Dear Colleague:

Nurturing the broad elements of academic excellence is the focus ofthe Institute’s Growth Plan, based on the strategic direction ofTechnogenesis®, whose progress is highlighted in this letter.

Faculty are central to the Institute’s academic core. Faculty advancesin the frontiers of their individual and collective fields of research, andof their scholarly interests in pedagogy, have advanced the Institute asa whole. The research centers, consisting of highly talented and inno-vative research faculty, have contributed significantly to the intellectu-al productivity of the Institute. Special faculty, who bring their wel-comed insights, experience, and knowledge from beyond academe,have benefited our programs. Thus, the Institute’s academic core hasbeen enriched, deepened and broadened by a diverse and outstandingfaculty.

Students have benefited from faculty excellence during the ’03-’04academic year. Undergraduates have also enriched the Institute in theclassroom, laboratory, research and design projects, as well as extracur-ricular activities such as athletics and campus organizations. Graduatestudents made great strides in their masters and doctoral research andin incorporating the knowledge gained at the Institute in their variedprofessional endeavors.

Many talented administrative staff devoted themselves to the multi-tude of business functions and services needed to support the facultyand students; their dedication bolstered ‘03-’04 growth.

The key elements of the Growth Plan are increased external supportof research, the recruitment of faculty who take our programs to everhigher levels of excellence, focused growth of the undergraduate stu-dent body with highly competitive selectivity, and strategic increasesin master’s and professional education, which expand the Institute’spartnering with business, industry and government. In the ’03-’04year, global partnerships also flourished.

The goal of the Growth Plan is that the Institute be recognized by theend of this decade as a national asset because of its knowledge cre-ation, innovative technologies and education, cohesively integrated inthe strategy of Technogenesis®. The plan is funded by researchgrowth, enrollment revenue growth and fundraising.

This letter to the greater Institute community highlights:

º New Institute leadership to nurture faculty and center research,foster and guide the development of intellectual property andencourage the next generation of Technogenesis® businessenterprises.

º The three academic schools, including noteworthy accomplish-ments of faculty in research, pedagogy and educational/trainingprogram development and the recruitment of new faculty.

º Selected research centers and their progress in research fundingand innovative technologies.

º Student accomplishments in, and beyond, the classroom andlaboratory.

º Initiatives of administrative personnel, including WebCampusStevens and professional education, enrollment management,the completion of the capital campaign and launching of newfund raising as well as current and near-term campus construc-tion.

“Sustained excellence from faculty, research centers, undergraduateand graduate students, and dedicated administrative staff has led to

exceptional achievements in the ’03-’04 academic year that advancethe Institute and provide inspiring promise for our future.”

– Hal Raveché

Stevens Institute of TechnologyCastle Point on HudsonHoboken, NJ 07030

Office of the President

September 2004Three Stevens student-athletes earnedAcademic All-America honors last year, mark-ing the first time that the school has hadmore than one Academic All-American in asingle year. Senior Brian Lalli, who finishedhis career as the all-time leading scorer in thehistory of the Stevens men’s lacrosse program,became the school’s first two-time AcademicAll-American and was selected to the CollegeDivision Spring At-Large First Team. SeniorAllison Donnelly, the valedictorian of theStevens senior class, was selected to the College Division Women’sTrack/Cross Country First Team. She graduated this May with a per-fect 4.0 grade-point average while earning a Bachelor of Engineeringdegree in Engineering Management as well as a Master’s ofEngineering degree in Systems Engineering. Junior Josh Ottinger,who became the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Stevenssoccer program, earned Academic All-America Third Team honors.

Stevens had six teams qualify for postseason play, including threeteams that earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. The men’s soccerteam, which capped off the best season in the 75-year history of theprogram, compiled a 19-2-2 record and advanced to the “Sweet 16”of the NCAA Tournament. The women’s soccer team, which cap-tured its fourth straight Skyline Conference title, earned its secondstraight NCAA bid. The Ducks also earned a first-round victory forthe second straight season. The men’s lacrosse team qualified for theNCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. After earning anopening-round victory over Springfield College, the Ducks advancedto the quarterfinals for the first time. The men’s volleyball, women’sbasketball and women’s lacrosse teams qualified for their respectiveECAC Tournaments. Men’s volleyball captured its first ECACDivision III Metro Championship.

Stevens student-athletes continue to excel on the playing field and inthe classroom. Last year, the school’s 20 varsity teams combined for a3.15 GPA!

The greater Institute community is characterized by extraordinarilytalented and dedicated people. Their success is a source of great prideand provides a most promising outlook. As we sustain this outstand-ing initiative and continue to increase our overall revenue, the mile-stones and goal of the Growth Plan will be realized, thus advancingthe Institute to ever higher levels of national and global prominence. Iam privileged to recognize the many fine achievements of theInstitute community.

Sincerely yours,

Harold J. RavechéPresident

Allison Rachael Donnelly

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the spring of ’05. As this extraordinary facility, whose design hasalready won several awards, is completed, the construction of a 724space parking garage, associated with the Babbio Building, will com-mence.

The Babbio Center will provide the Howe School of TechnologyManagement with outstanding quality space to expand and strength-en its undergraduate and graduate educational programs as well as itsfaculty research, it will serve as a focal point for the New York metro-politan area and beyond, for visiting scholars, seminars and confer-ences in the burgeoning field of Technology Management.

Walker Hall was renovated in ’03-’04 and provides much neededfacilities for physical education, intramurals and training for varsityathletes. The layout and equipment combine to make a highly func-tional and attractive facility for many future generations of students.

The unoccupied buildings on the southwest side of River Terrace areundergoing renovation to create a 200 bed undergraduate residence toaccommodate the increased enrollment of the Growth Plan. DavisHall dormitory received new windows and air conditioning.

The generosity of alumni is making possible the renovation of JacobusHall which will become the first, fully dedicated campus facility forstudents. The design includes community space, health care office,rooms for student organizations, seminar rooms, and an interfaithchapel.

The linear towing tank in Davidson Laboratory of the Center forMaritime Systems is undergoing renovation and it will be uniqueamong such facilities making it the most modern of any university inthe world.

Future renovations, under planning, include the square tank area ofthe Davidson Laboratory to create additional laboratory and officespace to accommodate the expansion of faculty and research programsin the Growth Plan.

The Samuel C. Williams Library is continuing its growth as a leaderamong university libraries in providing research and academicresources to faculty and students through network and Web access.The implementation of Digital Commons is making possible elec-tronic access to Institute publications and dissertations. The digitiza-tion of the F.W. Taylor Collection is making this valuable resourceavailable to researchers around the world.

All of the Institute’s programs rely on the services of financial andbusiness administrative personnel. Throughout the Finance Division,efforts continue to enhance support for academic, research and stu-dent areas. A new financial reporting system will provide improvedaccess and financial activity reporting throughout the Institute. Thevery fine work of Vice President Mark Samolewicz, and his col-leagues, is gratefully acknowledged.

Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski began in August asVice President for Institute TechnologyInitiatives. This is a newly created, senior,Institute-wide leadership position establishedbecause of the growth of research funding, thegoal to continue this growth, the need for sup-portive business services for research, patentapplications and intellectual property, and therelated goal to spawn future Technogenesis®enterprises.

Dr. Wisniewski builds on the extraordinaryaccomplishments of Dr. Frank L. Fernandez,former Director of the Defense AdvancedResearch Projects Agency (DARPA), who isretiring as Director of Institute TechnologyInitiatives, but who also begins a new role ofactive service as Distinguished TechnologyAdvisor for the Institute. Dr. Fernandez’ tran-sition had been planned and it allows him tospend more time in the San Diego area fromwhere he has been long-distance commuting

since he began at the Institute in 2001.

Dr. Wisniewski's experience, knowledge and contacts are ideally suit-ed for the new Vice President's role. She has extensive experience andshown outstanding accomplishments in academe, industry and not-for-profit organizations. She is a technological entrepreneur, consistentwith Stevens' environment of Technogenesis, and has received awardsfor her contributions to technology and leadership. Dr. Wisniewskihas been a Corporate Director at Lockheed Martin and Vice Presidentat the Titan Corporation and at ANSER, a Washington-based think-tank. She was the founding director of the applied mathematics pro-gram at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)and served in a key position at the Central Intelligence Agency. Inaddition, and very impressively, she founded Aurora Biometrics, Inc.,a provider of complete biometric systems. The company's suite ofproducts was based on advances in mathematical modeling that shedeveloped and patented. She obtained investment capital and grewthe business to the point where it attracted buyers, completing theprocess of innovation to implementation. Having recently completedits sale, Wisniewski was able to join Stevens. She also has extensiveexperience in academia and held the position of department head anddirector of research at Seton Hall University. She has also served as auniversity trustee at other institutions.

The research growth of the faculty and research centers, nurtured byJerry Hultin, Dean of the Howe School of Technology Management,George Korfiatis, Dean of the Schaefer School of Engineering andErich Kunhardt, Dean of the Imperatore School of Science and Artsand by Dr. Frank Fernandez, as well as the Research Center Directors,is illustrated below.

Due to the outstanding success of faculty in the three academicschools and the research centers, the Institute has sustained continueddouble-digit growth in external research funding. Such progressstrongly positions the Institute for the future.

The decision was made in ’03-‘04 to establish a Vice Presidential posi-

tion to head the office of Institute Technology Initiatives (ITI).Functions reporting to this new position now include the Office ofSponsored Research (OSR), Intellectual Property (IP) Management,Technogenesis Commercialization and Investments, and, most recent-ly, Export Compliance. A critical component to this structure was thetransfer of dedicated resources supporting sponsored research activitiesfrom the finance division, which is now under the new ITI organiza-tion structure. These changes and additional investments were madeto better service the research community and provide better controlsfor this growing part of Institute operations.

ITI introduced a new metric this past year measuring the collectivereturn on Technogenesis (TG) seed investments since the TG fundwas established in 2001. Over this period, ITI seeded 18 separateinvestments with funds totaling $700,000. Research contract grantsawarded to the university as a result of this seed funding throughFY04 total $17.4M for the period. ITI will be seeking replenishmentfunding for TG investments in the next year in support of the overallSIT Growth Planning process.

In the area of IP Management, the university had 4 US patents issuedover the past year, bringing the portfolio/inventory count to a total of35 active US patents. In addition, SIT has an additional 29 pendingpatent applications in process, crossing a spectrum of technologies.The volume of invention disclosures submitted and approved by thepatent committee continues to be on the increase. A key objectivegoing forward will be to focus this activity. ITI, in conjunction withthe Institute’s Research Council, will be assessing its overall patentportfolio and establishing strategic direction over the next year.

Several patent/technology Technogenesis® licensing and commercial-ization initiatives began and are under way with the Institute’s venturecompanies in FY04. (1) License of adjustable gap rheometer andextrusion technology to Material Processing and Research (MPR) (2)Sale of 4 older telecommunication patents to Intellectual Ventures (3)License and commercial business discussion with a potential new SITenterprise company, Multi-logic Decision Systems (MDS), centeredon error resilient decision aid patents and technology.

The Wireless Network Security Center (WiNSeC), established onlytwo years ago under the leadership of Dr. Paul Kolodzy, will reportto Dr. Wisniewski. Bruce McNair of the Electrical and ComputingEngineering Department was named Deputy Director, and Dr.Patrick White is Associate Director for Business Development.

WiNSeC has won several grants and contracts from DARPA, NSF,the Air Force Research Laboratory and an Oregon emergency servicesorganization. Among its accomplishments, WiNSeC has establishedan emergency wireless back-up link for first responders in the localarea, which was made available in case of emergency during the 2004Republican National Convention in New York City. Institute facultysuch as Rebecca Wright, Yu-Dong Yao, Jeff Nickerson, RainerMartini, Richard Reilly, George Kamberov, Dominic Duggan,Susanne Wetzel, Daniel Duchamp, Darinka Dentcheva, Arnie Urken,Koduvayur Subbalakshmi, Uf Tureli, Elli Angelopoulou, JohnOliensis, and Cristina Comaniciu have participated in WiNSeC’sresearch and have played key roles in securing external funding whichdid exceed $2 million in ’03-’04.

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Dr. Fernandez

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Institute faculty and WiNSeC researchers have demonstrated impor-tant concepts in multi-networking in the NSF “National ResearchTestbed” program, which is one of very few such pioneering projectsfunded by NSF. Other noteworthy accomplishments include dramaticpower savings in ad-hoc networks on the DARPA “ConnectionlessNetworking” program and new graphical insights into the complexrelationship between temporal and spatial utilization of the RF spec-

trum for NSF’s “Spectral Occupancy Measurements” program.

Importantly, WiNSeC serves as a pivotal link for critical networkinfrastructure and effective spectrum sharing.

Dr. Wisniewski will also have overall responsibility for ensuring thatthe new, funded ONR program in critical infrastructure protection ispositioned for innovative technological advances.

Through the collective efforts of our faculty and the staff of theGraduate Admissions office to market Stevens, attendance at GraduateOpen Houses and Information Sessions has increased 120% over lastyear.

Successful increased marketing has also been reflected in the numberof graduate applicants. As of August 2004, graduate enrollment was8% ahead of last year. Similarly, as a percentage of our full-time appli-cant population, domestic applications have increased by 45%.

