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Dr. Helena S. Wisniewski, VicePresident for University Research &Enterprise Development at Stevens,hosted the third in a series ofmonthly “Disruptive TechnologiesRoundtables” in June.

The roundtable discussed thenewly formed Stevens start-upcompany, InStream Media LLC,whose product has the potential todisrupt the way advertising is deliv-ered. It provides non-invasive,unobtrusive embedded advertisingusing advanced steganography.This is aninteractive, consumer-initiatedapproach that also provides feed-back to the advertiser. It is also amethod that does not increase theneed for bandwidth.

InStream Media LLC is an out-growth of research conducted inthe Media Security, Networkingand Communications (MSyNC) Labin Stevens’ Department of Electrical& Computer Engineering. Thefounders, along with VPWisniewski, are Professors R.Chandramouli and K.Subbalakshmi, two experts in thefield of streamed digital media,who are also founders of theMSyNC Lab.

“In a first approach of its kind,InStream Media uses techniques ofstreaming digital steganography –digital information embedded with-in other digital information – torevolutionize the world of interac-tive media, including productadvertising, home shopping andeducational media,” saidChandramouli. “For example, ourtechnology can embed advertise-ments directly into the digital videoscene imperceptibly, with theadvertisement based on the con-text of the video scene.”

“The embedded media can beon the order of a video ad, audioad, text ad, or informational URL,”said Subbalakshmi. “With the clickof a mouse, or even a specializedTV remote, the consumer watchinga video scene of, say, a James Bondfilm, can click on the particular carbeing driven by the title character,

or the suit jacket he’s wearing, andwithout interruption in the viewer’senjoyment of the movie, informa-tion about that product will betransmitted to his or her e-mail, orsent directly to a connected print-er.”

This simultaneity of transmit-ted messages holds the attractiveprospect of multiple product place-ments, while giving the viewer agreater measure of interactive con-trol and selection over which prod-uct placements to learn moreabout, as well as how to retrievethe information.

Additional secure features canbe added (e.g., unique decodingkeys to extract coupons by an indi-vidual user) to provide an addeddimension of service.

Benefits to advertisers includethe ability to receive instant mar-keting feedback that a viewer hasread the ad, plus the ability togather data regarding user click-through behavior. – PB

During the summer, the NeXturf surface at the DeBaunAlthletic Complex field was replaced by FieldTurf. The decision toreplace the field came after a nine-month long process, duringwhich members of the Athletics department visited universitiesalong the east coast and researched what type of field turf wouldbest fit Stevens. The new field at the DeBaun Athletic Complex issimilar to Yale University’s new soccer and lacrosse field, and alsofeatures permanent, sewn-in lines, instead of NeXturf spray-onlines.

The NeXturf, which stood in place for sevenyears, was worn out due to excessive use of thefield. Russell Rogers, Athletic Director for Stevens,explained, “This was our only outdoor facility. Itwore over time and we had so many differentsports on here—men’s and women’s soccer, fieldhockey, men’s and women’s lacrosse, baseball,intramural sports, club sports, physical education,and general recreation. [The turf] just wore down.The biggest problem was with soccer where it gotto the point where the ball just moved way toofast, and it impacted the game.”

This project, which began over the summer,was completed on August 19. Over the course ofthe next few months, the Institute will continue tomake improvements to the complex with the instal-lation of two brand-new dugouts as well as a limit-ed number of premium, on-field seats for baseballgames. With the FieldTurf surface in place, Stevensis now eligible to host NCAA tournaments.

Stevens’ Athletic department also expects teams from other uni-versities to be attracted to the new field and host more games atStevens. Lacrosse coach, Celine Cunningham, believes that theFieldTurf will help Stevens recruit new players and also decreaseinjuries caused in the past, due to the worn out NeXturf.

With FieldTurf in place, Stevens’ athletes will now be able tohost more games, recruit more players and compete on a state-of-the art field. – MM

PredatorVision: The ultimate security camera

PredatorVision LLC provides the ultimate security camera, which can also serve as achem/bio sensor of extreme sensitivity. It is based on optical and sensor-actuated tech-nologies developed by Dr. Rainer Martini in Stevens’ Department of Physics andEngineering Physics. With a focus on predicting and preventing terror attacks, Dr. Martiniand his research colleagues have developed a switched mid-infrared/near-infrared surveil-lance camera that can capture 10-megapixel, photo-quality images at great distancesthrough fog, smog and snow, a significant advance over current state-of-the-art equip-ment. Another adaptation of the camera would enable it to detect chemical particles,down to the scale of individual molecules, in the air – allowing authorities to sniff out sui-cide bombers and other mobile chem/bio threats before they strike. The initial prototypeis designed to be lighter weight and lower cost (by a factor of several hundred) than thenearest-equivalent product currently available. – PB

DeBaun athletic field replaced with state-of-the-art FieldTurf

Svetlana Sukhishvili, Associate Professor inStevens’ Chemistry and Chemical Biology department,has been invited to serve on the Biomaterials andBiointerfaces Study Section of the Center for ScientificReview. Sukhishvili’s two-year term on this NationalInstitutes of Health (NIH) committee runs from July 1,2007 to June 30, 2009.

