New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology
Former names
 Newark College of Engineering (1930–1975)
Newark Technical School (1881–1930)
Type Public
Research
Sea grant
Established 1881 (1881)[lower-alpha 1]
Academic affiliations
 APLU
MSA
ACSA
AACSB
NASAD
CHEN
Endowment $116.2 million (2017)[2]
Budget $518.8 million[3]
President Joel Bloom[4]
Provost Fadi Deek[5]
Academic staff
 553[6]
Students 11,446[7]
Undergraduates 8,483[7]
Postgraduates 2,963[7]
Location Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Campus Urban, 48 acres (19.4 ha)
Newspaper The Vector
Colors NJIT red and white with blue accent[8]
              
Nickname Highlanders[9]
Sporting affiliations
 NCAA Division I :
Atlantic Sun, CCSA, EIVA
Mascot The Highlander[10]
Website www.njit.edu

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is a public research university in the University Heights neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. Centrally located in the New York metropolitan area, its campus is within walking distance of Downtown Newark. New York City, 9 miles (14.5 km) and under 30 minutes away, is directly accessible from campus via rapid transit.[lower-alpha 2] NJIT is New Jersey's Science & Technology University.[15] Among other initiatives, it operates the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), one of the largest tech-oriented business incubators in the country.[16][17]

Founded in 1881 with the support of local industrialists and inventors especially Edward Weston[18] (334 US patents), NJIT opened as Newark Technical School in 1884 with 88 students.[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 3] Application oriented from inception the school grew into a classic engineering college – Newark College of Engineering (NCE) – and then, with the addition of a School of Architecture in 1973, into a polytechnic university that now hosts five colleges and one school.[19] As of fall 2017, the university enrolls about 11,400 students, 2,000 of whom live on campus.[7][20] According to PayScale (2017–18) NJIT ranks 21st among Engineering Schools and 29th among Research Universities in the US by Salary Potential.[21][22] It was ranked the most underrated college in America by Business Insider in 2015, and the #1 college value in the country by Buzzfeed in 2013.[23][24]

NJIT offers 50 undergraduate (Bachelor of Science/Arts) majors and 65 graduate (Masters and PhD) programs.[25][26] Via its Honors College it also offers professional programs in Healthcare and Law in collaboration with nearby institutions including Rutgers Medical School, and Seton Hall Law School.[27][28] As of May 2018 NJIT‘s faculty and alumni include a Turing Award winner (2011), a Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics winner (2015), 2 members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 7 members of the National Academy of Engineering,[lower-alpha 4], 1 member of the National Academy of Sciences, an astronaut, a National Medal of Technology winner, a Congressional Gold Medal winner[lower-alpha 5], multiple IEEE medalists, and 5 members of the National Academy of Inventors.[29] To date NJIT graduates have won multiple scholarships / fellowships including 6 Goldwaters, 2 Fullbrights, a Truman, 2 Whitakers, and 4 Gilmans.[30]

NJIT is a member of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, a Sea Grant College, and a member of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.[31] It has participated in the McNair Scholars Program since 1999.[32] With 19 varsity teams, the NCAA Division I "Highlanders" primarily compete in the Atlantic Sun Conference.

History

Founding and early years

The New Jersey Institute of Technology has a history dating back to the 19th century. Originally introduced from Essex County on March 24, 1880 and revised with input from the Newark Board of Trade in 1881, an act of the New Jersey State Legislature essentially drew up a contest to determine which municipality would become home to the state's urgently needed technical school. The challenge was straightforward: the state would stake "at least $3,000 and not more than $5,000" and the municipality that matched the state's investment would earn the right to establish the new school.

The Newark Board of Trade, working jointly with the Newark City Council, launched a campaign to win the new school. Dozens of the city's industrialists, along with other private citizens, eager for a work force resource in their home town, threw their support behind the fund-raiser. By 1884, the collaboration of the public and private sectors produced success. Newark Technical School was ready to open its doors.

The first 88 students, mostly evening students, attended classes in a rented building at 21 West Park Street. Soon the facility became inadequate to house an expanding student body. To meet the needs of the growing school, a second fund-raiser—the institution's first capital campaign—was launched to support the construction of a dedicated building for Newark Technical School. In 1886, under the leadership of the school's dynamic first director, Dr. Charles A. Colton, the cornerstone was laid at the intersection of High Street and Summit Place for the three-story building later to be named Weston Hall, in honor of the institution's early benefactor. A laboratory building, later to be called Colton Hall, was added to the campus in 1911.

