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 |
Pete Mendonex, Jr President & COO PearlX pm@pearlxinfra.com |
Daniel A. Henderson Serial Innovator and Entrepreneur, NJIT Board of Overseers, Joint Chief Executive Officer, Volobocce, LLC https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-a-henderson/ |
Liz Miller, CFA & CFP President Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC www.summitplacefinancial.com/SummitPlace |
Ethan James Programmatic Revenue, Operations and Strategy The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com |
Harry Moore President Graybeard Solutions,LLC graybeardsolutionsllc.com |
Marc Long Vice President, Research & Development MTF Biologics |
Manish Patel (Executive Committee member) CEO Trickywater, LLC www.trickywater.com |
Pallavi Madakasira Vice President Strategic Marketing and Corporate Development Phase Change Solutions www.phasechange.com |
Shashi Patel Manager - Engineering PSEG www.pseg.com |
Alfredo (Al) Matos President and CEO A Z Matos, LLC |
Kunal Shah Global Head of Enterprise Architecture, Newmark (a subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunalrshah/ |
Peggy McHale Consultants 2 Go| Principal www.consultants2go.com |
Sabbir Srangwala 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 |
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 |
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Andrea Colby, Esq. Principal Pro Se, LLC |
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Christian Guirnalda Manager Verizon Ventures http://www.verizonventures.com/ |
Nish Parikh WebTeam Corporation www.webteamcorp.com |