Members are selected on the basis of theirdemonstrated competence and achievement in theirscientific discipline as evidenced by the quality ofresearch accomplishments, publications in scientificjournals and other significant scientific activities,achievements and honors.

Membership on a study section represents amajor commitment of professional time and energy aswell as a unique opportunity to contribute to the

national biomedical research effort. Study sectionsreview grant applications submitted to the NIH, makerecommendations on these applications to the appro-priate NIH national advisory council or board and sur-vey the status of research in their fields of science.These functions are of great value to medical andallied research in the US.

“I am confident that Professor Sukhishvili will bean asset to the National Institute of Health in assuringthe quality of its peer review process,” said George P.Korfiatis, Provost and University Vice President.“Svetlana’s colleagues and I congratulate her on beingselected to participate in the Biomaterials andBiointerfaces Study Section.” – SM

Svetlana Sukhishvili to serve on NIH’s Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Study SectionDisruptive Technologies Roundtable discusses revolution in embedded digital advertising

Technogenesis Today

Winning Views

Professors R. Chandramouli and K. SubbalakshmiSvetlana Sukishvili

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During the past year, Stevens has seenseveral significant changes to its academicstructure. This realignment has resulted infour schools: the new Charles V. Schaefer,Jr. School of Engineering and Science, thenew School of Systems and Enterprises, theexisting Wesley J. Howe School ofTechnology Management, and the newCollege of Arts and Letters.

To better position Stevens at the fore-front of global challenges in engineering,science and technology management, eachschool will focus on specific goals andobjectives:

· The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School ofEngineering and Science will strengthen theindividual disciplines and degree programsof both engineering and science, whileestablishing the incentives, rewards andrecognition for excellence in cross-discipli-nary scholarship.

· The School of Systems andEnterprises was launched to build on theextraordinary momentum of graduate edu-cational and research programs in strategicareas of systems engineering and enterprisearchitecture, which have received globalrecognition.

· The Wesley J. Howe School ofTechnology Management is flourishingthrough its successful educational programsin Information Systems and TechnologyManagement, as well as its research thrustsin new areas such as Social Networks andHostile Intent which enjoys collaborationwith engineering and science faculty.

· The College of Arts and Letters willfurther the Institute’s legacy of humanitiesstudy for engineering, science, and busi-ness and technology students, as well asnurture the important role of the humani-ties in the intellectual vitality of the cam-pus.

The realignment began early this yearwhen, in January, Stevens’ President HaroldJ. Raveché announced the establishment ofa new College of Arts and Letters at theuniversity.

The College of Arts and Letters willreinforce the outstanding legacy of Stevens’broad-based education, including a stronghumanities component, enriching the intel-lectual environment of the Institutethrough, for example, the Center forScience Writings. Professor James McClellanwill serve as Dean of this College.

Stevens has taken this bold step, saidRaveché, to address the growing nationalneed to unite Science and TechnologyStudies (STS) with rigorous programs thatemphasize clear communications across themany disciplines represented by engineer-ing, science and technology management.

“In establishing and nurturing aCollege of Arts and Letters, Stevens canboast of a unique and powerful institution-al initiative,” said Raveché. “Likewise, otherdivisions and programs within Stevens,because of their science, engineering andtechnology orientation, stand to benefitfrom having a College of Arts and Lettersbent toward research and teaching in thebroad realms of Science and TechnologyStudies. This places our new College in per-fect alignment with the overall mission ofthe Institute.”

Key is the cultivation of the College ofArts & Letters as a research unit within theInstitute.

“We hope to achieve prominence byfirming up our cadre of researchers whocurrently work in the areas of science andtechnology studies and through our collec-tive efforts place our College on the map,”said Dean McClellan. “It is important tonote that this new emphasis on STS doesnot mean that we are jettisoning theefforts of current faculty or plan to aban-don the traditional humanities fields orendeavors. Rather, we want to bringtogether research faculty across various dis-ciplines – including, but not limited to phi-

losophy, literature, history, psychology, thearts – who, unique to their work, focus onmatters to do with the humanities andsocial science of science and technology.”

A major goal is for new faculty to pur-sue a variety of scholarly and research activ-ities, to advance knowledge and enhancethe scholarly image and research profile ofStevens.

Humanities and liberal-arts educationhave played a central role at Stevens sinceits inception in 1870. The founders andleaders of Stevens created a curriculum andmade explicit an identity for Stevens as acenter for “Liberal-Technical” education.That early curriculum demanded four yearsof courses in literature, philosophy and lan-guages in addition to rigorous training inthe sciences and laboratory practice. Thesecond president of Stevens, Alexander C.Humphreys, established a formal humani-ties department in 1902, and it has gonethrough various iterations since. Fordecades Stevens prided and to a degree stillprides itself on its “broad-based” curricu-lum that included this significant commit-ment to the liberal arts as part of “Liberal-Technical” education.

