New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT
) is a public research university in Newark, New Jersey. NJIT offers 100 degree programs in 27 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate specialties.
NJIT is New Jersey's science and technology university. The school opened as the Newark Technical School in 1881 with 88 students. As of 2005, there are 8,058 students of which 1,400 live in one of the school's four dormitories. It is now home to the Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey School of Architecture, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College, College of Science and Liberal Arts, and College of Computing Sciences. The current president, Robert A. Altenkirch, was inaugurated on May 2, 2003. He succeeded Saul K. Fenster, who was named the university’s sixth president in 1978.
NJIT is one of few Universities to offer extensive courses in Video Game development.
The school offers the only NAAB-accredited bachelor's degree in architecture in New Jersey.
It offers combined programs in medicine with the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and St. George's University in Grenada.
The university is known foremost for its research capabilities ranging from the fields of stem cell research to nanotechnology to solar physics and polymer science. The school also specializes in the research of smart gun technology, and has trademarked the term Virtual Classroom and was the first to obtain then retain Yahoo!'s "Most Wired University" award.
On December 20, 2006, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine signed a bill to allocate $50 million towards the development of an NJIT-led stem cell research facility in Newark, NJ.
NJIT is a participating Internet2 member and held its first in 2005.
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History
The New Jersey Institute of Technology that we know today has a rich history with its beginnings developing from the industrial age. Like many of the port cities around the world, the
Newark,
New Jersey, of the late 19th century was a thriving industrial center. Its factories churned out
thread,
metals,
paints and
leather goods. In Newark,
Thomas Edison set the stage at his Ward Street factory for his later astounding achievements, and Edison rival
Edward Weston established the first factory in the
United States for commercial production of
dynamo electric machines.
At the height of this age of innovation, in 1881, an act of the New Jersey State Legislature essentially drew up a contest to determine which municipality would become home to the state's urgently needed
technical school. The challenge was straightforward: the state would stake "at least $3,000 and not more than $5,000" and the municipality that matched the state's investment would earn the right to establish the new school.
The Newark Board of Trade, working jointly with the Newark City Council, launched a feverish campaign to win the new school. Dozens of the city's industrialists, along with other private citizens, eager for a work force resource in their home town, threw their support behind the fund-raiser. By 1884, the collaboration of the public and private sectors produced success. Newark Technical School was ready to open its doors.
The first 88 students, mostly evening students, attended classes in a rented building at 21 West Park Street. Soon the facility became inadequate to house an expanding student body. To meet the needs of the growing school, a second fund-raiser—the institution's first capital campaign—was launched to support the construction of a dedicated building for Newark Technical School. In 1886, under the leadership of the school's dynamic first director, Dr. Charles A. Colton, the cornerstone was laid at the intersection of High Street and Summit Place for the three-story building later to be named Weston Hall, in honor of the institution's early benefactor. A laboratory building, later to be called Colton Hall, was added to the campus in 1911.
Dr. Allan R. Cullimore led the institution from 1920 to 1949, transforming Newark Technical School into Newark College of Engineering. Campbell Hall was erected in 1925, but due to the
Depression and
World War II, only the former Newark Orphan Asylum, now
Eberhardt Hall , was purchased and renovated by the college in the succeeding decades.
As of 1946, about 75% of the freshman class had served in the
armed forces. Cullimore Hall was built in 1958 and two years later the old Weston Hall was razed and replaced with the current seven- story structure.
Doctoral level programs were introduced and six years later, in 1966, an , four building expansion was completed.
In 1975, with the addition of the New Jersey School of Architecture, the institution had evolved into a technological university, emphasizing a broad range of graduate and undergraduate degrees and dedication to significant research and public service. While Newark College of Engineering remains, a new university name—New Jersey Institute of Technology—was chosen to represent the institution's expanded mission.
The establishment of a residential campus and the opening of NJIT's first
dormitory (Redwood Hall) in 1979 began a period of steady growth that continues today under the . Two new schools were established at the university during the 1980s, the College of Science and Liberal Arts in 1982 and the School of Industrial Management in 1988. The Albert Dorman Honors College was established in 1994, and the newest school, the College of Computing Sciences, was created in 2001. As of 2008 there are 4 residence halls on campus: Redwood Hall, Cypress Hall, Oak Hall, and Laurel Hall.
In 2003, the launch of the new Campus Center on the site of the former Hazell Hall centralized campus social events. Construction of a new
Atrium,
Bookstore, Information Desk, Dining Hall,
computer lab, and new student organization offices continued into 2004. In 2005, a row of automobile
chop shops adjacent to campus were demolished. In 2006, construction of a new off-campus residence hall by commenced in the chop shops' prior location. The new hall, paying no homage to the chop shops of past, is dubbed the and is slated to open in Fall 2007.
