SPRING 2004 VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 SSOE

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

2 Systems Integration Initiative at SSoE

4 Longstanding Partners: Stevens and Picatinny Arsenal

6 Stevens and NYU: A Thriving Academic Partnership

8 Students of Technogenesis

15 Stevens Intrepid Museum Partnership

COLLABORATIONS, ALLIANCES & PARTNERSHIPS DEAN GEORGE P. KORFIATIS

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 higher levels of success while continuously cultivating new ones.

Dear Friends and Colleagues, work together to provide a superb environment and I hope this issue of the SSoE InFocus finds you enriched opportunities for acquiring effective professional well. Our theme in this issue is academic collab- skills and a life-long love of learning. At another level, it orations. The academic community has often means reaching out to other academic institutions to been criticized for being ‘parochial’ and ‘stove- enhance research and teaching skills. It means partnering piped’ with respect to faculty collaborations. This with industry and alumni to provide enhanced opportunity criticism probably has its roots in the strong pro- for our students to be competitive in the workforce. fessional independence of faculty and the depart- Finally, it means reaching out to local, state and national mental structure inherent to academic organiza- audiences and professional societies to foster cooperation tions. Breaking this mold has not been easy but and to provide professional and personal service where we have come a long way over the past 15 years. needed." Prof. Arthur Ritter Today, at Stevens, the spirit of collaboration is "A GOOD academic partner is someone or some organiza- thriving at many levels. tion that teaches me something significant with scientific The words collaborations, alliances and partner- or technical value." Prof. Matthew Libera ships (CAPs) are used to describe relationships "It is when applications shape next generation research where complementary strengths are brought and vice-versa." Prof. R. Chandramouli together to realize mutual benefits and increase "An academic partnership is a mutually beneficial and impact. CAPs happen at various levels within and synergistic relationship from which can spring exciting amongst organizations and the level of strategic progress in research and education." Prof. Keith Sheppard intent varies. In this issue of InFocus, you will find examples of CAPs and the excitement that they pro- Collaborations, alliances and partnerships are empowering duce in our community. Some of them, like the part- success at the Schaefer School of Engineering. Our vision nership with Picatinny Arsenal, are multi-faceted for the future is to bring our longstanding partnerships into and longstanding. Others are more targeted and higher levels of success while continuously cultivating new short in duration. Regardless of the breadth of the ones. Incentives and rewards are put in place to promote CAP, a deep understanding of each other’s strategic clustering of individual faculty, collaborations between intent and core purpose is the recipe for success. departments, student teamwork and external alliances with industry, government and peer institutions. One of the I recently asked some of our faculty what an aca- most valuable outcomes of CAPs is the sharpening of the demic partnership means to them. Here are some relationship skills of our future leaders. Our success of the answers: depends on them. As always, I look forward to hearing "Academic partnership has several interrelated from you. meanings for me. I view academic partnership on several levels. First and foremost, at the institute Sincerely, level, it means the commitment and enthusiasm of faculty, students, staff and administration to VOLUME 2 ISSUE 2 CONTENTS SPRING 2004

FEATURES

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INITIATIVE AT SSoE: 2 Synergistic Execution of Research, Prototyping and Executive Education

LONGSTANDING PARTNERS: 4 Stevens and Picatinny Arsenal

STEVENS AND NYU: 6 A Thriving Academic Partnership

INFOCUS SSOE SSoE Students 8 INFOCUS Students of Technogenesis Ducks Combine Excellence On and Off the Field 11 EXECUTIVE EDITOR Dean George P. Korfiatis CONSULTING EDITOR Patrick A. Berzinski

MANAGING EDITOR Christine del Rosario SSoE Heritage 12 CONTRIBUTORS Patrick A. Berzinski Bill Cuming ’42 Dr. Richard B. Cole A Gift for Leadership, A Talent for Giving Emily Groce Beth McGrath Aimiende Negbenebor Dr. Kishore Pochiraju New Frontiers 14 Associate Dean Keith Sheppard The Atlantic Center: SSoE Partners with U.S. Naval Academy, Peter Stahley Lockheed Martin and British University Emma Sullivan Sykes