In April, Provost and University VicePresident, Dr. George P. Korfiatis,announced the appointment of Dr. DineshVerma as Dean of The School of Systemsand Enterprises (SSE), recently founded asthe fourth distinct school within theInstitute.

Dr. Verma had previously served as

Stevens’ academic realignment creates four schools

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Dr. Carol V. Brown has joined the faculty of Stevens’ HoweSchool of Technology Management as a Distinguished Professor.Brown will head the current Howe School IT Program for thepharmaceutical industry and will lead the creation of a new pro-gram in IT for the healthcare industry. She will also teach in theHowe School ’s Information Systems program, which is one of theworld’s most successful, headed by Dr. Jerry Luftman.

Brown holds a master’s degree in Business Administration anda doctorate in Management Information Systems from IndianaUniversity-Bloomington, where she recently taught in the MBA,MS in IS and Ph.D. programs at the Kelley School of Business anddirected its IM Affiliates program.

Brown has published research on IS management topics,developed curricula, and fostered academic-practitioner linkagesfor more than 15 years. She served on the faculty of PurdueUniversity in West Lafayette prior to joining the Indiana Universityfaculty in 1990, and has been a Visiting Scholar at MIT’s SloanSchool of Management.

Primarily using on-site interview and survey methods, Brownhas focused her research on IS management topics of criticalinterest to senior IS and business managers. Her research on ISgovernance structures and mechanisms, IS sourcing, enterprisesystem implementations, and the strategic repositioning of an ISorganization has been sponsored by practitioner groups such asthe Advanced Practices Council of the Society for InformationManagement (SIM), the Center for Information Systems Research(CISR) at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, IRMIS and theInformation Management (IM) Affiliates of Indiana University, aswell as British American Tobacco and SAP, a leading enterprisesoftware vendor. A common thread is that her studies examinetopics at the organization or enterprise system level with theobjective of contributing conceptual models and empirical findingsto both scholars and practitioners.

Brown’s research has beenpublished in leading scholarly jour-nals, including Information SystemsResearch, Journal of ManagementInformation Systems, MISQuarterly, and OrganizationScience. The communication of herresearch ideas to practice has beenaccomplished via multiple outlets,including journals that target an ISmanager readership, in-person pre-sentations to practitioner groups, atextbook published by Prentice Hallnow under revision for a sixth edi-tion, a handbook for IS managers,teaching cases and SIM’s annualawards for papers co-authored byacademics and practitioners.

As a faculty member at boththe Bloomington and IUPUI campuses, Brown played key roles inthe development of IS curricula for undergraduate and MBA pro-grams on both IU campuses and the development of an online(Kelley Direct) MBA program. She also chaired a multi-school taskforce that led to structural improvements to help grow theschool’s new MS in IS program. Her recent teaching for the KelleySchool of Business has focused on the design and delivery of case-based courses on IS management topics for residential MBA,evening MBA, online MBA and residential MS in IS students. Asthe Executive Director of the IM Affiliates program of the KelleySchool, she grew the established program and fostered academiclinkages with member companies in the Indianapolis region.

A native of New Jersey, born in Summit and raised inWestfield, Brown will be setting up a residence in Hoboken. – SM

Faculty News

Carol Brown joins the faculty of Stevens’ Howe School of Technology Management

Professor Yu-Dong Yao has beenappointed Director of the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering atStevens. Yao joined Stevens in 2000, follow-ing a highly successful career in academiaand industry, his most recent position beingat Qualcomm, Inc.

“Since coming to Stevens, Professor Yaohas been extremely active in identifying anddeveloping collaborative research programswith other faculty members, both within andoutside the ECE department. He has con-tributed greatly to the department's graduate

program, organizing community-buildingevents, developing new courses and pro-grams in wireless communications, and pro-viding opportunities for undergraduate stu-dents to participate in research projects,” saidMichael S. Bruno, Dean of Stevens’ SchaeferSchool of Engineering and Science.

His considerable professional serviceincludes serving as editor of the IEEETransactions on Wireless Communicationsand as associate editor of both the IEEECommunications Letters and the IEEETransactions on Vehicular Technologies. - MM

Yao named Director of Electrical and Computer Engineering department

Carol Brown

Professor Yao

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Associate Dean for Executive Educationand Outreach in Stevens’ Charles V.Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering.

“Dinesh’s distinguished career in edu-cation and industry has prepared him forthis very crucial position at Stevens, and Iknow that the entire Institute communitywishes him well and looks forward to hisleadership in this unique venture, theSchool of Systems and Enterprises,” saidKorfiatis.

SSE was founded in March 2007 inrecognition of the pivotal role played bycomplex systems in the 21st century.“Given society’s inevitable march towardconceiving systems and enterprises of everincreasing complexity, The School ofSystems and Enterprises is the next logicalprogression for Stevens as one of the lead-ing technological universities in theworld,” said Raveché. “This school willcomplement our three existing schoolswith its emphasis on systems integrationand enterprise management and optimiza-tion.”

“Stevens is uniquely positioned to bea focus of academic and research opportu-nities that grow from the critical need tomanage the development, deploymentand behavior of complex systems andenterprises,” said Korfiatis. “The conceptof ‘systems of systems’ is the future, notonly of engineering, but of all major indus-try in the public and private sectors, andthis concept will play a decisive role in thecontinuing transformation of the Americanhigh-tech economy well into the 21st cen-tury.”

Dean Verma also announced the fol-lowing leadership team and organizationalroles within the new school:

· Dr. John Farr will serve as theAssociate Dean of Academics, overseeingall matters related to undergraduate, grad-uate and doctoral academic programs.

· Dr. Michael Pennotti will act as theAssociate Dean for Professional Programsand will have primary responsibility for theoversight and delivery of the professionaldevelopment and graduate education pro-grams as they pertain to industry and gov-ernment partnerships.

· Ralph Giffin will serve as Director ofBusiness Operations and Administration,managing the day to day operations of theschool, and coordinating all related indus-

try, government and corporate relation-ships.

· Dr. Kate Abel has been namedDirector of Undergraduate Studies, andwill handle matters related to undergradu-ate programming and academic advise-ment.

· Beth Austin DeFares will act as theAssociate Director of Outreach andCommunications, interfacing with stu-dents, faculty and industry partners inareas of marketing and client accountmanagement.

· Elaine Chichizola will serve as theExecutive Assistant to the Dean, and willbe responsible for the administrative sup-port and coordination of the Dean’s Office.

Verma announced further that, aspart of the new school’s ongoing efforts todevelop a national and international net-work of collaborators and sponsors, thefollowing agreements and appointmentshad been concluded:

· Dr. Anthony Barrese, DistinguishedService Professor, will become the Directorof the Global Institute for SystemsEngineering, Architecture, and Test, (SEAT),overseeing an alliance of academics andindustry practitioners in developingSystems Engineering and Architecturecompetency development solutions tomultinational corporations, and

· Dr. Arthur Pyster, former Senior VicePresident for SAIC and Deputy ChiefInformation Officer for the FAA, will jointhe school as a Distinguished ResearchProfessor, and Director of the AppliedSystems Thinking Institute (ASysT), in col-laboration with Randy Beardsworth,ANSER Vice President of Human Capitaland Corporate Communications.

Verma received his doctorate andMaster of Science degree in Industrial andSystems Engineering from Virginia Tech. Inaddition to serving as Dean of the Schoolof Systems and Enterprises, he is also aProfessor in Systems Engineering atStevens. During his six years at Stevens hehas successfully proposed research andacademic programs exceeding $20 millionin value. Verma concurrently serves asScientific Advisor to the Director of theEmbedded Systems Institute in Eindhoven,Holland. Prior to this role, he served asTechnical Director at Lockheed MartinUndersea Systems, in Manassas, Va., in the

area of adapted systems and supportabilityengineering processes, methods and toolsfor complex system development and inte-gration.

Before joining Lockheed Martin,Verma worked as a Research Scientist atVirginia Tech and managed the University’sSystems Engineering Design Laboratory.While at Virginia Tech and currently, Vermaserves numerous companies in a consult-ing capacity, including Eastman Kodak,Lockheed Martin Corporation, L3Communications, United Defense,Raytheon, IBM Corporation, SunMicrosystems, SAIC, VOLVO CarCorporation (Sweden), NOKIA (Finland),RAMSE (Finland), TU Delft (Holland),Johnson Controls, Ericsson-SAAB Avionics(Sweden), Varian Medical Systems(Finland), and Motorola.

He served as an Invited Lecturer from1995 through 2000 at the University ofExeter, United Kingdom. His professionaland research activities emphasize systemsengineering and design with a focus onconceptual design evaluation, preliminarydesign and system architecture, designdecision-making, life cycle costing, andsupportability engineering. In addition tohis publications, Verma has received twopatents and has another pending in theareas of life-cycle costing and fuzzy logictechniques for evaluating design concepts.– PB

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When Rachele Grasso Smith, ’81,received her bachelor’s degree inMechanical Engineering from Stevens, shewas one of only a handful of women inher graduating class. But like the manywomen who have earned their degreessince Smith graduated, she regards herundergraduate experience at Stevens asintegral to her success in her chosencareer.

Smith’s father, a chemistry professor,encouraged her to attend Stevens.

“My greatest influence was my dad.He saw that I had an aptitude for mathand science and that I had good logicaland analytical skills. Luckily, he guided meto Stevens,” she said. As a Hobokennative, her father had grown up with anadmiration for Stevens.

Although it had been several yearssince she had been actively involved withStevens, seeing the sense of community atthe school her son, David, attends remind-ed Smith of her years as an undergraduate.“I saw a real sense of community andalumni support, and that really broughtback memories of Stevens. It made merealize how much I wanted to give backand hadn’t been. I realized there were somany things that I could be doing andwasn’t. The timing was perfect to be oneof the founding members of the Women’sLeadership Program.”

Formed in 2007 with fellow alumnaLeslie Brunell ’86, the Women’s LeadershipProgram was created within the Edwin A.Stevens Society as a result of the growingnumbers of women graduating fromStevens and entering engineering andother technical professions. The new pro-gram aims to bring together Stevens’undergraduate and graduate women withalumnae and friends who can share theirexperiences as women working in theengineering, technology and managementfields.

“I feel that young women need tohave a place where they can talk aboutambitions, concerns and goals with otherwomen professionals. Many young womenmay not personally know any woman engi-neers. One of the things I hope is to pro-vide a forum where young women cancome together and feel like they have aplace to talk candidly about their careerambitions and balancing family life,” she

said. “Women must make time for bothand there are many years when that’stough. I hope this can be a support net-work where women can address thesetypes of issues.”

Future goals of the program includeproviding mentoring, internships, network-ing resources and other opportunities with-in a supportive environment of womencommitted to helping Stevens’ undergrad-uate and graduate students. In addition,the Women’s Leadership Program is dedi-cated to supporting and encouraging giftstoward the Stevens annual fund. The pro-gram will empower women who elect tostudy at Stevens to achieve unprecedentedpossibilities and transformations throughprofessional and technology innovation,innovative thinking and the creation ofeconomic opportunity.

The program has established aWomen’s Leadership Award, which recog-nizes a woman in good academic standingwho serves as an outstanding role modelto her peers and who has achievedextracurricular merit through involvementin campus activities. The first recipient ofthis award is Kiley Rode ’07, who, as a sen-ior in Stevens’ Civil, Environmental andOcean Engineering department, wasawarded the prestigious SOM EngineeringFellowship.

Although she is a mechanical engineerby degree, Smith now works as an environ-mental consultant. “I firmly believe thatthe mechanical engineering curriculum atStevens allowed me to transition into theenvironmental field. That’s what greatabout engineering: Engineers learn toproblem solve and think logically; they cando so much with that foundation!”

She advises students to resist stayingin their comfort zones with their first jobout of Stevens. “Take a job that will reallychallenge you and force you to developstrengths you don’t have. I had several joboffers when I graduated, but Chevronseemed like a company that would requireme to be use my skills and be more hands-on. I know that was a weakness that need-ed to be developed,” she said.

Her experience with Chevron gave herthe opportunity to work in various loca-tions throughout the US, including NewJersey, California and Wyoming. After avariety of assignments with Chevron, she

returned to New Jersey. “If you are opento travel, consider a larger company foryour first job. You can move around doingvastly different kinds of work without everchanging companies,” said Smith.

In New Jersey, she was assigned awastewater treatment project to build. Sheenjoyed learning about the applicable envi-ronmental requirements, of which NewJersey had no shortage.

“Believe it or not, I enjoy reading envi-ronmental regulations and working withattorneys to interpret how to implementthem for my clients,” she said.

Since 1995 she has been owner of theenvironmental consulting firm, The RGSGroup, a New Jersey women-owned smallbusiness. “I was unsure of its success, butmy husband, Dave, was very supportive,”she said.

This year, Smith’s environmental workbrought her back to Stevens, where sheutilized the environmental lab to run testsfor a client. Working with MahmoudWazne, Assistant Professor in the Civil,Environmental and Ocean Engineeringdepartment, Smith used the lab to conductpermeability tests on soil. These tests wereneeded to determine how quickly petrole-um products could flow through soils andreach groundwater.

“The lab did an excellent job analyzingthe samples on time and very competitive-ly. I hope others consider using it,” shesaid. “Who would ever think that I wouldbe bringing work to Stevens? My careerhas taken many turns – all good. I owemuch of my success to Stevens.”– SM

Alumni Profile: Rachele Grasso Smith ’81

In May 2007, the Office of Career Development and theOffice of Cooperative Education joined forces to create theStevens Career Center. With 90 percent of students engaging ininternships, cooperative education work terms or campusresearch, it was logical to bring these two offices together. Nowstudents and corporate recruiters have the opportunity to inter-act with the staff from each department in a unified setting.

Spanning the sixth floor of the Howe Center, visitors aregreeted by the majestic view of the Manhattan skyline fromevery office. For the Cooperative Education department, themove to a more expansive space parallels the growth of the pro-gram. Catherine Rooney, Senior Associate Director ofCooperative Education, said, “We have evolved from an office inthe former first-floor art gallery for 26 talented students in theClass of 1991 to the Career Center, where we now serve 600participants annually. We once had a small office for phoneinterviews. Now we have a mini-conference room.” Studentsreturning to campus for the Fall semester have responded posi-tively to the new facility, noting the clearly marked entrance-ways, new carpeting and the more spacious floor plan.

For the Office of Career Development, the Career Centerhas created an extensive recruitment suite in which companiesare able to conduct interviews on campus. Taking advantage ofthe skyline views, the new interview rooms feature more spaceand lighting, which create a comfortable setting for bothrecruiters and students. Because interviewing can be stressful,the student waiting room was designed with comfortable seat-ing, internet access and corporate literature, which enable stu-dents to focus and mentally prepare for their interviews.

The Career Center reflects an environment that is student-friendly and also emulates a corporate office facility.

“Great care has been taken in selecting color schemes andfurnishings conducive to both parties’ décor styles. Conference

room seating, roundtables for interviewsand a reception areafor recruiters areimportant considera-tions in supporting the latest interviewing practices. Considerableeffort has been made in creating a uniform and professional lookfor both interview rooms and staff offices,” said CareerDevelopment Director Lynn Insley.

The opening of the Career Center is well-timed. The Classof 2007 was highly recruited, with more than 450 companiesconducting interviews on campus for internships, cooperativeeducation, and full-time positions. The trend is slated to continuethis year, and the new Career Center is equipped with morespace to accommodate the increasing number of companieseager to recruit Stevens students. At press time, 180 companieswere confirmed to recruit on campus during the fall, and the listwas expected to grow. At the end of July, all interview roomswere booked for corporate use from mid-September through theend of October.

Future plans for the facility include a Career Café, a moreinformal space where students can drop in to build theirresumes, research job leads and stay informed about businesstrends. Internet portals, the Wall Street Journal and industrymagazines will be available, giving students the tools they needto find success as they develop their career paths.

The Office of Career Development provides a wide range ofservices to the Stevens community. The Princeton Review recentlyranked the Stevens Career Development Office as 16th amongthe nation’s university career centers. It is the only college in theNew York-Metropolitan region to register in the Top 20. – PK

Kathryn Abel, Director of the EngineeringManagement Program at Stevens, was honored with theBest Paper Award from the Engineering ManagementDivision of the American Society for EngineeringEducation (ASEE). Abel was recognized for her paper,“Finding Appropriate Data for ABET Self Study SectionsB2 and B3 for Engineering Programs,” at the 2007 ASEEConference and Exposition, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, inJune. In 2007, the Engineering Management Divisionreceived 33 papers for consideration.

“Under Dr. Abel’s leadership, our undergraduate pro-gram has grown every year and continues to win nationalawards. Kate provides program leadership, outstandingstudent mentoring and is a recognized leader on educa-tional assessment. We are fortunate to have her on ourfaculty,” said John Farr, Associate Dean for Academics inStevens’ School of Systems and Enterprises.

Abel’s paper outlines the type of data that can beused in the ABET accreditation process. Since ABET beganEC 2000, engineering colleges have been striving forways to find a process of assessment, discover data,quantify assessments and then display the data in ameaningful and easy-to-read format for accreditation. Thepaper shows ways assessment concepts and data couldbe used and implemented to gain ABET accreditation forengineering programs.

Abel is a longstanding member of ASEE and recentlycompleted her tenure as ASEE president, EngineeringManagement Division, and in the past has served as pro-gram chair and as treasurer. - NM

Professors Edward H. Foster and Lisa M. Dolling have beenappointed Associate Deans in Stevens’ new College of Art s andLetters.

Foster will serve as AssociateDean for Administration. A profes-sor in History, Foster is a prolificauthor, poet, translator and publish-er of international standing. Heearned his A.B., Master of Arts andDoctoral degrees from ColumbiaUniversity, and has been at Stevenssince 1967. He was awarded anhonorary Master of Engineeringdegree from Stevens in 1990, andsince 2002 he has served with dis-tinction as Director of the Division ofHumanities and Social Sciences.

Dolling will serve as Associate Dean for ProgramDevelopment. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree fromManhattanville College, a certificate of completion from theUniversity of Louvain (Belgium), a Master of Arts degree from

Fordham, and a Doctorate in Philosophyfrom the Graduate Center of the CityUniversity of New York. Her specialtiesinclude the philosophy of science,hermeneutics, aesthetics, and the historyof philosophy. She is co-editor of the vol-ume Tests of Time: Readings in theDevelopment of Physical Theory(Princeton, 2003). Dolling was anAssociate Professor of Philosophy andExecutive Director of the university-wideHonors Program at St. John’s Universitybefore coming to Stevens in 2004 asAssociate Professor of Philosophy andCoordinator of the Philosophy Program at Stevens.

“We are very excited about the prospects for the newCollege of Arts and Letters at Stevens, and Ed and Lisa will play abig part in its successes. I wish Professors Foster and Dolling wellin their new assignments,” said James E. McClellan III, Dean ofthe College of Arts and Letters. – SM

Professors Dolling and Foster appointed Associate Deans in College of Arts and Letters

Dr. Brian Sauser, Assistant Professor in the School of Systemsand Enterprises, has been awarded a National Aeronautics andSpace Administration (NASA) Faculty Fellowship for 2007.

The NASA Faculty Fellowship Program (NFFP) provides facul-ty an opportunity to engage in research

at one of the participating NASACenters. The NFFP research experiencesupports the Space Exploration Visionfor America ’s Civil Space Program —a return to the Moon, missions toMars, and journeys beyond, includingNASA’s Exploration Systems, Science,Space Operations, and Aeronauticsresearch missions. Sauser will spend a10-week summer residency at theNASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) inHouston, Tex., with an option forextended support during the academic

year. Fellowships are awarded to qualified faculty members at US

colleges and universities to perform collaborative research proj-ects of mutual interest to the fellow and NASA colleagues, andrelevant to the Center and Agency missions.

