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Sunblock for Solar Panels: NJIT Startup Merges Data, Material Science

Thursday, June 20th, 2024
Materium Technologies, a startup company with deep NJIT roots, is bringing data science innovations into the slowly evolving field of solar energy panels. Startups are always a gamble, but the Materium team has a good hand, with two pair of Highlanders — recent alumni Sheldon Fereira (M.S. ‘23) and...

AI-Powered Surgical Training Program Provides Real-Time Feedback and Instruction

Monday, February 26th, 2024
Practice makes perfect, and a new system being tested and perfected enables surgical trainees to obtain cutting-edge instruction in real-time through a new artificial intelligence program. As medical students conduct surgical exercises, the AI software scans a live video feed and provides immediate...

Social Media Star, Milad Mirg, Explains His NJIT Connections and Work Ethic

Thursday, January 18th, 2024
Milad Mirghahari, a social media influencer known publicly as Milad Mirg, has more than six million followers each on TikTok and YouTube and is a first-generation NJIT student, Albert Dorman Honors College member and computer science major. Just like NASA astronaut Wally Schirra and Chicago Cubs pi...

NJIT Top 50 Nationally in Undergrad, Grad Entrepreneur Studies

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023
New Jersey Institute of Technology is now ranked in the top 50 nationwide for both graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship education, according to a joint survey from Princeton Review and Entrepreneur. Surveyors ranked NJIT No. 31 in the graduate category, as the only New Jersey institution on ...

The New Leader of NJIT's New Jersey Innovation Institute Eyes Sustainable Growth

Monday, October 16th, 2023
Even before he started as president of NJIT’s New Jersey Innovation Institute, Michael Johnson was on campus to introduce himself to his staff and meet with his entrepreneurial peers at the university. So, clearly this scientist, entrepreneur and business leader is energized by the prospect of leve...

NJIT's Suresh Kumar, Lecturer & Entrepreneurial Director, Elected President of TiE NJ

Tuesday, June 20th, 2023
Suresh U. Kumar, senior university lecturer and director of entrepreneurial programs in NJIT’s Ying Wu College of Computing (YWCC), has been elected by the Board of Directors of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) as the next president of the New Jersey chapter, effective July 1, 2023. TiE is one of the ...

Startup Jobs Fair Connects NJIT Students to Local Entrepreneurs

Wednesday, February 15th, 2023
NJIT's Entrepreneur Society hosts an annual startup job fair, providing students with the opportunity to pursue careers and meet directly with the founders of new local companies. Hundreds of students attend, many looking for the perfect match, while others were there to network or learn about the ...

Business Model Competition Addresses Societal Impact, Fiscal Prudency

Thursday, December 1st, 2022
Student entrepreneurs at NJIT's annual New Business Model Competition had one word for the experienced judges this week: plastics. It's the opposite of the revered 1967 film The Graduate, where a young Dustin Hoffman receives that single word of career advice from an accomplished friend of his pare...

NJIT Ranked Best Public School in Northeast for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship

Tuesday, November 15th, 2022
New Jersey Institute of Technology is the top public university in the Northeast for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies, according to The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur Magazine. The improvement reflects NJIT's and the Martin Tuchman School of Management's dedicated focus on the importa...

Highlander Foundry Showcase Gives Students Opportunity to Present their Startups

Wednesday, August 10th, 2022
After concluding their eight-week summer program, NJIT students presented their startups, giving them an opportunity to experience entrepreneurship and business creation. The Highlander Foundry program is a summer startup incubator that helps NJIT students and alumni grow with the same techniques a...