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A Letter from the President

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Student Accomplishments

11 Rankings 12 Connecting to Success in the Community 16 Connecting to Success in Research 20 Milestones 24 Faculty Accomplishments 26 Athletics Achievements 27 Fast Facts 28 NJIT NEXT 29 Grants 30 Expenses 31 Revenues 32 Leadership 33 Schools and Research Centers

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for highly talented students, faculty, and industry partners.

NJIT earned a plethora of impressive national and international rankings during the last year, but one stands out as particularly noteworthy. The New York Times reported on a study of “America’s Great Working-Class Colleges” by the Equality of Opportunity Project, which ranked NJIT #1 in the nation for the upward economic mobility of its students whose family income falls within the lowest quintile. The study showed that a higher percentage of NJIT students coming from very low income families rise to the higher income brackets than do similar students at any other college or university in the United States. This ranking embodies one of the key attributes of NJIT and is emblematic of what we are as a university--a catalyst for growth. Many of our students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and 34 percent are the first in their families to attend college, yet they go on to enjoy uncommon success as alumni and make incredible contributions to their communities, their professional fields, and to society.

Our institution also is thriving, not just our students, during a time when many colleges and universities are facing serious challenges. We are in the midst of a $400 million capital improvement plan for our campus that has included a new Wellness and Events Center, a new Life Sciences and Engineering Center, a massive renovation of the Central King Building, construction of Makerspace at NJIT and many other projects. NJIT also is in the process of implementing its strategic plan – 2020 Vision. The cumulative funding to-date of the strategic plan exceeds $74.2 million. This summer, Moody’s Investor Services improved the financial outlook on NJIT to A-1 stable based on the expectations of continued strong student demand in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields driving good operating performance and debt service coverage over the next two years. The raising of our bond rating by Moody’s Investor Services to A-1 stable outlook is recognition of the continued strong demand for our academic and research programs as well as industry-based partnerships, resulting in generating diversified revenues supporting NJIT’s goals and objectives.

As you can see, NJIT, nee the Newark Technical School founded in 1881 by industrialists in order to train their workforce, continues to be in the right place at the right time.

In the pages that follow, I invite you to read more about the successes of the past year and the trajectory of growth that have positioned NJIT as a premier university in the region, state and nation. n

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s the state’s public polytechnic university, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) continues to deliver upon its fourfold mission of research, teaching, economic development and public service. We are conducting roughly $140 million in research activity annually in fields such as healthcare, transportation, sustainability, critical infrastructure, big data, defense and homeland security, and many other realms that improve the quality of life for people in our communities and around the globe.

NJIT has added more than 100 new and talented faculty in recent years and has implemented student support measures that have led to marked improvement in student success metrics, such as graduation and employment rates. Our university’s annual economic impact on the State of New Jersey exceeds $1.74 billion, and our New Jersey Innovation Institute, which serves as NJIT’s portal to industry, has seen its contract revenues grow from $10 million to $60 million in little more than three years. We also are deeply engaged in public service, with our students providing more than 50,000 hours of community service each year and our Center for Pre-College Programs preparing thousands of boys and girls from Newark and the surrounding communities to pursue higher education in the STEM disciplines. This success has earned NJIT recognition and has made it a destination point

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New Financial Analysis Lab Unlocks the Power of Big Data A new financial analysis laboratory located in NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management bearing the name of a distinguished alumnus and chair of the school’s Board of Visitors not only provides a central area for students to congregate, but also offers state-of-the-art tools of the trade. Located on the ground floor of the Central Avenue Building, The Ray Cassetta Financial Analysis Laboratory, which officially opened in December 2016, features a cluster of nine Bloomberg terminals and a trading-floor environment that provide access to the financial analysis tools and corporate data essential for data-driven finance, marketing and entrepreneurship studies. According to its founder, Raymond Cassetta ’70, the associated learning opportunities and connections to coursework were his main motivation for sponsoring the new lab. Cassetta, a municipal labor negotiator and chair of the School of Management Board of Visitors, was the first recipient of the Martin Tuchman School of Management’s Outstanding Advisory Board Member Award in 2009. n

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From left: Dr. Andrew L. Pecora, chief innovations officer and vice president of cancer services at Hackensack Meridian Health; Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT; Stephen P. DePalma ’72, chairman of the NJIT Board of Trustees; Rochelle A. Hendricks, Secretary of Higher Education; Lieutenant Governor Kim A. Guadagno ’10 HON; Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.; and Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr.

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nce home to thousands of Newark Central High School students, today the Central King Building (CKB) exemplifies intelligent, creative and economically impactful urban redevelopment that serves NJIT students, industry and the local community. On April 13, 2017, more than 200 students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of the university witnessed the official ribbon cutting of the renovated CKB, part of a campus transformation designed to enhance the student experience and solidify NJIT’s position going forward as one of the nation’s leading public polytechnic universities.

The historic renovation of the five-story CKB represents the first wave of a $300 million capital building campaign that is invigorating research, teaching and community life at NJIT. As the largest single project funded by the State of New Jersey through the 2012 Building Our Future Bond Act, the building now is a hub for innovation and collaborative learning. It is home to new classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, spaces for academic advising and pre-professional mentoring, a STEM tutoring center, a writing center, a math emporium and the New Jersey Innovation Institute’s iLabs, which are a critical point of intersection between workforce and economic development. n

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In 1985, NJSOA’s Imaging Laboratory became the first known academic architectural studio in the country to use computer 3D modeling as the primary vehicle for design.

Additionally, the School of Art + Design was the first school to organize and submit its interior design program digitally for accreditation. Over the years, as architecture and design fields continue to innovate, CoAD continues to upgrade and expand its lab, studio and fabrication amenities to turn out creative, prepared and relevant students upon completion of degree programs. n

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Saving Students Time and Money Through Dual Admission

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ssociate degree students from Bergen Community College (BCC) will be able to seamlessly transfer into appropriate and/or corresponding bachelor’s degree programs at NJIT, beginning fall 2017. According to a joint agreement signed by both institutions June 8, 2017, BCC students who are admitted into the Joint Admissions Program will be guaranteed admission into NJIT upon completion of their BCC degree. They must meet the criteria set forth in their admission letter to maintain their offer from NJIT. Students can apply for joint admission to BCC and NJIT through BCC’s admission application. They will be able to apply to the program at any time from their date of enrollment at BCC to completion of 30 college credits.

Students wishing to apply beyond their first 30 credits will be

considered on a case-by-case basis by NJIT, which will review all applications in accordance with its customary freshman admission standards.

NJIT and Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in West Windsor Township, New Jersey, signed a joint agreement designed to improve student access across the two higher-education institutions. The 2+2 Connect Articulation Agreement will enable MCCC students to earn a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from NJIT while studying almost entirely at MCCC’s campus. Officials from both NJIT and MCCC gathered at MCCC May 10 for a signing ceremony to enact the five-year agreement, which, subject to Middle States Commission on Higher Education approval, began in the 2017 fall semester and will be reviewed annually by both parties.