PHOTOGRAPHERS Marta Curry Partnerships: Lessons from the Field Christine del Rosario Randolph Hoppe Stevens - Intrepid Museum Partnership 15 M. Kathleen Kelly Tracy King Elizabeth Raveché EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR Marta Quigley SSoE Faculty 16 GRAPHIC DESIGN KMG Graphic Design Studio New Arrivals www.soe.stevens.edu Faculty News

© 2004 Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering

CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMSSYSTEMS INTEGRATIONINTEGRATION INITIATIVEINITIATIVE ATAT SSOE:SSOE: Synergistic Execution of Research, Prototyping, and Executive Education By Patrick A. Berzinski 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, operations, and management of modern complex systems. Systems Integration may be defined as systems," network-centric systems, and alliances. Among those successfully the model that focuses on the deploy- software/information intensive systems partnered with SDOE are the National ment-sustainment-retirement (life cycle) Security Agency, Lockheed Martin • Increasing complexities and competi- of a function or a capability satisfied by Corporation, the Air Force Center for tiveness in the aerospace and commer- a product or system. Focus is on logical Systems Engineering, the Defense cial market domains. and functional aspects of the system, Acquisition University, IBM Corporation, independent of its physical configura- Stevens’ response on the educational and ARDEC/Picatinny Arsenal. tion, e.g., Bill of Materials. side has been SDOE, directed by the DMI is an interdisciplinary center inte- Associate Dean for Executive Education Market leaders across multiple industry grating materials processing, product and Outreach, Dr. Dinesh Verma. SDOE domains (aerospace and defense, auto- design and manufacturing expertise has forged ongoing agreements with motive, telecom, IT, healthcare, etc.) are with simulation and modeling utilizing corporate and gov- increasingly evolving towards the busi- state-of-the-art computer software tech- ernmental partners ness model pertaining to systems inte- nology. DMI bridges the gap between to provide exclusive gration. This evolution is being driven by academic- and application-oriented systems-engineer- the following market pressures: research and development. DMI partners ing instruction to with industry and government to create • Increasing pressures with regard to their executives and practical solutions to product-design getting products to the market (agility) other employees. challenges that address cost, perform- and capabilities into the field This has cemented ance and productibility across the prod- a number of corpo- • Increasing conception of functionalities uct life cycle. Dr. Dinesh Verma rate/university 2 and capability that require "systems of "Our various activities are being consolidated into a Complex/network-centric system modeling and optimization at DMI will focused School of Engineering Initiative to allow the critical provide government and industry part- mass necessary for a significant scale up of our ners a means toward implementing oper- ationally effective systems design into programs," said Dean George Korfiatis. the workplace. Finally, the Systems Integration DMI's expertise spans students will be organized into four Laboratory (SIL) will provide a platform processing studies teams of five to work on five projects for advanced research in targeted areas. and modeling, com- over the course of this program. One petitive product devel- course will be delivered in each of the opment, multi-compo- four quarters in 2004. nent, multi-process "We are reorganizing to bring greater system design and formality to our operations," said optimization, life cycle Manoochehri, "and to put in place the analysis, material resources and the infrastructure for serv- Dr. Souran characterization and Manoochehri ing our growing number of clients in the testing, and rapid pro- most effective and customized way totyping and manufacturing. possible." In the new System Integration Initiative, "In the coming year," said Verma, "our Dr. Souran Manoochehri will assume focus will be on designing and launching research and technology development responsibility and has been appointed Associate Dean for Research & Technology at the Schaefer School of Lockheed Martin Corporation recently funded the SIL Lab to Engineering. DMI will gain a new director, foster research in domain independent systems engineering Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Kishore Pochiraju. and integration. The SSoE Dean’s Office will also restruc- ture, with the addition of Dr. Spiros Pallas the two new graduate certificate These will include e-Systems as Advisor to the Dean for the Systems programs on Agile Systems Development Engineering, directed by Dr. Michael Integration Initiative. and Network Systems Engineering. Our Pennotti; Agile Systems Engineering, initial focus is on collaboration of three "Our various activities are being consoli- directed by Dr. Rashmi Jain; Network- departments: Systems Engineering and dated into a focused School of Centric Systems, directed by Dr. Dinesh Engineering Management, Mechanical Engineering Initiative to allow the critical Verma; and Value-Chain Enterprise Engineering, and Electrical and Computer mass necessary for a significant scale up Systems, directed by Dr.Wei Jiang Engineering. Additionally, close collabo- of our programs," said Dean George ration with the Howe School of In addition, the Systems Integration Korfiatis. Technology Management in Project Initiative will conduct research within the "In the systems area, we have ongoing Management is key." greater Systems Engineering community. involvement with organizations in the It will continue to co-sponsor an Annual aerospace and defense industry," said Conference on Systems Integration, joint- Verma. "In our alliance with DMI, we can ly hosted with the University of take the education, research, prototyping Southern California, and supported by and manufacturing capabilities of the the International Council on Systems Systems Integration Initiative to our part- Engineering (INCOSE) and the ners and to their executives who demand National Defense Industries the latest knowledge in systems engi- Association (NDIA). The initiative will neering and its implementation." also sponsor the STEVENS-INCOSE Doctoral Research Award (a five-year A major new partner is Sun commitment), administered and run Microsystems. The intent of the partner- by the Fellows Committee of ship is to integrate the instructional INCOSE. process with implementation on projects of relevance to Sun. A set of projects will In a giant step toward meeting the be identified for use during the week long needs of a future dominated by modular courses, together with "real" "systems of systems," SSoE has projects that a cohort of students get to brought together the best of its work on during the overall program. The systems engineering education courses and participants in 2004 will and research practices, better represent an advanced pilot to test the serving the broad partnerships concept and its effectiveness. Twenty that make Stevens unique. 3 Recent Stevens-Picatinny strategy meeting

