The Research and Development Council of NJ presented the Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award to Kamalesh K. Sirkar, PhD, distinguished chemical engineering professor at NJIT.  Dr. Sirkar received the honor for his patent to remove volatile organic pollutants from waste gas streams produced from manufacturing processes before the toxic pollutants are released to the atmosphere.  The council also honored Jyh-Yao Raphel Li, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow who is a co-inventor of the patent.

Dimitrios Zarkadas received the graduate student award from the New Jersey Inventor Hall of Fame (NJIHOF) for the development of a technology for polymeric, hollow fine-fiber heat exchangers.  The awards ceremony was held at NJIT on June 22, 2006.

Dr. Piero Armenante is the recipient of the 2006 North American Mixing Forum NAMF Award for Contribution to Mixing Research and Practice, sponsored by Proctor & Gamble Company and the North American Mixing Forum of AIChE.

Dr. Deran Hanesian received the Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education Award on May 5, 2006 from the Newark College of Engineering.

Dr. Kamalesh K. Sirkar, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at NJIT, received the AIChE Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology at the 2005 AIChE Annual Meeting. Dr. Sirkar was recognized for pioneering novel membrane gas separation techniques, innovative process concepts, membrane contractors for gas absorption/stripping, highly selective and stable liquid membranes, and for co-editing the "Membrane Handbook."

Stephanie Farrell, PhD ChE 1996, received the Robert G. Quinn award for outstanding contributions in providing and promoting excellence in experimentation and laboratory instruction.  The  award was presented at the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference in Chicago.

Anne Marie Flynn, PhD ChE 2000, received the Joseph J. Martin award of the Chemical Engineering Division for her paper on "The Greening of Chemical Engineering" students.  The award was presented at the 2006 ASEE Annual Conference in Chicago.

Dimitrios Zarkadas, PhD ChE January 2005) has been chosen as the recipient of the 2005 AIChE Process Development Division Student Paper Award.  The award will be presented to Dimitri on November 2, 2005 at the 2005 Annual AIChE meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Costas Gogos, Principal Investigator Advanced Cluster Energetics grant, was awarded $1,539,358.00 for the period of July 14, 2005 thru July 13, 2006.  

Dr. Kamalesh Sirkar has been selected as the recipient of the AIChE 2005 Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology.  This award is sponsored by Praxair, Inc., and will be presented to Dr. Sirkar at the Institute's Honors Ceremony scheduled for October 30, 2005 during AIChE's 2005 Annual Meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Dr. Deran Hanesian and Special Lecturer Joseph Kisutcza both won NJIT Excellence in Teaching Awards in their respective categories in 2004.  Dr. Hanesian also received the 2004 Newark College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award which recognizes a full time member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching as recognized by faculty, students and alumni and has served as a full time member for at least three years

Dr. Piero Armenante received the Saul K. Fenster Innovation in Engineering Education that  recognizes significant innovative outstanding contributions to  engineering education at NCE .

Dr. Marino Xanthos was named a winner of the 2003 Harlan J. Perlis Research Award, presented by the NJIT Board of Overseers to a faculty member whose work advances the state-of-the-art and furthers scientific investigation.He was also named a fellow of the Society for Plastics Engineers (SPE). Out of some 25,000 members of SPE, only 210 have ever been elected to fellow status.

Dr. Dana Knox was named secretary of the Subcommittee on Solubility and Equilibrium Data of  IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry).