The Vector

$788k Grant Awarded To NJIT Water Quality Researchers

Aaron Dimaya, Staff Writer • February 7, 2023

On Dec. 20, 2022, a collaborative research team led by NJIT researchers received a $778,000 grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, or NJDEP. This grant was part of a wider allocation...

Graduate Students Showcase Research Projects in GSA Event 

Yukthi Sangoi, Editor-in-Chief • May 2, 2022

The Graduate Students Association held a Three-Minute Research Presentation event on March 31 for graduate students to present their research in three minutes with the aid of only a single static slide....

Ph.D. Candidates Present at GSA Research Day

Sreya Das, Alumni • December 10, 2021

On Nov. 30, guest speakers, faculty judges and student researchers gathered in the Campus Center ballroom and gallery for the Graduate Student Association’s annual Research Day. Held annually since...

Professor Boufadel’s Work On Mitigating Spread of COVID-19 Through Supermarkets

Ethan OMalley, Alumni • February 23, 2021

In a new paper, NJIT professor Dr. Michel Boufadel and his colleagues studied the propagation of COVID-19 particles through the airways in a supermarket setting, focusing on how...

Research Says: Stick to Your Fitness Goals for One More Week

Sandra Raju • February 14, 2019

Stick to your fitness goals for just one more week: researchers at the University of Texas, Austin recently discovered that previously sedentary young adults instructed to exercise regularly began choosing...

20 Minutes with Leon Cristo

David Korty • April 17, 2018

David: Greetings Mr. Cristo, where did you grow up? Leon: I grew up in Mexico until I was about 19 to which I proceeded to Wisconsin to study as an exchange student in 98’. Afterwards,...

20 Minutes with Dr. Flammang-Lockyer

Quratulain Malik • October 10, 2017

What is your role here at NJIT? I'm an assistant professor of Biology here at NJIT. Where did you grow up? I’m from a small town in Connecticut, very small high school. It only had seventy-two...

More Than Just One Person

Babatunde Ojo • September 15, 2017

The everyman has daily responsibilities on their mind that take precedence over anything else happening around them. Going to and from work, balancing their finances to prepare for any upcoming bills,...

Robotics: the Future and You

Vector Staff • April 21, 2014

It was Whimsical Wednesday on April 16 at NJIT as the Atrium filled up with a crowd. All who came out for the Robots History Capstone Showcase were captivated by the innovation of the students running...

Graduate Students’ Research Showcase: Presenting the Hard Work of Graduate Students

Satoe Ozawa • November 5, 2013

Large black boards displaying professional looking posters lined the Atrium last Thursday. They formed aisles full of complicated concepts and the successes of hard work. Graduate students looked sharp...

Alzheimer’s Cure: A step towards a more memorable future

Khushal Shah • October 14, 2013

Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and various other diseases afflict millions throughout the US every year. What these diseases all have in common is that they affect the nervous system of...