Stevens’ graduate schools are experiencing an increase in total enroll-ment revenue. Nevertheless, the revenue goal of the Growth Plan isbased on high single digit percentage increases in total graduate rev-enue each year. This challenging goal requires the active engagementof each academic school, the graduate Admissions Office, the Schoolof Professional Education and the Web Campus. New faculty andstaff initiatives to develop new programs and new markets are the keysto success.

With the leadership of Vice President JamesSnyder, Assistant Vice President MarjorieEveritt and their colleagues, as well as theAlumni Association, the five year “Campaignfor Stevens” with over $113,000,000 pledgedand received, was completed The Office ofDevelopment is transitioning to meet Growthplan initiatives. The expansion of fund-raisingincludes increased resources for scholarship aidto meet the demands of a growing undergrad-uate population. This focus will include cur-

rent as well as endowed scholarship gifts. Reunion class giving andother special projects will provide for this growth. Further and com-plementing the increase in new undergraduates will be the need fornew housing and funding for new facilities. New dormitory space for200 students is planned for the River Terrace complex and a new stu-dent center is to be built at Jacobus Hall. Funding for both of theseprojects has been identified and this near-term construction will occurin 2004-05.

In addition, the Office of Development will focus on identifyingfunding for completing the parking garage at the Babbio Center (forwhich we have all approvals), the expanded Maritime Center, and fur-ther expanding student housing on campus.

Other outreach will focus on Graduate alumni giving. The graduatealumni population continues to grow at record rates and these gradu-ates will be asked to take on several new projects to fund fellowshipsas well as undesignated revenue to support the individual graduate

programs. The growth plan for graduate alum-ni will focus on new participation and increas-ing the average gift through fiscal ’09.

With the very competent oversight of VicePresident Dobbelaar, the campus has experi-enced, will continue to experience, new con-struction and renovation. The Lawrence T.Babbio, Jr. Center for TechnologyManagement Education and Research, isexpected to be completed for occupancy in

VP Snyder

VP Dobbelaar

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The leadership team has been augmentedthrough the recent addition of Dr. LexMcCusker, former Vice President/GeneralManager of AT&T Labs Professional Services,a consulting organization providing serviceson such areas as data mining, database mar-keting and analysis, and multi-media. Priorto that, Dr. McCusker was Vice President ofResearch Administration at AT&T Labs andGeneral Manager of Lucent TechnologiesConsumer Lease Services. He received his

Ph.D. at University of Texas at Austin and was a Sloan PostdoctoralResearch Fellow at the University of Chicago. He also completed theManagement of Technology Innovation Program at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology.

Professor Timothy Koeller had landmark publications such as“Technological Opportunity and the Relationship between InnovationOutput and Market Structure” and “Employment Growth in High-Tech New Ventures” with Professor Thomas Lechler. ProfessorKoeller also developed a new Ph.D. seminar course on entrepreneur-ship.

Professor Patricia J. Holahan and S.Markham published “Product development asa Political Process” in the Handbook of NewProduct Development, John Wiley & Sons.Professor Holahan also published, withProfessor Ann Mooney, papers accepted forpresentation at the Academy of ManagementAnnual meeting in New Orleans. The papersare entitled “Conflict, Decision Outcomesand Project Team Performance” and“Managing Conflict in Teams: Gaining the

Benefits and Avoiding the Costs”.

Ann Mooney won a Women’s InternationalScience Collaboration (WISC) Programaward to initiate research collaboration andwrite a grant proposal with a foreign scientist.This award was given by the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) with the support of the NationalScience Foundation.

Professor Jeffrey Nickerson’s research at theHowe School has focused on decision making.These projects are precursors to larger-scalecollaborative research within the Howe Schooland across all three schools of the Institute onthe subject of complex decision theory, riskevaluation, and knowledge management.

In work under an NSF InformationTechnology Research Grant and in collabora-tion with the School of Engineering, Howe

School researchers Jing Ma and Jeffrey Nickerson are evaluatingwhether remote laboratories can be used as substitutes for real labora-tories in engineering education. The issue is important for educationalorganizations and has significant potential for industry as design andmanufacturing become attractive candidates for remote-controlledoperation.

As part of work under US Army funding, in conjunction with theWiNSeC center, Howe School researchers Michael zur Muehlen,Richard Reilly, and Jeffrey Nickerson have focused on the impactnew mobile communications have on command and control. Theirwork has implications for response during highly-stressed events suchas combat and emergencies.

As part of work under SAP Funding, Howe School researchersMichael zur Muehlen, Bin Lai, and Jeffrey Nickerson have beenfocusing on how to monitor business processes which reach acrossorganizations. This is becoming more and more important asInternet-based information web services are being adopted at an accel-erating rate by businesses and governmental agencies.

As part of the Institute’s research on naval force protection, JeffreyNickerson, working with researchers at the Davidson Laboratory, hasfocused on how intelligence information should influence sensor net-works used in detection tasks. For example, how best to adjust sensorsand sensor networks as an attack becomes more probable.

The research described above is gaining attention of program man-

Dr. Lex McCusker

Prof. Holahan

Prof. Mooney

Prof. Nickerson

With the leadership of Vice PresidentMaureen Weatherall and her colleagues, sus-tained progress was made in the outstandingqualifications of entering students, selectivity,retention, graduate enrollment, theWebCampus, professional education andother services.

With the leadership ofRobert Ubell,WebCampus Stevens,

the Institute’s nationally acclaimed onlinelearning unit, continues to offer convenientaccess to graduate students from 36 states and27 countries. Awarded the Sloan Foundation’sprize as the nation’s “Best Online University,”WebCampus now delivers eight Master’sdegrees and 25 Graduate Certificates entirelyonline. Since its inception four years ago, whenit began with merely three courses and 23 enrollments, more than4,000 students have now attended fully online courses delivered bysome 70 Stevens notable faculty.

Launched this year, Stevens’ new School of Professional Educationprovides corporations with advanced training at company sites,online, and on campus. Under its Global Corporate Learning unit—with Maureen Weatherall as Chief Executive Officer and Robert Ubellas President and Dean of the new school—Stevens new training andeducation division provides rigorous courses to employees worldwide.Custom programs are now available in such high-demand fields asenterprise security, project management, technology management, andsoftware engineering, areas in which Stevens expertise has earned it aprominent place among Fortune 1000 companies.

The entering class of 2004 has reached an enrollment of 475 new stu-dents, an increase of 6.7% over last year. This year’s class represents,specifically, a 10.5% increase in first-time freshmen. This class size isthe largest in over 15 years and indicates a strong interest in theInstitute and its programs of study in engineering, the sciences, thehumanities and business and technology.

To achieve this growth, we expanded our applicant pool and achieved8.5% growth in new applications, with a 12.5% growth in first timefreshmen applications. As part of our growth, we saw an 86 %increase in the number of students applying for early decision, reflect-ing an increased awareness of the Institute, and aligns us more closelywith other elite private universities.

The incoming class will also be represented by studentsfrom 31 states, an increase from only 25 states a year ago.We have also increased our recruited student athletes by10%, with significant interest in our new sports: equestri-an, field hockey and wrestling. The number of studentswho qualified for the Scholars Program (minimum SAT of1400, and top 10% of graduating class) has also seengrowth with a total of 46 new students, our largest class todate. 27 students were awarded the DeBaun PerformingArts Scholarship (awarded for demonstrated talent inmusical performance and theater) an increase of 200%.

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VP Weatherall

Dean Ubell

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With the leadership of Dean Jerry Hultin and Associate Dean TedStohr, as well as very able program managers, the Howe School

made significant strides in ’03-’04.

Dean Hultin

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Turkish and Middle Eastern StudiesUnder Prof. David Cuthell of the History Department, Turkish andMiddle Eastern Studies focuses specifically on issues and problems ofconcern for engineering and business students who work, or plan towork, in that part of the world. These programs are being developedin cooperation with Beykent University in Istanbul, Turkey. Anexchange program with that university brought seven undergraduatestudents from Istanbul to Stevens this spring; Prof. Akif Kirecci fromBeykent's Department of International Studies will join the Stevensfaculty for two years, beginning this fall, to assist Prof. Cuthell.

Stevens and Beykent jointly sponsored a conference onTurkish/American relations, at Stevens in May. One of the mostimportant conferences of its sort ever held, it included such distin-guished speakers from the business, political, cultural, and academicworlds as Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Director General of theIslamic Conference, Research Center for Islamic History, Art andCulture in Istanbul; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Isen, Undersecretary of theMinistry of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish Republic; Mr. AliCoskun, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Turkish Republic; Mr.Thomas Rabaut, President & CEO of United Defense; Mr. NecatiCetinkaya, Deputy Chairman of the Ruling Party in Turkey; Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sait Açba, President of the Planning and BudgetingCommission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Ambassador

Charles F. Dunbar (Ret.); Dr. Mehmet C. Öz; and Mr. StephenKinzer of The New York Times.

The capstone to the Turkish/Middle Eastern program will be aresearch center in Istanbul, planned for the near future. The centerwill include offices, a small library, meeting rooms, and living quartersfor visiting instructors, students, and scholars. The center and theresearch projects pursued under its aegis will allow Stevens to assumea key role in relations between the United States and the Middle East.

Dr. George M. Calhoun joined the Institutein July 2003 as Executive-in-Residence andteaches in the Undergraduate Business &Technology program at the Howe School. Heis one of the co-founders of InterDigitalCommunications Corporation, where he pio-neered the development of digital cellulartechnology, including the first systems basedon TDMA technology, which now accountsfor over 80% of today’s cellular networks.Most recently, Dr. Calhoun was the Chairman

and CEO of Illinois Superconductor Corporation, a public company

focused on the application of high-temperature superconductingmaterials and advanced signal processing techniques to suppress inter-ference in wireless networks. He is also a Board member of AirnetCommunications, a smart antenna and software-defined radio tech-nology company. Dr. Calhoun is a patent holder and has publishedseveral books on wireless communications, including the best-sellingDigital Cellular Radio (Artech, 1988). His most recent book is ThirdGeneration Wireless Systems: Post-Shannon Signal Architectures(Artech, 2003). He is also a Visiting Professor at the LeidenUniversity School of Management in the Netherlands. Dr. Calhounhas a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D.from the Wharton School.

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agers at SAP, NSF, Army, Navy, and DARPA are becoming increasing-ly interested in applying these concepts and insights to real worldproblems.

Professor Michael zur Muehlen obtained forthe Howe School the certification as aSAP/IDS Scheer Center of Excellence inBusiness Process Innovation. Business processinnovation addresses the definition, implemen-tation, execution and improvement of corpo-rate business processes. As one of five SAPCenters of Excellence world-wide, Stevens hasa leadership role in this important knowledgemanagement research domain.

Deans Jerry Hultin and George Korfiatis lead the Institute’s effortthat resulted in Stevens being named as a University Partner toANSER, the recently designated Federally Funded Research andDevelopment Center (FFRDC) for the Department of HomelandSecurity. This gives the Institute and our faculty the opportunity totake leading roles in areas of key national concern such as port securi-ty, secure wireless networks, infrastructure protection, cyber-security,and emergency response systems.

Professor Peter Koen chaired the 2ndProduct Development and ManagementAssociation (PDMA) Conference on the FrontEnd of Innovation. The objective of theConference was to improve the effectiveness ofscientists and engineers engaged in creatingand developing new goods and services. TheConference attracted over 350 leading practi-tioners and academics from around the globe.In addition, Dr. Koen was elected as VicePresident of Academics for the Product

Development Management Association, the leading innovation man-agement association in the United States.

Professor Audrey Curtis launched a pioneering telecommunicationsmasters program in China. Stevens Institute will graduate, in partner-ship with Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), its first class of mas-ters’ students in Beijing, China in January 2005. Stevens Institute fac-

ulty travel to Beijing to teach four courses,four courses are taught via the web and facultyfrom BIT teach the remaining four. Dr. Curtisis spending the Fall 2004 term in Beijing,teaching the program’s capstone course anddeveloping further educational and researchopportunities in China for Stevens.

Professor Jerry Luftman has begun a neweducational initiative in India. The HoweSchool will offer its Master of Science in

Information Systems (MSIS) program in Bangalore starting thisOctober. On his recent visit to India, Dr. Luftman was asked by exec-utives of major Indian corporations to provide a program of executiveeducation for their senior executives. This summer, Dr. Luftman,Associate Dean Ted Stohr, and Senior Lecturer Christine Bullenserved as the leaders for the largest AMCIS conference ever held.Hosted by Stevens in New York City, over 1260 leading IT academi-cians attended.

The Howe School graduated its first Business & Technology(B&T) class. These B&T graduates carry with them a broad-basedapproach to business management and scientific and technical knowl-edge that bridges the critical gap between business practices and tech-nological expertise

In 2000, Associate Dean Louis Laucirica, asuccessful executive with global experience,founded the program to address critical,unmet business needs. With the leadership ofthe highly energetic B&T faculty, the programhas given its young graduates a unique pass-port to positions with major global organiza-tions and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Professor Ted Stohr, Associate Dean forResearch and Academics, launched the

Institute’s MBA in Technology Management in 2002. Now beginningits second year, the MBA offers eight majors supporting a broad rangeof career paths. Enrollments will exceed eighty students this year.

Prof. Koen

Prof. Curtis

Prof. Laucirica

George M. Calhoun

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New Faculty

Dr. Lisa M. Dolling, who received her Ph.D.from the City University of New York andGraduate enter, joins the Division ofHumanities in the area of Philosophy. Herresearch focus includes philosophy of science,hermeneutics, epistemology, history of philos-ophy and aesthetics. She edited “Tests ofTime: Readings in the Development ofPhysical theory”, Princeton University Press,2002, with Arthur Gianelli. Other recentpublications include “Edith Stein’s Philosophy

iof Liberal Education” in Contemplating Edith Stein, edited byJoyce Avrech Berkman, University of Notre Dame Press, 2004.

Akif Kirecci will be an adjunct assistant professor in the Departmentof History this year as part of Stevens's faculty exchange program withBeykent University in Istanbul. Kirecci is the author of numerousscholarly articles and is completing his doctorate at the University ofPennsylvania. A specialist in Middle Eastern issues, he will be assistingProf. David Cuthell in developing the Stevens program in Turkish andMiddle Eastern Studies.

Dr. Claudine Cohen will join the Department of History as a distin-guished visiting professor for the spring semester. Dr. Cohen is a pro-fessor at the distinguished French national graduate school of socialsciences in Paris (the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales).She holds advanced degrees in science (paleontology), philosophy, and

the history of science. Her interests concern how knowledge is refract-ed through culture. She is the author of several studies on prehistory,including women in prehistory. She comes to Stevens both to teachand to collaborate with colleagues in our programs in the history ofscience and technology."

Dr. Christopher P. Search, who received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Michigan, joins the Department of Physics. Dr. Search,who also has advanced degrees in electrical engineering and biomed-ical engineering, does research in nonlinear atom optics, molecularmicromasers, and advanced quantum optics. Dr. Search combines hisbackground in engineering and applied physics to make innovativetechnological advances for many promising applications.

Dr. Michael Zabarankin, who has a Ph.D. inIndustrial and Systems Engineering from theUniversity of Florida and a Ph.D. in AppliedMathematics from Kiev Taras ShevchenkoUniversity in the Ukrane, joins theDepartment of Mathematics. His fields ofresearch include mathematical modeling andoptimization, risk management and portfoliooptimization as well as operations researchand mathematical physics. The applications ofhis research are manifold and varied such as

encompass optimal trajectories of aircraft, decision support in businessenvironments and quantitative investment methodologies.

Michael Zabarankin

Participants at the recent conference.

Lisa Dolling

New Faculty

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Noteworthy among the many educational achievements is theadvancement of the Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Majorunder the leadership of Professor Art Ritter, the new masters pro-gram in Product Architecture under the leadership of Professor JohnNastasi and the outstanding ascent of the Systems Engineering pro-gram under the leadership of Professors Dinesh Verma and JohnFarr. The Schaefer School also successfully completed the review bythe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology whichentailed extensive preparation, across all departments and programs,and was ably led by Professor David Vaccari. The Senior DesignProjects presented in May, 2004 were among the finest to date reflect-ing faculty mentoring and the extraordinary inventiveness of the stu-dents.

Keith Sheppard, Associate Dean of Engineering, SouranManoochehri, Associate Dean for Research and Technology andDinesh Verma, Associate Dean for Outreach and ExecutiveEducation have led significant change in the school.In addition, fac-ulty of the Schaefer School launched two new undergraduate concen-trations under the General Engineering Program in InformationSystems Engineering and Naval Engineering.

To support the new programs, and through the generosity of notablealumni, the Schaefer School is developing several new Laboratories:The Thermodynamics/Bio-Transport Lab will allow students tomake measurements of physico-chemical, thermodynamic and trans-port properties at the cellular level and model energy changes duringligand-protein and protein-protein interactions. The EngineeringPhysiology Lab is centered on exercise and the measurement of theresponses of the cardiovascular system to increasing levels of work(stress). This lab identifies some of the most important cardiovascularcontrol mechanisms; namely increasing blood supply to muscles, reg-ulation of heart rate, blood pressure and rate and depth of respirationand their response to increasing stress level. In the Biomaterials Labstudents study the mechanical properties of biomaterials (bone, mus-cle) and implants (Dacron mesh, suture materials) and pull strengthof bone screws. Studies of material degredation in simulated bodyfluid and sliding friction of artificial knee implants are also tested.The Biosystems Simulation and Control Lab allows students to per-form simulations of blood pressure regulation, autoregulation ofblood flow and compartmental analysis of drug distribution in thesystemic circulation, as well as other neural and endocrine control sys-tems.

The Product-Architecture Digital Media Laboratory located at theCarnegie building focuses on advanced digital design environments

including geometric modeling, interaction design, scripting languagesand virtual reality.

The Center for Innovation in Engineeringand Science Education under its newDirector, Elisabeth McGrath, is working close-ly with Schaefer School faculty to develop newfrontiers in engineering education. They arecollaborating on topics such as integratingresearch into undergraduate coursework;improving persistence of women and under-represented groups in engineering; enliveningcoursework with authentic, real-world prob-lems; and incorporating the Stevens

Technogenesis® experience more substantially into K-12 and under-graduate education.

On April 28, 2004 Engineering Seniors showcased their design proj-ects during the annual Senior Design Day. A total of 62 group designprojects were exhibited at the Canavan Arena in a spectacular showthat exemplifies the Technogenesis spirit of Stevens.

Seniors Mia Molfino and Michael C. Phipps designed, manufac-tured and tested a Cruciate Retaining Total Knee System, whichwas based on the Scorpio total knee system developed by their spon-sor Stryker Orthopedics. The group developed a regenerating CADmodel for the female size 7, the “common size” femoral and tibialcomponents for both the manufacturing of all parts and final produc-tion of the system. Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) andDesign Input Verification and Validation Logic (DIVVL) for both thetibial and femoral components were completed to validate overalldesign concpt. A thorough research on current products on the mar-ket was also conducted to evaluate the advantages of the new systemover other products on the market. Their goal to create a product thatis effective and durable, and has an operational advantage of 20% to40% greater than the product currently in use was met.

Eva Bica, George Collard, Rebecca Gonter, Dominique Gonzalezand Joseph Grogan developed an innovative Remote-OperatedStitching Device. The Stent-Saver, as the call it, is a method for

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THE SCHAEFER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGDentcheva and her coworkers have created a new optimization modelin which random outcomes, dependent on decisions made by theuser, are compared with stochastic benchmarks. The model providesdecision-makers and analysts in many areas with novel tools for riskcontrol. This research has been described in recently published papersin the SIAM Journal of Optimization and in the JournalMathematical Programming. Professor Dentcheva's research is sup-ported by grants from the NSF.

The field of optical technologies, which has mot promising applica-tions in medicine, telecommunications and computing, has benefitedfrom the research of Professor Hong-Liang Cui and his students. Inthe past decade a new class of artificially structured materials knownas photonic bandgap (PBG) crystals has opened up unforseen possi-bilities of localizing and controlling light in cavities and waveguidesfor use in telecommunications, sensor technology, spectroscopy, andmedicine. Professor Cui and his students produce photonic bandgapmaterials with DNA crystals! Uniquely, they have designed a singleDNA nanotube that consists of six parallel DNA double helicesjoined together to form a hexagon with an approximately cylindricalshaped cavity in the center. Varying the number of helices per hexa-gon side can then control the size of the central cavity. By joining par-allel nanotubes together, a trigonal lattice with a dielectric constantthat periodically varies in two dimensions can be created. They haveshown that a two-dimensional trigonal DNA lattice composed of par-allel DNA helices exhibits a substantial photonic band gap for polar-ized light in the deep UV region. This opens up the possibility for thedevelopment of optical components in the UV region of the spec-trum, where optical devices are very difficult to achieve.

Professor Kurt Becker, jointly with Ph.D. student Peter Kuruncziand Professor Karl Schoenbach of Old Dominion University, obtainedUS Patent No. 6,703,771 "Monochromatic Vacuum Ultraviolet LightSource for Photolithography Applications Based on a High PressureMicrohollow Cathode Discharge." This invention describes an effi-cient, high-intensity vacuum ultraviolet light source based on a high-pressure microhollow cathode discharge plasma. The source produces

monochromatic radiation at a wavelength of 1.216 x 10-7 m, whichmakes it a promising source for next generation photolithographyapplications aimed at etching semiconductor structures with verysmall feature sizes.

Professor Edward Foster and colleagues, with the support of DeanKunhardt, have created the Division ofHumanities to advance the Institute’s legacy ofpromoting the study of the humanities. Thisdevelopment establishes a more vital role bothin knowledge creation and pedagogy for thehumanities.

The international opportunities with theRepublic of Turkey which serves as a worldmodel for the coexistence of a capitalisticdemocracy and the Islamic religion uniquely

position the Imperatore School and the Institute, as a whole, foradvancing the understanding and cooperation between the UnitedStates and other nations.

The "department" of Humanities has been reconstituted as a "divi-sion," including the departments of philosophy under Prof. LisaDowling, history, under Prof. James McClellan, social sciences, underProf. Arnold Urken, literature and language under Prof. EdwardFoster, and art, music, and technology under Profs. Julie Harrison andDavid Musial.

Programs currently planned or being developed include graduate andundergraduate degree programs in applied ethics, an undergraduatemajor in the history of engineering, an undergraduate minor in gen-der studies, an undergraduate major in American Studies, an under-graduate program in art and technology, an undergraduate program inmusic and technology, and graduate and undergraduate programs inTurkish and Middle Eastern Studies. Faculty from the Division ofHumanities are also preparing a university press for Stevens.

A research team led by Dr. Susanne Wetzel,an assistant professor of Computer Science,produced a compelling study of the weakness-es of wireless networks. Specifically, Wetzel'steam discovered "stealth attack" methods ofdisrupting and draining power from individ-ual nodes within an "ad hoc" wireless network– i.e., a network that one "connects to" as avisitor without a dedicated access point.

While still rare, ad hoc modes are the under-pinning for many of the advanced data net-

working schemes now being proposed.

"Most of today's communication infrastructure is based on trustwor-thy collaboration among information routers," says Wetzel. "However,given the increased economic reliance on a working communicationinfrastructure, this has become a potential target for terrorists andother criminals."

With Dr. Rebecca Wright of Stevens, Wetzel also won a major grantfrom the National Science Foundation to develop new"Interdisciplinary Degrees in Cybersecurity."

"This project builds Stevens' capacity in information assurance andcomputer ecurity education by developing new interdisciplinarycybersecurity degree programs on both the undergraduate and thegraduate level," said Wetzel.

Dean Korfiatis

Director McGrath

Under the leadership of Dean George Korfiatis, the SchaeferSchool has made exceptional progress in development of

undergraduate and graduate educational programs, researchand outreach to key industries and government agencies.

Prof. Foster

Prof. Wetzel

Wetzel spots weaknesses in wireless security

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The prominence of the Institute has been enhanced as the strategicdevelopment of the programs in the Imperatore both support anddeepen the academics and research of the Schools of Engineering andTechnology Management. The strengths of the individual and collec-tive research and academics of all three schools serve to build the rep-utation of the Institute on national and international levels. In ’03-’04, the faculty and students of the Imperatore school, encouraged bythe Dean, have advanced various academic areas of knowledge, tech-nology developments, programs of study and the directions of indus-try, government and other nations.

Professor Svetlana Sukhishvili and herresearch group have made innovative advancesin the important area of drug delivery. Theyhave invented a new way of making capsuleswith layers of polymers that adhere due tohydrogen-bonding interactions. Because thesepolymer membranes are responsive to changesin environmental conditions, the capsules canbe used to deliver chemicals in a controlledway upon exposure to particular external stim-uli, such as a change in pH, salt concentration,

or temperature. Research into applications including oral drug deliv-ery, and triggered delivery of fragrances in detergents and cosmetics isunderway. An account of Professor Sukhishvili's work on capsulesappeared recently in the Journal Macromolecules. ProfessorSukhishvili's research is supported by grants from the NSF, thePetroleum Research Foundation and other agencies.

A new high resolution 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spec-trometer was acquired. In combination with the 200 MHz and 300MHz instruments, the Department of Chemistry and ChemicalBiology has become one of the best equipped for research on the syn-thesis of organic molecules of medical interest. These capabilities wereaugmented by the establishment of the Tissue Culture Faculty andother instruments, such as the Confocal Microscope, used in theresearch of Professors James Liang, Sunel Saxena, and AthulaAttygalle.

Research in Drug discovery benefited from the initiatives of DeanKunhardt and Professor Attygalle in establishing joint agreementswith the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, InstituteNational Technologica in the Dominican Republic as well as withgovernment and private research laboratories in the DominicanRepublic who work on agriproducts and biotechnology. These collab-

orations with organizations in the Dominican Republic give theInstitute unparalleled opportunities for discovering new medicinesfrom insects, plants and micro-organisms.

Professor Rebecca Wright and her studentshave done pioneering research in the criticalarea of homeland security which has ramifica-tions for the United States and beyond. Aproblem that the homeland security, frauddetection and medical research communitieshave in common is how diverse parties withdifferent sets of information (data sets) canuse their combined knowledge to analyze agiven issue in such a way that no partyreveals its data to the others. Professor Wright

and her students have recently developed an efficient privacy-preserv-ing protocol to discern/detect certain correlations in the data withoutrevealing the individual data values. So for example, different hospi-tals, HMO’s and research centers will be able to analyze data concern-ing a number of patients in order to determine links between differentdiseases, symptoms and treatments without having to share sensitivedata about the patients with each other. This breakthrough is beingunveiled at the Tenth ACM SIGMOD International Conference onKnowledge Discovery and Data mining on August 2004 in Seattle.

The great difficulty of making decisions whenfaced with uncertain conditions is being madeeasier through the landmark research ofProfessor Darinka Dentcheva and her col-leagues who are developing highly usefulmathematical tools for Decision support. Inmany practical problems, optimal decisionsmust be made under uncertain conditions.Investment planning is one example, butproblems of this type occur in telecommuni-cations, insurance and finance, electricity

generation and distribution, supply chain management, manufactur-ing, and in the military. To deal with such problems, Professor

With the leadership of Dean Kunhardt, academics andresearch at the Institute have been enriched through the faculty

and students of the Imperatore School.

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securing in place from within the aorta an endovascular stent-graft,using spiral Nitinol (Nickel Titanium alloy) clips. Doing so allowssuccessful combination of the security of the more invasive open sur-gery with the ease and financial merits of endovascular surgery. Thedevice can be used on any stent-graph and it may potentially beextended to other uses. The group’s design involves creating a remote-ly operated stitching mechanism by combining three devices together:a proximal device, a connector (tube), and a distal device. The proxi-mal device delivers Nitinol clips and aids the telescoping series of fourtubes in order (from outermost to innermost). The connector (con-nection system) allows for the translation of operation of distal toproximal movements; it’s a combination of concentric tubes and madeout of polyurethane. The distal device is handheld, has two dials andtwo slides, it’s primarily internal and it links the various movements ofthe device. It is made of plastic, nylon and steel. The primary goal forthe development of this project is to provide an innovative way toreduce, if not eliminate, invasive (open) surgery.

Graduate student enrollments in SchaeferSchool programs reached record numbers in2004. Under the leadership of Associate DeanDinesh Verma the Systems Design andOperational Effectiveness executive educationprogram currently enrolls in excess of 320 stu-dents across the country. Participants includeLockheed Martin, IBM, Boeing, SunMicrosystems, Northrop Grumman, GeneralDynamics, the National Security Agency, theUS Army, the Federal Aviation

Administration, NASA and the US Navy. Alliances in SystemsEngineering have been launched with the Air Force Center forSystems Engineering and Picatinny Arsenal. The third Conference onSystems Engineering Research (CSER) in collaboration with theUniversity of Southern California and the AF Center for SystemsEngineering is scheduled at Stevens for March 2005.

The major research centers - Center for Microchemical Systems,Center for Maritime Systems, Center for Environmental Systems,Design and Manufacturing Institute, and Highly Filled MaterialsInstitute, whose principal emphasis is in the Schaefer School, alsomade noteworthy progress in the ’03-’04 academic year.

Under the leadership of Professors Woo Lee, Adeniyi Lawal andRon Besser, the Center for Micro-Chemical Systems has experiencedan impressive growth with more than $8M in research fundingobtained from the US Department of Energy, DARPA, US Army, theNJ Commission on Science and Technology and various Industrypartners. The Center is well on the way of becoming a global leader indeveloping innovative test and design methodologies and micro chem-ical systems /products.

Under the leadership of Professor Christos Christodoulatos theCenter for Environmental Systems (CES) has made significantprogress in research, technology development and scholarly works.The level of external research funding reached $4.5M with 20 %coming from the private sector. CES scholarly output as measured bythe number of articles published in prestigious journals, papers pre-

sented in national and international confer-ences and the impact of the CES scientificand engineering discoveries nationally hasbeen outstanding. Over 40 journal articlesand conference papers were published.Research performed by CES researchers onthe environmental effects of the metal tung-sten has received national attention and hasbeen cited in various newspapers due to itsimportance in military applications and thepossible toxic effects of the metal to humans,

plants and aquatic organisms. CES has been selected by a large multi-national firm to lead the technology development effort and to pro-vide technical and project management support for the remediation ofone of the largest environmental projects in the country. New materi-als and processes were developed and tested for contaminant destruc-tion and removal from water and wastewater that have great potentialfor commercialization. US Patent No. 6,752,926 B2 entitled "Methodand Apparatus for Treatment of Wastewater" authored by ProfessorsChristodoulatos and Korfiatis was issued by the USPTO on June 22,2004.

The Center for Maritime Systems, under theleadership of Professor Michael Bruno hassignificantly expanded its research and educa-tional initiatives. ACCeSS, the ONR-support-ed consortium that includes Stevens, the USNaval Academy, and University CollegeLondon (UCL), continues to provide leading-edge research and new educational initiativesfor the naval ship design community.Professors Datla, Imas, and Bruno are leadingthis effort with a view toward combining the

CMS’ expertise in towing tank modeling, computer modeling, andfield measurements – and our longstanding partnerships with the shipdesign community – to provide an educational experience that is trulyunique in the world.

The US Navy awarded funds for the renovation of Stevens’ High-Speed Towing Tank facility. The renovations will include a 30%increase in the cross-section of the tank, the addition of new instru-mentation, and the improvement of tank access for research and edu-cation.

With the leadership of Professor AlanBlumberg the Ocean Observation andModeling initiative is the fastest-growing areain the CMS, with important applications inmaritime security, safe navigation, environ-mental protection, and shoreline preservation.With support from the Office of NavalResearch and the New Jersey Dept. ofTransportation, CMS researchers havedesigned and installed the New YorkHarbor Observing and Prediction System

(NYHOPS) -an Ocean Observatory that provides a wealth ofreal-time data about tides, waves, winds, currents, temperatures

Prof. Christodoulatos

Prof. Bruno

Prof. Blumberg

Prof. Verma

Prof. Dentcheva

Dean Kunhardt

Prof. Sukhishvili

THE IMPERATORE SCHOOL OF SCIENCES & ARTS

Prof. Wright

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Professor Gary Lynn and Associate Dean Louis Laucirica of the Howe School, work-ing with Associate Dean Keith Sheppard and Industry Professor John Nastasi of theSchaefer School of Engineering and Professors Athula Attygalle, Rainer Martini, SteveBloom and Robert Gilman of the Imperatore School of Science and Arts, are developinga new competition-based learning program for students at Stevens. Students will conceivea new product or service, build a proof-of-concept prototype, and write a commercializa-tion plan that meets the standards of nationally competitive programs such as the SBIR(Small Business Innovation Research) grants.

The program will be open to student teams from all three schools and will have intensivefaculty mentoring. This forward-looking initiative – based on the principles ofTechnogenesis -- will nurture interest in developing new products and services that, inturn, will create new businesses, jobs, and wealth. Professor Lynn and the interschool fac-ulty team not only are advancing the ideals of Technogenesis® but building on the legacyof the founding Stevens family who were known as “America’s First Family of Inventors.”

The growth of revenue and programs in the Schaefer School hasresulted in the hiring of most promising new faculty.

Dr. Yan Meng, who received her Ph.D. fromFlorida Atlantic University, joins theDepartment of Electrical and ComputerEngineering from the faculty of Jackson StateUniversity. Her research spans intelligentrobotics, computer vision, real-time embeddedsystems, computer architecture and communi-cation networks. Dr. Meng, who has workedfor several companies, is interested in employ-ing state-of the-art algorithm designs and ana-lyzing technology to solve problems arising

from real world intelligent robotic systems.

Dr. Jameela Al-Jaroodi, who obtained herPh.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,joins the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering as a Research AssistantProfessor. Her main research focus involvesdistributed systems middleware whichincludes parallel distributed systems and lan-guage, object oriented parallel programmingmodels and agent-based infrastructure for par-allel and distributed applications. She also hasinterests in wireless and mobile networks,

security and dependable systems and networking-based capacity.

Dr. Nader Mohamed, who obtained his Ph.D. from the University ofNebraska-Lincoln, joins the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. He has extensive experience in industry as an IT con-sultant, IT Projects Leader and Software Developer. His research is oncomputer systems, networking software systems, scalable communica-tion, middleware for multiple network resources and cluster- and gridbased computing. Dr. Mohamed also works in object-based network-ing, active and content based networking and embedded real-time sys-tems.

Dr. José Emanuel Ramirez-Marques, whoobtained his Ph.D. degree from RutgersUniversity, joins the Systems Engineering andEngineering Management Department. Dr.Ramirez-Marques research is directed at long-time decisions related to systems reliability. Hehas worked on optimization heuristics formaintaining and enhancing engineering sys-tems; techniques for engineering systems; tech-niques for assessing component importanceand criticality; and systems uncertainty reduc-tion through efficient testing plans.

Dr. Frank T. Fisher, who received his Ph.D. from Northwestern,joins the Mechanical Engineering Department after completing hispost doctorate work at Northwestern’s Biologically Inspired Materials

Center. Dr. Fisher’s research interests includemodeling the mechanical behavior ofnanoparticulate polymer composites with afocus on carbon nanotube polymer systems.He has led in the identification of the non-bulk polymeric interphase that forms in thesesystems due to nanoscale interactions betweenembedded nanoparticles and the polymerchain.

Dr. Yong Shi, who obtained his Ph.D. atMIT joins the Mechanical Engineering Department. His researchfocuses on micro-activities/sensors development, optical/bio microsys-tems design, modeling and fabrication/active materials, nanofibersand nanocomputer. Dr. Shi, who has industry experience, has devel-oped a novel micro switch featured by its self-alignment of the contactsurfaces and self-cleaning of the particles generated from asperity frac-ture and plastic deformation. He has worked at various MIT laborato-ries.

Dr. Len Imas, who received his Ph.D. from MIT, joined the Center forMaritime Systems to enhance CMS’ capabilities in the numerical analy-sis of marine craft hydrodynamics. Prior to his work in both industryand academia on projects covering a wide range of topics including thesimulation of breaking waves around surface ships; the prediction ofextreme wave loads on offshore structures; the dynamics of underwatervehicles; and various technologies for vessel drag reduction.

and salinities in the waters of New York and New Jersey. Ofnote, Stevens undergraduate and graduate students have played animportant role in every phase of the development of NYHOPS.

With support from the Office of Naval Research, CMS researchers areexamining the threats posed to the fleet both here and abroad.Unconventional threats from both surface and underwater sources arebeing investigated. This effort is truly multi-disciplinary, and involvesthe participation of researchers from all three schools. ProfessorBlumberg obtained funding from the Department of HomelandSecurity for a study to improve the New York City Urban DispersionProgram Meteorological Network.

Professor Thomas Herrington has been instrumental in strengthen-ing the Institute’s partnership with the National Weather Service. TheCMS real-time ocean and weather observations along the coastline ofNew Jersey are now reported on the National Weather Service website.

The Institute is once again involved in the America’s Cup campaign.Professor Len Imas will be providing design assistance to the Oracle-BMW Racing syndicate. The America’s Cup competition will takeplace in 2007 in Valencia, Spain.

The Design and Manufacturing Institute under the leadership of thenewly appointed director Professor Kishore Pochiraju has beendeveloping critical capabilities in intelligent systems and manufactur-ing with diverse applications to military systems and the security field.DMI received in excess of $1.2 million R&D funds from the govern-ment and industrial partners. DMI has focused on bringing itsAutomated Concurrent Engineering Software (ACES), a design capa-bility, to the arena of real-time control of complex systems includingsensors-in-the-loop. This innovative concept of ACES-on-the-chip isbeing prototyped and applications are now in development.

Under the leadership of Professor Dilhan Kalyon, the Highly FilledMaterial Institute has received funding from Office of Naval Research,Picatinny ARDEC, IBM and other corporations. HfMI’s patent cov-ering a novel method and apparatus for the determination of particle

size distributions (Yazici and Kalyon) issuedon June 15, 2004 (US Patent #6,751,287).This method complements earlier developedanalysis methods of HfMI on quantitativecharacterization of structural distributionsincluding the quantitative characterization ofdegree of mixedness. Furthermore, ProfessorKalyon submitted two invention disclosuresto the patent committee of Stevens to cover anew family of food products and method andapparatus to manufacture these novel food

products. An Industry Day was held to demonstrate HfMI’s researchcapabilities and was well-attended by 35 companies and governmentorganizations. Prof. Kalyon and co-workers have published 15 techni-cal papers and made presentations in Research of HfMI was presentedat 11 professional meetings.

In addition to the work at the Centers individual faculty and facultyclusters have contributed significantly in research and scholarly activi-ty. Professors Du, Libera, Chandramouli, Subbalakshmi, Esche,Chassapis, Yao, Jain, Zhu and Li have obtained substantial externalresearch funding in national competitions.

Schaefer School faculty have been recognized nationally for their aca-demic accomplishments.

Dr. Woo Young Lee was elected a Fellow of the American CeramicSociety (ACerS). Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, has been elected a Fellow of theInternational Society of Plastics Engineers. Dr. Stuart Tewksbury wasrecently elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE). At the 33rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awardsbanquet. Henry P. Dobbelaar, Jr., P.E., P.P. received the 2003Educator of the Year Award from the American Council ofEngineering Companies of New Jersey (ACEC).

THE SCHAEFER SCHOOL continued

PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2004

Prof. Kalyon

Yan Meng

Jameela Al-Jaroodi

José Emanuel RamirezMarques

Frank T. Fisher

New Faculty

Competition-Based Education:The Product Innovation Open Competition

9

Professor Gary Lynn and Associate Dean Louis Laucirica of the Howe School, work-ing with Associate Dean Keith Sheppard and Industry Professor John Nastasi of theSchaefer School of Engineering and Professors Athula Attygalle, Rainer Martini, SteveBloom and Robert Gilman of the Imperatore School of Science and Arts, are developinga new competition-based learning program for students at Stevens. Students will conceivea new product or service, build a proof-of-concept prototype, and write a commercializa-tion plan that meets the standards of nationally competitive programs such as the SBIR(Small Business Innovation Research) grants.

The program will be open to student teams from all three schools and will have intensivefaculty mentoring. This forward-looking initiative – based on the principles ofTechnogenesis -- will nurture interest in developing new products and services that, inturn, will create new businesses, jobs, and wealth. Professor Lynn and the interschool fac-ulty team not only are advancing the ideals of Technogenesis® but building on the legacyof the founding Stevens family who were known as “America’s First Family of Inventors.”

The growth of revenue and programs in the Schaefer School hasresulted in the hiring of most promising new faculty.

Dr. Yan Meng, who received her Ph.D. fromFlorida Atlantic University, joins theDepartment of Electrical and ComputerEngineering from the faculty of Jackson StateUniversity. Her research spans intelligentrobotics, computer vision, real-time embeddedsystems, computer architecture and communi-cation networks. Dr. Meng, who has workedfor several companies, is interested in employ-ing state-of the-art algorithm designs and ana-lyzing technology to solve problems arising

from real world intelligent robotic systems.

Dr. Jameela Al-Jaroodi, who obtained herPh.D. at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,joins the Department of Electrical andComputer Engineering as a Research AssistantProfessor. Her main research focus involvesdistributed systems middleware whichincludes parallel distributed systems and lan-guage, object oriented parallel programmingmodels and agent-based infrastructure for par-allel and distributed applications. She also hasinterests in wireless and mobile networks,

security and dependable systems and networking-based capacity.

Dr. Nader Mohamed, who obtained his Ph.D. from the University ofNebraska-Lincoln, joins the Department of Electrical and ComputerEngineering. He has extensive experience in industry as an IT con-sultant, IT Projects Leader and Software Developer. His research is oncomputer systems, networking software systems, scalable communica-tion, middleware for multiple network resources and cluster- and gridbased computing. Dr. Mohamed also works in object-based network-ing, active and content based networking and embedded real-time sys-tems.

Dr. José Emanuel Ramirez-Marques, whoobtained his Ph.D. degree from RutgersUniversity, joins the Systems Engineering andEngineering Management Department. Dr.Ramirez-Marques research is directed at long-time decisions related to systems reliability. Hehas worked on optimization heuristics formaintaining and enhancing engineering sys-tems; techniques for engineering systems; tech-niques for assessing component importanceand criticality; and systems uncertainty reduc-tion through efficient testing plans.

Dr. Frank T. Fisher, who received his Ph.D. from Northwestern,joins the Mechanical Engineering Department after completing hispost doctorate work at Northwestern’s Biologically Inspired Materials

Center. Dr. Fisher’s research interests includemodeling the mechanical behavior ofnanoparticulate polymer composites with afocus on carbon nanotube polymer systems.He has led in the identification of the non-bulk polymeric interphase that forms in thesesystems due to nanoscale interactions betweenembedded nanoparticles and the polymerchain.

Dr. Yong Shi, who obtained his Ph.D. atMIT joins the Mechanical Engineering Department. His researchfocuses on micro-activities/sensors development, optical/bio microsys-tems design, modeling and fabrication/active materials, nanofibersand nanocomputer. Dr. Shi, who has industry experience, has devel-oped a novel micro switch featured by its self-alignment of the contactsurfaces and self-cleaning of the particles generated from asperity frac-ture and plastic deformation. He has worked at various MIT laborato-ries.

Dr. Len Imas, who received his Ph.D. from MIT, joined the Center forMaritime Systems to enhance CMS’ capabilities in the numerical analy-sis of marine craft hydrodynamics. Prior to his work in both industryand academia on projects covering a wide range of topics including thesimulation of breaking waves around surface ships; the prediction ofextreme wave loads on offshore structures; the dynamics of underwatervehicles; and various technologies for vessel drag reduction.

and salinities in the waters of New York and New Jersey. Ofnote, Stevens undergraduate and graduate students have played animportant role in every phase of the development of NYHOPS.

With support from the Office of Naval Research, CMS researchers areexamining the threats posed to the fleet both here and abroad.Unconventional threats from both surface and underwater sources arebeing investigated. This effort is truly multi-disciplinary, and involvesthe participation of researchers from all three schools. ProfessorBlumberg obtained funding from the Department of HomelandSecurity for a study to improve the New York City Urban DispersionProgram Meteorological Network.

Professor Thomas Herrington has been instrumental in strengthen-ing the Institute’s partnership with the National Weather Service. TheCMS real-time ocean and weather observations along the coastline ofNew Jersey are now reported on the National Weather Service website.

The Institute is once again involved in the America’s Cup campaign.Professor Len Imas will be providing design assistance to the Oracle-BMW Racing syndicate. The America’s Cup competition will takeplace in 2007 in Valencia, Spain.

The Design and Manufacturing Institute under the leadership of thenewly appointed director Professor Kishore Pochiraju has beendeveloping critical capabilities in intelligent systems and manufactur-ing with diverse applications to military systems and the security field.DMI received in excess of $1.2 million R&D funds from the govern-ment and industrial partners. DMI has focused on bringing itsAutomated Concurrent Engineering Software (ACES), a design capa-bility, to the arena of real-time control of complex systems includingsensors-in-the-loop. This innovative concept of ACES-on-the-chip isbeing prototyped and applications are now in development.

Under the leadership of Professor Dilhan Kalyon, the Highly FilledMaterial Institute has received funding from Office of Naval Research,Picatinny ARDEC, IBM and other corporations. HfMI’s patent cov-ering a novel method and apparatus for the determination of particle

size distributions (Yazici and Kalyon) issuedon June 15, 2004 (US Patent #6,751,287).This method complements earlier developedanalysis methods of HfMI on quantitativecharacterization of structural distributionsincluding the quantitative characterization ofdegree of mixedness. Furthermore, ProfessorKalyon submitted two invention disclosuresto the patent committee of Stevens to cover anew family of food products and method andapparatus to manufacture these novel food

products. An Industry Day was held to demonstrate HfMI’s researchcapabilities and was well-attended by 35 companies and governmentorganizations. Prof. Kalyon and co-workers have published 15 techni-cal papers and made presentations in Research of HfMI was presentedat 11 professional meetings.

In addition to the work at the Centers individual faculty and facultyclusters have contributed significantly in research and scholarly activi-ty. Professors Du, Libera, Chandramouli, Subbalakshmi, Esche,Chassapis, Yao, Jain, Zhu and Li have obtained substantial externalresearch funding in national competitions.

Schaefer School faculty have been recognized nationally for their aca-demic accomplishments.

Dr. Woo Young Lee was elected a Fellow of the American CeramicSociety (ACerS). Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, has been elected a Fellow of theInternational Society of Plastics Engineers. Dr. Stuart Tewksbury wasrecently elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and ElectronicsEngineers (IEEE). At the 33rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awardsbanquet. Henry P. Dobbelaar, Jr., P.E., P.P. received the 2003Educator of the Year Award from the American Council ofEngineering Companies of New Jersey (ACEC).

THE SCHAEFER SCHOOL continued

PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2004

Prof. Kalyon

Yan Meng

Jameela Al-Jaroodi

José Emanuel RamirezMarques

Frank T. Fisher

New Faculty

Competition-Based Education:The Product Innovation Open Competition

9

The prominence of the Institute has been enhanced as the strategicdevelopment of the programs in the Imperatore both support anddeepen the academics and research of the Schools of Engineering andTechnology Management. The strengths of the individual and collec-tive research and academics of all three schools serve to build the rep-utation of the Institute on national and international levels. In ’03-’04, the faculty and students of the Imperatore school, encouraged bythe Dean, have advanced various academic areas of knowledge, tech-nology developments, programs of study and the directions of indus-try, government and other nations.

Professor Svetlana Sukhishvili and herresearch group have made innovative advancesin the important area of drug delivery. Theyhave invented a new way of making capsuleswith layers of polymers that adhere due tohydrogen-bonding interactions. Because thesepolymer membranes are responsive to changesin environmental conditions, the capsules canbe used to deliver chemicals in a controlledway upon exposure to particular external stim-uli, such as a change in pH, salt concentration,

or temperature. Research into applications including oral drug deliv-ery, and triggered delivery of fragrances in detergents and cosmetics isunderway. An account of Professor Sukhishvili's work on capsulesappeared recently in the Journal Macromolecules. ProfessorSukhishvili's research is supported by grants from the NSF, thePetroleum Research Foundation and other agencies.

A new high resolution 400 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance spec-trometer was acquired. In combination with the 200 MHz and 300MHz instruments, the Department of Chemistry and ChemicalBiology has become one of the best equipped for research on the syn-thesis of organic molecules of medical interest. These capabilities wereaugmented by the establishment of the Tissue Culture Faculty andother instruments, such as the Confocal Microscope, used in theresearch of Professors James Liang, Sunel Saxena, and AthulaAttygalle.

Research in Drug discovery benefited from the initiatives of DeanKunhardt and Professor Attygalle in establishing joint agreementswith the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, InstituteNational Technologica in the Dominican Republic as well as withgovernment and private research laboratories in the DominicanRepublic who work on agriproducts and biotechnology. These collab-

orations with organizations in the Dominican Republic give theInstitute unparalleled opportunities for discovering new medicinesfrom insects, plants and micro-organisms.

Professor Rebecca Wright and her studentshave done pioneering research in the criticalarea of homeland security which has ramifica-tions for the United States and beyond. Aproblem that the homeland security, frauddetection and medical research communitieshave in common is how diverse parties withdifferent sets of information (data sets) canuse their combined knowledge to analyze agiven issue in such a way that no partyreveals its data to the others. Professor Wright

and her students have recently developed an efficient privacy-preserv-ing protocol to discern/detect certain correlations in the data withoutrevealing the individual data values. So for example, different hospi-tals, HMO’s and research centers will be able to analyze data concern-ing a number of patients in order to determine links between differentdiseases, symptoms and treatments without having to share sensitivedata about the patients with each other. This breakthrough is beingunveiled at the Tenth ACM SIGMOD International Conference onKnowledge Discovery and Data mining on August 2004 in Seattle.

The great difficulty of making decisions whenfaced with uncertain conditions is being madeeasier through the landmark research ofProfessor Darinka Dentcheva and her col-leagues who are developing highly usefulmathematical tools for Decision support. Inmany practical problems, optimal decisionsmust be made under uncertain conditions.Investment planning is one example, butproblems of this type occur in telecommuni-cations, insurance and finance, electricity

generation and distribution, supply chain management, manufactur-ing, and in the military. To deal with such problems, Professor

With the leadership of Dean Kunhardt, academics andresearch at the Institute have been enriched through the faculty

and students of the Imperatore School.

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securing in place from within the aorta an endovascular stent-graft,using spiral Nitinol (Nickel Titanium alloy) clips. Doing so allowssuccessful combination of the security of the more invasive open sur-gery with the ease and financial merits of endovascular surgery. Thedevice can be used on any stent-graph and it may potentially beextended to other uses. The group’s design involves creating a remote-ly operated stitching mechanism by combining three devices together:a proximal device, a connector (tube), and a distal device. The proxi-mal device delivers Nitinol clips and aids the telescoping series of fourtubes in order (from outermost to innermost). The connector (con-nection system) allows for the translation of operation of distal toproximal movements; it’s a combination of concentric tubes and madeout of polyurethane. The distal device is handheld, has two dials andtwo slides, it’s primarily internal and it links the various movements ofthe device. It is made of plastic, nylon and steel. The primary goal forthe development of this project is to provide an innovative way toreduce, if not eliminate, invasive (open) surgery.

Graduate student enrollments in SchaeferSchool programs reached record numbers in2004. Under the leadership of Associate DeanDinesh Verma the Systems Design andOperational Effectiveness executive educationprogram currently enrolls in excess of 320 stu-dents across the country. Participants includeLockheed Martin, IBM, Boeing, SunMicrosystems, Northrop Grumman, GeneralDynamics, the National Security Agency, theUS Army, the Federal Aviation

Administration, NASA and the US Navy. Alliances in SystemsEngineering have been launched with the Air Force Center forSystems Engineering and Picatinny Arsenal. The third Conference onSystems Engineering Research (CSER) in collaboration with theUniversity of Southern California and the AF Center for SystemsEngineering is scheduled at Stevens for March 2005.

The major research centers - Center for Microchemical Systems,Center for Maritime Systems, Center for Environmental Systems,Design and Manufacturing Institute, and Highly Filled MaterialsInstitute, whose principal emphasis is in the Schaefer School, alsomade noteworthy progress in the ’03-’04 academic year.

Under the leadership of Professors Woo Lee, Adeniyi Lawal andRon Besser, the Center for Micro-Chemical Systems has experiencedan impressive growth with more than $8M in research fundingobtained from the US Department of Energy, DARPA, US Army, theNJ Commission on Science and Technology and various Industrypartners. The Center is well on the way of becoming a global leader indeveloping innovative test and design methodologies and micro chem-ical systems /products.

Under the leadership of Professor Christos Christodoulatos theCenter for Environmental Systems (CES) has made significantprogress in research, technology development and scholarly works.The level of external research funding reached $4.5M with 20 %coming from the private sector. CES scholarly output as measured bythe number of articles published in prestigious journals, papers pre-

sented in national and international confer-ences and the impact of the CES scientificand engineering discoveries nationally hasbeen outstanding. Over 40 journal articlesand conference papers were published.Research performed by CES researchers onthe environmental effects of the metal tung-sten has received national attention and hasbeen cited in various newspapers due to itsimportance in military applications and thepossible toxic effects of the metal to humans,

plants and aquatic organisms. CES has been selected by a large multi-national firm to lead the technology development effort and to pro-vide technical and project management support for the remediation ofone of the largest environmental projects in the country. New materi-als and processes were developed and tested for contaminant destruc-tion and removal from water and wastewater that have great potentialfor commercialization. US Patent No. 6,752,926 B2 entitled "Methodand Apparatus for Treatment of Wastewater" authored by ProfessorsChristodoulatos and Korfiatis was issued by the USPTO on June 22,2004.

The Center for Maritime Systems, under theleadership of Professor Michael Bruno hassignificantly expanded its research and educa-tional initiatives. ACCeSS, the ONR-support-ed consortium that includes Stevens, the USNaval Academy, and University CollegeLondon (UCL), continues to provide leading-edge research and new educational initiativesfor the naval ship design community.Professors Datla, Imas, and Bruno are leadingthis effort with a view toward combining the

CMS’ expertise in towing tank modeling, computer modeling, andfield measurements – and our longstanding partnerships with the shipdesign community – to provide an educational experience that is trulyunique in the world.

The US Navy awarded funds for the renovation of Stevens’ High-Speed Towing Tank facility. The renovations will include a 30%increase in the cross-section of the tank, the addition of new instru-mentation, and the improvement of tank access for research and edu-cation.

With the leadership of Professor AlanBlumberg the Ocean Observation andModeling initiative is the fastest-growing areain the CMS, with important applications inmaritime security, safe navigation, environ-mental protection, and shoreline preservation.With support from the Office of NavalResearch and the New Jersey Dept. ofTransportation, CMS researchers havedesigned and installed the New YorkHarbor Observing and Prediction System

(NYHOPS) -an Ocean Observatory that provides a wealth ofreal-time data about tides, waves, winds, currents, temperatures

Prof. Christodoulatos

Prof. Bruno

Prof. Blumberg

Prof. Verma

Prof. Dentcheva

Dean Kunhardt

Prof. Sukhishvili

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Noteworthy among the many educational achievements is theadvancement of the Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering Majorunder the leadership of Professor Art Ritter, the new masters pro-gram in Product Architecture under the leadership of Professor JohnNastasi and the outstanding ascent of the Systems Engineering pro-gram under the leadership of Professors Dinesh Verma and JohnFarr. The Schaefer School also successfully completed the review bythe Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology whichentailed extensive preparation, across all departments and programs,and was ably led by Professor David Vaccari. The Senior DesignProjects presented in May, 2004 were among the finest to date reflect-ing faculty mentoring and the extraordinary inventiveness of the stu-dents.

Keith Sheppard, Associate Dean of Engineering, SouranManoochehri, Associate Dean for Research and Technology andDinesh Verma, Associate Dean for Outreach and ExecutiveEducation have led significant change in the school.In addition, fac-ulty of the Schaefer School launched two new undergraduate concen-trations under the General Engineering Program in InformationSystems Engineering and Naval Engineering.

To support the new programs, and through the generosity of notablealumni, the Schaefer School is developing several new Laboratories:The Thermodynamics/Bio-Transport Lab will allow students tomake measurements of physico-chemical, thermodynamic and trans-port properties at the cellular level and model energy changes duringligand-protein and protein-protein interactions. The EngineeringPhysiology Lab is centered on exercise and the measurement of theresponses of the cardiovascular system to increasing levels of work(stress). This lab identifies some of the most important cardiovascularcontrol mechanisms; namely increasing blood supply to muscles, reg-ulation of heart rate, blood pressure and rate and depth of respirationand their response to increasing stress level. In the Biomaterials Labstudents study the mechanical properties of biomaterials (bone, mus-cle) and implants (Dacron mesh, suture materials) and pull strengthof bone screws. Studies of material degredation in simulated bodyfluid and sliding friction of artificial knee implants are also tested.The Biosystems Simulation and Control Lab allows students to per-form simulations of blood pressure regulation, autoregulation ofblood flow and compartmental analysis of drug distribution in thesystemic circulation, as well as other neural and endocrine control sys-tems.

The Product-Architecture Digital Media Laboratory located at theCarnegie building focuses on advanced digital design environments

including geometric modeling, interaction design, scripting languagesand virtual reality.

The Center for Innovation in Engineeringand Science Education under its newDirector, Elisabeth McGrath, is working close-ly with Schaefer School faculty to develop newfrontiers in engineering education. They arecollaborating on topics such as integratingresearch into undergraduate coursework;improving persistence of women and under-represented groups in engineering; enliveningcoursework with authentic, real-world prob-lems; and incorporating the Stevens

Technogenesis® experience more substantially into K-12 and under-graduate education.

On April 28, 2004 Engineering Seniors showcased their design proj-ects during the annual Senior Design Day. A total of 62 group designprojects were exhibited at the Canavan Arena in a spectacular showthat exemplifies the Technogenesis spirit of Stevens.

Seniors Mia Molfino and Michael C. Phipps designed, manufac-tured and tested a Cruciate Retaining Total Knee System, whichwas based on the Scorpio total knee system developed by their spon-sor Stryker Orthopedics. The group developed a regenerating CADmodel for the female size 7, the “common size” femoral and tibialcomponents for both the manufacturing of all parts and final produc-tion of the system. Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) andDesign Input Verification and Validation Logic (DIVVL) for both thetibial and femoral components were completed to validate overalldesign concpt. A thorough research on current products on the mar-ket was also conducted to evaluate the advantages of the new systemover other products on the market. Their goal to create a product thatis effective and durable, and has an operational advantage of 20% to40% greater than the product currently in use was met.

Eva Bica, George Collard, Rebecca Gonter, Dominique Gonzalezand Joseph Grogan developed an innovative Remote-OperatedStitching Device. The Stent-Saver, as the call it, is a method for

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THE SCHAEFER SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGDentcheva and her coworkers have created a new optimization modelin which random outcomes, dependent on decisions made by theuser, are compared with stochastic benchmarks. The model providesdecision-makers and analysts in many areas with novel tools for riskcontrol. This research has been described in recently published papersin the SIAM Journal of Optimization and in the JournalMathematical Programming. Professor Dentcheva's research is sup-ported by grants from the NSF.

The field of optical technologies, which has mot promising applica-tions in medicine, telecommunications and computing, has benefitedfrom the research of Professor Hong-Liang Cui and his students. Inthe past decade a new class of artificially structured materials knownas photonic bandgap (PBG) crystals has opened up unforseen possi-bilities of localizing and controlling light in cavities and waveguidesfor use in telecommunications, sensor technology, spectroscopy, andmedicine. Professor Cui and his students produce photonic bandgapmaterials with DNA crystals! Uniquely, they have designed a singleDNA nanotube that consists of six parallel DNA double helicesjoined together to form a hexagon with an approximately cylindricalshaped cavity in the center. Varying the number of helices per hexa-gon side can then control the size of the central cavity. By joining par-allel nanotubes together, a trigonal lattice with a dielectric constantthat periodically varies in two dimensions can be created. They haveshown that a two-dimensional trigonal DNA lattice composed of par-allel DNA helices exhibits a substantial photonic band gap for polar-ized light in the deep UV region. This opens up the possibility for thedevelopment of optical components in the UV region of the spec-trum, where optical devices are very difficult to achieve.

Professor Kurt Becker, jointly with Ph.D. student Peter Kuruncziand Professor Karl Schoenbach of Old Dominion University, obtainedUS Patent No. 6,703,771 "Monochromatic Vacuum Ultraviolet LightSource for Photolithography Applications Based on a High PressureMicrohollow Cathode Discharge." This invention describes an effi-cient, high-intensity vacuum ultraviolet light source based on a high-pressure microhollow cathode discharge plasma. The source produces

monochromatic radiation at a wavelength of 1.216 x 10-7 m, whichmakes it a promising source for next generation photolithographyapplications aimed at etching semiconductor structures with verysmall feature sizes.

Professor Edward Foster and colleagues, with the support of DeanKunhardt, have created the Division ofHumanities to advance the Institute’s legacy ofpromoting the study of the humanities. Thisdevelopment establishes a more vital role bothin knowledge creation and pedagogy for thehumanities.

The international opportunities with theRepublic of Turkey which serves as a worldmodel for the coexistence of a capitalisticdemocracy and the Islamic religion uniquely

position the Imperatore School and the Institute, as a whole, foradvancing the understanding and cooperation between the UnitedStates and other nations.

The "department" of Humanities has been reconstituted as a "divi-sion," including the departments of philosophy under Prof. LisaDowling, history, under Prof. James McClellan, social sciences, underProf. Arnold Urken, literature and language under Prof. EdwardFoster, and art, music, and technology under Profs. Julie Harrison andDavid Musial.

Programs currently planned or being developed include graduate andundergraduate degree programs in applied ethics, an undergraduatemajor in the history of engineering, an undergraduate minor in gen-der studies, an undergraduate major in American Studies, an under-graduate program in art and technology, an undergraduate program inmusic and technology, and graduate and undergraduate programs inTurkish and Middle Eastern Studies. Faculty from the Division ofHumanities are also preparing a university press for Stevens.

A research team led by Dr. Susanne Wetzel,an assistant professor of Computer Science,produced a compelling study of the weakness-es of wireless networks. Specifically, Wetzel'steam discovered "stealth attack" methods ofdisrupting and draining power from individ-ual nodes within an "ad hoc" wireless network– i.e., a network that one "connects to" as avisitor without a dedicated access point.

While still rare, ad hoc modes are the under-pinning for many of the advanced data net-

working schemes now being proposed.

"Most of today's communication infrastructure is based on trustwor-thy collaboration among information routers," says Wetzel. "However,given the increased economic reliance on a working communicationinfrastructure, this has become a potential target for terrorists andother criminals."

With Dr. Rebecca Wright of Stevens, Wetzel also won a major grantfrom the National Science Foundation to develop new"Interdisciplinary Degrees in Cybersecurity."

"This project builds Stevens' capacity in information assurance andcomputer ecurity education by developing new interdisciplinarycybersecurity degree programs on both the undergraduate and thegraduate level," said Wetzel.

Dean Korfiatis

Director McGrath

Under the leadership of Dean George Korfiatis, the SchaeferSchool has made exceptional progress in development of

undergraduate and graduate educational programs, researchand outreach to key industries and government agencies.

Prof. Foster

Prof. Wetzel

Wetzel spots weaknesses in wireless security

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Turkish and Middle Eastern StudiesUnder Prof. David Cuthell of the History Department, Turkish andMiddle Eastern Studies focuses specifically on issues and problems ofconcern for engineering and business students who work, or plan towork, in that part of the world. These programs are being developedin cooperation with Beykent University in Istanbul, Turkey. Anexchange program with that university brought seven undergraduatestudents from Istanbul to Stevens this spring; Prof. Akif Kirecci fromBeykent's Department of International Studies will join the Stevensfaculty for two years, beginning this fall, to assist Prof. Cuthell.

Stevens and Beykent jointly sponsored a conference onTurkish/American relations, at Stevens in May. One of the mostimportant conferences of its sort ever held, it included such distin-guished speakers from the business, political, cultural, and academicworlds as Prof. Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Director General of theIslamic Conference, Research Center for Islamic History, Art andCulture in Istanbul; Prof. Dr. Mustafa Isen, Undersecretary of theMinistry of Culture and Tourism of the Turkish Republic; Mr. AliCoskun, Minister of Industry and Trade of the Turkish Republic; Mr.Thomas Rabaut, President & CEO of United Defense; Mr. NecatiCetinkaya, Deputy Chairman of the Ruling Party in Turkey; Assoc.Prof. Dr. Sait Açba, President of the Planning and BudgetingCommission of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey; Ambassador

Charles F. Dunbar (Ret.); Dr. Mehmet C. Öz; and Mr. StephenKinzer of The New York Times.

The capstone to the Turkish/Middle Eastern program will be aresearch center in Istanbul, planned for the near future. The centerwill include offices, a small library, meeting rooms, and living quartersfor visiting instructors, students, and scholars. The center and theresearch projects pursued under its aegis will allow Stevens to assumea key role in relations between the United States and the Middle East.

Dr. George M. Calhoun joined the Institutein July 2003 as Executive-in-Residence andteaches in the Undergraduate Business &Technology program at the Howe School. Heis one of the co-founders of InterDigitalCommunications Corporation, where he pio-neered the development of digital cellulartechnology, including the first systems basedon TDMA technology, which now accountsfor over 80% of today’s cellular networks.Most recently, Dr. Calhoun was the Chairman

and CEO of Illinois Superconductor Corporation, a public company

focused on the application of high-temperature superconductingmaterials and advanced signal processing techniques to suppress inter-ference in wireless networks. He is also a Board member of AirnetCommunications, a smart antenna and software-defined radio tech-nology company. Dr. Calhoun is a patent holder and has publishedseveral books on wireless communications, including the best-sellingDigital Cellular Radio (Artech, 1988). His most recent book is ThirdGeneration Wireless Systems: Post-Shannon Signal Architectures(Artech, 2003). He is also a Visiting Professor at the LeidenUniversity School of Management in the Netherlands. Dr. Calhounhas a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Ph.D.from the Wharton School.

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agers at SAP, NSF, Army, Navy, and DARPA are becoming increasing-ly interested in applying these concepts and insights to real worldproblems.

Professor Michael zur Muehlen obtained forthe Howe School the certification as aSAP/IDS Scheer Center of Excellence inBusiness Process Innovation. Business processinnovation addresses the definition, implemen-tation, execution and improvement of corpo-rate business processes. As one of five SAPCenters of Excellence world-wide, Stevens hasa leadership role in this important knowledgemanagement research domain.

Deans Jerry Hultin and George Korfiatis lead the Institute’s effortthat resulted in Stevens being named as a University Partner toANSER, the recently designated Federally Funded Research andDevelopment Center (FFRDC) for the Department of HomelandSecurity. This gives the Institute and our faculty the opportunity totake leading roles in areas of key national concern such as port securi-ty, secure wireless networks, infrastructure protection, cyber-security,and emergency response systems.

Professor Peter Koen chaired the 2ndProduct Development and ManagementAssociation (PDMA) Conference on the FrontEnd of Innovation. The objective of theConference was to improve the effectiveness ofscientists and engineers engaged in creatingand developing new goods and services. TheConference attracted over 350 leading practi-tioners and academics from around the globe.In addition, Dr. Koen was elected as VicePresident of Academics for the Product

Development Management Association, the leading innovation man-agement association in the United States.

Professor Audrey Curtis launched a pioneering telecommunicationsmasters program in China. Stevens Institute will graduate, in partner-ship with Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT), its first class of mas-ters’ students in Beijing, China in January 2005. Stevens Institute fac-

ulty travel to Beijing to teach four courses,four courses are taught via the web and facultyfrom BIT teach the remaining four. Dr. Curtisis spending the Fall 2004 term in Beijing,teaching the program’s capstone course anddeveloping further educational and researchopportunities in China for Stevens.

Professor Jerry Luftman has begun a neweducational initiative in India. The HoweSchool will offer its Master of Science in

Information Systems (MSIS) program in Bangalore starting thisOctober. On his recent visit to India, Dr. Luftman was asked by exec-utives of major Indian corporations to provide a program of executiveeducation for their senior executives. This summer, Dr. Luftman,Associate Dean Ted Stohr, and Senior Lecturer Christine Bullenserved as the leaders for the largest AMCIS conference ever held.Hosted by Stevens in New York City, over 1260 leading IT academi-cians attended.

The Howe School graduated its first Business & Technology(B&T) class. These B&T graduates carry with them a broad-basedapproach to business management and scientific and technical knowl-edge that bridges the critical gap between business practices and tech-nological expertise

In 2000, Associate Dean Louis Laucirica, asuccessful executive with global experience,founded the program to address critical,unmet business needs. With the leadership ofthe highly energetic B&T faculty, the programhas given its young graduates a unique pass-port to positions with major global organiza-tions and entrepreneurial initiatives.

Professor Ted Stohr, Associate Dean forResearch and Academics, launched the

Institute’s MBA in Technology Management in 2002. Now beginningits second year, the MBA offers eight majors supporting a broad rangeof career paths. Enrollments will exceed eighty students this year.

Prof. Koen

Prof. Curtis

Prof. Laucirica

George M. Calhoun

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New Faculty

Dr. Lisa M. Dolling, who received her Ph.D.from the City University of New York andGraduate enter, joins the Division ofHumanities in the area of Philosophy. Herresearch focus includes philosophy of science,hermeneutics, epistemology, history of philos-ophy and aesthetics. She edited “Tests ofTime: Readings in the Development ofPhysical theory”, Princeton University Press,2002, with Arthur Gianelli. Other recentpublications include “Edith Stein’s Philosophy

iof Liberal Education” in Contemplating Edith Stein, edited byJoyce Avrech Berkman, University of Notre Dame Press, 2004.

Akif Kirecci will be an adjunct assistant professor in the Departmentof History this year as part of Stevens's faculty exchange program withBeykent University in Istanbul. Kirecci is the author of numerousscholarly articles and is completing his doctorate at the University ofPennsylvania. A specialist in Middle Eastern issues, he will be assistingProf. David Cuthell in developing the Stevens program in Turkish andMiddle Eastern Studies.

Dr. Claudine Cohen will join the Department of History as a distin-guished visiting professor for the spring semester. Dr. Cohen is a pro-fessor at the distinguished French national graduate school of socialsciences in Paris (the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales).She holds advanced degrees in science (paleontology), philosophy, and

the history of science. Her interests concern how knowledge is refract-ed through culture. She is the author of several studies on prehistory,including women in prehistory. She comes to Stevens both to teachand to collaborate with colleagues in our programs in the history ofscience and technology."

Dr. Christopher P. Search, who received his Ph.D. from theUniversity of Michigan, joins the Department of Physics. Dr. Search,who also has advanced degrees in electrical engineering and biomed-ical engineering, does research in nonlinear atom optics, molecularmicromasers, and advanced quantum optics. Dr. Search combines hisbackground in engineering and applied physics to make innovativetechnological advances for many promising applications.

Dr. Michael Zabarankin, who has a Ph.D. inIndustrial and Systems Engineering from theUniversity of Florida and a Ph.D. in AppliedMathematics from Kiev Taras ShevchenkoUniversity in the Ukrane, joins theDepartment of Mathematics. His fields ofresearch include mathematical modeling andoptimization, risk management and portfoliooptimization as well as operations researchand mathematical physics. The applications ofhis research are manifold and varied such as

encompass optimal trajectories of aircraft, decision support in businessenvironments and quantitative investment methodologies.

Michael Zabarankin

Participants at the recent conference.

Lisa Dolling

New Faculty

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THE HOWE SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

The leadership team has been augmentedthrough the recent addition of Dr. LexMcCusker, former Vice President/GeneralManager of AT&T Labs Professional Services,a consulting organization providing serviceson such areas as data mining, database mar-keting and analysis, and multi-media. Priorto that, Dr. McCusker was Vice President ofResearch Administration at AT&T Labs andGeneral Manager of Lucent TechnologiesConsumer Lease Services. He received his

Ph.D. at University of Texas at Austin and was a Sloan PostdoctoralResearch Fellow at the University of Chicago. He also completed theManagement of Technology Innovation Program at the CaliforniaInstitute of Technology.

Professor Timothy Koeller had landmark publications such as“Technological Opportunity and the Relationship between InnovationOutput and Market Structure” and “Employment Growth in High-Tech New Ventures” with Professor Thomas Lechler. ProfessorKoeller also developed a new Ph.D. seminar course on entrepreneur-ship.

Professor Patricia J. Holahan and S.Markham published “Product development asa Political Process” in the Handbook of NewProduct Development, John Wiley & Sons.Professor Holahan also published, withProfessor Ann Mooney, papers accepted forpresentation at the Academy of ManagementAnnual meeting in New Orleans. The papersare entitled “Conflict, Decision Outcomesand Project Team Performance” and“Managing Conflict in Teams: Gaining the

Benefits and Avoiding the Costs”.

Ann Mooney won a Women’s InternationalScience Collaboration (WISC) Programaward to initiate research collaboration andwrite a grant proposal with a foreign scientist.This award was given by the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement of Science(AAAS) with the support of the NationalScience Foundation.

Professor Jeffrey Nickerson’s research at theHowe School has focused on decision making.These projects are precursors to larger-scalecollaborative research within the Howe Schooland across all three schools of the Institute onthe subject of complex decision theory, riskevaluation, and knowledge management.

In work under an NSF InformationTechnology Research Grant and in collabora-tion with the School of Engineering, Howe

School researchers Jing Ma and Jeffrey Nickerson are evaluatingwhether remote laboratories can be used as substitutes for real labora-tories in engineering education. The issue is important for educationalorganizations and has significant potential for industry as design andmanufacturing become attractive candidates for remote-controlledoperation.

As part of work under US Army funding, in conjunction with theWiNSeC center, Howe School researchers Michael zur Muehlen,Richard Reilly, and Jeffrey Nickerson have focused on the impactnew mobile communications have on command and control. Theirwork has implications for response during highly-stressed events suchas combat and emergencies.

As part of work under SAP Funding, Howe School researchersMichael zur Muehlen, Bin Lai, and Jeffrey Nickerson have beenfocusing on how to monitor business processes which reach acrossorganizations. This is becoming more and more important asInternet-based information web services are being adopted at an accel-erating rate by businesses and governmental agencies.

As part of the Institute’s research on naval force protection, JeffreyNickerson, working with researchers at the Davidson Laboratory, hasfocused on how intelligence information should influence sensor net-works used in detection tasks. For example, how best to adjust sensorsand sensor networks as an attack becomes more probable.

The research described above is gaining attention of program man-

Dr. Lex McCusker

Prof. Holahan

Prof. Mooney

Prof. Nickerson

With the leadership of Vice PresidentMaureen Weatherall and her colleagues, sus-tained progress was made in the outstandingqualifications of entering students, selectivity,retention, graduate enrollment, theWebCampus, professional education andother services.

With the leadership ofRobert Ubell,WebCampus Stevens,

the Institute’s nationally acclaimed onlinelearning unit, continues to offer convenientaccess to graduate students from 36 states and27 countries. Awarded the Sloan Foundation’sprize as the nation’s “Best Online University,”WebCampus now delivers eight Master’sdegrees and 25 Graduate Certificates entirelyonline. Since its inception four years ago, whenit began with merely three courses and 23 enrollments, more than4,000 students have now attended fully online courses delivered bysome 70 Stevens notable faculty.

Launched this year, Stevens’ new School of Professional Educationprovides corporations with advanced training at company sites,online, and on campus. Under its Global Corporate Learning unit—with Maureen Weatherall as Chief Executive Officer and Robert Ubellas President and Dean of the new school—Stevens new training andeducation division provides rigorous courses to employees worldwide.Custom programs are now available in such high-demand fields asenterprise security, project management, technology management, andsoftware engineering, areas in which Stevens expertise has earned it aprominent place among Fortune 1000 companies.

The entering class of 2004 has reached an enrollment of 475 new stu-dents, an increase of 6.7% over last year. This year’s class represents,specifically, a 10.5% increase in first-time freshmen. This class size isthe largest in over 15 years and indicates a strong interest in theInstitute and its programs of study in engineering, the sciences, thehumanities and business and technology.

To achieve this growth, we expanded our applicant pool and achieved8.5% growth in new applications, with a 12.5% growth in first timefreshmen applications. As part of our growth, we saw an 86 %increase in the number of students applying for early decision, reflect-ing an increased awareness of the Institute, and aligns us more closelywith other elite private universities.

The incoming class will also be represented by studentsfrom 31 states, an increase from only 25 states a year ago.We have also increased our recruited student athletes by10%, with significant interest in our new sports: equestri-an, field hockey and wrestling. The number of studentswho qualified for the Scholars Program (minimum SAT of1400, and top 10% of graduating class) has also seengrowth with a total of 46 new students, our largest class todate. 27 students were awarded the DeBaun PerformingArts Scholarship (awarded for demonstrated talent inmusical performance and theater) an increase of 200%.

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VP Weatherall

Dean Ubell

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With the leadership of Dean Jerry Hultin and Associate Dean TedStohr, as well as very able program managers, the Howe School

made significant strides in ’03-’04.

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Institute faculty and WiNSeC researchers have demonstrated impor-tant concepts in multi-networking in the NSF “National ResearchTestbed” program, which is one of very few such pioneering projectsfunded by NSF. Other noteworthy accomplishments include dramaticpower savings in ad-hoc networks on the DARPA “ConnectionlessNetworking” program and new graphical insights into the complexrelationship between temporal and spatial utilization of the RF spec-

trum for NSF’s “Spectral Occupancy Measurements” program.

Importantly, WiNSeC serves as a pivotal link for critical networkinfrastructure and effective spectrum sharing.

Dr. Wisniewski will also have overall responsibility for ensuring thatthe new, funded ONR program in critical infrastructure protection ispositioned for innovative technological advances.

Through the collective efforts of our faculty and the staff of theGraduate Admissions office to market Stevens, attendance at GraduateOpen Houses and Information Sessions has increased 120% over lastyear.

Successful increased marketing has also been reflected in the numberof graduate applicants. As of August 2004, graduate enrollment was8% ahead of last year. Similarly, as a percentage of our full-time appli-cant population, domestic applications have increased by 45%.

Stevens’ graduate schools are experiencing an increase in total enroll-ment revenue. Nevertheless, the revenue goal of the Growth Plan isbased on high single digit percentage increases in total graduate rev-enue each year. This challenging goal requires the active engagementof each academic school, the graduate Admissions Office, the Schoolof Professional Education and the Web Campus. New faculty andstaff initiatives to develop new programs and new markets are the keysto success.

With the leadership of Vice President JamesSnyder, Assistant Vice President MarjorieEveritt and their colleagues, as well as theAlumni Association, the five year “Campaignfor Stevens” with over $113,000,000 pledgedand received, was completed The Office ofDevelopment is transitioning to meet Growthplan initiatives. The expansion of fund-raisingincludes increased resources for scholarship aidto meet the demands of a growing undergrad-uate population. This focus will include cur-

rent as well as endowed scholarship gifts. Reunion class giving andother special projects will provide for this growth. Further and com-plementing the increase in new undergraduates will be the need fornew housing and funding for new facilities. New dormitory space for200 students is planned for the River Terrace complex and a new stu-dent center is to be built at Jacobus Hall. Funding for both of theseprojects has been identified and this near-term construction will occurin 2004-05.

In addition, the Office of Development will focus on identifyingfunding for completing the parking garage at the Babbio Center (forwhich we have all approvals), the expanded Maritime Center, and fur-ther expanding student housing on campus.

Other outreach will focus on Graduate alumni giving. The graduatealumni population continues to grow at record rates and these gradu-ates will be asked to take on several new projects to fund fellowshipsas well as undesignated revenue to support the individual graduate

programs. The growth plan for graduate alum-ni will focus on new participation and increas-ing the average gift through fiscal ’09.

With the very competent oversight of VicePresident Dobbelaar, the campus has experi-enced, will continue to experience, new con-struction and renovation. The Lawrence T.Babbio, Jr. Center for TechnologyManagement Education and Research, isexpected to be completed for occupancy in

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the spring of ’05. As this extraordinary facility, whose design hasalready won several awards, is completed, the construction of a 724space parking garage, associated with the Babbio Building, will com-mence.

The Babbio Center will provide the Howe School of TechnologyManagement with outstanding quality space to expand and strength-en its undergraduate and graduate educational programs as well as itsfaculty research, it will serve as a focal point for the New York metro-politan area and beyond, for visiting scholars, seminars and confer-ences in the burgeoning field of Technology Management.

Walker Hall was renovated in ’03-’04 and provides much neededfacilities for physical education, intramurals and training for varsityathletes. The layout and equipment combine to make a highly func-tional and attractive facility for many future generations of students.

The unoccupied buildings on the southwest side of River Terrace areundergoing renovation to create a 200 bed undergraduate residence toaccommodate the increased enrollment of the Growth Plan. DavisHall dormitory received new windows and air conditioning.

The generosity of alumni is making possible the renovation of JacobusHall which will become the first, fully dedicated campus facility forstudents. The design includes community space, health care office,rooms for student organizations, seminar rooms, and an interfaithchapel.

The linear towing tank in Davidson Laboratory of the Center forMaritime Systems is undergoing renovation and it will be uniqueamong such facilities making it the most modern of any university inthe world.

Future renovations, under planning, include the square tank area ofthe Davidson Laboratory to create additional laboratory and officespace to accommodate the expansion of faculty and research programsin the Growth Plan.

The Samuel C. Williams Library is continuing its growth as a leaderamong university libraries in providing research and academicresources to faculty and students through network and Web access.The implementation of Digital Commons is making possible elec-tronic access to Institute publications and dissertations. The digitiza-tion of the F.W. Taylor Collection is making this valuable resourceavailable to researchers around the world.

All of the Institute’s programs rely on the services of financial andbusiness administrative personnel. Throughout the Finance Division,efforts continue to enhance support for academic, research and stu-dent areas. A new financial reporting system will provide improvedaccess and financial activity reporting throughout the Institute. Thevery fine work of Vice President Mark Samolewicz, and his col-leagues, is gratefully acknowledged.

Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski began in August asVice President for Institute TechnologyInitiatives. This is a newly created, senior,Institute-wide leadership position establishedbecause of the growth of research funding, thegoal to continue this growth, the need for sup-portive business services for research, patentapplications and intellectual property, and therelated goal to spawn future Technogenesis®enterprises.

Dr. Wisniewski builds on the extraordinaryaccomplishments of Dr. Frank L. Fernandez,former Director of the Defense AdvancedResearch Projects Agency (DARPA), who isretiring as Director of Institute TechnologyInitiatives, but who also begins a new role ofactive service as Distinguished TechnologyAdvisor for the Institute. Dr. Fernandez’ tran-sition had been planned and it allows him tospend more time in the San Diego area fromwhere he has been long-distance commuting

since he began at the Institute in 2001.

Dr. Wisniewski's experience, knowledge and contacts are ideally suit-ed for the new Vice President's role. She has extensive experience andshown outstanding accomplishments in academe, industry and not-for-profit organizations. She is a technological entrepreneur, consistentwith Stevens' environment of Technogenesis, and has received awardsfor her contributions to technology and leadership. Dr. Wisniewskihas been a Corporate Director at Lockheed Martin and Vice Presidentat the Titan Corporation and at ANSER, a Washington-based think-tank. She was the founding director of the applied mathematics pro-gram at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)and served in a key position at the Central Intelligence Agency. Inaddition, and very impressively, she founded Aurora Biometrics, Inc.,a provider of complete biometric systems. The company's suite ofproducts was based on advances in mathematical modeling that shedeveloped and patented. She obtained investment capital and grewthe business to the point where it attracted buyers, completing theprocess of innovation to implementation. Having recently completedits sale, Wisniewski was able to join Stevens. She also has extensiveexperience in academia and held the position of department head anddirector of research at Seton Hall University. She has also served as auniversity trustee at other institutions.

The research growth of the faculty and research centers, nurtured byJerry Hultin, Dean of the Howe School of Technology Management,George Korfiatis, Dean of the Schaefer School of Engineering andErich Kunhardt, Dean of the Imperatore School of Science and Artsand by Dr. Frank Fernandez, as well as the Research Center Directors,is illustrated below.

Due to the outstanding success of faculty in the three academicschools and the research centers, the Institute has sustained continueddouble-digit growth in external research funding. Such progressstrongly positions the Institute for the future.

The decision was made in ’03-‘04 to establish a Vice Presidential posi-

tion to head the office of Institute Technology Initiatives (ITI).Functions reporting to this new position now include the Office ofSponsored Research (OSR), Intellectual Property (IP) Management,Technogenesis Commercialization and Investments, and, most recent-ly, Export Compliance. A critical component to this structure was thetransfer of dedicated resources supporting sponsored research activitiesfrom the finance division, which is now under the new ITI organiza-tion structure. These changes and additional investments were madeto better service the research community and provide better controlsfor this growing part of Institute operations.

ITI introduced a new metric this past year measuring the collectivereturn on Technogenesis (TG) seed investments since the TG fundwas established in 2001. Over this period, ITI seeded 18 separateinvestments with funds totaling $700,000. Research contract grantsawarded to the university as a result of this seed funding throughFY04 total $17.4M for the period. ITI will be seeking replenishmentfunding for TG investments in the next year in support of the overallSIT Growth Planning process.

In the area of IP Management, the university had 4 US patents issuedover the past year, bringing the portfolio/inventory count to a total of35 active US patents. In addition, SIT has an additional 29 pendingpatent applications in process, crossing a spectrum of technologies.The volume of invention disclosures submitted and approved by thepatent committee continues to be on the increase. A key objectivegoing forward will be to focus this activity. ITI, in conjunction withthe Institute’s Research Council, will be assessing its overall patentportfolio and establishing strategic direction over the next year.

Several patent/technology Technogenesis® licensing and commercial-ization initiatives began and are under way with the Institute’s venturecompanies in FY04. (1) License of adjustable gap rheometer andextrusion technology to Material Processing and Research (MPR) (2)Sale of 4 older telecommunication patents to Intellectual Ventures (3)License and commercial business discussion with a potential new SITenterprise company, Multi-logic Decision Systems (MDS), centeredon error resilient decision aid patents and technology.

The Wireless Network Security Center (WiNSeC), established onlytwo years ago under the leadership of Dr. Paul Kolodzy, will reportto Dr. Wisniewski. Bruce McNair of the Electrical and ComputingEngineering Department was named Deputy Director, and Dr.Patrick White is Associate Director for Business Development.

WiNSeC has won several grants and contracts from DARPA, NSF,the Air Force Research Laboratory and an Oregon emergency servicesorganization. Among its accomplishments, WiNSeC has establishedan emergency wireless back-up link for first responders in the localarea, which was made available in case of emergency during the 2004Republican National Convention in New York City. Institute facultysuch as Rebecca Wright, Yu-Dong Yao, Jeff Nickerson, RainerMartini, Richard Reilly, George Kamberov, Dominic Duggan,Susanne Wetzel, Daniel Duchamp, Darinka Dentcheva, Arnie Urken,Koduvayur Subbalakshmi, Uf Tureli, Elli Angelopoulou, JohnOliensis, and Cristina Comaniciu have participated in WiNSeC’sresearch and have played key roles in securing external funding whichdid exceed $2 million in ’03-’04.

N E W L E A D E R S H I P

Dr. Wisniewski

Dr. Fernandez

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2004

Dear Colleague:

Nurturing the broad elements of academic excellence is the focus ofthe Institute’s Growth Plan, based on the strategic direction ofTechnogenesis®, whose progress is highlighted in this letter.

Faculty are central to the Institute’s academic core. Faculty advancesin the frontiers of their individual and collective fields of research, andof their scholarly interests in pedagogy, have advanced the Institute asa whole. The research centers, consisting of highly talented and inno-vative research faculty, have contributed significantly to the intellectu-al productivity of the Institute. Special faculty, who bring their wel-comed insights, experience, and knowledge from beyond academe,have benefited our programs. Thus, the Institute’s academic core hasbeen enriched, deepened and broadened by a diverse and outstandingfaculty.

Students have benefited from faculty excellence during the ’03-’04academic year. Undergraduates have also enriched the Institute in theclassroom, laboratory, research and design projects, as well as extracur-ricular activities such as athletics and campus organizations. Graduatestudents made great strides in their masters and doctoral research andin incorporating the knowledge gained at the Institute in their variedprofessional endeavors.

Many talented administrative staff devoted themselves to the multi-tude of business functions and services needed to support the facultyand students; their dedication bolstered ‘03-’04 growth.

The key elements of the Growth Plan are increased external supportof research, the recruitment of faculty who take our programs to everhigher levels of excellence, focused growth of the undergraduate stu-dent body with highly competitive selectivity, and strategic increasesin master’s and professional education, which expand the Institute’spartnering with business, industry and government. In the ’03-’04year, global partnerships also flourished.

The goal of the Growth Plan is that the Institute be recognized by theend of this decade as a national asset because of its knowledge cre-ation, innovative technologies and education, cohesively integrated inthe strategy of Technogenesis®. The plan is funded by researchgrowth, enrollment revenue growth and fundraising.

This letter to the greater Institute community highlights:

º New Institute leadership to nurture faculty and center research,foster and guide the development of intellectual property andencourage the next generation of Technogenesis® businessenterprises.

º The three academic schools, including noteworthy accomplish-ments of faculty in research, pedagogy and educational/trainingprogram development and the recruitment of new faculty.

º Selected research centers and their progress in research fundingand innovative technologies.

º Student accomplishments in, and beyond, the classroom andlaboratory.

º Initiatives of administrative personnel, including WebCampusStevens and professional education, enrollment management,the completion of the capital campaign and launching of newfund raising as well as current and near-term campus construc-tion.

“Sustained excellence from faculty, research centers, undergraduateand graduate students, and dedicated administrative staff has led to

exceptional achievements in the ’03-’04 academic year that advancethe Institute and provide inspiring promise for our future.”

– Hal Raveché

Stevens Institute of TechnologyCastle Point on HudsonHoboken, NJ 07030

Office of the President

September 2004Three Stevens student-athletes earnedAcademic All-America honors last year, mark-ing the first time that the school has hadmore than one Academic All-American in asingle year. Senior Brian Lalli, who finishedhis career as the all-time leading scorer in thehistory of the Stevens men’s lacrosse program,became the school’s first two-time AcademicAll-American and was selected to the CollegeDivision Spring At-Large First Team. SeniorAllison Donnelly, the valedictorian of theStevens senior class, was selected to the College Division Women’sTrack/Cross Country First Team. She graduated this May with a per-fect 4.0 grade-point average while earning a Bachelor of Engineeringdegree in Engineering Management as well as a Master’s ofEngineering degree in Systems Engineering. Junior Josh Ottinger,who became the all-time leading scorer in the history of the Stevenssoccer program, earned Academic All-America Third Team honors.

Stevens had six teams qualify for postseason play, including threeteams that earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. The men’s soccerteam, which capped off the best season in the 75-year history of theprogram, compiled a 19-2-2 record and advanced to the “Sweet 16”of the NCAA Tournament. The women’s soccer team, which cap-tured its fourth straight Skyline Conference title, earned its secondstraight NCAA bid. The Ducks also earned a first-round victory forthe second straight season. The men’s lacrosse team qualified for theNCAA Tournament for the fourth straight season. After earning anopening-round victory over Springfield College, the Ducks advancedto the quarterfinals for the first time. The men’s volleyball, women’sbasketball and women’s lacrosse teams qualified for their respectiveECAC Tournaments. Men’s volleyball captured its first ECACDivision III Metro Championship.

Stevens student-athletes continue to excel on the playing field and inthe classroom. Last year, the school’s 20 varsity teams combined for a3.15 GPA!

The greater Institute community is characterized by extraordinarilytalented and dedicated people. Their success is a source of great prideand provides a most promising outlook. As we sustain this outstand-ing initiative and continue to increase our overall revenue, the mile-stones and goal of the Growth Plan will be realized, thus advancingthe Institute to ever higher levels of national and global prominence. Iam privileged to recognize the many fine achievements of theInstitute community.

Sincerely yours,

Harold J. RavechéPresident

Allison Rachael Donnelly

Athletics