In 2005, was fully renovated and reinaugurated as the Alumni Center and the symbolic front door to the university. Its restored tower was the logo of the former Newark College of Engineering. A rebranding campaign with the current
slogan, "NJIT - New Jersey's Science and Technology University - The Edge in Knowledge", was launched to emphasize NJIT’s unique position as
New Jersey's preeminent science-and-technology-focused research university.
Recently, the school has changed its accredited management school into AACSB-accredited business school. The new formed business school focuses on utilizing technology to serve business needs. The school benefits from its close location to
New York City; the financial capital of the world. It is located 25 minutes from
Wall Street. The school has also strong academic collaboration with
Rutgers business school.
People
The university has 5,263
undergraduate students, 2,795
graduate students, over 10,000
continuing education students, 416 full-time faculty, and 88 part-time faculty. The male-to-female student ratio is 4:1.]
The average SAT score (math + verbal only) for enrolling freshman is 1200 and a GPA of 3.0+.
Albert Dorman Honors College
Albert Dorman Honors College,
NJIT’s Institution for well performing scholars, was formed with an intention to help the brilliant students perform to their full potential. It gives the bright students a chance to study and interact with other students of their level while sharing and expressing their intelligence, enthusiasm, and talent.
[1] The honor-level radiant students are not only backed by their strong academic performance, but also by their good athletics or co-curricular participation.
[2] To join the prestigious Honors College, one must fulfill several minimum requirements starting with filling out the Honors application form available online at
[3] The Honors essay is the most important part of the application, where there is a chance to explain things that your statistical records cannot manifest.
[4].
Minimum requirements for application
High school students:
[5]
- The combined score of either SAT or ACT should be 1250+ or 28+ respectively.
- Must be in the top 15% of his/her high school class
- GMAT:500+;GRE:1100+
- Should have wide range of interests, community services, and leadership activities.
Current NJIT/transfer students:
[6]
- Must have excellent college records
- Minimum GPA of 3.5 on 4.0 scale in college-level curriculum
- Full-time student currently taking no Developmental courses
- Must have at least four semesters remaining to complete the current degree
- Should be eligible to take at least 6 Honors courses that fit into the student's curriculum
Colleges
# Newark College of Engineering
# College of Science and Liberal Arts
# New Jersey School of Architecture and Design
# School of Management
# Albert Dorman Honors College
# College of Computing Sciences
Research
The university is known foremost for its research capabilities in many fields, especially
nanotechnology,
solar physics,
polymer science, and the development of a
smart gun technology [citation required]. The university research centers include the and . The university hosts the
Metro New York FIRST Robotics office. The university also hosts the which owns and operates the
Big Bear Solar Observatory, the world's largest solar observatory, located in
Big Bear Lake,
California, and operates the
Owens Valley Solar Array, near
Bishop,
California.
In the past, NJIT was home to the , a premier research center for furthering the state of the art in Computer Mediated Communication. The systems that resulted from this research are the Electronic Information Exchange System (EIES), as well as the continuations after that: Electronic Information Exchange System 2 (EIES2) and the Tailorable Electronic Information Exchange System (TEIES). One of the foremost developments of EIES was that of the Virtual Classroom (TM), a term coined by Dr. Starr Roxanne Hiltz. This was the first e-learning platform in the world, and was unique in that it evolved onto an existing communications system, rather than having a system created specifically for it. The CCCC and EIES were shut down in the mid-90s.
The university also maintains an advanced in its Mathematics Department for research purposes.
Student life
Student Government
Student Senate
Purpose
- The is the only duly elected student body recognized by the university representing the full-time and part-time undergraduate students of the university. The Student Senate shall represent the desires, interests, and needs of the NJIT student body.
Duties/Objectives
- To represent the undergraduate student body in all matters which do not exclusively belong to any other individual organization.
- To promote activities and to establish administrative and financial controls over those activities which affect the student body at large.
- To advise the operations of all Student Senate funded organizations with respect to individual student organizations and the student body.
- To advocate and defend the inherent rights and responsibilities of students consistent with the principles of academic freedom.
- To provide students with direct information of activities, policies and decisions affecting them while in attendance at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
- To assist, to approve, and to charter the formation of all Student Senate affiliated organizations.
