Students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) work side by side with professors on the university's most prominent research projects - projects that could lead to new technologies in fields such as biomedical engineering and cancer research. And during Provost's Student Research Showcase on Wednesday, April 12, top students will illustrate that research with poster presentations and discussions.

The research presentations will run from 1:15-3:45 p.m. in the NJIT Campus Center Atrium. The event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.

"The 45 students selected to show their research are some of the best and the brightest at NJIT, said Pricilla Nelson, PhD, NJIT provost and senior vice president for academic affairs "Their research, done under the direction of our most prominent professors, could one day result in pioneering technologies that keep NJIT at the edge of knowledge."

Two students were selected to be keynote speakers during lunch.

• Sai Nudurupati, of E. Newark, a doctoral student in mechanical engineering, will discuss his applied physics research in how to separate and manipulate biological particles. The particles, immersed in fluids, are placed in a MEMS-sized microchannel and subjected to non-uniform electric fields. This method could make it easier to separate and identify deadly bacteria and viruses in the human body. Nudurupati's research, under the direction of Pushpendra Singh and Nadine Aubry, two professors in the mechanical engineering department, won first-prize during a recent graduate student research competition at NJIT. A paper on his research is under review and expected to be published this summer in the Journal of Physics.
• Rina Shah, of Union City, an undergraduate majoring in biomedical engineering, is developing a technique that could be used for the early detection of metastatic cancer cells. Shah will discuss a past research project she d
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Contact: Robert Florida
florida@njit.edu
973-596-5203
New Jersey Institute of Technology
4-Apr-2006


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