Research and practice

NJIT Students Win First Place in International Net Zero Energy Design Competition

Thursday, September 25th, 2025
A team of NJIT architecture and urban systems students has taken first place in the 2025 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Setty Family Foundation Net Zero Energy Design Student Competition, one of the most competitive international student design cha...

NJIT Maintains Highest Research Classification, Renews its R1 Status from Carnegie

Thursday, February 13th, 2025
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has once again earned the prestigious R1 designation from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, reaffirming its standing as a top-tier doctoral university with very high research activity. This continued recognition reflects NJIT’s...

Integrating Technology and Community Engagement in a New Look at Urban Gardens

Tuesday, January 14th, 2025
The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Research Coordination Network (RCN) on Urban Food, Energy and Water (Urban FEW) held one in a series of workshops on urban gardens at NJIT on November 21st and 22nd. Comprised of researchers from several institutions of higher education, the Urban FEW has...

Upperclass Architecture Student Shows It's Never Too Late to Start Research

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
Sudiksha Sahu, a fourth-year architecture student at NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, wanted to diversify her career options this past summer. Without prior research experience, Sahu took on the challenge to participate in the 2024 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Sympo...

NJIT Center for Building Knowledge Partners with the Newark Public School District

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024
One critical component of delivering quality education is the provision of optimal spaces for student learning. In July of 2024, Terra Meierdierck, energy and education program manager at the Center for Building Knowledge (CBK), a research center at NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design,...

NJIT Devotes Over $10 Million in New Funds for Push in Artificial Intelligence

Monday, September 16th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) is launching a new, $10+ million initiative that will significantly advance the university’s strength in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and position NJIT to become a leader in both AI research and application in higher education. This augments alr...

HCAD's Julio Garcia Figueroa's Quest to Merge Prefabrication, Energy Efficiency & Cultural Heritage

Thursday, August 8th, 2024
University Lecturer Julio Garcia Figueroa at the Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) looks forward to teaching his course on prefabricated architecture this semester, and in the future, hopes to create a study abroad program to take HCAD students to his native Mexico. “First, what I’m...

10 Questions for NJIT's New Dean of Architecture and Design

Monday, July 1st, 2024
As interim dean of NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, Gabrielle Esperdy found ways to apply design thinking to the challenges of leading an academic college of more than 1,000 students. Now, as she starts her first month as dean, she realizes that her background prepared her well for...

NJIT Names Architectural Historian to Lead its College of Architecture and Design

Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
After a national search, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) found the best person to lead its Hillier College of Architecture and Design (HCAD) right on campus. Interim Dean Gabrielle Esperdy, a noted architectural historian, has been appointed dean, effective July 1. Esperdy will be steering...

NJIT's 2024 Master's and Doctoral Class Make Their Mark

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024
New Jersey Institute of Technology served up a full day of fanfare as its advanced degree graduates walked across the stage in the Wellness and Events Center in three commencement ceremonies on May 15. The 2024 class comprises more than 1,400 graduates and reflects the institution’s steady growth an...