Becoming Newark College of Engineering

Dr. Allan R. Cullimore led the institution from 1920 to 1949, transforming Newark Technical School into Newark College of Engineering (name adopted in 1930). Campbell Hall was erected in 1925, but due to the Depression and World War II, only the former Newark Orphan Asylum, now Eberhardt Hall, was purchased and renovated by the college in the succeeding decades. Cullimore left an unpublished history of the institution dated 1955.[33]

As of 1946, about 75% of the freshman class had served in the U. S. Armed Forces. Cullimore Hall was built in 1958 and two years later the old Weston Hall was razed and replaced with the current seven-story structure. Doctoral level programs were introduced and six years later, in 1966, an 18-acre (7.3 ha), four building expansion was completed.

Becoming New Jersey Institute of Technology

With the addition of the New Jersey School of Architecture in 1973, the institution had evolved into a technological university, emphasizing a broad range of graduate and undergraduate degrees and dedicated to significant research and public service. President William Hazell, Jr., felt that the name of the school should clearly communicate this dynamic evolution. Alumni were solicited for suggestions to rename the institution, with the winning suggestion coming from Joseph M. Anderson '25.[34]

Anderson's suggestion – New Jersey Institute of Technology – cogently emphasized the increasing scope of educational and research initiatives at a preeminent New Jersey university. The Board of Trustees approved the transition to the new name in September 1974, and Newark College of Engineering officially became New Jersey Institute of Technology on January 1, 1975. Anderson received the personal congratulations of President Hazell. At that time, the Newark College of Engineering name was retained for NJIT's engineering school.

Eberhardt Hall

The establishment of a residential campus and the opening of NJIT's first dormitory (Redwood Hall) in 1979 began a period of steady growth that continues today under the Landscape Master Plan. Two new schools were established at the university during the 1980s, the College of Science and Liberal Arts in 1982 and the School of Industrial Management in 1988. The Albert Dorman Honors College was established in 1994, and the newest school, the College of Computing Sciences, was created in 2001.

Recent history

On May 2, 2003 Robert A. Altenkirch was inaugurated as president. He succeeded Saul K. Fenster, who was named the university’s sixth president in 1978.[35] Altenkirch retired in 2011 and on January 9, 2012, NJIT Trustees named Joel Bloom president.[36]

In 2003 the opening of the new Campus Center on the site of the former Hazell Hall centralized campus social events. Construction of a new Atrium, Bookstore, Information Desk, Dining Hall, computer lab, and new student organization offices continued into 2004. In 2005 a row of automobile chop shops adjacent to campus were demolished. In 2006 construction of a new off-campus residence hall by American Campus Communities commenced in the chop shops' location. The new hall, which opened in 2007, is dubbed the University Centre.

Also in 2005, Eberhardt Hall was fully renovated and re-inaugurated as the Alumni Center and the symbolic front door to the university. Its restored tower was the logo of the former Newark College of Engineering and was designed by Kevin Boyajian and Scott Nelson. A rebranding campaign with the current slogan, "NJIT – New Jersey's Science and Technology University – The Edge in Knowledge", was launched to emphasize NJIT’s unique position as New Jersey's preeminent science-and-technology-focused research university.

Recently, the school changed its accredited management school into an AACSB-accredited business school. The business school focuses on utilizing technology to serve business needs. The school benefits from its proximity to New York City; in particular, Wall Street is just twenty-five minutes away. The school also has a strong academic collaboration with the nearby Rutgers business school. In 2008 NJIT began a program with the Heritage Institute of Technology (HIT) in West Bengal, India under which 20 HIT students come to NJIT for summer internships.

In 2009 the New Jersey School of Architecture was reorganized as the College of Architecture and Design (CoAD). Within the college, the New Jersey School of Architecture continues, and it was joined by the newly established School of Art + Design.[37]

In June 2010, NJIT officially completed its purchase of the old Central High School building[38] which sits between the NJIT and Rutgers–Newark campuses. With the completion of the purchase, Summit Street, from Warren Street to New Street, was converted into a pedestrian walkway. Subsequently, the Central High School building was extensively renovated, preserved, and updated per the Campus Master Plan,[39] which included tearing down Kupfrian Hall to create more greenery.

Facilities added in 2016-18 include: a 209,000 sq.ft., multi-purpose Wellness and Events Center (WEC) which features a retractable-seating arena that can accommodate 3,500 spectators or 4,000 event participants; a 24,000 sq. ft. Life Sciences and Engineering Center; a 10,000 sq. ft. Makerspace, and a parking garage with spaces for 933 cars.[40][41]

The university awarded 2,951 degrees in 2017, including 1512 bachelor's, 1281 master's, and 59 PhDs.[42] Enrollment, currently at 11,446, is projected to reach 12,200 by 2020.[7][43]

Academics

Admissions

The admission criteria consists of:

  • High school academic record
  • Standardized test scores (SAT or ACT scores)
  • Class rank
  • Portfolio: Applicants to the Architecture, Digital Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Design majors are required to submit a portfolio of their creative work.

The average SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in fall 2017 is 1286 (660 Math, 626 Verbal).[44]

The average SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in the Honors College in fall 2017 is 1461.[44]

The minimum SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshmen in the accelerated BS/MD program – run in combined with New Jersey Medical School (Rutgers) – is 1450.

The male-to-female student ratio is about 3.2 to 1, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.[45]

Rankings

University rankings
National
Forbes[46] 288
U.S. News & World Report[47] 106
Washington Monthly[48] 102
Global
QS[49] 751-800
Times[50] 501-600
U.S. News & World Report[51] 813
  • In September 2018 NJIT's Civil Engineering Programs were ranked #2 in the country by College Factual.[52]
  • In April 2018 Forbes ranked NJIT #1 in the country in upward mobility defined in terms of moving students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top fifth.[53]
  • In 2018 NJIT's Computer Information Systems program was ranked #1 in the country by College Factual.[54]
  • In early 2018 NJIT was ranked 9th among the 10 Best U.S. Colleges & Universities for Civil Engineering by InterestingEnineering.com.[55]
  • In U.S. News' 2018 online rankings, four of NJIT's suite of on-line graduate programs were ranked among the best 100 in the country, including its information technology programs, which were ranked 17th.[56]
  • In Payscale's 2017 College ROI Report, which covers 1833 institutions, NJIT ranked 27th and 42nd for return on investment, based on in-state and out-of-state tuition respectively.[57]
  • In 2017 NJIT's School of Management was ranked as an "Excellent Business School" (3-Palm rating and in the top 150 in the US) by Eduniversal.[58]
  • In a New York Times op-ed in early 2017, NJIT was ranked the top school in the country when it comes to moving students from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top three fifths.[59]
  • In 2016 NJIT's Albert Dorman Honors College was rated among the ten best public honors colleges in the country.[60]
  • NJIT was ranked 133rd out of 662 universities in the US in R&D expenditures in 2016 by the National Science Foundation (NSF).[61]
  • In 2016, NJIT was ranked in the top 50 online colleges with the highest student satisfaction by OnlineCollegePlan.com.[62]
  • In 2015, NJIT was ranked #1 on Business Insider's list of "most underrated colleges" in America (high employment upon graduation and high average salary)[23]
  • In 2015, NJIT was ranked in the top 25 colleges for earning six figures before attaining a graduate degree in Time's Money's list.[63]
  • In 2013, NJIT was ranked the #1 college "value" in the country (based on cost vs. starting salary of recent graduates), by BuzzFeed.[64][65]
  • In Princeton Review's 2012 edition NJIT's AACSB-accredited School of Management was ranked among the 296 best MBA programs in United States.[66]
  • NJIT was ranked 434th out of around 20,000 colleges and universities in the world by Webometrics in January 2011.[67]
  • NJIT was ranked among the top 100 world universities in Computer Science in 2009 and in 2010 by Academic Ranking of World Universities.[68][69]

Colleges and schools

Comprising five colleges and one school, the university is organized into 21 departments, three of which, Biological Sciences, History, and Theater Arts, are federated with Rutgers-Newark, whose campus borders NJIT's.[70]

With a student population that is 15% international, NJIT is among the most ethnically diverse national universities in the country.[71]

It has multiple study abroad options along with extensive co-op, internship, and service opportunities.[72][73][74]

Newark College of Engineering (NCE)

Newark College of Engineering is one of the oldest and largest professional engineering schools in the United States and was founded in 1919. It offers 13 undergraduate degree programs, 16 master's and 10 doctoral degree programs. Undergraduate enrollment is more than 2,500, and more than 1,100 are enrolled in graduate study. The 150-member faculty includes engineers and scholars who are widely recognized in their fields.[75] An estimated one in four professional engineers in the State of New Jersey are NCE alumni. The NCE has more 40,000 living alumni.

College of Science and Liberal Arts (CSLA)

The College of Science and Liberal Arts was formed in 1982.[76] It was originally known as the Third College, preceded by NJIT's Newark College of Engineering and the New Jersey School of Architecture. In 1986 its name was changed to the College of Science and Liberal Arts as a result of a more sharply defined mission and direction. Growing steadily ever since, CSLA has spawned two of NJIT's colleges: the Albert Dorman Honors College, which evolved out of the Honors Program that was founded in CSLA in 1985, and the College of Computing Sciences, which developed out of CSLA's Computer and Information Science Department.

Today the college consists of six academic departments:

  • Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry and Environmental Science
  • Federated History
  • Humanities
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Physics

CSLA also houses:

  • Department of Aerospace Studies[77]
  • Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Arts Program[78]
  • Interdisciplinary Program in Materials Science[79]
  • Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics[80]
  • Center for Solar Research[81]
  • Big Bear Solar Observatory[82]
  • Owens Valley Solar Array[83]

College of Architecture and Design (CoAD)

The College of Architecture and Design houses the School of Architecture (SoA) and the School of Art and Design.[84] The college offers undergraduate degrees in architecture, digital design, industrial design, and interior design as well as graduate degrees in architecture, infrastructure planning, and urban systems.[85] The CoAD is the only college at NJIT to have its own designated library.[86] The library contains materials related to the majors offered in CoAD in the form of periodicals, reference materials, rare books, visual materials (i.e. architectural drawings, prints, postcards, maps, etc.), digital databases, and a materials library.[87]

The college offers a pre-college summer program for high school students.[88]

Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences

The Computer Science department, part of the Ying Wu College of Computing Sciences,[89] is the largest at NJIT, comprising more than one fifth of the student population. It is also the largest computer science department among all research universities in the New York metropolitan area.

The department offers a full range of degree programs in computer science (BA/BS, MS and PhD), in addition to emerging interdisciplinary programs: Telecommunication (MS), Bioinformatics (BS/MS), and Computing and Business (BS/MS). The Bioinformatics degree is also available in a pre-med option.

Martin Tuchman School of Management (SOM)

The School of Management was established in 1988 and was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business in 1997. It offers programs in finance, accounting, marketing, management information systems, international business, technological entrepreneurship, and corporate communications in conjunction with Rutgers University.[90]

Degrees available include a Bachelor of Science program (four years, 124 credits), a Master of Science in management program (30 credits), and two Master of Business Administration (MBA) programs: One regular (48 credits; two years for full-time students, three or four years for part-time students) and the other an accelerated 18-month Executive MBA program for managers and professionals.[90]

Albert Dorman Honors College

In 1985, NJIT established an Honors Program to encourage and challenge its brightest and most motivated students.[91] Dr. Richard Sher, Professor of History and Associate Dean of the College of Science and Liberal Arts, was its first director. The approach taken was to stimulate students intellectually with a thorough and well-balanced education. Special activities, rigorous courses, lectures and a colloquium series made up the program.

The first 28 Honors students began their studies in the fall of 1985, growing to 160 in 1990. The first graduates had succeeded academically and obtained jobs in prominent corporations or had chosen to further their education by entering graduate training or schools of medicine or law.

Ruth Baker succeeded Dr. Sher as Director of the Honors Program in 1991. Under Baker's direction, and with the assistance of Dr. Dennis Donahue as Faculty Coordinator and Honors Advisor, she worked with President Saul K. Fenster, Dr. William Mech of the National Collegiate Honors Council, deans, and faculty to formulate the Honors College.