Students who choose the dual admission path can complete a four-year degree in four years by spending two years at the community college and two years at NJIT. 6 President’s Report 2017

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The cost savings is about $50,000, which is two years’ worth of NJIT tuition, fees and housing minus the estimated community college tuition.

Under the terms of 2+2 Connect, MCCC students who earn an associate degree in engineering science may transfer up to 67 common-course credits toward a B.S. in civil engineering from NJIT. They will then have the opportunity to pursue the additional 66 credits required for the bachelor’s, primarily through face-to-face courses on the MCCC campus; some courses will be offered online or at NJIT’s main campus.

Transferring MCCC students must go through NJIT’s customary transfer process and meet all applicable admission requirements and deadlines.

NJIT instructors will teach the NJIT courses in classrooms and laboratory space licensed to the university by MCCC. Additionally, they will be responsible for grading, classroom rules and student conduct and disciplinary matters.

In January, NJIT and Ocean County College (OCC) in Toms River, New Jersey, signed a joint admission agreement designed to improve student access across the two higher education institutions. The agreement will enable OCC students who are completing an associate degree to seamlessly continue their studies at NJIT toward a bachelor’s degree. Plans are also underway for NJIT to offer upper-level engineering courses at OCC in the near future.

Under the terms of the agreement, students need to express an interest in pursuing an NJIT bachelor’s degree during their first academic year at OCC. Upon completion of

Mercer County Community College president Jianping Wang and NJIT Provost and Senior Executive Vice President Fadi Deek at the signing ceremony for the partnership held May 10, 2017.

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their associate degree at OCC, students who meet the NJIT admissions requirements will be admitted to NJIT to pursue their bachelor’s degree. The two institutions will be jointly monitoring the progress of students in this program.

The Lebanese American University (LAU) and NJIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that establishes research collaboration between the two institutions. LAU President Dr. Joseph Jabbra and Dr. Fadi Deek, NJIT provost and senior executive vice president, signed the MOU June 20, 2017 on LAU’s Byblos campus.

Graduates from LAU with a master’s degree will be able to apply for admission in Ph.D. programs offered at NJIT, and after admission by NJIT, will be able to be co-advised jointly in dissertation research by faculty from both participating institutions. This collaboration will initially focus on engineering programs and paves the way for additional programs. The second objective of the MOU was to enable NJIT Ph.D. engineering students to spend up to two semesters at LAU to carry out their dissertation research. The MOU seeks to provide opportunities for collaborative research between LAU and NJIT faculty, involving LAU M.S. graduates and NJIT exchange students. Such collaboration is expected to lead to joint research proposals for funding and higher research productivity for Ph.D. students since research expertise, infrastructure, cosupervision and research outputs will be shared. n

Bergen County College President B. Kaye Walter and NJIT Provost and Senior Executive Vice President Fadi Deek signed a joint academic agreement between the two institutions at a ceremony held June 8, 2017.

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raduate students AMIR GOHARPEY and PRASHANTH MURALIDHAR were named 2016-2017 Louis Berger Fellows at NJIT. In 2014, NJIT and Louis Berger established a six-year special graduate internship and fellowship program for students pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering, environmental engineering, architecture, engineering management, mechanical engineering or industrial engineering. The program is comprised of a comprehensive fellowship award and a professional international summer internship at one of the world’s leading consulting organizations. n

Baja Car Races to the Top T he NJIT Highlander Racing Team took first place in the 2017 Baja SAE race, an intercollegiate design competition organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in California April 27-30, 2017. The team included students from the Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Technology, Information

Technology, Computer Science and Computer Engineering departments and from all classes – from first-year students to seniors. The race car, which finished 48th out of 100 – a 27-place improvement in just one year – made an appearance at the New York International Auto Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. n

NANDINI ISAAC, a junior and biochemistry major in the Albert Dorman Honors College, and KEVIN BLACKWELL, a freshman studying biology, biophysics and mathematics, were named 2017 Governor’s STEM Scholars. As members of the newest class of the statewide program, Isaac and Blackwell will have the opportunity to network with and learn from New Jersey STEM professionals as well as research organizations, academic institutions and state policymakers. They also will benefit from mentoring, field trips, a team-based research project and four conferences focusing on STEM leadership and government, STEM academia, STEM industry and the STEM economy. n PRIYADHARSHINI RAJBABU (Computer Science ’19) was one of 25 students nationwide selected to attend the MIT Digital Currency Initiative’s Introduction to Cryptocurrency Bootcamp last summer. Priya was also selected to receive the Microsoft Travel Award to attend the Grace Hopper Conference during the fall semester. n

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world. The competition, held by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), pitted NJIT’s team against top engineering schools including Cornell, the University of Michigan, CarnegieMellon University and Virginia Tech. n President’s Report 2017 9

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-The New York Times S. R. NANDAKUMAR, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has won a coveted IBM Ph.D. fellowship to support his work on computer systems that mimic the architecture of the human brain. The international fellowship program, which is intensely competitive, awards exceptional graduate students in diverse fields who are tackling technical problems fundamental to innovation. n

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ADAM BINDAS ’17, an Albert Dorman Honors College Scholar who received a B.S. in chemical engineering, was presented with the Albert Dorman Future Leader Award at the 2017 Scholarship Brunch. From left: Albert Dorman ’44, ’99 HON; Adam Bindas; Joan Dorman; and NJIT President Joel S. Bloom. n

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n article by an NJIT graduate student that describes a novel approach to engineering highly efficient LED lighting, covering the entire range of the visible spectrum, was featured in March as the “Editor’s Pick” in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B. Written by MOAB RAJAN PHILIP, a second-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the paper, “Controlling Color Emission of InGaN/AlGaN Nanowire Light-Emitting Diodes Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy,” is based on ongoing research in NJIT’s Nano-Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Laboratory. The laboratory, directed by Hieu P. Nguyen, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, develops highperformance nanophotonic and nanoelectronic devices for lighting and energy-storage applications. These devices are fabricated from gallium nitride (III-nitride)-based semiconductors in the form of nanostructures devised through a state-of-the-art epitaxial growth technique, called molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) – a method for depositing crystals on a substrate. In their published research, the group reported full-color emission from LEDs that covers nearly the entire visible wavelength range by engineering structures grown by MBE. n

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-Washington Monthly CHRYSIE LOZADA, a senior in the interior design program in the School of Art + Design at NJIT, won first place at the 2017 International Interior Design Association Showcase and Competition (IIDA) held in the Haworth Showroom in Philadelphia March 8. Lozada’s project, “The Green Lung, Co-working Office Space,” was created in the third-year commercial design studio taught by adjunct instructor Brian Holland. The IIDA regional showcase was open to students from schools in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey.

