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1. Cheryl Ann Frank, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tohru Suwa, Mechanical Engineering
Dominik Hepp, Computer Engineering
Justin Meyer, Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering
Ravi Pitchika, Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Gang Shen, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering
2003 Outstanding TA Award
Systems Integration
Initiative at SSoE:
Synergistic Execution
of Research,
Prototyping, and
Executive Education
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Long-Standing
Partners: Stevens and
Picatinny Arsenal
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15 Stevens Intrepid
Museum
Partnership
CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR., SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGCHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR., SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
L E A D E R S H I P I N E N G I N E E R I N G E D U C AT I O N
INFOCUS
Charles V. Schaefer, Jr., School of Engineering
Stevens Institute of Technology
Castle Point on Hudson
Hoboken, NJ 07030
Phone 201.216.5263
Fax 201.216.8909
www.soe.stevens.edu
SSOE
SSSOE
6 Stevens and NYU:
AThriving Academic
Partnership
SPRING 2004
VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1
Capstone Senior Design projects play a
critical role in bridging academic and
real-life technical experiences for many
undergraduate students across the globe.
Students learn design methodologies,
systems integration, project cost and
time management, and teamwork. In an
increasingly global economy, product
development teams geographically span
the entire globe. Engineers must learn to
collaborate with others under cultural,
language and time differences.This
design project aims to integrate student
learning on global collaboration with the
technical design of a challenging system.
The objectives of the project are:
• Design a micro-electro-mechanical sys-
tem (MEMS) as the focus of the design
project.
• Develop a device engineering team that
geographically spans across the globe
creating the platform for multi-cul-
tural and multi-time zone collabo-
ration
• Use Internet-aware virtual design,
simulation and manufacturing
tools that provide Product Life
Management (PLM) framework.
The team includes students and
professors from Stevens Institute
of Technology (Profs. K. Pochiraju,
C. Chassapis and S. Manoochehri)
who will provide the design and
project leadership experience, the
University of Philippines, Quezon
City, Philippines (Prof. R. Dimagiba) tak-
ing a lead role in developing the manu-
facturing, and the National Institute of
Technology, Warangal, India (Prof. B.
Babu) leading the simulation support.The
project will deploy and use several col-
laborative engineering software tools in
order to facilitate communication and
make the multi-national collaboration
feasible.The software tools used for engi-
neering design, simulation and evalua-
tion of design for manufacturability will
be Internet-aware and are capable of
Product Life Cycle Management. s
Global STUDENT Collaborations

2. VOLUME 2 ISSUE 1
SPRING 2004
C H A R L E S V. S C H A E F E R , J R . , S C H O O L O F E N G I N E E R I N G
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INITIATIVE AT SSoE:
Synergistic Execution of Research, Prototyping
and Executive education
LONG-STANDING PARTNERS:
Stevens and Picatinny Arsenal
STEVENS AND NYU:
A Thriving Academic Partnership
SSoE Students
Students ofTechnogenesis InFocus
Ducks Combine excellence On and Off the Field
SSoE Heritage
Bill Cuming “42
A Gift for Leadership, ATalent for Giving
New Frontiers
The Atlantic Center: SSoE Partners with U.S. Naval Academy,
Lockheed Martin and British University
Partnerships: Lessons from the Field
Stevens - Intrepid Museum Partnership
Faculty
New Arrivals
Faculty News
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Contents
FEATURES
InFocus
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Dean George P. Korfiatis
CONSULTING EDITORS Patrick A. Berzinski
Marjorie Everitt
MANAGING EDITOR Christine del Rosario
COPY EDITOR Zahid Qureshi
CONTRIBUTORS Roger K. Barrett
Patrick A. Berzinski
Adelaide Hugo Burke
Prof. Ed Friedman
Prof. Sophia Hassiotis
Beth McGrath
Aimiende Negbenebor
Prof. Arthur Ritter
PHOTOGRAPHERS Marta and Ben Curry
Christine del Rosario
Prof. Keith Sheppard
Geoffrey Silver
EXECUTIVE
ADMINISTRATOR Marta Quigley
GRAPHIC DESIGN KMG
Graphic Design Studio
www.soe.stevens.edu
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© 2004 Charles V. Schaefer, Jr., School of Engineering
Collaborations,
Alliances and
Partnerships
We are continuously challenged to equip our graduates with the knowledge
and tools desired by our employer constituencies... the Stevens SSoE
faculty has launched the Research and Innovation in Engineering Education
Initiative which aims to integrate engineering education developments
across its life cycle.
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I hope this issue of the SSoE InFocus finds you
well. Our theme in this issue is academic collab-
orations. The academic community has often
been criticized for being ‘parochial’ and ‘stove
piped’ with respect to faculty collaborations.
This criticism probably has its roots in the strong
professional independence of faculty and the
departmental structure inherent to academic
organizations. Breaking this mold has not been
easy but we have come a long way over the past
15 years. Today, at Stevens, the spirit of collabora-
tion is thriving at many levels.
The words collaborations, alliances and partner-
ships (CAPs) are used to describe relationships
where complementary strengths are brought
together to realize mutual benefits and increase
impact. CAPs happen at various levels within and
amongst organizations and the level of strategic
intent varies. In this issue of InFocus you will find
examples of CAPs and the excitement that they pro-
duce in our community. Some of them, like the
partnership with Picatinny Arsenal, are multi-
faceted and longstanding. Others are more target-
ed and short in duration. Regardless of the breadth
of the CAP, a deep understanding of each other’s
strategic intent and core purpose is the recipe for
success.
I recently asked some of our faculty what an aca-
demic partnership means to them. Here are some
of the answers:
"Academic partnership has several interrelated
meanings for me. I view academic partnership on
several levels. First and foremost, at the institute
level, it means the commitment and enthusiasm
of faculty, students, staff and administration to work
together to provide a superb environment and enriched
opportunities for acquiring effective professional skills and
a life-long love of learning. At another level, it means
reaching out to other academic institutions to enhance
research and teaching skills. It means partnering with
industry and alumni to provide enhanced opportunity for
our students to be competitive in the workforce. Finally, it
means reaching out to local, state and national audiences
and professional societies to foster cooperation and to pro-
vide professional and personal service where needed."
Professor Arthur Ritter
"A GOOD academic partner is someone or some organiza-
tion that teaches me something significant with scientific
or technical value." Prof. Matthew Libera
‘It is when applications shape next generation research and
vice-versa.’ Prof. R. Chandramouli
"An academic partnership is a mutually beneficial and syn-
ergistic relationship from which can spring exciting
progress in research and education." Prof. Keith Sheppard
Collaborations, alliances and partnerships are empowering
success at the Schaefer School of Engineering. Our vision
for the future is to bring our longstanding partnerships into
new levels of success while continuously developing new
ones. Incentives and rewards are put in place to promote
clustering of individual faculty, collaborations between
departments, student teamwork and external alliances with
industry, government and peer institutions. One of the
most valuable outcomes of CAPs is the sharpening of the
relationship skills of our future leaders. Our success
depends on them. As always, I look forward to hearing
from you.
Sincerely,
DEAN
GEORGE P.
KORFIATIS

3. DMI's expertise spans
processing studies
and modeling, com-
petitive product devel-
opment, multi-compo-
nent, multi-process
system design and
optimization, life cycle
analysis, material
characterization and
testing, and rapid pro-
totyping and manufacturing.
In the new System Integration Initiative,
DMI Director Dr. Souran Manoochehri will
assume research and technology devel-
opment responsibility and carries the title
of Associate Dean for Research &
Technology Development. DMI will gain a
new director, Associate Professor of
Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Kishore
Pochiraju.
The SSoE Dean’s Office will also restruc-
ture, with the addition of Dr. Spiros Pallas
as Advisor to the Dean for the Systems
Integration Initiative.
"Our various activities are being consoli-
dated into a focused School of
Engineering Initiative to allow the critical
massing necessary for a significant scale
up of our activities," said Dean George
Korfiatis.
"In the systems area, we have ongoing
involvement with organizations in the
aerospace and defense industry," said
Verma. "With our alliance with DMI, we
can take the education, research, proto-
typing and manufacturing capabilities of
the Systems Integration Initiative to our
partners and to their executives who
demand the latest knowledge in systems
engineering and its implementation."
A major new partner is Sun
Microsystems.The intent of the partner-
ship is to integrate the instructional
process with implementation on projects
of relevance to Sun. A set of projects will
be identified for use during the week long
modular courses, together with "real"
projects that a cohort of students get to
work on during the overall program.The
courses and participants in 2004 will rep-
resent an advanced pilot to test the con-
cept and its effectiveness. Twenty stu-
dents will be organized into four teams of
five to work on five projects over the
course of this program. One course will
be delivered in each of the four quarters
in 2004.
"We are reorganizing to bring greater for-
mality to our operations," said
Manoochehri, "and to put in place the
resources and the infrastructure for serv-
ing our growing number of clients in the
most effective and customized way
possible."
"In the coming year," said Verma, "our
focus will be on designing and launching
the two new graduate certificate pro-
grams on Agile Systems Development
and Network Systems Engineering. Our
initial focus is on collaboration of three
departments: Systems Engineering and
Engineering Management, Mechanical
Engineering, and Electrical and Computer
Engineering. Additionally, close collabo-
ration with Howe School ofTechnology
Management in Project Management
is key."
Complex/network-centric system model-
ing and optimization at DMI will provide
government and industry partners a
means toward implementing operational-
ly effective systems design into the
workplace.
Finally, the Systems Integration
Laboratory (SIL) will provide a platform
for advanced research in targeted areas.
These will include e-Systems
Engineering, directed by Dr. Michael
Pennotti; Agile Systems Engineering,
directed by Dr. Rashmi Jain; Network-
Centric Systems, directed by Dr. Dinesh
Verma; and Value-Chain Enterprise
Systems, directed by Dr.Wei Jiang
In addition, the Systems Integration
Initiative will conduct research within the
greater Systems Engineering community.
It will continue to co-sponsor an Annual
Conference on Systems Integration, joint-
ly hosted with the University of Southern
California, and supported by the
International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE) and the National
Defense Industries Association (NDIA).
The initiative will also sponsor the
STEVENS-INCOSE Doctoral Research
Award (a five-year commitment), admin-
istered and run by the Fellows Committee
of INCOSE.
In a giant step toward meeting the
needs of a future dominated by "sys-
tems of systems," SSoE has brought
together the best of its systems engi-
neering education and research prac-
tices, better serving the broad partner-
ships that make Stevens unique. s
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Systems Integration may be defined as
the model that focuses on the deploy-
ment-sustainment-retirement (life cycle)
of a function or a capability satisfied by
a product or system. Focus is on logical
and functional aspects of the system,
independent of its physical configura-
tion, e.g., Bill of Materials.
Market leaders across multiple industry
domains (aerospace and defense, auto-
motive, telecom, IT, healthcare, etc.) are
increasingly evolving towards the busi-
ness model pertaining to systems inte-
gration.This evolution is being driven by
the following market pressures:
• Increasing pressures with regard to
getting products to the market (agility)
and capabilities into the field
• Increasing conception of functionalities
and capability that require "systems of
systems," network-centric systems, and
software/information intensive systems
• Increasing complexities and competi-
tiveness in the aerospace and commer-
cial market domains.
Stevens’ response on the educational
side has been SDOE, directed by the
Associate Dean for Executive Education
and Outreach, Dr. Dinesh Verma. SDOE
has forged ongoing agreements with
corporate and gov-
ernmental partners
to provide exclusive
systems-engineer-
ing instruction to
their executives and
other employees.
This has cemented
a number of corpo-
rate/university
alliances. Among those successfully
partnered with SDOE are the National
Security Agency, Lockheed Martin
Corporation, the Air Force Center for
Systems Engineering, the Defense
Acquisition University, IBM Corporation,
and ARDEC/Picatinny Arsenal.
DMI is an interdisciplinary center inte-
grating materials processing, product
design and manufacturing expertise
with simulation and modeling utilizing
state-of-the-art computer software tech-
nology. DMI bridges the gap between
academic- and application-oriented
research and development. DMI partners
with industry and government to create
practical solutions to product-design
challenges that address cost, perform-
ance and productibility across the prod-
uct life cycle.
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"Our various activities are being consolidated into a
focused School of Engineering Initiative to allow the critical
massing necessary for a significant scale up of our activi-
ties," said Dean George Korfiatis.
In a major initiative, the Schaefer School of Engineering is unifying the Design and
Manufacturing Institute (DMI), a longstanding research center, with its unique executive
education program, Systems Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE). The result-
ing "Systems Integration Initiative" will provide national and international leadership in
applied research and executive education in the conception, modeling, validation, opera-
tions, and management of modern complex systems.
Synergistic Execution of Research,
Prototyping, and Executive EducationBy Patrick A. Berzinski
Systems Integration
Initiative at SSoE:
Systems Integration
Initiative at SSoE:
Lockheed Martin Corporation recently funded the SIL Lab to
foster research in domain independent systems engineering
and integration.
Dr. Dinesh Verma
Dr. Souran
Manoochehri

4. between the CES and Picatinny results in
new knowledge for the environmental life-
cycle of munitions and weapons, enabling
Picatinny to field systems with minimum
environmental impact. "Over the past
twelve years, environmental research and
development work conducted at CES
enables Picatinny to react to the
Department of Defense’s current and
emerging environmental challenges related
to sustainable firing ranges and life cycle of
munitions and munition related processes,"
explains Dr. Christos Christodoulatos,
Director of CES.
The partnership between CES and
Picatinny has four specific outcomes. The
CES enhances Picatinny’s mission of devel-
oping weapon systems, munitions and
managing military sites in an environmen-
tally responsible manner. The CES also
helps Picatinny solve on-site environmental
problems related to past and present prac-
tices. Engineers at CES assist in transfer-
ring knowledge to other Army installations
and sites. And the CES creates a strong
link with academia for Picatinny, resulting
in both tangible and intangible benefits.
Above and beyond the efforts at HFMI, DMI
and CES, recent collaboration with
Picatinny is under way at two new efforts
at Stevens: the New Jersey Center for
Microchemical Systems (NJCMCS) and the
Wireless Network Security Center
(WiNSeC). "NJCMCS is working to develop
the knowledge base required to engineer
microchannel reactor-based fuel proces-
sors," according to Dr. Woo Lee. This will
enable an "on-demand" generation of
power to fuel portable and mobile
weapons systems, thereby drastically
changing the combat and non-combat sys-
tems are powered in the future.
At WiNSeC, a new partnership is under
way to develop a comprehensive wireless
network test bed to test new technology
that protects networks from intrusion.
"This, both Stevens and Picatinny engi-
neers agree, is a crucial component in the
development of robust and secure defense
systems," Korfiatis stated recently.
TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
The collaborative research efforts between
Stevens and Picatinny have yielded tech-
nology development and field deployment
with diverse benefits.
Filtration technologies for removing arsenic
and lead from water developed at CES is
now commercialized by Hydroglobe, Inc.
(www.hydroglobe.com). As a part of the
Stevens-Picatinny collaboration, the tech-
nology has been used to treat more than
2,000 gallons of Depleted Uranium contam-
inated water at Aberdeen Proving Grounds
facilitating easy and cost effective disposal.
Full scale systems are due to be installed
this year at Fort Irwin to treat arsenic con-
taminated groundwater and improve the
quality of the drinking water supply at this
post. Another filtration application is field
demonstrated at Fort Dix to alleviate lead
contamination of groundwater from firing
ranges.
Also of great significance, the ACES system
that DMI and Picatinny have developed and
enhanced is available to the Army and
defense contractors license-free. This soft-
ware technology has been fielded on many
weapon systems, including the: Stryker,
Crusader, 120 mm Mortars and Ammo
Packaging, Bradley, M113, Hercules and
XM984.
Stevens DMI supports this capability within
ARDEC through their satellite office at
Picatinny for the lightweight development
and prototype testing of next generation
weapons and munitions.
"It is clear that the Picatinny-Stevens part-
nership reaches far beyond the individual
benefits realized by each organization,"
according to Korfiatis. "The collaborations
that Picatinny and Stevens share contribute
greatly to keeping New Jersey on the cut-
ting edge of engineering education,
research and both technology development
and realization." s
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Emily Groce, P.E., works at Stevens Office
of Development.
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The faculty at Stevens and both civilian and military engineers and scientists at the U.S.
Army’s Picatinny Arsenal, located in Rockaway, New Jersey, have had a mutually benefi-
cial relationship on a number of different levels for more than 20 years. "The partnership
that formed as a result of many diverse projects and initiatives has had regional and
national impact on three fronts – Education, Research, andTechnology Development,"
according to Dr. George Korfiatis, Dean of Engineering.
Long-Standing Partners:Long-Standing Partners:
Stevens & Picatinny ArsenalBy Emily E. Groce
EDUCATION
For more than two decades, Stevens has
provided onsite graduate programs
which have enhanced the professional
development of more than 1,000 scien-
tists and engineers. More than 200
Stevens graduates work for the US
Army, at Picatinny. And 29 Stevens
graduates have been hired by Picatinny
immediately after graduation in the past
five years. Stevens graduates and other
technical employees may continue their
education through the wide variety of
onsite Masters courses offered by
Stevens.
Graduate programs at Picatinny included
Mechanical Engineering, Munitions and
Armaments Engineering, Environmental
Engineering and Integrated Product
Development. These programs have
recently expanded as Stevens is devel-
oping and customizing tailored, state-of-
the-art Systems Engineering curricula.
The impact of these programs is benefi-
cial far beyond the scope of Stevens and
Picatinny. "In fact, the advancement of
the training plays a major role in the
development of know-how for the
defense industry that is on the forefront
of technological innovation," explains
Korfiatis.
RESEARCH
The Highly Filled Materials Institute
(HFMI), the Design and Manufacturing
Institute (DMI) and the Center for
Environmental Systems (CES) at Stevens
have particularly close working relation-
ships with Picatinny. Collaborative
research and development efforts
through these groups have resulted in
extensive new knowledge creation that
has enabled Picatinny to meet a wide
variety of its objectives.
• The Highly Filled Materials Institute has
collaborated with Picatinny for the past
16 years, resulting in the advancement
of every aspect of manufacturing ener-
getic materials. Enormous benefits for
the defense industry have resulted, and
the engineering and manufacturing
capabilities for the next generation of
energetics greatly exceed its predeces-
sors. Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, director of
HFMI, explained, "Our developments of
special research and development capa-
bilities in various areas include crystal-
lization, nano-partical formation, rheo-
logical characterization, degree of mixed-
ness analysis, stimulant and new formu-
lation development, and processing.
This includes shear roll milling, die flows
and extrusion of energetic materials at
TACOM/ARDEC."
• Also during the last 16 years, DMI at
Stevens has collaborated with Picatinny
to advance Integrated Product
Development through the implementa-
tion of an integrated knowledge-based
concurrent engineering software system
(ACES). This system provides an innova-
tive, cost and quality-driven approach to
the design, development and manufac-
turing of advanced polymeric compos-
ites, metal matrix composites, and light-
weight high-performance metallic alloys
for weapons and munitions systems
applications. The end result is that
Picatinny and the defense industry as a
whole now have a substantial knowl-
edge base and integrated design soft-
ware capability for the realization of the
next generation of combat systems.
Dr. Souran Manoochehri, Associate Dean
for Research andTechnology is enthusi-
astic about the partnership his institute
has had with Picatinny. "We have
enjoyed our work on research projects
with ARDEC immensely. Our focus has
been largely how to come up with light-
weight systems that are manufacturable
and affordable. We have a long tradition
of working with Picatinny that has result-
ed in tangible, beneficial outcomes of
which we can be very proud."
•The intense collaborative effort existing
"This Center builds upon the excellence of both our
institutions," said Director Devine.
On March 15, 2004, Stevens, a
nationally recognized leader in
Systems Engineering and Integration
research and education partnered
with the U.S. Army Armament
Research, Development and
Engineering Center (ARDEC) at
Picatinny, NJ to cooperatively devel-
op an Army Center of Excellence in
Systems Engineering.
A memorandum of agreement was
signed by Stevens’ President Dr.
Harold Raveche and Engineering
Dean, Dr. George P. Korfiatis as well
as ARDECTechnical Director, Michael
P. Devine and SeniorTechnical
Executive Armament Systems
Integration Center, Patrick Serao.The
Systems Engineering (SE) partner-
ship will leverage the strengths of
both institutions toward achieving:
• leadership in implementation and
assessment of SE principals and
concepts;
• identification and development of
SE implementation templates, tools
and metrics;
• pilot implementation and develop-
ment of SE case studies;
• leadership in SE professional and
executive education;
• leadership in SE architecting and
integration research and
• leadership in SE community and
organizational citizenship.
"This partnership aims in
helping the U.S. Army to
sustain its superiority
in developing the next
generation of complex
armament systems,"
said Director Devine.
ARDEC is the Army’s primary devel-
oper of armament systems whose
focus is on the development of core
armament competencies and their
integration into processes needed to
develop complex systems.
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Excellence in Systems
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5. that are geographically separated, e.g.,
Williams and Columbia or Amherst and
Dartmouth. Engineering work is initiated
at NYU in the first year via Engineering
Design I and II, designed and coordinated
by Stevens faculty; Stevens’ trademark
"Design Spine" is built further during the
first three years at NYU, eventually in
Engineering Design IV. For this, NYU dual-
degree students travel to Stevens to take
advantage of the laboratory facilities.
Students at NYU get acquainted with
Stevens in first-level engineering courses
other than design: in Graphics; Mechanics
of Solids; Circuits and Systems; and
Electronics and Instrumentation.These are
taught during the first three years at NYU
by Stevens faculty – Professors Billah,
Hadim, Kiss, Nazalewicz and Whittaker.
The proximity of NYU and Stevens allows
the first three years of design classes to
visit Stevens for specific activities; for
example, failure-testing of trusses
designed and constructed at NYU but test-
ed on Stevens testing machines. Easy
back-and-forth travel between the two
campuses also encourages many students
in the program to take some classes at
NYU or even to continue living in NYU
dormitories during the last two years. A
side benefit of the program is that regular
Stevens students can also take courses at
NYU (and vice-versa) tuition-free.
Camaraderie builds during the first 3
years of the program not only through
shared class experi-
ences for those in
the program, but
also through the
Society of
Engineering
Students at NYU.
This student club
meets weekly for
social (e.g., video-
game sessions) and
academic (e.g., fac-
ulty talks) and com-
petitive events (e.g.,
paper-airplane con-
test). Officers of the
club recently have developed a mentoring
program in which each first-year student
who wishes is paired with an upper class
student to "learn the ropes".
University and departmental advisors
both at NYU and at Stevens work to help
students develop their academic plans.
Most of the students’ study plans are cus-
tom-made, as in the case of two current
students who are simultaneously pursu-
ing Master's degree while in the dual-
degree program!
The program is a demanding one, oblig-
ing students to commit to five years of
heavy academic load. Although the NYU
students appear "late" at Stevens – in the
fourth year of the program – our faculty
soon view them positively as inquisitive,
thoughtful, and ready to participate fully
in their Stevens education.These students
are from a different "pool" than those in
the regular four-year program – not neces-
sarily more or less capable but simply dif-
ferent on average – and this heightened
diversity is recognized as a plus for
Stevens.
Employment history of dual-degree stu-
dents is comparable or somewhat better
than that of Stevens' four-year students.
The science/engineering combination is
well reputed among prospective employ-
ers; the students gain benefit from both
schools’ offices of career services.
TO COME
Major extensions of the program are
expected in the next several years.
Stevens’ newly reformulated Biomedical
Engineering program, as well as the
Engineering Management program,
should allow incorporation of new engi-
neering components in the dual-degree
program. Encouraged by Dean Korfiatis of
Stevens and Dean Santirocco of NYU's
College of Arts and Science, proposals for
such new components are in process.
Selectivity vs. attrition is an issue that is
also slated for attention. Approximately 40
percent of the first-year students entering
the program at NYU withdraw from the
program during the first three years.The
heavy academic demands sometimes
contribute, but often even the best stu-
dents withdraw to pursue solely a science
degree. Better identification of those likely
to persist would benefit both the students
involved and the program.
A last future challenge might be men-
tioned: the ongoing challenge of almost
continual updating of the courses of study
for the program.The science component
of the dual-degree program has changed
over the years in significant ways, most
recently in providing a physics-course
sequence explicitly for engineering stu-
dents in the program. Similarly, Stevens'
engineering curriculum evolves and
changes to meet the increasingly complex
and diverse demands of engineering in
the 21st century.The Joint Program in
Science and Engineering can and will
evolve, extending NYU and Stevens' fruit-
ful partnership of the past into engineer-
ing's vital future.
More information on the program is avail-
able on the program’s Stevens website
accessible via:
http://www.soe.stevens.edu/Academics/
dual_degree.html s
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THE CONCEPT
With some important differences, this is
a traditional "3/2" program familiar to
decades of engineering students: three
years of study at one school toward a
Bachelor of Science degree followed by
two further years in engineering, typical-
ly at a different school, leading to a sec-
ond bachelor's degree - in engineering.
Students in the NYU-Stevens program
receive their two baccalaureate degrees
within a week of each other at the
respective Commencements at the end
of the fifth year of the program.
Impetus for the partnership developed
out of NYU's early engineering program.
This was halted in 1973 as a strategic
move, along with all other activities at
NYU's "Heights Campus" in the Bronx
(current site of Bronx County
Community College). In response to this,
with the encouragement of engineering
alumni, the university administration
under the leadership of then-President L.
Jay Oliva first established a short-lived
joint venture with Cooper Union. When
that ended, they established in 1988 the
current partnership with Stevens.
The program was initially developed and
nurtured by Professors Joseph Manogue
of Stevens and Yorke Rhodes of NYU.
These two were the first joint Directors
of the Program, continuing until 2000.
The current Directors are Professor
Henry Brenner of NYU's Chemistry
Department and myself in Stevens’
Mechanical Engineering Department.
Support at both institutions has contin-
ued and at present is strong as ever,
with about 120 students currently in the
five-year program.
THE PROGRAM TODAY
At present, 13 different combinations of
science and engineering majors are part
of the program approved byThe New
York State Board of Regents.The science
curricula involved are biology, chemistry,
computer science, mathematics, and
physics.These articulate with one or
another of the engineering disciplines:
chemical, civil, computer, electrical, envi-
ronmental mechanical engineering. At
present, the largest number of students
(33) is enrolled in combinations of elec-
trical engineering with math, computer
science or physics.
Strengthened by the close proximity of
Stevens and NYU's Washington-Square
campus, the Dual-Degree program pro-
vides benefits that can't be matched by
similar programs at pairs of institutions
Stevens & NYU:
AThriving
Academic PartnershipBy Professor Richard Cole
For 16 years, Stevens and NewYork University have worked together at the undergraduate level to
conduct a "Joint Program in Science and Engineering," the so-called "Dual-Degree Program."
This year, more than 200 students will have graduated from the program, receiving both B.S. and
B.E. degrees.

6. 9
Students of
Technogenesis
InFocus
Students of
Technogenesis
InFocus
Grishma Rana and Dorothy White holding design models
created on the stereo-lithographic rapid prototyping
system located in the Innovation Center .
Engineers are expected to invent, improve upon, or completely renovate products and
processes, all of which require extensive training. Students need real-world experience
before they graduate to prepare them for their industry of choice.The Schaefer School of
Engineering (SSoE) is one such place where students are trained for industry. Over the
years, Stevens has given the world incredible inventors like Charles V. Schaefer, Jr., artists
like the sculptor Alexander Calder, engineering managers like Henry Gantt (creator of the
Gantt Chart), and famous entrepreneurs like Kenneth W. DeBaun.
More recently, SSoE has established partnerships with various engineering firms enabling stu-
dents not only to learn from professional engineers, but also to have them sponsor various
engineering projects within the curriculum, thereby fostering a higher level of hands-on experi-
ence for the students. A few of the school’s partnerships and resulting projects are highlighted
below.
By Aimiende Negbenebor
8
SSOE
STUDENTS
INFOCUS
Students’ Handiwork Lands on Mars
As breathtaking pictures poured in
from the surface of Mars in
January, courtesy of NASA's twin
Mars Exploration rover craft, few
Americans were prouder or more
anxious than the staff of a small
NewYork City high-tech firm,
Honeybee Robotics. Among the
staffers of the NASA subcontrac-
tor were three Stevens students
enrolled in the Institute's
Cooperative Education (Co-op) program: Jibu Abraham '05,
Electrical Engineering (EE); Yuji Iwai '05, EE; and Joseph Keller
'04, EE.These students had actually designed features of the
rovers' robotic arms and power tools, including the Honeybee
RAT (Rock AbrasionTool), seen in action on Mars by millions the
world over.
Honeybee Project Engineer Jack Wilson supervised Abraham and
Iwai as they built the two-thirds mock-up of the rover that sits in
the Honeybee lab. Keller was part of a team that field-tested a
larger robotic drill concept in the Arizona desert. "They're fantas-
tic," said Wilson, rating the skills of the Stevens Co-op interns.
"They come in having obviously learned a lot. They pick up the
skills they need very quickly and do excellent quality work. We
foresee working with other Stevens interns well into the future."
For the spring 2004 semester, three new students arrived at
Honeybee Robotics to begin their work assignments. The stu-
dents are Shaina Doherty '06, EE; Jacob Koshy, '05, EE; and Pierce
Smith '06, Mechanical Engineering (ME). These students will
assist Honeybee on the project colloquially known as "The Big
Drill," a 10- to 20-meter augur-style drill, which is another NASA-
funded item. Originally scheduled for a 2009 mission, the drill is
being refitted for further testing in arctic regions on the earth for a
likely 2013-2015 encounter with the Red Planet.They are also help-
ing to perfect a robotic "creeper" that the utility company Con
Edison is funding as a search-and-repair unit for high-temperature
subterranean steam pipes.
"These students are emblematic of the amazing crew of Stevens
Co-op students we have year-in and year-out," said Catherine
Rooney, Senior Associate Director of Cooperative Education.
There are 150 industry and corporate partners actively involved in
employing Stevens Co-op interns on a yearly basis. "Cooperative
education at Stevens is a powerfully effective educational
process," said Joseph Stahley, Assistant Vice President for
Student Development. "Co-op is built on a theory-practice model
of learning that unfolds through several increasingly sophisticated
work assignments. It's a great résumé builder, and it also allows
students to earn money to pay part of their college expenses."
Revolutionizing a Re-constructive Surgery Device
Conducted with co-advisors, Dr. Dianne Rekow, D.D.S. of the
NYU Dental School and Stevens Biomedical Engineering (BME)
Professor Arthur Ritter, the project was based on the 1950’s
research of Professor Gavril Ilizaroz. He revealed that controlled,
mechanically applied tension stress
on fractured bone produces success-
ful regeneration of bone and soft tis-
sue.Today, his method is called
Distraction Osteogenesis and has
been used extensively to lengthen
long bones, correct bone deformities,
correct maxillofacial abnormalities
and solve the problem of periodontal
bone deficiency.
The device used to conduct Distraction Osteogenesis, though
very successful, has one shortcoming. It only forces bone to
regenerate in the vertical direction. However, the human jaw has
overlaps and non-vertical angles requiring a modified solution.
Grishma Rana ’04, B.E. in BME and Dorothy White ’04, B.E. in
BME together are seeking a patent for their improvement to
Ilizaroz’s device which encourages bone growth in ANY specified
direction following the natural angles encountered in human
bones. In the future, their improved device will be worn as an
oral brace by patients; adjusted periodically by their oral sur-
geon facilitating the re-growth of bone loss and fractures within
the jaw and insuring the ability to implant new teeth.
Rana is a Stevens Scholar, a member ofTau Beta Pi (National
Engineering Honor Society), member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorori-
ty, writer for The Stute and the foil weapon captain on the
Varsity Women’s FencingTeam. White (Dean’s List) participates in
the Co-op Program where she held positions with companies
like Becton Dickinson and Pfizer, Inc. She served as a tutor/coun-
selor in the STEP program and the Academic Support Center
(ASC). She is a member of Phi Sigma Sigma sorority.
These students had actually designed features of the rovers' robotic arms and power
tools, including the Honeybee RAT (Rock AbrasionTool), seen in action on Mars by
millions the world over.
Without question, the students at Honeybee are fascinated by
the field of robotics and automation.Through the Stevens
Technogenesis environment, they are engaged in a unique
learning experience, sampling real-world possibilities for the
careers that await them.
In the future, their improved device will
be worn as an oral brace by patients;
adjusted periodically by their oral sur-
geon facilitating the re-growth of bone
loss and fractures within the jaw and
insuring the ability to implant new teeth.
Illustrated Diagram of Rover
courtesy of NASA
Photo of RAT
courtesy of NASA
Photo of Rover courtesy of NASA
Joe Keller '04, Shaina Doherty '06, Jacob Koshy '05, Pierce Smith '06
Yuji Iwai '05, Jibu Abraham '05

7. Students Engineer a
Remote Control Panoramic Camera
A partnership fostered by Professor Bruce McNair of
the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) depart-
ment was conducted with Lektra Laboratories, a photo-
graphic manufacturing company. Dave Silverberg,
President of Lektra Laboratories graduated from
Stevens with a B.E in Mechanical Engineering in 1968.
Co-sponsors of the project alongside Lektra were Rollei
USA, 2Technologies, Intelligent Motion con-
trols and Wagner industries.
Completed in May 2003, the camera is cur-
rently marketed in the United States,
Argentina and Germany.The project com-
bined Electrical Engineering, Computer
Engineering (CpE) and Mechanical
Engineering concepts. It focused on modify-
ing a Rollei panoramic camera, program-
ming a PDS (handheld device), incorporat-
ing a view screen, a single flash and a sturdy adjustable
tripod to create a camera that sits 13 feet in the air with a
single flash as opposed to six flash lights.The view screen
allows the photographer to observe a group of 300 stu-
dents from 13 feet below the camera, thereby eliminating
the liability of photographers positioned high above
ground level.
The students involved include: Franz Owens ’03, EE; Tyriss
Polanco ’03, CpE; and Meso Mengesha ’03, CpE. All were
active members of the Stevens community and are cur-
rently in the workforce. Aimiende Negbenebor ’04, CpE,
received numerous awards, was Editor-in-Chief ofThe
Stute, public relations officer of Alpha Phi Omega, a
member of the Society of Women Engineers and a tutor
with the Humanities Writing Center; Dominik Hepp ’03,
CpE, the team leader, was a member of the Equestrian
Club, founded the Stevens Soccer Club and served
with the ASC as a tutor. He participated in the Co-op
Program and the Study Abroad program where he
had the opportunity to attend the University of
Dundee in Scotland for a year.
Senior Projects:
From the Classroom to the Real-World
The Secaucus Interchange Seaview project is an estimated
35 million dollar project that is currently underway and lead
by the Louis Berger Group. Dr. Leslie Brunell took the initia-
tive five years ago to develop a relationship between Louis
Berger and Stevens. Currently, JohnTan, PE ’87 from the
Louis Berger group works closely with the four Civil
Engineering (CE) students assigned to this project. They
meet regularly to discuss the design and construction
aspects of the project and prepare the final engineering
report and drawings. John will also be attending their sen-
ior projects presentation and his evaluation of the students
work will influence their final grade. Regarding their work,
Martin Downs, explains, "We have designed an entire con-
struction schedule, a detailed estimate, girder erection
scheme, cofferdam design, and wetland access."
The Civil Engineering design team includes: Alicia Licata
’04, CE, who has worked with various Civil Engineering
firms, is a member of the Student Government Association
and works as a Resident Assistant; Pete Bakarich ’04 CE, was
the 2003 President of DeltaTau Delta Fraternity; Martin
Downs ’04, CE, who is working toward his Master’s in
Construction Management and Alfred Carnevale ’04, CE.
Downs and Bakarich have interned with firms like J.
Flethcher Creamer & Son; both received numerous awards
for academic excellence and accepted job offers with Peter
Kiewit & Son Contractors. s
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Athletic excellence in college sport is
hardly a new concept, especially in the
media frenzy of major division I sports.
However, here at Stevens, athletes toiling
in the relative obscurity of small school
division III athletics, away from media
attention, scholarships, and private
tutors, a large percentage of students
combine athletic and academic excel-
lence. These dedicated, hard-working
individuals compose 21% of the Stevens
undergraduate community. Additionally,
almost 2,000 individuals, graduate and
undergraduate, competed in intramural
or club sports.
Our non-scholarship, full-time scholar
athletes must balance a rigorous and
intensive course load with long hours
practicing, working out, and games.
Despite this commitment of time and
energy, Stevens scholar-athletes main-
tained a higher average GPA of 3.13 than
the general undergraduate population
while performing exceptionally well in
this fall’s seasons. Men’s soccer finished
with a #12 national ranking, the confer-
ence title and made it to the third round
of the Division III NCAA national tourna-
ment. Women’s soccer posted an equally
impressive mark,
winning their con-
ference and
advancing to the
second round of
the Division III
national tourna-
ment. Additionally,
both Men’s and
Women’s Cross
Country captured
the Skyline confer-
ence tournaments.
It is important to note that Women’s Cross
Country accomplished this feat while car-
rying a team GPA of 3.43, more than half
a point higher than the general under-
graduate GPA average. And this past
spring, Senior Aracely Cruz finished her
career at Stevens as women's basket-
ball's all-time leading scorer, with 1,701
points. As a power forward, her success
in college basketball comes from deter-
mination. She graduates in May with a
degree in chemical engineering and will
pursue a career in either pharmaceuticals
or consumer products.
All in all, six of eight fall sports posted
winning records in their respective fall
2003 seasons along with five conference
championships; an impressive accom-
plishment, especially considering the
amount of work expected by student-ath-
letes. In total, 29 student-athletes
received all-conference honors, five were
all-region selections, and four Stevens
Ducks were conference players of the
year.
Many teams can proudly count Academic
All-American nominees among their
members. Four student athletes even
managed to earn a GPA of 4.00. One
individual, Josh Ottinger, a Mechanical
Engineering major, had the honor of
being selected, among all the nominees
nation-wide, as a member of the 2003-
2004 Academic All-American Men’s
SoccerTeam by the College Sports
Information Directors of America. This is
an outstanding achievement. In order to
even be considered, a scholar-athlete
must have a cumulative GPA above 3.20
on a 4.00 scale, have reached sophomore
athletic and academic standing, and be a
key varsity starter or reserve. Josh
achieved all of this with a 3.53 GPA while
posting one the best offensive seasons in
Stevens Men’s Soccer history. He led the
ducks with a school-record 21 goals and
topped on 11 assists for a school-record
53 points. Additionally, his excellent sea-
son made Ottinger the school’s all-time
leading scorer in merely 3 seasons; his 50
career goals, 30 assists, and 130 points
are all Duck records. Continuing his list
of impressive accolades, Josh is a three-
time All Skyline Conference selection and
was chosen as the 2003 Skyline
Tournament MVP.
Achievements like Josh’s showcase the
intelligence and ability of all Steven’s
scholar-athletes, while highlighting the
perennial commitment to on- and off-field
excellence by Ducks everywhere. The
devotion, hard work, and plethora of life-
skills learned out on DeBaun field, in
Canavan Arena, or at any of the other
venues will last throughout a student-ath-
letes life and make a difference in the
post-graduate world. Whether it is an
employment opportunity, graduate
school, or some other situation, the per-
severance, time management skills, and
drive to excel stand to serve Stevens stu-
dent-athletes both during, and after, their
time here. s
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Peter Stahley is a Civil
Engineering major, plan-
ning to graduate in 2005
with a minor in
Philosophy and a
Graduate Certificate in
Structural Engineering.
He is a part-time contrib-
utor to the Stute, Vice
President of Lodge fra-
ternity, a two-year varsity lacrosse player,
and Research Assistant in Davidson
Laboratory. He is also a member of
A.S.C.E., the Paintball Club, and the
Hockey Club. He hopes to continue on to
graduate school, working in the fields of
Ocean Engineering and Naval
Architecture.
SSOE
STUDENTS
INFOCUS
Ducks combine excellence
on and off the field
An invitation to the upcoming
Senior Design Projects Day
April 28, 2004 Noon to 2pm
1st floor Schaefer Gymnasium – All are welcome to attend
Senior Projects Day gives the Stevens community, sponsors
and the general public a chance to see the various design
projects and progress made by the students throughout
their senior year.
Students of
Technogenesis
InFocus
Students of
Technogenesis
InFocus
Continued
Aimiende Negbenebor, is a computer engineer-
ing and literature major. "I plan to become an
accomplished Network Engineer and a suc-
cessful writer in the near future."
Josh Ottinger

8. Like many World War II-era
alumni, Bill Cuming seems
always to have had a natural
gift for leadership.
Cuming’s entry in the "Class of
1942" handbook is modest
enough. Soon to be caught up in
the fight against tyranny, the
young man from Cedarhurst, N.Y.,
described his career interest as
"Plant Development" in "Chemical
Engineering," with a desired location
in the "United States or Abroad."That
bare description of goals formed a
road map that Cuming would follow
– with spectacular success – in an
entrepreneurial career spanning
decades.
Graduating from Stevens, in a mas-
terstroke of fate Cuming went to
work in Massachusetts at Monsanto
Chemical Company.There he met
another young engineer, Cherry L.
Emerson.The two would keep in
touch and reunite at the end of the
war to write an important chapter in
American industrial history.
But that was all a far-off dream as
the war intervened.
Cuming joined the US Navy in late
1942 and was sent to the new top-
secret Navy radar school on the
waterfront in Boston. Upon gradua-
tion, he was sent to the Pacific, serv-
ing as radar officer on the USS
Gambier Bay.
On October 25, 1944, Japanese Vice
Admiral Kurita’s Center Force opened
fire on the USThird Fleet off Samar
Island. In the ensuing action, the USS
Gambier Bay came under relentless
fire. Despite the courageous interven-
tion of three US
destroyers, the
Gambier Bay rolled
over and sank;
there were nearly
800 survivors.
Along with many
of his surviving
shipmates, Cuming
drifted in the
Pacific for two
days
before
being res-
cued. USS
Gambier
Bay
received
four Battle
Stars and
the
Presidential
Unit
Citation for
her service
in World War II.
Cuming and the crew remained close
through the decades. Cuming was on
hand when the group was welcomed
to the Oval Office in 1981 by President
Ronald Reagan, who was presented
with a copy of the history of the escort
carrier, "The Men of the Gambier Bay."
After the war, Cuming used the GI Bill
to earn a MBA from Harvard. Soon,
Cuming reestablished contact with
Emerson. In 1948, they took the
plunge, establishing Emerson &
Cuming Co., eventually Emerson &
Cuming, Inc.Their knowledge and
courage were in perfect synch with
the postwar times. Once they got a
foothold, Emerson and Cuming pur-
sued many new directions.
Cuming's work at the Navy radar
school and Emerson's MIT history
brought many opportunities while
the electronics industry was com-
ing to life.They didn't know what
their product lines would be, but
the two never doubted their
instincts.Their investigations
were in the direction of encap-
sulating compounds, coatings,
adhesives and dielectric materi-
als.This led to their first lab in
Boston, where they began for-
mulating a line of epoxies and resins that
formed the basis for a variety of new plas-
tics.
There was a growing interest in electron-
ics in the defense industry. Cuming
learned about the need for microwave
absorbers.This, coupled with his under-
standing of radar, enabled the company to
help when the Navy and Air Force began
looking at radar camouflage (the begin-
nings of the Stealth program) in the early
1950s.
Their work with the Naval Research
Laboratory continued to grow.The spheri-
cal, optical Luneberg Lens enabled a
microwave feed located on the surface of
the lens to create a plane wave diametri-
cally opposite that feed; it was useful both
in receiving and transmitting microwave
energy.Thousands of these lenses and
derivative devices were eventually pro-
duced.
In one of its large gambles, Emerson &
Cuming purchased patents and technical
information from Standard Oil of Ohio
concerning a partially developed product
called "microballoons." From this came a
new composite of glass microballoons in
epoxy resin known as syntactic foam.
Syntactic foam was found to have impor-
tant applications. It could withstand high
pressure, but was lightweight, thereby
providing underwater buoyancy that
proved useful to companies such as ESSO
and Shell for oil rig and marine applica-
tions.
As the firm grew, it had to look outside
Boston for more space, and it soon estab-
lished overseas operations to serve world
markets.The first were in Belgium and
England in the early 1960s, followed in the
1970s by expansion into Japan. Ultimately,
Emerson & Cuming owned a total of eight
manufacturing plants: four in the United
States, two in England, one in Belgium,
and one in Japan.
In 1978, Bill and Cherry agreed to sell
Emerson & Cuming, Inc., to W.R. Grace &
Co. In 1980, Cuming founded the Cuming
Corporation, which manufactures radar
absorbers and underwater buoyancy
material for the offshore oil industry.
Cuming also became more involved in a
field in which he had always participated:
philanthropy.
He also turned his attention to the
advancement of his alma mater. A former
trustee, in 1997 he donated graciously to
Stevens’ Materials Science Department. In
1999, he began what would become a tra-
dition among the members of the Class of
’42, when his generous gift renovated the
first new undergraduate labs, including
the freshman undergraduate design labo-
ratory, now designated the William R.
Cuming Engineering and Design Lab.
(Other classmates to follow this example
have been Art Francis,Thomas & Elsie
Hattrick and Warren & Ruth Wells.)
Most recently, Cuming reaffirmed a major
commitment to the undergraduate engi-
neering program, ensuring the continua-
tion of Stevens’ tradition of a rigorous,
well-rounded engineering education.
Stevens has also recognized Cuming’s
achievements with a series of high hon-
ors, including the Stevens Renaissance
Engineering and
Science Award, an
Honorary
Doctorate in
Mechanical
Engineering, and
the Stevens Honor
Award.
Like many entre-
preneurs of his
generation, Cuming has never officially
retired, though increasingly he has dele-
gated business operations to his son,
John. He and his wife Ruth spend most of
their time at home in Massachusetts,
where Ruth has served as a gracious host-
ess to many Stevens social and fund rais-
ing events at Cape Cod.
After a lifetime of tireless achievement,
begun as a student at Stevens, William R.
Cuming’s legacy is secure in the annals of
20th century industry and engineering. s
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BILL CUMING ’42:
A GIFT FOR LEADERSHIP,
A TALENT FOR GIVING
SSOE
HERITAGE
12
"The general engineering education that Stevens provided helped me to see the
bigger picture, and the relationships among many industries and technologies."
– Bill Cuming, 2004
Cuming and wife Ruth.
Students working in the Cuming Engineering Design Lab.
By Patrick A. Berzinski
USS Gambier Bay
Class of 1942 alumnus
Bill Cuming
Celebrating their 60th reunion at Alumni
Weekend 2002 were Class of 1942 alumni
Bill Cuming, Hon. D.Eng. '85, center, and
Miriam and Mike Gigliotti.

9. Q: In your experience, what
makes a good partnership?
A: Successful partnerships
need several ingredients:
shared goals; complementary
strengths; and effective commu-
nication. Each partner may gain
something different from the
arrangement, but both the
process and the outcome must
be of value to all for the collab-
oration to be sustained and
effective.
Q: Why emphasize partner-
ships?
A: Particularly in education,
policymakers and funding
agencies are requiring part-
nerships to ensure cross-fer-
tilization of ideas and avoid
the "not invented here" syn-
drome. Many RFPs give
extra points or extra fund-
ing for collaborative proposals. Also,
strategic partnerships provide the oppor-
tunity to accomplish something far greater
than any single partner could achieve
alone. For example, in a $9.3 million grant,
Stevens managed a program impacting
more than 8,000 teachers and 250,000 stu-
dents in Ohio, Florida, and Arizona. Our
partners were community colleges and
their neighboring school systems. CIESE’s
strengths were in creating excellent STEM
curriculum and teacher training materials,
while our partners provided the infrastruc-
ture and local customization to help the
students use technology to learn science
and mathematics more effectively.
Q: What are the challenges?
A: Effective partnerships require a lot of
care and feeding. You can’t make unilater-
al decisions. Particularly when you are
working with large, bureaucratic organiza-
tions, you have to be sensitive not only to
the perspectives, but also to the policies,
procedures, and cultures of your partners.
Another challenge is managing conflict
such that it adds to, rather than derails,
the process of attaining your goals.
Q: How do you measure the success of a
partnership?
A: Did we accomplish or surpass our
overall, explicit goals? Did each partner
expand their capabilities in some way?
Did we develop a supportive environment
where we valued each other’s contribu-
tions? Would we collaborate with each
other again? Those are some of the meas-
ures I use.
Q: Anything else you’ve learned from
CIESE’s partnerships?
The most important thing I’ve learned is
that organizations are made up of individ-
uals, and cultivating personal relation-
ships with key players in various organiza-
tions can not only “make or break” the
partnership, but can also be extremely sat-
isfying on a personal level. The work that
we have accomplished together and our
cooperative approaches have been very
rewarding. s
15
As a follow up to the announcement in
the last issue, Stevens has now estab-
lished a formal partnership with the
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum. The pri-
mary focus of this partnership, and the
one that brought the parties together, is
to support the conservation of the
Intrepid’s exhibits, in particular the
British Airways Concorde that arrived on
November 25th 2003 after a spectacular
ride by barge through the NewYork
Harbor from JFK airport.
The partnership agreement also envi-
sions a role for the Intrepid in several of
Stevens’ research thrusts. The first is
associated with aircraft conservation
activities but extends to the develop-
ment of new techniques to monitor cor-
rosion in ageing aircraft. This is of criti-
cal interest to both commercial and mili-
tary aviation. The Intrepid’s flight deck
aircraft and the Concorde can provide a
range of convenient monitoring plat-
forms. Prof. Dimitri Donskoy of the
Davidson Laboratory and I are develop-
ing a program in this area.
Another research connection is with the
Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens,
which has projects that relate to moni-
toring and modeling the NewYork
Harbor environment, infrastructure and
security. It is anticipated that a weather
station and a variety of sensing devices,
such as for water salinity, flow, turbidity,
air and water contaminants, etc. will be
located at the Intrepid and the data fed
to researchers at Stevens, in some cases
to be used in real-time modeling of the
Harbor.
The Intrepid has also agreed to host
facilities associated with the research of
WiNSec which investigates secure wire-
less communications technologies, such
as secure line-of-sight optical communi-
cation and secure networked harbor
monitoring. This and some of the other
activity described above relate to
Homeland Security; an
area of particular interest
to Col.TomTyrell, the CEO
of the Intrepid. He would
also like the museum to
work with Stevens to
develop a Homeland
Security exhibit.
Collaboration on the edu-
cation front has already
commenced with a team
of six Engineering
Management undergradu-
ate seniors working to
develop a technical and
management plan for conservation of
the Concorde as their capstone project.
Other educational initiatives are under
discussion including leveraging the vari-
ous activities described above for out-
reach, exhibits and the development of a
Web site as an educational resource
(http://www.stevens.edu/sip).
Designing a Pavilion to house the
Concorde is the
goal of an
exciting stu-
dent competi-
tion that is get-
ting under way.
Prof. John
Nastasi, who
recently joined
Stevens, and
Prof. Leslie Brunell, coordinator of the
senior design projects in Civil
Engineering, are jointly overseeing the
project. The goal is to design a light-
weight structure on Pier 86 alongside
the Intrepid that will protect the
Concorde from the elements. The chal-
lenge is to design a cost effective and
functional building that also captures the
grace and visual excitement of the
Concorde that it will house. It is antici-
pated that Leslie’s undergraduates from
Civil Engineering and other disciplines
will team with graduate students (with
an architecture background) who are
participating in the new masters pro-
gram in Product Architecture and
Engineering lead by John. Students
from other colleges will be invited to
participate along with architecture stu-
dents from Beykent University in
Istanbul, an institution with which
Stevens has developed a significant rela-
tionship including student and faculty
exchanges. Having Stevens’ students
participate in an international virtual
design team with those from Beykent is
part of a larger effort in the School of
Engineering to expand our students’
global awareness and preparation for
working in an internationally connected
workplace. s
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By: Dr. Keith Sheppard, Associate Dean
of Engineering
STEVENS – INTREPID
MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP
The Office of Naval
Research (ONR) is the
funding agency for a new
and far-reaching naval
research and engineering
center led by Dr. Michael
Bruno, director of the
Davidson Laboratory.
Located on Stevens campus,
the Atlantic Center for the
Innovative Design and Control
of Small Ships involves an
impressive consortium of co-
investigators, including person-
nel from the U.S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis, MD.;
University College, London,
England; and the Lockheed Martin
Corporation.
"With the Navy’s emphasis on
smaller ships and craft and on min-
imum manning," says Dr. Bruno,
"specialized areas where Davidson
Laboratory has
established itself as
a leader and where
innovation is rapid,
Stevens is best
positioned to bring
this community of
small and mid-size
ship innovators to
the naval design community."
Testimony to Stevens’ commitment to
the maritime industry is its "Center for
Maritime Systems," a facility that will
include the most advanced re-circulat-
ing/wave/towing tank in the world. It
will also provide a unique environment
to address the technical challenges fac-
ing the U.S. naval architecture and
ocean engineering industries, as well
as the marine transportation industry.
The U.S. Naval Academy has been
active in the towing tank analysis of
hull designs over the last 25 years, and
has contributed significantly to U.S.
Navy ship design. Academy faculty
have also been significant contributors
to the advancement of ship automation
and systems integration.
University College has, over many
years, conducted towing tank, analyti-
cal, and CFD studies into the applica-
tion of novel hull designs for naval and
commercial roles including the suitabil-
ity of trimarans for use as aircraft carri-
ers and fast sealift logistics ships.
"Stevens and its partners in the Atlantic
Center understand that there is a dete-
riorating critical mass surrounding
classical design centers for naval archi-
tecture and marine engineering,"
Bruno said. "Unless this critical mass is
regenerated, it is inevitable that U.S.
Naval ships will eventually lag in both
innovation and technical development."
The Atlantic Center:The Atlantic Center:
SSOE PARTNERS WITH U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY,
LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BRITISH UNIVERSITY
By Emma Sullivan Sykes
NEW
FRONTIERS
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Partnerships: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Concorde Arrives at the Intrepid – Keith Sheppard (right)
with Intrepid VP Jerry Roberts (center) and some of the
British Airways engineers who kept her flying.
