Qian Lei, of Harrison, Inducted into Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students at NJIT

Qian Lei, of Harrison, was inducted into the Sigma Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Lambda National Honor Society for Graduate and Professional Students at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on Friday, November 15, 2013.  Fadi P. Deek, PhD, provost and senior executive vice president at NJIT, was the guest speaker at the induction ceremony and luncheon.

Lei is working toward an MS in pharmaceutical engineering at NJIT’s Newark College of Engineering.          

Alpha Epsilon Lambda was founded in 1990 with the specific objective of recognizing the academic and leadership accomplishments of graduate and professional school students. The criteria for selection into the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Lambda at NJIT include academic excellence; leadership activities (academic, professional, or community); exemplary character; and completion of at least two-thirds of the credits toward an NJIT master’s or doctoral degree.   

NJIT, New Jersey’s science and technology university, enrolls approximately 10,000 students pursuing bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in 127 programs. The university consists of six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, College of Computing Sciences and Albert Dorman Honors College. U.S. News & World Report’s 2014 Annual Guide to America’s Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities. NJIT is internationally recognized for being at the edge in knowledge in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. Many courses and certificate programs, as well as graduate degrees, are available online through the Division of Continuing Professional Education.