The NFFP is jointly administered by the American Society forEngineering Education (ASEE) and the Universities SpaceResearch Association (USRA).

Sauser will be working with the Engineering Directorate atJSC on two research and development initiatives directly focusedon growing the systems engineering competencies of the engi-neering workforce at JSC. With NASA ventures to return to theMoon, and travel to Mars and beyond, the importance of sys-tems engineering and its value-based understanding in the engi-neering workforce has become of critical importance.

Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator, recently stated in apublic address at Purdue University, “System engineering seeksto assure that elements of a complex artifact are coupled only as

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intended… System engineering is the linkwhich has evolved between the art and sci-ence of engineering.”

During Sauser’s residency at JSC hewill work with the JSC EngineeringAcademy to develop systems engineeringcurriculum and training materials for theJSC workforce at the basics and advancedlevels, and the research the identificationof various indices in formation and per-formance of teams that have to address

short-term, complex engineering chal-lenges. JSC has recently been challengedby forming engineering design teamsunder short time constraints and wants todetermine the optimal team formation toachieve the best team performance. Sauserwill use traditional social network analysiswith social network analysis done via emailto determine these rapid team formationindices to assist JSC in the formation oftheir engineering design teams.

In addition, Sauser was recentlynamed the Stevens representative to theNew Jersey Space Grant ConsortiumProgram Council. He is replacing Stevens’Dr. Siva Thangam, who had served in theposition for 15 years. – NM

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Stevens bid farewell to the Class of 2007 at its 135thCommencement ceremonies on Thursday, May 24. Once again,two separate ceremonies were held outdoors, where a stage andseating areas were installed on the 8th Street parking complex.

This year approximately 310 undergraduates and 900 gradu-ate students marched in the ceremonies.

Two honorary degree recipients addressed the Class of 2007during the morning undergraduate ceremony, Richard J. Codey,New Jersey Senate President and former Governor, and MihályCsíkszentmihályi, Professor of Psychology and Management atClaremont Graduate University’s Drucker School of Management.

Codey has served as the President of the New Jersey Senatesince 2002, representing the 27th Legislative District, which coversthe western portions of Essex County. One of New Jersey’s mostpopular political leaders, Codey has used the opportunities afford-ed him during a life of public service to advocate for the health,safety and well-being of his fellow citizens.

By virtue of his status as President of the New Jersey Senate,Codey served as the 53rd Governor of New Jersey from thedeparture of Governor McGreevey in November of 2004 until theinauguration of Jon Corzine in January of 2006. He againassumed the role of Acting Governor for approximately onemonth, after Governor Corzine’s serious accident. He had previ-ously served as Acting Governor following Governor ChristineTodd Whitman’s resignation to become head of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency in Washington, D.C.

Mihály Csíkszentmihályi is the former head of theDepartment of Psychology at the University of Chicago and of theDepartment of Sociology and Anthropology at Lake ForestCollege.

Csíkszentmihályi is chiefly renowned as the architect of thenotion of flow in creativity. He describes flow, whether in creativearts, athletic competition, engaging work, or spiritual practice, asa deep and uniquely human motivation to excel, exceed, and tri-umph over limitation. He describes his life’s work as the effort “tostudy what makes people truly happy.” Professor Csíkszentmihályiexplored the lives of more than 90 of the world’s most creativepeople to find out how creativity has been a force in their lives.He has discovered that some highly creative people find satisfac-tion by inventing a career or job for themselves, like a scientistwho creates a new field of study. These findings are described in

his 1996 book, Creativity: Flowand the Psychology of Discoveryand Invention.

“There are many ways tofind a purpose that goes beyondpersonal well-being. Work is onesource of sustaining purpose.Striving for excellence in your jobis a good path to a satisfying,meaningful life. Curiosity, inter-est, involvement in the ideas, thethings that make up what we callour world is another,” saidCsíkszentmihályi.

“So the reasons you should take up the challenge of becom-ing part of the solution of the problem our planet is facing is two-fold: First, because our survival as a species depends on it; second,because it is the safest guarantee of an enjoyable, fulfilling andmeaningful personal life,” he said.

Attendees were also addressed by Class of 2007Valedictorian, senior Jorge M. DaSilva. The son of Carlos andMaria F. DaSilva of Harrison, N.J., DaSilva graduated first in hisclass with a bachelor’s degree Mechanical Engineering with aminor in Economics. Later that day, DaSilva also received his mas-ter’s degree in Systems Engineering and a graduate certificate inProject Management.

DaSilva participated in several co-op and part-time assign-ments working for Ethicon Inc, one of Johnson & Johnson’s med-ical device operating companies, as part of the EquipmentDevelopment group. While there, he worked alongside seniorengineers developing, testing, and implementing new manufac-turing equipment and processes. DaSilva also was a member ofEthicon’s F.I.R.S.T. robotics team, which sponsors and mentorshigh school students to build robots and compete in regional andnational competitions. In addition to many scholarship awards andvolunteer activities to his credit, DaSilva featured on the Dean’sList in every semester at Stevens.

