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RESEARCH

NEWS  •  Spring 2021

ImageThis digital newsletter is an abbreviated version of Stevens Institute of Technology's research publication IMPACT. Read the current issue.

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Smarter MRI to Spot Alzheimer's, Aneurysms

Stevens researchers leverage AI and powerful new imaging techniques for the early detection of deadly aneurysms and the potential onset of Alzheimer's.

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Quantum Leap in Photon Generation

Stevens physicists attain a 100-times-faster breakthrough in technology that could one day power quantum computers.


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Annual Floods, Stronger Hurricanes

A Stevens-Princeton investigation predicts annual floods on New York's Long Island — and stronger hurricanes in the Northeast — by the end of the century.


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Detecting Depression

A Stevens-developed algorithm scans written text and social media to predict when a person may be experiencing depression.

RECENT RECOGNITION & AWARDS

  • Johannes Weickenmeier was awarded approximately $840,000 to participate in a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded research program to investigate dementia co-led by the UC Davis School of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center.
  • Marcin Iwanicki and Shang Wang received approximately $420,000 from the National Cancer Institute for their project, "High-Resolution Dynamic Imaging of Ovarian Cancer Metastasis Post Chemotherapy." The two researchers will collaborate with Fox Chase Cancer Center on the work.
  • Shima Hajimirza received two awards totaling approximately $570,000 from the National Science Foundation for investigations into improving the energy efficiency of thin-film solar cells and the use of computational modeling to more accurately measure the response of materials to radiation and heat.
  • The Department of Defense (DoD) awarded $2.3 million to the Stevens-led Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) consortium to support the creation of a new Acquisition Innovation and Research Center (AIRC) within SERC.
  • Antonia Zaferiou received $125,000 from the Interdisciplinary Rehabilitation Engineering Research Career Development Program (IRE-K12), an NIH-supported program, to further her research and student mentorship in movement and rehabilitation studies.
  • Roxana Rahmati, a Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering, was awarded top prize for her presentation at the 36th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy organized by the Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) Foundation.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  • Jose Ramirez-Marquez co-published new findings with UNICEF in the journal Child Abuse & Neglect on "Using Social Media for Assessing children’s exposure to violence during the COVID-19 pandemic." Stevens collaborators included Pouria Babvey, Fernanda Capela and Carlo Lipizzi.
  • Yeganeh Hayeri and Saeed Vasebi co-authored "Air Emission Impacts of Low-Level Automated Vehicle Technologies in U.S. Metropolitan Areas" for Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (7 [2020]: 100194).
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