President Fenster engaged Albert Dorman, class of '45, in the development of NJIT's fifth college.[92] Dorman's special interest and generous endowment helped to create the Albert Dorman Honors College in 1995. Dorman's endowment, along with other gifts, allowed the Honors College to attract a greater number of students, growing from 230 in 1995 to over 700 students today. Honors scholarships were created, and a strong educational foundation was fashioned.

Dr. Joel Bloom, Vice President for Academic & Student Services, was named the first Dean of the Honors College. Other changes included a stronger and more active Honors student council and additional staff to support student opportunities and activities including a greater variety of colloquium lectures, study trips, research activities, and publications. Since this time, the Honors College has seen major growth in the number of Honors and Honors-enhanced courses and in the number of research and other projects undertaken by its students. New programs, including accelerated programs in medicine, dentistry, optometry, physical therapy, and law, have added to the diversity of the offerings.

The Honors Residence Hall, a goal of the second Strategic Plan, was opened in September 2013. The new 2015–2020 Strategic Plan, created under the guidance of Dean Katia Passerini, emphasizes Academic Excellence through Learner-Centered Education, Leadership and Professional Development through Community Engagement, and High Visibility through Technological Outreach and Partnerships. The College’s first five-year Strategic Plan was adopted by the Board of Visitors in 2001, and a second plan in 2008. The first plan's enrollment goals having been met, the new plan emphasizes academic enhancements such as students' Individual Education Plans, innovative honors courses, dual majors and minors, increased student research, leadership programs, and international study.

Research

NJIT's R&D expenditures were $131 million in 2016 and $142 million in 2017.[93][94] Areas of focus include applied mathematics, materials science, biomedical engineering, cybersecurity, and solar-terrestrial physics – of which the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research is a world leader.[95] A key agent in regional economic development,[96] NJIT hosts the Enterprise Development Center (EDC), an on-campus business incubator that houses over 90 start-ups, and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) which offers R&D services to business.[97][98]

Big Bear Solar Observatory

The university has performed research in nanotechnology, solar-terrestrial physics, polymer science, and the development of a smart gun technology. The university research centers include the National Center for Transportation and Industrial Productivity and SmartCampus. The university hosts the Metro New York FIRST Robotics office. The university also hosts the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research which owns and operates the Big Bear Solar Observatory, the world's largest solar observatory, located in Big Bear Lake, California, and operates the Owens Valley Solar Array, near Bishop, California.

Owens Valley Solar Array

In the past, NJIT was home to the Computerized Conferencing and Communications Center (CCCC), a research center that specialized in computer-mediated communication. The systems that resulted from this research are the Electronic Information Exchange System, as well as the continuations: The Electronic Information Exchange System 2 (EIES2), and the Tailorable Electronic Information Exchange System (TEIES). One of the foremost developments of EIES was that of the "Virtual Classroom", a term coined by Dr. Starr Roxanne Hiltz. This was the first e-learning platform in the world, and was unique in that it evolved onto an existing communications system, rather than having a system created specifically for it. Their missions completed, the CCCC and EIES were terminated in the mid-90s.

The university currently operates a Class-10 cleanroom and a Class-1000 cleanroom on campus for academic and research purposes[99] including counter-bioterrorism research.[100]

The university also maintains an advanced 67-node supercomputer cluster in its Mathematics Department for research purposes.

NJIT conducts cybersecurity research in a number of areas including cross-domain information sharing, data security and privacy, data mining for malware detection, geospatial information security, secure social networks, and secure cloud computing. The university is designated a National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in Cyber Defense Education through the 2020 academic year by the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security.[101]

NJIT is located in the vibrant University Heights section of Newark.

Libraries and archives supporting research

NJIT’s Main Library, The Robert W. Van Houten Library, is located in the Central Avenue Building, a facility for quiet and group study, researching, and browsing print and online sources. Since 1997 the Van Houten Information Commons has housed 120 computer workstations.

The Barbara and Leonard Littman Library for Architecture and Design is located in Weston Hall. It houses a core collection that includes print and electronic books, journals, maps, drawings, models, e-images, materials samples, and over 70,000 slides.

Included among NJIT's information resources are the university's historical archive including items developed and manufactured by Edward Weston, a scientist, prolific inventor, and a founding member of the board of trustees of the university. Dr. Weston's collection of artifacts and rare books is housed in the Van Houten Library and is available to scholars interested in the history of science and technology.[102]

NJIT plays club-level ice hockey at the Prudential Center in the Colonial States College Hockey Conference.

