Outreach

We do various outreach activities EVERY YEAR. Some selected images and activities are posted here …….

2024

October 25 : Jose Marti STEM Academy wrote an appreciation letter to Dibakar Datta for “changing the lives” of many high school students.

However, the real credit goes to all the Ph.D. students who supervise high school interns without receiving extra compensation. God bless all the Ph.D. students at DDLab.

June 08: Mount Pleasant Elementary School New Jersey invited Dibakar Datta to speak about science to 4th and 5th grade students (ages 10-11 years). Some questions the kids asked :

• “I want to be the first person to land on Mars. I am only 10 years old. How should I prepare?” 🚀

• “I heard about flying cars. Will our school bus also fly? Will we come to school flying?” 🤔

• “Have you invented anything?” 🙄

• “In your opinion, what’s the greatest scientific invention of all time?” ⚡

• “Do you love what you do?” 📚

• “I am 10 years old. How can I earn a lot of money at my age? I don’t like my parents’ spending money on me.” 🙏

God bless these smart kids …

2019

Summer Intern :: Five high-school students, two undergrads, one community college student.

Picture: Ph.D. student Ms. Vidushi Sharma with high school students Ms. Oluwafunmilayo Fatolu (Jonathan Dayton High School, NJ) and Ms. Haley Flores (Memorial High School, NJ). The high school students are funded by the U.S. Army REAP Program.

Picture: Ph.D. student Mr. Jatin Kashyap (right) with NJIT undergrad Mr. Joseph Torsiello (center), and high-school kid Mr. Yoshiki Kakehi (Bergen County Technical High School Teterboro, NJ)

March 16, 2019

 For the third year, Dr. Datta served as the judge for NJIT Academic Fellowship, North Jersey Science Fair 2019 for high school juniors/seniors at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

2018

 July 18, 2018

 Dr. Datta (red arrow) worked with the pre-college teacher Mr. Mark Smith (green arrow). Datta taught high school students of grade 9 and 10 about the foundation of engineering. NJIT Pre-College Program organized this high-school summer program. 

Students also visited Machine Lab @ Mechanical Engineering Department. Lab manager Mr. Joseph Glaz (blue arrow) coordinated the lab tour. 

July 13, 2018

 Dr. Datta (red arrow) worked with the pre-college teacher Dr. Nick Lee (green arrow). Datta taught high school students of grade 9 and 10 about Molecular Dynamics simulation. NJIT Pre-College Program organized this high-school summer program. 

July 09, 2018

 Dr. Datta (marked in red arrow) worked with the pre-college teacher (marked in green arrow) at the Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ. Dr. Datta taught students of grade 2-3 and 4-8. He introduced the design cycle to solve problems, how engineering work depends on teamwork, and using engineering to solve problems in everyday life with specific examples pertaining to surviving hurricane winds, flooding, and extreme temperatures. 

Dr. Sumi Hagiwara at the Department of Early Childhood, Elementary, and Literacy Education of the Montclair State University (MSU) organized the event. Thanks to Dr. Hagiwara for the opportunity !

March 12, 2018

 For the second year, Dr. Datta served as the judge for NJIT Academic Fellowship, North Jersey Science Fair 2018 for high school juniors/seniors at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

Picture – Top: Dr. Datta is judging the poster along with the co-judge (right); Middle: Dr. Datta’s badge. Bottom: Random picture from the event.

January 12, 2018

 Dr. Datta served as event supervisor for the Game-On event at the New Jersey Science Olympiad. NJIT hosted the north jersey regional event. 

 Picture – Dr. Datta in red T-shirt designed for the event. He is supervising high-school students contesting the event. 

2017

 March 11, 2017

 Dr. Datta served as the judge for NJIT Academic Fellowship, North Jersey Science Fair 2017 for high school juniors/seniors at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA

Picture – Top: Dr. Datta’s badge. Bottom: Random picture from the event.