Increasing interest from students and demand for engineers in drone and other aviation technologies drove creation of the program, with first degrees slated for 2018.
The board also appointed holders of Tepper Family Chair in Visual Arts and Unilever Chair for Study of Diet and Nutrition for the Prevention of Chronic Disease.
The BEAST will provide data on the durability and future performance of bridge materials and components, and could save billions in infrastructure costs.
Despite some recent gains on the 2016 campaign trail, Gov. Chris Christie has plummeted among his own party’s 2016 preferences back home, according to the latest Rutgers-Eagleton Poll.