Residence life

The Warren Street / NJIT Station.
Access to/from NJIT is enhanced by the Newark Light Rail which has a station on campus at Warren Street. The Light Rail terminates at Newark's Penn Station, where PATH and NJ Transit rail access to New York City is available.

Living: on-campus

About 80% of NJIT students commute to campus.[103] The Residence Life (on-campus) community currently includes a little over 2,200 students.

There are five residence halls on the NJIT campus. Redwood Hall, constructed in 1978, was the first, followed by Cypress, Oak, and Laurel. Cypress and Redwood are primarily used for freshman students, while Laurel and Oak house upperclassmen. The fifth, Warren Street Village, which opened in the fall of 2013, provides housing for Dorman Honors College students and several Greek houses which together provide space for about 600 students. The Warren Street Village also houses the Albert Dorman Honors College itself.

Living: off-campus

A new almost-on-campus resident hall known as University Center (run by American Campus Communities) was completed in 2007. Located near NJIT's Guttenberg Information Technologies Center (GITC) building, it houses students from NJIT, Rutgers–Newark, New Jersey Medical School (Rutgers), and Seton Hall University. Many students from local institutions also find housing in nearby neighborhoods and towns including Harrison, Kearny, Fairmount and East Orange.

Food service

Food services on campus are provided by Gourmet Dining Services. Other on-campus facilities include: Taco Bell, Spice Cafe, Leafs & Grains (a salad shop), Starbucks at Tech Cafe, The C-Store (a convenience store), and a newly-opened Smash Berger's in the Warren Street Building. Gourmet Dining also operates the Highlander Club (aka 'The Pub') on the third floor of the campus center which offers a variety of burgers, wings, personal pizzas, etc. The Pub includes a 21 and over section that offers alcohol beverages. Several "grease" trucks are regularly stationed on and near the campus, and a variety of cafe style restaurants are within a short walk of campus.[104]

Athletics

Besides the on-campus Estelle & Zoom Fleisher Athletic Center, the NJIT basketball teams also play at the Prudential Center in downtown Newark.

NJIT sponsors 19 varsity sports teams, including 2 club-level teams. NJIT's teams are called the Highlanders. The school colors are red and white with blue accent. NJIT teams compete at the NCAA-Division I level, mostly as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (A-Sun).[105] Before joining A-Sun NJIT was the only NCAA Division I basketball independent – having been left without a home when the 2010–13 NCAA conference realignment ended in the demise of the Great West Conference. All the other schools in the A-Sun conference are located in the Southeast.

Several teams have affiliations outside of A-Sun as follows: Men's volleyball and men's swimming and diving compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) and the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association (CCSA), respectively. The men's fencing team is a member of the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association (MACFA). As of 2016, the women's fencing team is independent. The lacrosse team (NCAA Division I) is independent.

On 6 December 2014 NJIT's basketball team, unranked and independent, made headlines in national sports reports when they defeated the nationally ranked (#17) Michigan Wolverines.[106]

The Division I sports available at NJIT are:

  • (M) Baseball
  • (M) (W) Basketball
  • (M) (W) Cross country
  • (M) (W) Fencing, men compete in MACFA, woman compete as an independent
  • (M) Lacrosse, compete as an independent
  • (M) (W) Soccer
  • (M) Swimming & diving, compete in the CCSA
  • (M) (W) Tennis
  • (M) (W) Track & field (indoor & outdoor)
  • (M) (W) Volleyball, men compete in EIVA

Club Level sports include:

  • (M) Ice hockey
  • (M) Bowling

Notable alumni

Since its founding in 1881, NJIT has issued degrees to more than 77,000 graduates.[107] NJIT alumni have gone on to pursue distinguished careers in many sectors.

