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SEPTEMBER 2018

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.

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 | Grants | Research | Citations

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

Largest awards since start of fiscal year:

August 24: Dr. Dinesh Verma, SERC - U.S. Department of Defense, $341,642 -- RT-209: System Qualities (SQs) Tradespace and Affordability - Phase 7
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