Barry Cohen, PhD Associate Dean, College of Computing Sciences Office: GITC 3503 Email: barry.cohen@njit.edu	James Geller, PhD Professor, Associate Dean for Research, College of Computing Sciences Office: GITC 4101 Email: james.geller@njit.edu
Osama Eljabiri, PhD Senior University Lecturer, Computer Science Office: GITC 4210 Email: osama.eljabiri@njit.edu	Jason Wang, PhD Professor, Bioinformatics and Computer Science Office: GITC 4211 Email: jason.t.wang@njit.edu

School of Management

Cesar Bandera, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Management Office: CAB 4031 Email: cesar.bandera@njit.edu	Michael Ehrlich, PhD Associate Professor, Finance Office: CAB 4025 Email: michael.a.ehrlich@njit.edu
Yi Chen, PhD Associate Professor, School of Management Office: CAB 4028 Email: yi.chen@njit.edu	Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, PhD Professor and Associate Dean, School of Management Office: CAB 3017 Email: shanthi.gopalakrishnan@njit.edu

College of Architecture and Design

Martina Decker
Associate Professor, Architecture and Design
Office: Colton 333
Email: martina.decker@njit.edu

Matthew Schwartz
Assistant Professor, Industrial Design
Office: Weston
Email: matthew.l.schwartz@njit.edu

EOP

Tony Howell
Executive Director, EOP Program
Office: Campbell Hall, 3rd Floor
Email: laurence.a.howell@njit.edu

Elizabeth Ackerman
Division of Economic Development and Energy Policy
Board of Public Utilities
www.state.nj.us/bpu/about/divisions/edep/

Leon K. Baptiste
Principal and CEO
LB Electric Co., LLC
www.LBElectricco.com

Andrea Colby, Esq.
Principal
Pro Se, LLC

Fayez Mohamood
Co-Founder & CEO
Bluecore
www.bluecore.com

Christian Guirnalda
Manager
Verizon Ventures
http://www.verizonventures.com/

Nish Parikh
WebTeam Corporation
www.webteamcorp.com