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New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark N For more than a century, an NJIT education has served as a springboard to careers in invention and technological development. Over the past two decades, NJIT has experienced spectacular growth in its research programs, emerging as a major research university. The university annually spends in excess of $32 million on research initiatives in environmental engineering, manufacturing, microelectronics, transportation, computer science, multimedia, particle technology and many other areas. Inventions developed at NJIT have been patented and licensed for commercial applications in areas such as fiber optics, microelectronic devices, pollution prevention, environmental control and remediation, sensor systems and separation technology. To support and encourage invention among both students and faculty, the university recently established a group of awards funded through a bequest from the late Kazuo Hashimoto, Ph.D. (hon.) ‘95, a pioneer in telephone technology. The Hashimoto Endowment Fund promotes and rewards innovation in the fields of electrical and computer engineering. In 1987, Governor Thomas Kean asked NJIT to act as the host institution for the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Since that time, under the leadership of President Saul K. Fenster, NJIT has led this collaborative effort to bring greater recognition to New Jersey inventors and the role of invention in New Jersey’s economic development. |