Academics and administrators (at other universities)

Business and industry

  • Albert Dorman (class of 1945, Hon ScD 1999) founder and chairman (ret) of AECOM Technology Corp., a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and a distinguished member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.[109]
  • Martin Tuchman (class of 1962) founding partner of Interpool (container leasing) and founder of Trac Lease (chassis leasing), both of which were eventually sold, ($1billion and $2.7 billion, respectively). Currently, Tuchman heads Keystone Capital V and The Tuchman Group.[110][111]
  • Ying Wu (MSEE 1988) Telecommunications engineer and entrepreneur, Chairman of the China Capital group and founder and CEO of UTStarcom (China) Ltd.[112][113]
  • Ehsan Bayat (born 1963, class of 1986), chairman and founder of Afghan Wireless Communication Company, Ariana Television and Radio, Bayat Foundation, Bayat Energy
  • Robert S. Dow (born 1945, class of 1969), senior partner, former managing partner of Lord Abbett, and Olympic fencer[114] (He is also listed under Sports.)
  • Frederick Eberhardt (class of 1884), president of Gould & Eberhardt, a Newark-based machine tool manufacturer, and one of 88 in NJIT's inaugural class
  • Vince Naimoli (class of 1962), owner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays[115]
  • Aki Oyawusi (class of 2011), Supply Chain Analyst credited with creating algorithm for logistic efficiency
  • Victor Pelson (deceased, class of 1959), American executive at AT&T Corporation.[116]
  • Jim Stamatis (class of 1985), vice president at Louis Berger Group
  • Dick Sweeney (class of 1981), co-founder of Keurig[117]

Military, politics and government

Science and engineering

Wally Schirra, 5th U.S. astronaut and 9th in the world

Entertainment

Sports

Notable faculty

University presidents

Professors and administrators at NJIT

Noteworthy events on or near campus

  • Parts of Emmy Award-winning television drama series The Sopranos were shot on the NJIT campus in 2005 after the completion of a $83.5-million campus makeover.[125][126][127]
  • On January 30, 2014, NJIT hosted a national-level cybersecurity conference organized in partnership with US-Israel Binational Industrial R&D (BIRD) Foundation,[128] the Israel Economic Mission in NYC,[129] and Rutgers University. Approximately 100 participants including representatives of industry, government, and research gathered to discuss the issue of cyber/physical convergence; to hear solutions presented by Israeli/US companies; and to learn about BIRD’s funding for up to $1 million towards innovative R&D collaborations between U.S. and Israeli companies. Edward Dickson, Director of the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security & Preparedness gave opening remarks. Other organizations involved included the Army National Guard, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and various corporations with cyber security interests such as ADP, Prudential and Standard & Poor's.
  • On May 2, 2016, a 23-year-old student was shot and killed during an off-campus home-invasion robbery at a Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity house.[130] Two suspects were arrested.[131]
  • The inaugural VOICE summit took place at NJIT's Wellness and Events Center (WEC) on July 24, 25 and 26 of 2018. Organized by Pete Erickson, CEO of MoDev, in co-operation with the Newark Community Economic Development Council and the Greater Newark Convention and Visitors Bureau, the summit drew more than 2400 attendees and hosted roughly 100 speakers. Primary sponsors of the event included Amazon Alexa, Panasonic, and Audible among others.[132][133]

See also

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 A precursor institution, the Newark Industrial Institute, opened in 1850 but closed during the Civil War as most of its students were called to arms.[1]
  2. ↑ The PATH Rail System, 3 NJ Transit rail lines, and Newark's Light Rail (NLR) interconnect at Newark's Penn station. The on-campus Warren Street / NJIT NLR station is three stops (about five minutes) from Penn Station. The PATH system has two terminals in Manhattan, one at 33rd St. (Midtown), and one at the World Trade Center (Downtown).[11] Travel time between Newark's Penn station and the World Trade Center is 22–24 minutes.[12] NJ Transit trains between Newark's Penn station and New York's Penn station (7th Ave. & 31st St.) take about 22 minutes on average.[13][14]
  3. ↑ Frederick Eberhardt was a member of the first class.
  4. ↑ Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Donald Pederson, Louis J. Lanzerotti, Lillian Gilbreth, Beatrice Hicks, Gerard J. Foschini, Albert Dorman
  5. ↑ In order: Donald Pederson, Wally Schirra, John J. Mooney, Harry L. Ettlinger

References

  1. ↑ Allan R. Cullimore (1955). "History of the Newark Technical School and the Newark College of Engineering, Charter III: In Newark (page 43)" (PDF). unpublished manuscript in the Van Houten Library at NJIT, Newark, NJ. Retrieved June 15, 2006.
  2. ↑ "College Endowment Market Values". National Association of College and University Business Officers and Commonfund Institute. 2016.
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