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• Money.com ranked NJIT as one of the best 10 colleges with great career services and as one of 11 public colleges where graduates earn six-figure salaries.

• Diversity in Action magazine ranked NJIT as one of the country’s “Top Institutions of Higher Learning Dedicated to STEM Diversity.”

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for out-of-state -PayScale’s College ROI Report: Best Value Colleges for 2017

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• Albert Dorman Honors College was ranked among the Top 10 honors colleges and programs in the United States in the book INSIDE HONORS: Ratings and Reviews of Sixty Public University Honors Programs, published by Public University Press.

NJIT’s Albert Dorman Honors College received the highest possible ranking of 5.0 “mortarboards,” translating to Top 10 status, following the publication’s data analysis of 60 public university honors programs across the country.

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Innovating a Smarter City

NJIT hosted a kickoff event in October to launch the Smart Cities Initiative. From left: Ali Faraji, CEO of Aptinet, Thomas Motyka ’81, senior executive director, Smart Cities Innovation; Ben Levin, executive director of MetroLab Network; and Donald H. Sebastian, president and CEO of NJII.

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olunteerism and community service is fundamental to the fabric of NJIT, which has made the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for six years.

The accolade is “one of the highest recognitions a university can receive for its commitment to volunteering, service-learning and civic engagement.” From Alternative Spring Break and Global Brigades, to after-school STEM mentoring and neighborhood beautification projects, to feeding the hungry and knitting hats and blankets for those in need, NJIT students are involved in a range of community service initiatives.

NJIT’s Career Development Services (CDS) plays a vital role in volunteerism at the university and beyond. It serves as NJIT’s central location for community service, working with student groups and other departments and offices to connect students with a variety of projects and programs — and the appreciation for such involvement is heartfelt. CDS also reports the university’s community service hours and partnerships to the federal government’s Corporation for National and Community Service, which administers the Presidential Honor Roll Awards. Recently, CDS’ efforts in student-volunteer recruitment and engagement garnered the university the Wynona Lipman Ambassador Award from Wynona’s House, a nonprofit “promoting justice and providing healing for child victims of abuse and neglect in Essex County.” n

Members of NJIT's chapter of Global Brigades partnered with medical professionals on health care initiatives in Las Lajas, Panama, during spring break.

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n Oct. 17, Newark officials joined with NJIT, the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) and corporate partners to announce a long-term program that would help propel the city into becoming one of the most technologically-connected cities in the nation.

Newark is taking the necessary steps toward becoming a “Smart City” as part of a sweeping White House initiative that brings together academia, government and business to innovate and create the next generation of urban technology and infrastructure. For communities like Newark, these solutions would permeate all parts of the urban experience for residents, daytime workers and visitors.

The city is part of the national MetroLab Network, which was launched by 21 founding city-university pairings in September 2015 at the White House as part of the Obama administration’s Smart Cities Initiative, which NJIT and Newark has joined with 40 other regional city-university partnerships across the nation. The local program is called MetroLab@ Newark. With smart city technologies, Newark can better tackle key challenges such as reducing traffic congestion, fighting crime, fostering economic growth, managing the effects of a changing climate and improving the delivery of city services.

Funded by the Newark Downtown District, and supported by the city, an internet kiosk called Brand Newark has opened on the site. Developed by Aptinet Inc., the kiosk is a powerful Wi-Fi hub that will provide residents and visitors with the latest news and information on local businesses, traffic, mass transit schedules, local news, videos and other important features via a next-generation fiber optic network. The kiosk also provides 911 capabilities and wayfinding services, as well as limited internet browsing. Information will be fueled through “Brand Newark,” which will provide the free internet without the need for users to register. To help offset the costs of running the kiosks, the 55-inch screens will also run advertisements.

Innovators and developers will be sought to continually expand the capabilities of Brand Newark, as kiosks will ultimately be featured in all five districts of the city. n

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Hugh ’69, and Marion Conway ’70, ’73, with Financial Literacy Program students Seti Vega and Coralie Jean-Francois.

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hirty-four students from 75 neighboring urban high schools were introduced to the fundamentals of finance in a four-week Financial Literacy Program offered by NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management. The free summer financial literacy camp — now in its 20th year and supported by Hugh ’69 and Marion Conway ’70, ’73, as well as the TD Charitable Foundation and the Leir Charitable Foundations — offers classes, lectures, computer labs, fun outings and a field trip to Wall Street. Participants in the camp study financial management, investment and economics while acquiring public speaking, presentation and teamwork skills from group projects — and develop motivation for academic and professional success. n

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Stellar Students Mentor Newark Middle-Schoolers From left: Dax-Devlon Ross, executive director, After-School All-Star program; Congressman Donald M. Payne Jr.; Alicia Feghhi, assistant director of leadership and professional development, Albert Dorman Honors College; Dushyant Singh (freshman, computer science); Sainithin Kuntamukkala (freshman, undecided); Matthew Shpiruk (sophomore, electrical engineering); and Constantine Baltzis (freshman, biology)

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lbert Dorman Honors College scholars are helping to cultivate supportive, experiential learning environments by mentoring middle-school students in the After-School AllStar program (ASAS). As part of a free STEM mentoring program, Honors College scholars, who are required to volunteer for 30 hours, help ASAS students with their math, science and reading homework before assisting with a DJ academy, cooking class, film criticism class and soccer club.

The students in the after-school program, which focuses on health and fitness, career readiness and art and culture, were targeted because they either failed or barely passed the PARCC exam. Samuel Garrison, principal at Camden Street School, credited the NJIT scholars for the increase in reading scores, which exceeded the state average by a significant margin last spring. n njit.edu

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CONNECTING TO SUCCESS IN RESEARCH Engineer Gil Jeffer after shoveling his way through a snow drift to gain entrance to one of the remote instrumentation observatories, last visited four years ago.

NJIT’s Big Bear Observatory Predicting Disruptive Solar Flares

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ince 2007, NJIT researchers have been journeying to the nearly empty, frozen wilderness at the tip of the globe to collect data on fluctuations in the magnetic lines caused by solar wind and to measure light from the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, the luminous collision of charged particles drawn by the South Pole’s magnetic field.

Their instruments include photometers that collect light from the Aurora Australis and measure energy from outer space, magnetometers that measure fluctuations in the magnetic field and GPS receivers.

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Their instruments in Antarctica provide continuous data sets of the larger geospace environment, which cannot be done in space because the instruments are continuously orbiting.

The university’s work in Antarctica, which is supported by the National Science Foundation, comprises a mix of basic and applied science focusing on the Sun and its impacts on Earth.

