The Academic News
APRIL 2019
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Message from the Provost

Working Together to Build Our Dynamic, Forward-Looking University

Serving as the chief academic officer of Stevens Institute of Technology is a sizable responsibility. But it also affords me the opportunity to be deeply immersed in much of what makes our university community special. I would like to share some of what I have been working on as provost this year. I hope this gives you some insight into our diverse and dynamic institution and why I find my job so rewarding. Continue Reading>

Faculty and Staff Spotlight

Antonia Zaferiou, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering and Science


Stephanie Riker, Senior Coordinator, Office of Academics

Faculty Awards | Research | Grants


Selected Faculty Honors and Achievements

Giuseppe Ateniese, Computer Science (SES), has been ranked No. 7 in the world in AMiner's A-10 “Most Influential Security and Privacy Scholars” ranking.

Athula Attygalle, Chemistry and Chemical Biology (SES), was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Mark Blackburn (SERC) and Benjamin Kruse (SSE) presented their paper, “Collaborating with OpenMBEE as an Authoritative Source of Truth Environment,” at the 17th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER).

Alexander De Rosa and Maxine Fontaine, Mechanical Engineering (SES), won the American Society for Engineering Education Best Zone 1 Paper 2018 Award for “Implementation and First-Year Results of an Engineering Spatial Skills Enhancement Program.”

Jinho Kim, Biomedical Engineering (SES), had the paper, “Cell Replacement in Human Lung Bioengineering,” published in the key journal, Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Christopher Manzione and Jeff Thompson (CAL) both earned Individual Artist Fellowship Awards from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and were the only two people in the state recognized for digital and electronic media.

Jose Ramirez-Marquez (SSE) published “Fusing Pattern Discovery and Visual Analytics Approaches in Tweet Propagation” in Information Fusion and “Nar-A-Viz: A Methodology to Visually Extract the Narrative Structure of Text” in Computer Speech & Language.

Nicholas O’Brien (CAL) earned one of 11 spots in Kickstarter’s Creators-in-Residence program. He’ll be working on The Last Survey, a video game that follows the story of a geologist contracted by a Brazilian mining company to survey rare earth metal reserves.

Largest New Research Awards, January-February 2019

  • February 15: Matthew Libera, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (SES) — New Jersey Health Foundation, $35,000 — Expandable Microarray Cartridge for Point-of-Care Pathogen Detection
  • February 15: Jinho Kim, Biomedical Engineering (SES) — New Jersey Health Foundation, $34,450 — An Automated Drug Delivery Device for Site-Specific Lung Infection Treatment
  • February 1: Stephanie Lee, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (SES) — National Science Foundation, $500,000 — CAREER: Engineering Arrays of Organic Light Harvesting Crystals from Solution
  • January 15: Yi Guo, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $927,247 — SCH:INT: Collaborative Research: Aging in Place Through Enhanced Mobility and Social Connectedness: An Integrated Robot and Wearable Sensor Approach
  • January 15: Dibyendu Sarkar, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering (SES) — Bayonne Golf Club, $60,931 — Bayonne Wetland Design
  • January 1: Jordan Suchow (SB) — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, $606,087 — Culture-on-a-Chip Computing: Crowdsourced Simulations of Culture, Group Formation, and Collective Identity
  • January 1: Tal Ben-Zvi (SB) — The Nicholson Foundation, $500,820 — Improving the Quality of Service and Reducing Costs for Medicaid Patients at Monmouth Medical Center
  • January 1: Lei Wu, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $477,020 — US Ignite: Focus Area 1: An Integrated Reconfigurable Control and Self-Organizing Communication Framework for Advanced Community Resilience Microgrids
  • January 1: Lei Wu, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $199,804 — Collaborative Research: Improving Energy Reliability by Co-Optimization Planning for Interdependent Electricity and Natural Gas Infrastructure Systems
  • January 1: Lei Wu, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $89,938 — CAREER: Stochastic Multiple Time-Scale Co-Optimized Resource Planning of Future Power Systems with Renewable Generation, Demand Response and Energy Storage

Faculty Promotions and Tenure (effective AY19-20)