Executive Board
- President
- Vice President of Administration
- Vice President of Student Affairs
- Vice President of Finance
- Treasurer
- Corresponding Secretary
- Recording Secretary
Committees
- Elections
- Judicial
- Administration
- Student Affairs
- Finance
- Athletics and School Spirit
- Constitution
- Public Relations
- Senior Class
Members
- Class Presidents
- College Representatives
- Major Representatives
- Students-At-Large
Graduate Student Association
Purpose
- The is a student government organization that represents the interests of all graduate students in university affairs. The Graduate Student Association shall provide a structure through which graduate students work together to improve the quality of graduate student life.
Duties/Objectives
- To represent and articulate the interests of the graduate students.
- To promote communication between students, faculty, and administration.
- To oversee the expenditure of graduate student association fees.
- To promote and encourage the professional growth, social and cultural development, and academic excellence of students in the graduate programs of the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Executive Board
- President
- Vice President of Administration
- Vice President of Public Relations
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- Technology Officer
Committees
- Clubs and Constitution
- Finance
- Activities Committee
- Awards Committee
- Campus Planning Committee
- Graduate Student Research Day Committee
Members
- Representatives
- Alternate Representatives
Student organizations
- Yearbook
- Student Activities Council
- The Vector (Student Newspaper)
- Geek Radio
- African Student Association
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- Alpha Omega
- Alpha Phi Mu (IE)
- Alpha Rho Chi
- American Chemical Society
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- NJIT Steel Bridge Team
- Amnesty International
- Arab Student Association
- Architecture Student Union
- Association for Computing Machinery
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- Astronomy Club
- Bangladesh Student Association (BSA)
- Bemani Gamers Association
- Biology Society
- Biomedical Engineering Society
- Breakdancing Club
- Brick City Performance
- Campus Advance
- Campus Crusade for Christ
- Caribbean Student self Organization
- Chess Club
- College Republicans
- Community Environmental Awareness Group
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- Council of Commuting Students
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- DECA
- ECE Club
- Educational Opportunity Program Student Organization
- Engineering Without Borders
- Filipino Student Association
- FIRST Student Association (First Robotics)
- Habitat for Humanity
- Haitian Student Association
- Higher Ground
- Hindu Student Council
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- IEEE Student Branch
- Institute of Industrial Engineers
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- International Students Organization
- Italian Club
- Jewish Student Organization
- Judo
- Korean Campus Crusade for Christ
- Korean Student Association
- Music Interest Club
- Muslim Student Association
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Newman Christian Fellowship
- NJIT Amateur Radio Club
- NJIT Ambassadors Club
- NJIT Anime
- NJIT Art Society
- NJIT BBOY
- NJIT Game Development Club
- NJIT Italian Club
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- NJITX
- Pakistan Student Association
- Persian Cultural Society
- Pershing Rifle
- Phi Eta Sigma
- Polish Student Association
- / South Asian Dance Troupe
- Red Cross Club
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- Society for Advancement of Management
- Society of Automotive Engineers
- Society of Musical Arts
- Society of Physics Students
- / Society of Women Engineers
- Spectrum
- Students Concerned w/ Efficient Environmental Design
- Tau Beta Pi
- Turkish Student Association
- Ukrainian Club
- United sikh students (USS)
- Water Watch Environmental Awareness Group
Athletics
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NJIT's sports teams are called the
Highlanders. The school colors are red and white, with navy. NJIT's athletic teams compete in the
NCAA Division I. The men's soccer team participates in the
Atlantic Soccer Conference while most other teams are independent Division I. The NCAA has agreed for NJIT to reclassify its entire athletics program to Division I. This is a four-year process that will bring all Highlander sports to full Division I status and championship eligibility by 2009-10. After many years of being an independent, they will compete as charter members of the all-sports version (previously football-only)
Great West Conference for its inaugural 2008-09 season.
[7]
The sports available at NJIT are:
- Baseball
- Basketball - Defeated Bryant University 61-51 on January 21, 2009 to end an NCAA Division I record 51 game losing streak
- Cross Country
- Fencing
- Ice Hockey
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track & Field
- Volleyball
- Cheer Team
Honor societies
- Alpha Phi Mu
- Arnold Air Society
- Chi Epsilon
- Eta Kappa Nu
- Omega Chi Epsilon
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Phi Eta Sigma
- Pi Tau Sigma
- Tau Alpha Phi
- Tau Beta Pi
- Upsilon Pi Epsilon
Greek life
Fraternities
- Alpha Phi Omega
- Alpha Rho Chi
- Alpha Sigma Phi
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- Lambda Sigma Upsilon
- Phi Beta Sigma
- Pi Kappa Phi
- Psi Upsilon
- Sigma Lambda Beta
- Sigma Pi
- Tau Delta Phi
- Tau Epsilon Phi
- Tau Kappa Epsilon
- Theta Chi
Sororities
- Alpha Sigma Tau
- Delta Phi Epsilon
- Delta Phi Omega
- Delta Sigma Theta
- Kappa Psi Epsilon
- Lambda Tau Omega
- Lambda Theta Alpha
- Sigma Psi Kappa
Residence life
Mission statement
"To collaborate with students, faculty and staff in providing residential services that support students' academic and personal development by fostering diverse, engaging and responsible learning communities."
[8]
Living on campus
Since 1978 students have been able to live on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus. The Residence Life community consists of over 1450 graduate and undergraduate students.
There are four residence halls on the New Jersey Institute of Technology campus. Redwood Hall was the first constructed in 1978 followed by Cypress, Oak and Laurel halls. Each hall has a unique character with Cypress and Redwood being primarily freshman halls and Laurel and Oak designated upper classmen halls. Each room is equipped with bed, dressers, closets space, lights, desks and chairs. There is also cable and internet provided to each room free of cost. Telephone service is also available. Upon entering the building students are required to swipe an identification card three separate times as well as have a photo ID check.
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Residence Life also offers Learning Communities through out each of the residence halls. These communities are specific floors designated to different majors such as Architecture, Biomedical, and Electrical Engineering. In Cypress, Redwood and Laurel, there are two resident assistants on each floor. They are there to provide the students with help for any type of problem. Oak Hall, being an upper classmen hall, has one community assistant to every two floors. Their responsibilities are comparable to those of a resident assistant.
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Freshmen and sophomores living on campus are required to have a meal plan. Food services are provided by Gourmet Dinning Services or GDS. Buffet style dinning is available 7:00 AM – 9:00 PM Monday – Friday (weekend vary).
[11] Taco Bell, Hershey Ice Cream Shop, a salad shop, coffee shop, sandwich shop and a convenience store are also all available to students.
[12]
Traditions
- The Tour de Tech is an annual campus bicycle race.
- Some still call the university by its earlier name, Newark College of Engineering (NCE
). NCE is now one of the six colleges within the university.
- NJIT students have been called NiJITs in the past (School catalogue of '78, P.45)
- Beginning in 2004, NJIT Day
has become an annual campus event, with being the inaugural event's winners, taking place early October of each year where the families of students as well as alumni are invited to participate in the festivities.
Notable Alumni
- Beatrice Hicks (1919–1979), founder of the Society of Women Engineers in 1950. [13]
- Daniel J. Carroll, Jr., president and CEO,
- Frank C. Fasulo, software engineer & professional race driver, ,
- Gerard J. Foschini, prominent telecommunications engineer at Bell Labs. Inventor of Bell Laboratories Layered Space-Time (BLAST).
- Hernan "Chico" Borja, professional soccer player
- Jim Stamatis, vice president, Louis Berger Group
- John J. Mooney, co-inventor of the automotive catalytic converter and co-winner of . [14]
- Kazuo Hashimoto, (Honorary Doctor of Science, 94) , Prolific inventor (late) of Caller-ID system and telephone answering machine (more than 1000 patents filed worldwide). ]
- Matt Bajor, (1984–2009), industrialist
- Pierre Ramond (1943–), string theorist. Distinguished Professor of Physics at University of Florida.
- Saurabh Abrol (class of 2002), online entrepreneur who grew his dot.com into a multi-million dollar business..
- Victor A. Pelson (class of 1959), retired Chairman of AT&T Global Operations and ex-CEO of AT&T Communications Services Group ]
- Vince Naimoli (1962 graduate), founding owner of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Wally Schirra (1923–2007), retired navy captain, US astronaut (late). 5th US astronaut and 9th in the world. Only person to fly in all of America's first three space programs (Mercury, Gemini and Apollo).
- Valentino Scipioni Jr., high school Physics teacher at Westfield High School in Westfield, NJ.
Some Notable Faculty Members
- Ali Abdi, Associate professor (Electrical Engineering). Winner of 2008 New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award. Discovered a new underwater communications channel. ]
- David Kristol, Professor Emeritus (Biomedical Engineering).
- David Horntrop, Professor (Mathematics)
- Denis Blackmore, Professor (Mathematics)
- Gary Thomas (late), ex-provost and senior vice president for academic affairs (1990 to 1998). Chancellor of the University of Missouri–Rolla (currently known as Missouri University of Science and Technology) from 1998 to 2005. ]
- Gregory Kriegsmann, Distinguished Professor and Chair (Mathematics). Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). ]
- Kamalesh Sirkar, Distinguished Professor (Chemical Engineering) and Foundation Professor of Membrane Separations. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. ]
- Lillian Gilbreth, Professor (late). First female member of the National Academy of Engineering. Often referred to as "First Lady of Engineering".
