From fusing technology and medicine to create sophisticated techniques for fighting cancer to pioneering the future of coastal sustainability and resiliency, Stevens was recognized for innovations that advance the state's burgeoning tech sector.

Keynote speaker Admiral Paul F. Zukunft, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, underscored the importance of both a cyber strategy for securing maritime activities and of planning for the effects of climate change.

Professor Marehalli Prasad and the echo-free chamber he helped build are drawing researchers to Stevens to study sound in its purest form.

"Bionic systems" research performed in the Stevens lab of mechanical engineering professor Manu Mannoor could lead to custom-formed body parts that mimic or enhance human functions such as hearing.

A new simulation platform being built in the School of Business will probe global markets and exchanges for vulnerabilities.

Dr. Sandeep Sacheti, an executive vice president at Wolters Kluwer, urged a standing-room-only crowd at Stevens to think differently about data and how it can be used to make better decisions.

Michael Manzella '09 and Christine Ballard '07 are two of the municipal engineers who will take part in redesigning the city's iconic roadway to accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists and motorists.