This year’s two-month stay was unusually challenging – and important. NJIT is now managing the major geospace instruments in Antarctica – at McMurdo Station, South Pole Station and the five AGOs – not just for its own purposes,

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but for the entire community of space weather physicists, including researchers from Dartmouth College and Merimack College conducting high-frequency radio work at the South Pole, as well as longtime remote data collection at the AGOs for collaborators at the University of New Hampshire, Augsburg College, Stanford University, University of California-Berkeley, and many others. Scientists are able to collect critical data for their own research, help the broader community bring their instruments to Antarctica and sharpen their own unsurpassed engineering skills. n

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cientists from NJIT’s Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research provided some of the first detailed views of the mechanisms that may trigger solar flares, colossal releases of magnetic energy in the Sun’s corona that dispatch energized particles capable of penetrating Earth’s atmosphere within an hour and disrupting orbiting satellites and electronic communications on the ground.

Recent images captured by the university’s 1.6-meter New Solar Telescope at Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) have revealed the emergence of small-scale magnetic fields in the lower reaches of the corona the researchers say may be linked to the onset of a main flare. The study also includes the first scientific contributions from NJIT’s newly commissioned Extended Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA).These smaller magnetic fields appear as precursors to the flare by reconnecting with each other – breaking apart and forming new connections – in an already stressed magnetic environment.

This sets the stage for a larger energy release. Haimin Wang, distinguished professor of physics at NJIT, is the leading author of a paper published in March in the magazine Nature Astronomy. The study, funded by the National Science Foundation and NASA, was conducted in collaboration with colleagues in Japan and China.

While solar flares are generally believed to be powered by what is known as free energy – energy stored in the corona that is released by twisting magnetic fields – the authors suggest that the buildup of coronal energy in the upper atmosphere alone may not be sufficient to trigger a flare. In their study of a prolonged flare June 22, 2015, they observed in unprecedented detail the emergence in the lower atmosphere of what they call precursors, or “pre-flare brightenings,” in various wavelengths.

There are well-documented periods in which flares occur more frequently than the norm, but it has been difficult thus far to determine exactly when and where a particular flare might be initiated. The BBSO’s recent study of a flare’s magnetic evolution, enhanced by simultaneous microwave observations from EOVSA, has been able to pin down the time and location of the magnetic reconnection prior to the flare. n President’s Report 2017 17

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team of researchers at NJIT and Yeshiva University has proposed that a little-understood biological property that appears to allow cell components to store energy on their outer edges is the possible key to developing a new class of materials and devices to collect, store and manage energy for a variety of applications. In a paper published in Nature Communications, “Dynamical Majorana edge modes in a broad class of topological mechanical systems,” the researchers report the discovery of a large class of materials with such capabilities. These properties may be present in many materials composed of dimers, a chemical structure in which two similar masses are linked to one another through a rigid, nearly unstretchable bond. Dimers make up the building blocks of many cellular components and so it appears that storing energy in this way is a strategy that a variety of cells use on a daily basis in many living organisms. Camelia Prodan, associate professor of physics at NJIT is an author of the paper, which stems from research funded by a $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation awarded last year to Prodan and her collaborator, Emil Prodan, professor of physics at Yeshiva University. They are investigating the role of topological phonon edges in the functioning of microtubules — the skeletal material in eukaryotic cells. Phonon

edges are quanta of sound or vibrational energy confined to the edge or surface of a material.

The Prodans are particularly interested in how microtubules store energy at their edge that is not propagated in their cylindershaped bodies. Majorana edge modes are the equivalent of a type of subatomic particle — Majorana fermions — that appear in some types of superconductors. They are the energetic vibrations that appear at the edge of a material that cannot be destroyed by the environme nt or by the material breaking. The team is exploring the potential to engineer new materials with novel physical properties based on topological phonon edge modes.

Working with nanotechnology experts at NJIT, Reginald Farrow, research professor of physics, and Alokik Kanwal, assistant research professor, they hope to provide the first experimental verification of the key role that these topological phonons play in many fundamental cellular processes, including cell division and movement. In addition, based on the results of their study of microtubules and topological phonon edge modes, the research team will seek to predict and fabricate a new class of materials called topological phononic crystals, with applications ranging from energy-efficient solar cells, to sound deadening and amplification, to insulation. n

Colonel Sidney R. Hinds II, M.D., U.S. Army, was the keynote speaker at the inauguration of NJIT’s Institute for Brain and Neuroscience Research.

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n recent years, research into the myriad complexities of the brain and neurophysiology has gained momentum at NJIT across diverse disciplines, including biology, biomedical engineering, mathematical sciences and computing. With the formal inauguration of the university’s Institute for Brain and Neuroscience Research (IBNR) in March, the efforts of NJIT researchers to increase basic understanding of the brain that could lead to new healing therapies for related injuries and disease will be more sharply focused and closely coordinated.

As the primary home for all neuroscience initiatives at NJIT, the IBNR serves as an umbrella and organizing framework for collaborative research and training in areas ranging from brain injury, to neural engineering, to neurobiology, to computational neuroscience.

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Researchers will investigate, for example, how specific behaviors are generated in the nervous system, the mathematical modeling of neural patterns in bacteria, animals and humans, and innovations in brain imaging and neurorehabilitation, among others. Cooperation in working toward common goals in brain and neuroscience research already involves Rutgers University-Newark, Rutgers Biomedical Health System, part of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, the Brain Health Institute Professor of Neurobiology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the Kessler Foundation. The National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory and the Kessler Foundation are among the organizations providing funding for research currently underway. n

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CELEBRATION 2016

CONVOCATION 2016 Kristina Ippolito ’13 delivered the keynote speech at University Convocation Sept.14, 2016, in which she described the trajectory that led to her current position as project engineer for Judlau Contracting, Inc. The annual event welcomed the Class of 2020 and recognized faculty and staff excellence. n

Joseph M. Taylor ’11 HON, chairman and CEO (retired) of Panasonic Corporation of North America and a member of the NJIT Board of Trustees, was presented with the Special Friend of the University Award at Celebration 2016, held Nov. 11, 2016 at the Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. n

NJIT awarded more than 2,300 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees May 16, 2017, at the 101st Commencement

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ceremonies at the Prudential Center in Newark. Honorary degrees were awarded to J. Robert Hillier, principal, Studio Hillier and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers (left); Philip L. Rinaldi ’68 ’77, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Energy Solutions and chair emeritus of the NJIT Board of Overseers (middle); and The Honorable Rochelle R. Hendricks, Secretary of Higher Education (right), who delivered the Commencement address. n

EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH PRIZE and MEDAL On Oct. 6, 2016, Distinguished Professor of Physics Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering best known for re-engineering tiny drug particles to make medications more effective, received NJIT’s Excellence in Research Prize and Medal from the NJIT Board of Overseers. From left: John Seazholtz, chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers; Dr. Davé; and Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT. n

