The Academic News
SEPTEMBER 2018
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Message from the Provost

Highlights from 2018; Looking Ahead to 2019

With our largest-ever incoming undergraduate class and a record number of new faculty, this academic year is already shaping up to be a banner one for Stevens Institute of Technology. I am proud of the progress that we have made during my time here and I am eager to continue our collaborative efforts to build a premier research and teaching institution.

Recent News

TEDx at Stevens Institute of Technology Brings Spark — and Deep Discussions — to Campus

An exceptional group of Stevens professors and staff captivated a standing-room only crowd in DeBaun Auditorium and thousands across the world via livestream during the university's first-ever TEDx event.


Stevens Opens Doors to Record Number of New Faculty for Fall 2018

Stevens Institute of Technology has opened its doors to 30 new faculty members for the 2018-19 academic year, including a new dean and two department chairs.


Stevens Completes First Summer Study Program with Tsinghua University

Eight Tsinghua University undergraduates came to Stevens to participate in pillar research projects, engage with the Stevens community, participate in campus life and experience life in the United States, with a focus on opportunities in nearby New York City.


Incoming Class of 2022 Arrives at Castle Point with Diverse Backgrounds, Accomplishments and Interests

What do a junior Olympics fencer, a competitive yodeler, a Broadway performer and a three-time national taekwondo champion have in common? All are members of the Class of 2022, the largest in university history.


Inaugural Summer Program for Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence a Hit

The first-ever Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence summer immersion program was a success, with 11 international undergraduate students attending for six weeks.


Stevens Creates a New Model to Expand Access to STEM Education

More than two dozen high school scholars from underserved communities experienced campus life at Stevens through one-to-two-week pre-college programs that ranged from game design to an engineering "boot camp."

Faculty and Staff Spotlight

Min Song, professor and department chair, electrical and computer engineering


Michelle Crilly, director of the Student and Faculty Support Center

Faculty Awards | Research | Grants


Dr. Gaurav Sabnis and Dr. Jeffrey Nickerson (Business) won a Best Paper award from the Academy of Management for "Knowledge Reuse for Customization: Metamodels in an Open Design Community for 3D Printing."

Dr. Jon Wade (SSE) was named one of three International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) Fellows for 2018.

Largest research awards, July-August 2018

  • August 24: Dr. Dinesh Verma, SERC — U.S. Department of Defense, $341,642 — RT-209: System Qualities (SQs) Tradespace and Affordability, Phase 7
  • August 24: Dr. Dinesh Verma, SERC — U.S. Department of Defense, $132,051 — RT-187: PEO Missiles and Space Systems Engineering Methods
  • August 15: Dr. Stefan Strauf, Physics (SES) — National Science Foundation, $322,577 — Collaborative Research: Plasmonic Lasing with Two-Dimensional Heterostructures in the Intrinsic Regime
  • August 15: Dr. Mehmet Kurt, Mechanical Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $274,994 — Collaborative Research: Mechanical Characterization of Bio-Interfaces by Shear Wave Scattering
  • August 2: Dr. Mahmood Sohrabi, Mathematical Sciences (SES) — $293,266 — Misconception Recognition and Randomization of Problems
  • August 1: Dr. Yuping Huang, Physics (SES) — National Science Foundation, $239,999 — Collaborative Research: Parity-Time Symmetry and Anti-Symmetry in Quantum Optics
  • August 1: Dr. Nick Parziale, Mechanical Engineering (SES) — U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, $1,444,891 — Radiative and Dispersive Behavior of Instabilities in a Highly-Cooled Hypersonic Boundary Layer
  • July 26: Dr. Dinesh Verma, SERC — U.S. Department of Defense, $114,845 — Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC) Program Management
  • July 3: Dr. Paul Grogan, SERC — U.S. Department of Defense, $160,414 — Game-theoretic Risk Assessment for Distributed Systems (GRADS)
  • July 2: Dr. Susanne Wetzel, Computer Science (SES) — National Science Foundation, $127,505 — PIA: NSF Personal Mobility Program
  • July 1: Dr. Jon Miller, Davidson Laboratory — N.J. Department of Environmental Protection, $500,000 — Coastal Protection, Technical Assistance Service
  • July 1: Dr. Hady Salloum, STAR Center — U.S. Department of Homeland Security, $216,649 — Center for Maritime Research
  • July 1: Dr. Hady Salloum, STAR Center — U.S. Department of Homeland Security, $166,656 — Center for Maritime Research
  • July 1: Dr. Min Song, Electrical and Computer Engineering (SES) — National Science Foundation, $83,316 — Collaborative Research: The Ontology of Inter-Vehicle Networking with Spatial-Temporal Correlation and Spectrum Cognition
  • July 1: Dr. Mark Blackburn, SERC — U.S. Department of Defense, $77,498 — RT-195: Transforming Systems Engineering Through Model-Centric Engineering, Phase 5

Events


October 4

Pizza With the Provost (for undergraduates)

October 5

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Opening Night, honoring President Farvardin

October 5-7

Stevens Venture Center HealthTech Hackathon

October 17

SES Dean's Lecture Series: The International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory: Research and Development in Low-Earth Orbit

November 2

Reimagining Math Education Conference

Resources


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

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