Collaboration on the education front has already commenced
with a team of six Engineering Management undergraduate sen-
iors working to develop a technical and management plan for
conservation of the Concorde as their capstone project.
The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) has
managed and participated in several ambitious, complex, multi-year partner-
ships during the last 15 years. Beth McGrath, CIESE director, describes the
Center’s experiences and lessons learned in these ongoing collaborations.
Dr. Michael Bruno

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Dr.WooYoung Lee was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Lee chairs the
Department of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering and founded the New Jersey Center for
MicroChemical Systems in 2002.
Dr. StuartTewksbury is the Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and was
recently elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Stevens is a partner in the founding of the National Small Arms Center at New Jersey's Picatinny
Arsenal. Stevens' Design and Manufacturing Institute (DMI), headed by Dr. Souran Manoochehri, will
work closely with other consortium partners at the Small Arms Center to develop the sensors, light-
weight materials and electronics that are the future of small-arms technology. He explained that DMI
has been working for some time on the use of composite materials for weapons systems, and that
DMI's longstanding research involvement at Picatinny makes it a natural fit to participate actively in
building the National Small Arms Center.
Professor Xiaoguang Meng was recently appointed Director ofTechnical and Academic Development at
the Center for Environmental Systems (CES). Professor Meng has been a leading researcher at CES
since he joined Stevens in 1993. He is a nationally and internationally renowned expert in environmental
surface chemistry and in the treatment of water contaminated with heavy metals and other inorganic
contaminants.
Dr. Christos Christodoulatos, Director of the Center for Environmental Systems, and ProfessorTsan-
Liang Su recently returned fromTaiwan where they explored an academic partnership with President
Wang ofTunghai University.The proposal is for a "dual degree" program in environmental engineering
with the potential for expanding the partnership to include student/faculty exchange and collaborative
research. While inTaiwan, they also met with the Director of the Center for Environmental Safety and
HealthTechnology Development, a division of the IndustrialTechnology Research Institute (ITRI), to
establish a research and educational alliance with ITRI and other industrial partners. Visiting scholars
through ITRI's elite scholars program as well as Stevens' expertise in plasma research and the deconta-
mination of water are the building blocks of the new partnership.
Dr. Alan Blumberg, George Mead Bond Professor of Ocean Engineering delivered the keynote presenta-
tion at the opening of the 17th Biennial Conference of the Estuarine Research Federation(ERF) on
September 2003, in Seattle, WA.The ERF is a multidisciplinary organization with over 1500 members
who study and manage the structure and functions of estuaries and the effects of human activities on
these fragile environments. Dr. Blumberg also recently established the Urban Ocean Observatory -The
NewYork Harbor Observing and Prediction System.The system, funded by the Navy’s Office of Naval
Research, produces "nowcasts" and 48 hour forecasts of water levels, waves, temperatures, salinities
and currents in the waters of NewYork and New Jersey.The simulations are performed and archived on
the Stevens Hydrodynamic Computational Laboratory’s high-performance computer cluster resident in
the Davidson Laboratory. Visit the forecast Website at http://onr.dl.stevens-tech.edu/webnyhos3/ for more
information.
Dr Sumit Ghosh of ECE was appointed the First VP for Education, Society for Modeling and Simulation
International (SCS). One of his responsibilities is to architect a comprehensive framework towards
developing a graduate/undergraduate curriculum in modeling and simulation.
At the 33rd Annual Engineering Excellence Awards banquet held at Rutgers University on March 19,
2004, Stevens Vice President of Facilities/Support Services and Professor of Civil Engineering, Henry P.
Dobbelaar, Jr., P.E., P.P. received the 2003 Educator of theYear Award fromThe American Council of
Engineering Companies of New Jersey (ACEC). The ACEC "has a proven record of success in advancing
engineering and maintaining the highest ethical and technical standards in the profession.The individu-
als honored have demonstrated engineering excellence at its best, and I join with the Council in honor-
ing them for their work and dedication," expressed Governor McGreevey in a letter to the Council.
Dobbelaar is the founding Director of the Graduate Construction Management Program and the found-
ing advisor to Steven's Chi Epsilon Society. He is a Fellow in both the American Society of Civil
Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers.
In his new book, Chemical Process Engineering, Professor Emeritus Harry Silla presents a
systematic approach to solving design problems by listing the needed equations, calculat-
ing degrees-of-freedom, developing calculations to generate process specifications and
more. His book emphasizes the evaluation and selection of equipment by considering its
mechanical design and encouraging the selection of standard-size equipment offered by
manufacturers to lower cost.
Dr. Souran Manoochehri
John Nastasi, Industry Professor A practitioner and professor engaged in both
a critical design practice and design education for the past 12 years, John
Nastasi joins Stevens’ Mechanical Engineering Department.The new curriculum
offering atThe Product–Architecture Lab, developed by Nastasi in conjunction
with Professor Souran Manoochehri, offers a graduate program that is immersed
in the following tracts of study: The interdisciplinary study of Product Design,
Computational Architecture and Engineering with production methodologies and
emerging materials; the study of expressive form and integrated functional capabili-
ties; the study of advanced digital media and its impact on design; and the study of
interactive and performative environments. Nastasi is a recipient of Harvard
University’s Rice Prize for the Advancement of Architecture and Engineering and
numerous other honors and awards. Nastasi holds a master’s degree in Design from
Harvard. His design practice, Nastasi Architects, is an award winning and progressive
design/build firm in Hoboken N.J.
Dr. Daniel J.Wasser, Industry Professor Daniel J. Wasser joins Department of Mechanical
Engineering. At Stevens, he will be expanding the curriculum of the Pharmaceutical
Manufacturing Practices Program as well as developing industry partnerships and coordi-
nating senior design projects. Previously, Wasser worked at Foster Wheeler
Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, as Principal Developer, Advanced Systems and
Validation Group. Prior to that, he worked at MobilTechnology Corporation as Advanced
Control Engineer, Advanced Control Automation Projects (ACAP) group. Earlier, at Mobil
Research and Development Corporation, Wasser held the title of Research Engineer,
Computer Systems and Pilot Unit Automation Group. His areas of interest include applica-
tions of AI and expert systems technologies to manufacturing, process modeling, automa-
tion, optimization, and decision support. Wasser holds a doctorate Biomedical Engineering
and Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and master’s degree in
Chemical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University.
Thomas D. Barnes, Davidson Laboratory Thomas D. Barnes, Captain, USN (Retired), joined
Davidson Laboratory in October 2003 as Director of Strategic Research and Development. He
served as a consultant in Information Systems and Homeland Security and held the title of
Associate Director, Information Systems Directorate at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory,
Washington, DC. Prior to that, he served as Military Assistant to the Director of the Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency. His extensive military service includes a tour as
Commanding Officer of the USS Peleliu and the USS Guam. Barnes also served as Executive
Officer of the USS Constellation. He is a Fellow of the John F. Kennedy School of Government,
Harvard University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the Abilene Christian
University, Abilene,Texas.
Dr. Chandra Kintala, Distinguished Industry Professor Chandra Kintala joins the Electrical and
Computer Engineering Department as a Distinguished Industry Professor. Prior to joining
Stevens, he served as Vice President, Network Software Research and Realization Center, in
Avaya Labs, a spin-off from Bell Labs. Previously, he was Director of Distributed Software
Research in Bell Labs. Kintala received a ComputerWorld-sponsored Smithsonian medal for
SwiFT technology at Lucent in 1998. He is currently Vice-Chairman of IFIP WG1.2, Member
of IFIP World Congress for 2004, General Chair for DSN (Dependable Systems and
Networks) Conference for 2006, and a IEEE Senior Member. He obtained his doctorate in
Computer Science from Penn State, holds five software patents and has published over 40
research papers on topics in software fault tolerance, programming environments and
theoretical computer science.
SSoE
New ARRIVALS
FACULTY
INFOCUS
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Dr. Kishore Pochiraju
V.P. Henry P. Dobbelaar
Dr. Stuart Tewsbury