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Four distinguished individuals were recognized for achievements beneficial to the state and our nation, as well as an organization exceptional for its commitment to NJIT’s mission, at Celebration, NJIT’s annual fundraiser for campuswide scholarship endowment funds. The event was held Nov. 11, 2016, at The Pleasantdale Chateau in West Orange. From left: Raymond J. McGowan '64, retired executive vice president at ExxonMobil Chemical and a member of the NJIT Board of Overseers; Judy Valyo, dean emerita at NJIT and a member of the Board of Visitors for NJIT’s College of Science and Liberal Arts; Michael Gadalla ’18; Marjorie A. Perry ’05, president and CEO of MZM Construction Co., Inc. and co-executive vice chair of the NJIT Board of Overseers; Theodore D. Cassera '72, executive vice president at Bowman Consulting Group; Kevin Morrison, investment team lead at J.P. Morgan Private Bank; Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT; and John McCann, operations executive with Con Edison Competitive Energy Solutions and a member of NJIT’s Board of Overseers. n

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Scholarship recipients Ester Calderon ’18 and Joshua Adegboye ’17 described how the generosity of donors has impacted their lives April 28 at the 29th Annual Scholarship Brunch. n

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MILESTONES

NCE SALUTE TO ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

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Kevin Carswell ’79 and Robert Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87, a member of the NJIT Board of Trustees, chair of the NCE Board of Visitors and vice president and general manager of research and development Stryker’s reconstructive division.

ewark College of Engineering honored

the accomplishments of notable alumni, industry

partners and high-achieving students at the college’s

Multimedia

by Panasonic Officially Opens at NJIT NJIT celebrated the latest extension of its 25-year partnership with Panasonic, which began with creation of the annual Panasonic Creative Design Challenge, a program that brings together hundreds of New Jersey high

19th annual Salute to Engineering Excellence

school students and talented, young engineers. On Sept.

22, 2016, NJIT marked the official opening of Multimedia

March 9, 2017 at the Highlawn Pavilion in West

by Panasonic, a state-of- the-art multimedia conferencing

Orange. Proceeds from the event benefit the NCE

Dean’s Fund. Kevin Carswell ’79 and Rocco Palmieri

’72, ’77 each received an Outstanding Alumnus t

Award. The NCE Spirit Award was presented to

Jerome F. Gallagher Jr. Esq. ’80, a member of Norris,

McLaughlin & Marcus, PA and current co-chair of the

President Joel S. Bloom was

named Educator of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of New Jersey (ACECNJ), the leading advocate for New Jersey’s consulting

room described by Panasonic Chairman and CEO (retired)

engineering profession, which strives to enhance

Joseph M. Taylor ’11 HON, a member of the NJIT Board

the business practices of professional engineering

of Trustees, as “the beginning of the conferencing room

companies in the planning, design and construction

of the future.” Located on the third floor of Fenster Hall,

industry. The honor was bestowed at ACECNJ’s 46th

Multimedia by Panasonic features the Cisco SpeakerTrack

Engineering Excellence Awards Banquet March

interactive video and audio conferencing system, which Jerome F. Gallagher Jr. Esq. ’80 and Robert Cohen ’83, ’84, ’87

NJIT’s

includes a camera that automatically focuses on whomever is speaking, and two ultrahigh-definition resolution 98-inch display screens. The state-of-the-art lighting and

15, 2017. Each year ACECNJ hosts the Engineering Excellence Awards, a program that celebrates and recognizes recent accomplishments of New

shades system provided by Lutron, Panasonic’s partner,

Jersey’s engineering industry and contributions that

includes a remote control with presets for different room

members and member firms have made to society

uses. The room is bring- your-own-device compliant;

and to their local communities through exceptional

retractable HDMI and VGA cables are installed in each of

engineering design and construction. n

the three table cubbies for connecting a personal laptop to

firm’s Creditors and Debtor Rights Practice Group.

the displays. n

John A. Bridges ’87, vice president of Electrical Operations at PSEG

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PSEG was the recipient of the Outstanding Industry

of the company by John A. Bridges ’87,

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Rocco Palmieri ’72, ’77 and Ted Cassera ’72, a member of the NCE Board of Visitors.

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F A C U LT Y A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S

TARA ALVAREZ, professor of biomedical engineering, won an Edison Patent Award for a novel vision test that she and a colleague designed to help eye doctors predict how well their patients will adapt to progressive lenses. n

RONALD ROCKLAND, chairman of NJIT’s Department of Engineering Technology, received the 2015 “Distinguished Teaching Award” from the mid-Atlantic section of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). n

KURT ROHLOFF, associate professor of computer science, received a DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA). The goal of the DARPA YFA award is to develop our nation’s DoD-relevant R&D leaders.

Awarded on the basis of a proposal submitted by Rohloff, who is also the co-founder and director of NJIT’s Cybersecurity Research Center, the grant will support research to improve the utilization of open-source software. n

NIRWAN ANSARI, distinguished professor in the Helen and John C. Hartmann Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, led three of his doctoral advisees to attend and present four papers at IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, the flagship conference of the IEEE Communications Society, held in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4-8, 2016. One of the papers, “Optimizing Uplink Resource Allocation for D2D Overlaying Cellular Networks with Power Control,” won an IEEE GLOBECOM 2016 Best Paper Award, and Dr. Ansari was also honored with the 2016 Technical Recognition Award with the citation, “for advancing the field of ad hoc and sensor networks.” n

HORACIO G. ROTSTEIN, professor of mathematics, was honored by the government of Argentina with a “Premio Raices,” an award recognizing significant contributions to promoting international collaboration in science and technology. Honorees, who are nominated by their peers and academic institutions, are selected by Argentina’s National Directorate of International Relations and Ministry of Science. n

CESAR BANDERA and ELLEN THOMAS, assistant professor and associate professor, respectively, in NJIT’s Martin Tuchman School of Management, received the Best Research Paper Award for their work on business incubation titled “Social Capital, Density, and Startup Survival” from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) at its annual conference in Philadelphia, Jan. 19-22, 2017. n

KARL W. SCHWEIZER, professor, Federated Department of History, was awarded the Adelle Mellen Prize for distinguished scholarship for his book Oligarchy, Dissent and the Culture of Print in Georgian Britain. It was chosen from among 100 manuscripts submitted to an international panel of scholars in the field. n

BIN CHEN, assistant professor of physics affiliated with the Department of Physics and the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research, EUN ALICE LEE, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and SIVA NADIMPALLI, assistant professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, were awarded multiyear Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program grants from the National Science Foundation. n

KAMALESH SIRKAR, who is a distinguished professor of chemical engineering acclaimed for his innovations in industrial membrane technology was named a 2016 Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. In addition, he was recognized as a 2017 TechConnect National Innovation awardee for his work on “Continuous Polymer Coating of Drug Crystals, Particles and Nanoparticles” at the TechConnect National Innovation Summit in Washington, D.C. n

EDGARDO FARINAS, associate professor and chair of the department of chemistry and environmental science, received a Salute to Excellence Award from the North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society for his leadership in helping to make the New Jersey Chemistry Olympics a success for all participants. n

JOHN WIGGINS, a senior lecturer in NJIT’s Department of Engineering Technology and coordinator of the Construction Engineering Technology and Construction Management Technology programs, was named 2015 “Educator of the Year” by the New Jersey chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. n

LOUIS LANZEROTTI, distinguished research professor in the department of physics, received the William Kaula Award from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in recognition of his “unselfish service to the scientific community through extraordinary dedication to, and exceptional efforts on behalf of, the Union’s publication program.” n

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MENGCHU ZHOU, distinguished professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, co-authored a paper that won the Best Paper Award at the 9th International Conference on Internet and Distributed Computing Systems (IDCS 2016), Sept. 28-30, 2016, in Wuhan, China. “A Sliding Window Method for Online Tracking of Spatiotemporal Event Patterns” presents a fast learning method to perform accurate online tracking of spatiotemporal event patterns encountered in Internet of Things-enabled environments. n

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AT H L E T I C S A C H I E V E M E N T S

FAST FACTS

8,400+

MARK LEITER, JR., who completed his four-year college playing career at NJIT in May 2013, was called up to the

undergraduate students

Philadelphia Phillies from the Phillies Class AAA team, the

2,900+

Lehigh Valley (PA) Iron Pigs, in April. He took the place of

graduate students

outfielder Howie Kendrick on the Phillies’ roster. Leiter, Jr., the nephew of former Major League pitcher Al Leiter and the son

1286

of former Major League pitcher Mark Leiter, Sr., was selected

SAT average composite score for

by the Phillies with the 661st overall pick in the draft June 8,

Fall 2016 freshmen

2013. In being picked, Leiter was the first NJIT student-athlete selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. n

1461

Honors College SAT average composite score for

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) recognized both NJIT men’s and women’s soccer teams for the NSCAA’s annual team academic awards for the 2015-16 academic year. The NSCAA annually recognizes college soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom, in addition to their work on the field. A total of 893 soccer teams (315 men, 578 women) posted a team grade-point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the NSCAA College Team Academic Award for the 2015-16 academic year. Among these programs are 223 schools receiving honors for both their men’s and women’s teams. The Highlanders were the only Atlantic Sun Conference team to have both programs recognized. n

Fall 2017 freshmen

Students come from

39 States and 97 Countries 17:1

Student to Faculty Ratio

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More than

enior ALANA DUDLEY was NJIT’s recipient of the New Jersey Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (NJAIAW) Woman of the Year award. Winners were chosen by their institution’s athletics department based upon athletic excellence, academic success and citizenship/community service.

In April 2017, Dudley was named to the 2016-17 Winter Winners for Life team, which is comprised of one student-athlete from each of the eight institutions in the conference and honors those who display excellence on and off the playing surface. The Winners for Life team honors a campus citizen that is respected as one who shares and/or demonstrates the ASUN Core Values: Education, Honesty, Student-Athlete Experience, Fairness, Health, Ambition, Respect, Diversity, Inclusion, Leadership, Responsibility and Sportsmanship. To be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the current academic year in an ASUN-sponsored sport and be in good academic standing at his/her university. The following month, Dudley was recognized as a 2017 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. n

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80% of incoming

undergraduates receive Financial Aid

Total number of

Scholarships Established since 2007

210+ Total

Financial Aid Awarded in 2016-2017

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NJIT NE XT

GRANTS

NEXT CAMPAIGN TOTAL

COMMITMENTS IN FY 2017 TO THE NJIT NEXT CAMPAIGN

$186,099,108 PLEDGES $28,362,947

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GRANTS $67,298,603

ew Jersey Institute of Technology is in the midst of a period of unprecedented growth and revitalization, one that touches on all aspects of the institution. From the expansion of its innovative programs of study and the transformation of its teaching, learning, and research facilities to the exponential growth in cutting-edge research and the strengthening of its role as a driver of economic development, NJIT is clearly moving in the right direction.

A key catalyst of this remarkable progress has been the NJIT NEXT campaign. The most ambitious fundraising initiative in the university’s long and distinguished history, this $200 million comprehensive campaign has helped NJIT build upon its distinctive strengths, usher in a new era of achievement and prosperity, and bolster its standing as one of this nation’s leading polytechnic universities.

Since NJIT NEXT was launched in July 2007, nearly 22,000 alumni, students, faculty, staff, friends, foundations, and corporations have made a gift to the university. The

TOTAL NUMBER OF DONORS

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$1,000,000 or more June Chaplick* Health E Citi Compass Group North America Yalan Wang Wu ’87 and Ying Wu ’88, ’16 HON $500,000 to $999,999 Michael J. Furman ’70* Diana L. Hoenig ’85* Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy

GIFTS $90,437,558

remarkable generosity of these donors exceeded $13.5 million in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2017, pushing the campaign beyond the $186 million mark – and setting the stage for its successful completion in 2018.

Of the total amount thus far raised, $44.2 million has been given or pledged to endow scholarships, fellowships, programs, and professorships. This generous support for students and faculty is a primary reason that NJIT’s overall endowment last year surpassed the $110 million mark for the first time ever.

The $200 million NJIT NEXT campaign has been guided by a group of dedicated alumni volunteers, including campaign co-chairs C. Stephen Cordes ’72, former managing director of Clarion Partners; Nicholas M. DeNichilo ’73,’78, president and CEO of Mott MacDonald; and Vincent Naimoli ’62, chairman emeritus/founder of the Tampa Bay Rays, chairman and CEO of Anchor Industries International and Naimoli Baseball Enterprises.

PHILANTHROPIC SUPPORT SECURED IN FY2017: $13.6 MILLION WHERE YOUR GIFTS GO

$250,000 to $499,999 Raymond A. Cassetta ’70 Claremont Construction Group, Inc. Martin Tuchman ’62

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en students will have the opportunity to pursue a college education at NJIT at no cost for tuition, fees, room and board, thanks to $200,000 in support from the Give Something Back Foundation (Give Back). Robert Carr, founder and chairman of Give Back, presented the award at a ceremony in September 2016 at NJIT. Give Back is a nonprofit organization providing mentoring and scholarships to students of modest means to help them realize their full potential by achieving a college education.

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iomedical Engineering Professor Richard Foulds and his team were awarded a grant of $600,000 from Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy for developing a robotic exoskeleton to restore arm control in children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

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vanade awarded a five-year, $300,000 grant for five four-year scholarships for female students.