The afternoon graduate Commencement ceremony conferredmaster’s and doctoral degrees to some 900 students.

The graduate class was addressed by Stevens’ Chairman ofthe Board of Trustees, Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., alumnus of theClass of ’66 and recently retired as the President and ViceChairman of Verizon Telecommunications, where he had responsi-bility for the Verizon Telecom and Verizon Business units .

“Don’t forget your school. It has invested a lot of time andenergy preparing you for the next step of this journey. Rememberall you learned. Keep in touch with the people you met here andwhen you’re a huge success make sure you come back and passon your ideas so that the next generation of students will get thebenefit of your experience and your financial support,” saidBabbio.

Babbio holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in ElectricalEngineering from Stevens and a M.B.A. from New York University.He holds an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Stevens.– SM

Class of 2007 celebrates at Stevens’ 135th commencement ceremony

Stevens has joined the IDS Scheer Innovation and Education(I&E) Network. IDS Scheer is the leading provider of BusinessProcess Management (BPM) and officially launched its I&ENetwork at ARIS ProcessWorld 2007 held in Berlin in June.

“We are excited to be part of IDS Scheer’s Innovation andEducation Network. It will help us in applying our academicresearch to industry and proves once more that Stevens hasbecome a thought leader in BPM,” said Dr. Michael zur Muehlen,Director of Stevens’ SAP/IDS Scheer Center of Excellence inBusiness Process Innovation. “The innovation and education net-work allows us to look into cutting-edge developments and direc-tion in the field of BPM and related areas,” he said. Stevens wasnamed a Center of Excellence in BPM by SAP/IDS Scheer in 2004.

“The vision for this Brain Trust is to develop a network thatgenerates a constant stream of ideas for innovations and to sup-port education initiatives in the field of BPM. This Innovation andEducation Network bridges the gap between the academic andcorporate worlds, offering a win-win situation for all members.We have been collaborating with Stevens in the field of BPM forseveral years. The great combination of academic excellence andpractical application of their research will provide a great input inour Innovation and Eduction Network,” said Dr. Mathias Kirchmer,chief innovation and marketing officer, IDS Scheer Group. IDSScheer is offering the universities the opportunity to access thenewest BPM solutions and practices and to be part of the innova-tion activities that will lead to future solutions for business excel-lence and related fields. IDS Scheer will benefit from ideas devel-oped within the network and the extensive BPM education ofpost-graduate, graduate and undergraduate students.

The following aca-demic institutions haveaccepted IDS Scheer’s invi-tation to join the I&ENetwork:

Aoyama GaukinUniversity, Tokyo, Japan

DFKI / University ofKaiserslautern,Saarbruecken, Germany

Ecole Polytechnique,Montreal, Canada

Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, TheNetherlands

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N.J.Tongji University, Shanghai, China Widener University, Philadelphia, Pa.

Through their involvement with the network, the aforemen-tioned universities will take part in an intense communication andknowledge exchange regarding BPM and innovation. “IDSScheer’s Innovation and Education Network is another step for-ward in strengthening our market and thought leadership in thefield of BPM,” said Kirchmer. “Moreover, it is an example of abest practice in how to promote sustainable innovation processesby bundling academic and industry knowledge. These processesare crucial for the economies in every country.” – NM

Stevens joins IDS Scheer’s Innovation and Education Network

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Special Events

The Office of Development, in an effort to offer opportunitiesfor alumni to meet, socialize and network, has created several affin-ity groups. Plans for gatherings of two Stevens alumni affinitygroups are underway for this fall.

This fall, Stevens on the Street geared up for another meetingat the New York Yacht Club in October. The group, which has heldtwo successful networking events at the Yacht Club in the pastyear, will met again on October 18 with presentation buy rusteesLawrence T. Babbio, Jr. ‘66 (Warburg Pincus) and Shulman ‘62 (prin-cipal Hampton Group).

“I am excited about the opportunity to be part of a new initia-tive at the Institute, Stevens on the Street,” said Chris Ferreri '77,ICAP, who along with nearly 40 alumni attended the inauguralmeeting at the New York Yacht Club on June 7. “Alumni sharedtheir thoughts and suggestions as to how Stevens can elevate itsposition in the financial services industry, emphasizing the quality ofthe Stevens graduate not only in IT support areas but also front-office production positions. Considering the shift in the skill set foran institutional trader from business savvy a generation ago to the

analytical disciplines today, Stevens on the Street is well-positionedto lead the way to a stronger and more profitable relationship withthe financial services industry,”

For more information about future Stevens on The Streetevents, please e-mail stevensonthestreet@stevens.edu

The West Coast Silicon Valley group had an October 27 meet-ing planned. Headed by alumnus Marty Fleisler ’65, the group wasscheduled to meet at the Network Meeting Center at Techmart inSanta Clara. This event provided a networking opportunity forStevens alumni involved in entrepreneurial activities in the Bay Area.

For more information about the Silicon Valley group and futureevents, please e-mail to Development@stevens.edu.

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