- Louis J. Lanzerotti, Distinguished Research Professor (Physics) at NJIT's Center for Solar Terrestrial Research. One of 25 members of the National Science Board at the National Science Foundation. Member of the National Academy of Engineering. ]]
- Murray Turoff, Distinguished professor emeritus (Computer & Information Systems). Winner of Electronic Frontier Foundation's Computer Pioneer Award. Considered by many to be the "Father of computer conferencing". ]]
- Philip R. Goode, Distinguished Professor (Physics). Director of the . New Jersey High-Tech Hall of Fame inductee. Fellow of the American Physical Society. ]]
- Priscilla Nelson, Professor (Civil Engineering). Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Eminent Engineer of Tau Beta Pi. ]
- Richard Sher, Distinguished professor (History) and NJIT Chair of the Federated History Department of NJIT and Rutgers University, Newark. Winner of The American Historical Association’s Leo Gershoy Award. ]
- Robert Altenkirch, NJIT university president (Mechanical Engineering). Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
- Robert M. Miura, Distinguished Professor (Mathematical and of Biomedical Engineering). Fellow of Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). ]
- Saul Fenster, former NJIT university president (Mechanical Engineering). Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education. ]
- Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Distinguished Professor Emerita (Information Systems). Winner of Sloan Consortium 2004 Award for Most Outstanding Achievement in online Teaching and Learning by an individual. ]
- Soha Abdeljaber, University Lecturer (Mathematics). Rated as one of top 50 professors (2007) in USA by RateMyProfessors website. ]
- Som Mitra, Professor (Chemistry and Environmental Sciences). Innovative nanotube researcher of plastic sheet solar cells. ]
- Stewart D. Personick, Wireless Telecom Chair (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Winner of IEEE/OSA John Tyndall Award. Member of National Academy of Engineering. ]
- Treena Livingston Arinzeh, Associate Professor (Biomedical Engineering). Winner of Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineer. ]
- William C. Van Buskirk, Distinguished Professor and Foundation Professor (Biomedical Engineering). Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, and of the Biomedical Engineering Society. ]
- Yeheskel Bar-Ness, Distinguished Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering). Named an Inventor of the Year (2006) by the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame. Winner of Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award (2008). Fellow and Lifetime Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEEE). ]]
Ranking
- U.S. News & World Report’s 2010 Annual Guide to America’s Best Colleges Today named NJIT 115th (Tier-1) overall in the National Universities category. It is also rated as the 7th most ethnically diversified university among universities in this category.
- NJIT ranked ninth in the nation for conferring bachelor’s degrees in engineering to African Americans, according to Diverse: Issues in Higher Education.
- The Oct. 17, 2006 issue of US News and World Report named NJIT’s program as sixth in the nation based on enrollment in ABET-accredited engineering schools and fifth in the nation based on the age of the program.]
- NJIT is currently ranked by Princeton Review as #6 in the Nation for Least Happy Students. In recent years, it has been ranked #1 in this category three times (2002-2005), and #5 once (2005-2006 academic year). ]
- Princeton Review also ranks it #8 in the Nation for "Professors Get Low Marks" and #15 for "Diverse Student Population". ]
- Princeton Review also ranks NJIT as one of top 50 best value public colleges. ]
- NJIT is currently ranked by the Chronicle of Higher Education as #10 in the nation in mathematics for faculty productivity.
NOTE: The ranking statistic are based on the best 371 colleges of more than 2500 colleges in USA.
See also
- New Jersey Tech Highlanders
- NJIT School of Management
- New Jersey Institute of Technology Vector
- NJIT Capstone Program
- Robert Altenkirch
- 2007-08 NJIT Highlanders men's basketball team
References
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College: About the Albert Dorman Honors College
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College: Apply
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College: Tips for Writing an Honors College Essay
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College: Admission
- NJIT: Albert Dorman Honors College:
- http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700241969,00.html New Great West Conference
- ResLife Main Page
- Residence Halls Page
- Learning Communities Page
- Gourmet Dinning Services Hours Page
- Gourmet Dinning Services Home Page
- Beatrice Alice Hicks, 1919–1979, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Accessed December 18, 2007. "After graduating from Orange High School in 1935, she enrolled in Newark College of Engineering, later renamed the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). In 1939, she received her B.S. in chemical engineering, and stayed on at the school as a research assistant for three years after graduation."
- "John Mooney, co-inventor of the Catalytic Converter, to Receive Distinguished Alumni Achievement Medal from New Jersey Institute of Technology", New Jersey Institute of Technology press release. Accessed April 24, 2008.