LONGSTANDINGLONGSTANDING PARTNERS:PARTNERS: Stevens & Picatinny Arsenal By Emily E. Groce 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, and Technology Development," according to Dr. George Korfiatis, Dean of Engineering.

EDUCATION RESEARCH • Also during the last 16 years, DMI at Stevens has collaborated with Picatinny For more than two decades, Stevens has The Highly Filled Materials Institute to advance Integrated Product provided onsite graduate programs (HFMI), the Design and Manufacturing Development through the implementa- Institute (DMI) and the Center for which have enhanced the professional tion of an integrated knowledge-based Environmental Systems (CES) at Stevens development of more than 700 scientists concurrent engineering software system have particularly close working relation- and engineers. More than 100 Stevens (ACES). This system provides an innova- ships with Picatinny. Collaborative graduates work for the U.S. Army, at tive, cost and quality-driven approach to research and development efforts Picatinny. And 29 Stevens graduates the design, development and manufac- through these groups have resulted in have been hired by Picatinny immediate- turing of advanced polymeric compos- extensive new knowledge creation that ly after graduation in the past five years. ites, metal matrix composites, and light- has enabled Picatinny to meet a wide Stevens graduates and other technical weight high-performance metallic alloys variety of its objectives. employees may continue their education for weapons and munitions systems through the wide variety of onsite • The Highly Filled Materials Institute has applications. The end result is that Masters courses offered by Stevens. collaborated with Picatinny for the past Picatinny and the defense industry as a 16 years, resulting in the advancement whole now have a substantial knowl- Graduate programs at Picatinny included of every aspect of manufacturing ener- edge base and integrated design soft- Mechanical Engineering, Munitions and getic materials. Enormous benefits for ware capability for the realization of the Armaments Engineering, Environmental the defense industry have resulted, and next generation of combat systems. Engineering and Integrated Product the engineering and manufacturing Dr. Souran Manoochehri, Associate Dean Development. These programs have capabilities for the next generation of for Research and Technology is enthusi- recently expanded as Stevens is devel- energetics greatly exceed its predeces- astic about the partnership DMI has had oping and customizing tailored, state-of- sors. Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, director of HFMI, with Picatinny. "We have enjoyed our the-art Systems Engineering curricula. explained, "Our developments of special work on research projects with ARDEC The impact of these programs is benefi- research and development capabilities in immensely. Our focus has been largely cial far beyond the scope of Stevens and various areas include crystallization, how to come up with lightweight sys- Picatinny. "In fact, the advancement of nano-partical formation, rheological tems that are manufacturable and afford- characterization, degree of mixedness the training plays a major role in the able. We have a long tradition of working analysis, stimulant and new formulation development of know-how for the with Picatinny that has resulted in tangi- development, and processing. This defense industry that is on the forefront ble, beneficial outcomes of which we can includes shear roll milling, die flows and of technological innovation," explains be very proud." Korfiatis. extrusion of energetic materials at 4 TACOM/ARDEC." • The intense collaborative effort existing between the CES and Picatinny