Honors Faculty
Faculty who participate in Honors courses are widely recognized in their fields.
Faculty Teaching Honors Courses
Faculty who participate in Honors courses are widely recognized in their fields. Some are fellows of prestigious professional organizations, members of highly selective national science and engineering academies, and still others recipients of national awards for outstanding achievement. They conduct meaningful research that is supported by major corporations and national agencies, publish their work in leading national and international journals, present their work at conferences and symposia around the world and most importantly, share their discoveries in the classroom. Faculty also bring solid industrial work experience to the classroom.
Honors Faculty
Louis I. Hamilton, Ph.D.
Dean, Albert Dorman Honors College
Faculty Fellows
The Honors Faculty Program offers Dorman Scholars exciting new boutique courses purpose-built for their interests. These semester-long special offerings are taught by celebrated NJIT professors and rising stars in collaboration with and support from leading corporate and public partners.
Michel Boufadel, Ph.D.
Professor, John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Vivek A. Kumar, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Vatsal Shah, Ph.D., P.E.
Adjunct Professor, John A. Reif, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Objectives of Honors Courses
According to the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), most Honors Courses will have the following five objectives (or some variation of them):
- To help students develop effective written communication skills
- To help students develop effective oral communication skills
- To help students develop their ability to analyze and synthesize a broad range of material
- To help students understand how scholars think about problems, formulate hypotheses, research those problems, and draw conclusions about them, or understand how creative artists approach the creative process and produce original work
- To help students become more independent and critical thinkers, demonstrating the ability to use knowledge and logic when discussing an issue or an idea, while considering the consequences of their ideas for themselves, for others, and for society