Campus & Facilities 10%

Students 42%

Research 23%

Joel S. Bloom, president of NJIT, and Robert Carr, founder and chairman of the Give Something Back Foundation

$100,000 to $249,999 AECOM Technology Corporation Avanade, Inc. ExxonMobil Greater Horizons Independent Alumni of NJIT The Leir Charitable Foundations John H. Martinson, Sr. & The Martinson Family Foundation National Steering Committee for CIM Northeast CIM Patrons, Inc. PepsiCo American Beverage Company Gustavus & Louise Pfeiffer Research Foundation Tommaso F. Scarfone ’67 The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation James F. Stevenson William D. Winder ’80 *deceased

Faculty & Programs 25%

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REVENUES

EXPENSES

FY 2017 EXPENSES $459,824

FY 2017 RESOURCES $459,824

248,937

FY 2016-2017 (Dollars in Thousands)

187,220

FY 2016-2017 (Dollars in Thousands)

96,529

92,582

82,145 63,881

51,040

Tuition & Fees

State Appropriations

34,334

28,522

Other

Auxiliary Enterprises

Federal Grants

20,637 State & Other Grants

13,821 Depreciation & Change in Net Assets

NJIT TOTAL OPERATING RESOURCES VS. STATE APPROPRIATIONS

142,154

130,887

110,548

106,082

Scholarships & Fellowships

102,851

92,318

92,893

89,557

77,580

TOTAL REVENUES: $459,824

460,000

FY 2016-2017 (Dollars in Thousands)

400,000

$363,295 Tuition, Fees and other Resources $61,089 State Supported Fringe Benefits $35,440 State Based Appropriation

60,000 40,000

280,000 240,000 200,000 160,000 120,000 80,000 0

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’05

’06

’07

’08

’09

’10

’11

’12

’13

’14

’15

’16

’17

State 4.500 3%

111,872

101,992

103,188

86,326

Federal 78.236 55%

77,618

1996 - 2017 ENDOWMENT ($000’S)

102,072

Fiscal Year

79,070

’17

67,534

’16

60,670

’15

76,045

’14

74,679

’13

65,168

’12

61,062

’11

56,950

’10

49,494

Institutional 48.676 34%

’09

43,394

’08

43,822

’07

47,411

’06

37,810

’05

31,330

’04

Corporate & Foundation 10.742 8%

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320,000

16,649

FY 2017 RESEARCH EXPENDITURE

BY SOURCE ($000’S) $142,154

360,000

40,000

20,000 0

440,000

23,400

80,000

76,920

External

75,000

Internal

88,700

2004 - 2017 RESEARCH EXPENDITURES ($000’S)

100,490

Auxiliary Enterprises

107,310

Support

Academic & Research

’96 ’97 ’98 ’99 ’00 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17

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SCHOOLS AND RESEARCH CENTERS

LEADERSHIP As of June 30, 2017

UNIVERSITY OFFICERS Joel S. Bloom, Ed.D. President Edward J. Bishof, Sr. Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Andrew P. Christ, P.E., ’94, ’01 Vice President for Real Estate Development and Capital Operations Fadi P. Deek, Ph.D. ’85, ’86, ’97 Provost and Senior Executive Vice President Charles R. Dees, Jr., Ph.D. Senior Vice President for University Advancement Charles J. Fey, Ed.D. Vice President for Academic Support and Student Affairs Angela Garretson Director, Policy and Partnership Donald H. Sebastian, Ph.D. Senior Vice President for Technology and Business Development Holly Stern, J.D. General Counsel and Vice President for Legal Affairs Kay Turner, Esq., SPHR Vice President for Human Resources

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Philip K. Beachem President New Jersey Alliance for Action Dennis M. Bone President (Retired) Verizon New Jersey, Inc. Peter A. Cistaro ’68 Vice President-Gas Delivery (Ret.) Public Service Electric and Gas Company Gary C. Dahms, PE, PP, CME President and CEO T&M Associates Vincent L. DeCaprio ’72 Co-Vice Chair President and CEO (Ret.) Vyteris, Inc. Stephen P. DePalma PE, PP, CME, ’72 Chair Chairman and CEO (Ret.) Schoor DePalma Inc. Elizabeth “Liz” Garcia, PE, ’73 Co-Vice Chair Manager, Public Affairs (Ret.) Infineum USA, L.P.

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Anthony J. Knapp, Jr. Proprietor (Ret,) Black Horse Restaurant Group

Albert A. Dorman ’45 Founding Chairman (Ret.) AECOM

Ranjini Poddar President Artech Information Systems LLC

Irwin Dorros, Ph.D. Consultant Dorros Associates

Lawrence A. Raia, P.E. ’65 Co-Vice Chair Principal Raia Properties

Jerome Drexler, Ph.D. ’55 Chairman and President (Ret.) Drexler Technology Corporation

Dr. Binay Sugla Chairman Vestac LLC

Joseph M. Taylor ’11 HON Vice Chairman Panasonic Corporation of North America

BOARD OF OVERSEERS John W. Seazholtz ’59 Overseers Chair Chairman of the Board (Ret.) Westell Technologies Arthur A. Kapoor Overseers Co-Executive Vice Chair Chief Executive Officer and Founder HEALTHEC Marjorie A. Perry ’05 Overseers Co-Executive Vice Chair President and Chief Executive Officer MZM Construction & Management Kenneth Alexo, Jr., Ph.D. President, Foundation at NJIT Vice President, Development and Alumni Relations NJIT Edward J. Bishof, Sr. Secretary, Foundation at NJIT Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer NJIT Dr. Joel S. Bloom President NJIT Fadi Deek, Ph.D. ’85, ’86, ’97 Provost and Senior Executive Vice President NJIT Steven Annunziato ’82 Financial Advisor Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Norma J. Clayton ’81 Vice President of Learning, Training and Development (Ret.) The Boeing Company Nicholas M. DeNichilo ’73, ’78 President and Chief Executive Officer Mott MacDonald

Kim Felix Vice President, Information Technology United Parcel Service Caren L. Freyer DeSouza Regional Public Affairs Manager PSEG Services John J. Fumosa ’74 Vice President and District Manager Gilbane Building Company David T. Gockel ’81 President and Chief Executive Officer Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Inc. Daniel A. Henderson Chief Executive Officer (Ret.) Intellect Wireless Emil C. Herkert Chair Emeritus Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.) Hatch Mott MacDonald Infrastructure and Environment J. Robert Hillier Principal Studio Hillier N. Eric Johanson ’65 Chairman of the Board Johanson Dielectrics, Inc. Steve Kalafer Chairman Flemington Car and Truck Country Somerset Patriots Baseball Team Robert J. Levin, Esq. General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Orbis Operations Richard M. Maser ’73 Chief Executive Officer and President Maser Consulting P.A. John McCann Operations Executive Con Edison Competitive Energy Solutions Raymond J. McGowan ’64 Executive Vice President (Ret.) ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Pascal Montilus ’87 Vice President Global Home Care Supply Chain Colgate-Palmolive Company Vincent Naimoli ’62 Chairman Emeritus/Founder Tampa Bay Rays Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Anchor Industries and Naimoli Baseball Enterprises George M. Newcombe, Esq. ’69 Partner (Ret.) Simpson Thacher & Bartlett John H. Olson ’61, ’66 Managing Director, Northeast Region (Ret.) Morgan Stanley Paul V. Profeta President Profeta Urban Investment Foundation

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES Newark College of Engineering Moshe Kam, Dean 973-596-6506 • engineering.njit.edu College of Architecture and Design Anthony Schuman, Interim Dean 973-596-3080 • design.njit.edu College of Science and Liberal Arts Kevin Belfield, Dean 973-596-3677 • csla.njit.edu Martin Tuchman School of Management Reggie Caudill, Dean 973-596-3314 • management.njit.edu Albert Dorman Honors College John Bechtold, Interim Dean 973-642-4448 • honors.njit.edu Ying Wu College of Computing Craig Gotsman, Dean 973-596-5488 • ccs.njit.edu

Philip L. Rinaldi ’68, ’77 Chair Emeritus Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Ret.) Philadelphia Energy Solutions Mark Romanski Vice President and General Manager Turner Construction Company Steven B. Saperstein ’84 Chief Operating Officer Fixed Income Prudential Financial, Inc.

RESEARCH CENTERS AND SPECIALIZED LABORATORIES Research Centers in Life Sciences and Engineering Center for Brain Imaging Bharat Biswal, Director bharat.biswal@njit.edu Center for Injury Biomechanics, Materials and Medicine Namas Chandra, Director 973-596-6366 centers.njit.edu/cibm3

Gregory Sauter Founder Smart City Works Edward J. Schmeltz ’71 Senior Vice President and Director of Maritime and Special Projects AECOM

Center for Membrane Technologies Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Director 973-596-8479 • mastcenter.org/ Circadian Clock Laboratory Yong-Ick Kim, Director

W. Marcus Sheridan Vice Chairman, Asset Management J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Computational Biophysics Laboratory Cristiano Dias, Director

Stephanie Tonic Senior Vice President Northeast Region Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Fluid Locomotion Laboratory Brooke Flammang, Director Institute for Brain and Neuroscience Research Farzan Nadim and Namas Chandra, Co-directors

Martin Tuchman ’62 Chief Executive Officer Kingstone Capital V Joseph T. Welch, III ’62 (Emeritus) Division President (Ret.) BD Carlton R. West Senior Vice President and Chief Information and Operations Officer City National Bank of New Jersey

The Keck Laboratory for Topological Materials Camelia Prodan, Director Laboratory for Neuroethology Eric Fortune, Director Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Mengyan Li, Director Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Healthcare Biomaterials Xiaoyang Xu, Director

Robert Medina ’75 Founder Medina 43 Business Strategies

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Neural Basis of Locomotion Laboratory Gal Haspel, Director Neural Dynamics Laboratory Farzan Nadim, Director Neural Engineering for Speech and Hearing Laboratory Antje Ihlefeld, Director Neural Prosthetics Laboratory Mesut Sahin, Director Neuroecology of Unusual Animals Laboratory Daphne Soares, Director Opto and Microfluidics Laboratory from Diagnostics to Therapeutics Sagnik Basuray, Director Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center Richard Foulds and Sergei Adamovich, Co-directors 973-596-3335 centers.njit.edu/rehabilitation/ SwarmLab Simon Garnier, Director 973-596-8371 • theswarmlab.com Tissue Engineering and Applied Biomaterials Laboratory Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Director Vision and Neural Engineering Laboratory Tara Alvarez, Director 973-596-5272 • web.njit.edu/ alvarez/index.htm Research Centers in Sustainable Systems Advanced Energy Systems and Microdevices Laboratory Eon Soo Lee, Director Analytical Chemistry and Nanotechnology Laboratory Somenath Mitra, Director Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory Alexei Khalizov, Director Center for Building Knowledge Deane Evans, Director 973-596-3097 • centers.njit.edu/cbk/ Center for Natural Resources Development and Protection Michel Boufadel, Director 973-596-6079 centers.njit.edu/nrdp/index.php Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research Andrew Gerrard, Director 973-596-3360 • centers.njit.edu/cstr

Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research—Big Bear Solar Observatory Wenda Cao, Director 909-866-5791 • bbso.njit.edu Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research—Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array Dale Gary, Director ovsa.njit.edu

Research Centers in Data Science and Information Technology Advanced Networking Laboratory Nirwan Ansari, Director 973-596-5814 • web.njit.edu/anl Center for Big Data Chase Wu and Yi Chen, Co-directors centers.njit.edu/bigdata/

Controls, Automation, and Robotics Laboratory Cong Wang, Director; Lu Lu, Co-director

Center for Computational Heliophysics Alexander Kosovichev, Director 973-596-3491 • centers.njit.edu/cch

Electronic Imaging Center Haim Grebel, Director

Cybersecurity Research Center Kurt Rohloff and Reza Curtmola, Co-directors 973-596-3382 centers.njit.edu/cybersecurity/

The Elisha Yegal Bar-Ness Center for Wireless Information Processing Alexander Haimovich, Director High Performance Concrete and Structures Laboratory Methi Wecharatana, Director Laboratory for the Mechanics of Advanced Materials Shawn A. Chester, Director Membrane Science, Engineering and Technology Center Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Director mastcenter.org Micro and Nano Mechanics Laboratory Siva Nadimpalli, Director Nanoelectronics and Energy Conversion Laboratory Dong-Kyun Ko, Director Nano-Optoelectronic Materials and Devices Laboratory Hieu P. Nguyen, Director New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates Rajesh Davé, Director 973-596-5860 centers.njit.edu/njcep/ Operations Management Laboratory Wenbo Selina Cai, Director Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Materials and Structures Laboratory Matthew P. Adams and Matthew J. Bandelt, Co-directors Sustainable Environmental Nanotechnology and Nanointerfaces Laboratory Wen Zhang, Director

Face Recognition and Video Processing Laboratory Chengjun Liu, Director Intelligent Internet and Information Systems Laboratory Songhua Xu, Director Leir Center for Financial Bubble Research William Rapp, Director 973-596-6414 • leirbubblecenter.org Social Interaction Laboratory Donghee Yvette Wohn, Director Structural Analysis of Biomedical Ontologies Center Yehoshua Perl and James Geller, Co-directors Research Centers in Transdisciplinary Areas Center for Applied Mathematics and Statistics Lou Kondic, Director 973-596-5782 • math.njit.edu/ research/ Enterprise Development Center Jerry Creighton Sr., Director 973-643-4063 • njii.com/edc/ Intelligent Transportation System Resource Center Lazar Spasovic, Director 973-596-7214 transportation.njit.edu./NCTIP/ research New Jersey Innovation Institute Donald Sebastian, President 973-596-5800 • njii.com Otto H. York Center for Environmental Engineering and Science Somenath Mitra, Director

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