Tenure-Stream Faculty

  • Anthony Pennino, Assistant Professor (CAL) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Elaine Henry, Associate Professor (SB) – award of tenure
  • Gaurav Sabnis, Assistant Professor (SB) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Steve Yang, Assistant Professor (SB) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Robert Chang, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering (SES) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Yuping Huang, Assistant Professor, Physics (SES) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Georgios Portokalidis, Assistant Professor, Computer Science (SES) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Negar Tavassolian, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) – promotion to Associate Professor and award of tenure
  • Shucheng Yu, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) – award of tenure
  • Yong Zhang, Associate Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology (SES) – promotion to Professor

Non-Tenure-Stream Faculty

  • Robin Hammerman, Teaching Assistant Professor (CAL) – promotion to Teaching Associate Professor
  • Ionut Florescu, Research Associate Professor (SB) – promotion to Research Professor
  • Eduardo Bonelli, Teaching Associate Professor, Computer Science (SES) –promotion to Teaching Professor
  • Brian Borowski, Teaching Assistant Professor, Computer Science (SES) – promotion to Teaching Associate Professor
  • Mukund Iyengar, Teaching Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) – promotion to Teaching Associate Professor
  • Dov Kruger, Teaching Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) – promotion to Teaching Associate Professor
  • Philip Orton, Research Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering (SES) – promotion to Research Associate Professor
  • Sally Shady, Teaching Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering (SES) – promotion to Teaching Associate Professor

Academic Faculty and Staff Changes

January 26 through March 22, 2019

NEW HIRES AND JOB CHANGES

Charles V. Schaefer Jr., School of Engineering & Science

  • Ankit Gangwal, Visiting Research Scholar, Computer Science

School of Business

  • Elizabeth Awosogba, Program Coordinator of Finance Programs
  • Emmanuel Hatzakis, Teaching Professor and Director of the Masters Program in Finance and Financial Engineering

School of Systems and Enterprises

  • Joseph Thekinen, Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Kara Pepe, SERC Operations Manager

Office of the Provost

  • Advait Gupte, Business Analyst, Workday Project Management
  • Sarah Vicente, Administrative Assistant

Recent News

Stevens to Begin a Game-Changing Building Project

Stevens Institute of Technology will soon embark on the most ambitious infrastructure project in its history when it begins the initial phase of construction of the Student Housing and University Center project.


In Pursuit of Fintech Expertise, Ca’ Foscari Signs Agreement with Stevens

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice signed an agreement with the Stevens School of Business that will allow students at the Italian university to enroll in the Financial Analytics master’s program at Stevens.


Stevens Students Develop Technologies to Fight Human Trafficking

With support from tech giant IBM, the United Nations and Fundación Pasos Libres, Stevens Institute of Technology students have teamed up to develop technologies aimed at combating human trafficking.


U.S. News Rankings: School of Business Is 11th in the Nation Among Corporate Recruiters

In its 2020 Best Grad Schools rankings, U.S. News & World Report rated Stevens No. 11 in the country in its corporate recruiter category — a testament to how closely faculty at the School of Business work with industry leaders in financial services, technology, media, healthcare and beyond.


School of Systems and Enterprises Programs Advance Six Positions in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) graduate programs have been ranked 33rd nationwide by U.S. News & World Report Graduate School Rankings as part of the Industrial/Manufacturing/
Systems Engineering category.


Software Engineering Undergrad Debuts as Student Government Association President

New Student Government Association (SGA) president and sophomore at the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) Jason Chlus has one overarching goal in mind – to become an effective voice of the student body.


New Scholarship Program at Stevens Aims to Increase Underrepresented Minorities in Finance

Stevens has been selected by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group Foundation as one of eight U.S. academic institutions to receive scholarship support for underrepresented minorities and low-income students looking to advance their education and careers in the financial services industry.

Events


April 10

The President's Distinguished Lecture Series: Bruce March

April 11

7th Annual Learning Technology Exposition

April 17

Provost's Lecture Series on Women in Leadership: Menah Pratt-Clarke, J.D., Ph.D.

May 3

2019 Stevens Innovation Expo

Resources


Office of the Provost
Office of the Provost - Announcements
Office of Academic Administration
Center for Faculty Engagement and Advancement

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