results in new knowledge for the environmental life The Army Center for cycle of munitions and weapons, enabling Picatinny to field systems with minimum Excellence in Systems environmental impact. "Over the past twelve years, environmental research and Engineering development work conducted at CES On March 15, 2004, Stevens, a enables Picatinny to react to the nationally recognized leader in Department of Defense’s current and Systems Engineering and Integration emerging environmental challenges related research and education partnered to sustainable firing ranges and life cycle of with the U.S. Army Armament munitions and munition related processes," Stevens and Picatinny sign Memorandum of Research, Development and explains Dr. Christos Christodoulatos, Agreement Engineering Center (ARDEC) at Director of CES. Picatinny, NJ to cooperatively devel- Filtration technologies for removing arsenic The partnership between CES and op an Army Center of Excellence in and lead from water developed at CES is Picatinny has four specific outcomes. The Systems Engineering. now commercialized by Hydroglobe, Inc. CES enhances Picatinny’s mission of devel- A memorandum of agreement was (www.hydroglobe.com). As a part of the oping weapon systems, munitions and signed by Stevens’ President Stevens-Picatinny collaboration, the tech- managing military sites in an environmen- Dr. Harold Raveché and Engineering nology has been used to treat more than tally responsible manner. The CES also Dean, Dr. George P. Korfiatis as well 2,000 gallons of Depleted Uranium contam- helps Picatinny solve on-site environmental as ARDEC Technical Director, Michael inated water at Aberdeen Proving Grounds problems related to past and present prac- P. Devine and Senior Technical facilitating easy and cost effective disposal. tices. Engineers at CES assist in transfer- Executive Armament Systems Full scale systems are due to be installed ring knowledge to other Army installations Integration Center, Patrick Serao. The this year at Fort Irwin to treat arsenic con- and sites. And the CES creates a strong link Systems Engineering (SE) partner- taminated groundwater and improve the with academia for Picatinny, resulting in ship will leverage the strengths of quality of the drinking water supply at this both tangible and intangible benefits. both institutions toward achieving: post. Another filtration application is field Above and beyond the efforts at HFMI, DMI demonstrated at Fort Dix to alleviate lead • leadership in implementation and and CES, recent collaboration with contamination of groundwater from firing assessment of SE principals and Picatinny is under way at two new efforts ranges. concepts; at Stevens: the New Jersey Center for Also of great significance, the ACES system • identification and development of Microchemical Systems (NJCMCS) and the that DMI and Picatinny have developed and SE implementation templates, tools Wireless Network Security Center and metrics; enhanced is available to the Army and (WiNSeC). "NJCMCS is working to develop defense contractors license-free. This soft- • pilot implementation and develop- the knowledge base required to engineer ware technology has been fielded on many ment of SE case studies; microchannel reactor-based fuel proces- weapon systems, including the: Stryker, sors," according to Dr.Woo Lee. This will • leadership in SE professional and Crusader, 120 mm Mortars and Ammo enable an "on-demand" generation of executive education; Packaging, Bradley, M113, Hercules and power to fuel portable and mobile • leadership in SE architecting and XM984. weapons systems, thereby drastically integration research and • leadership in SE community and "This Center builds upon the excellence of both our organizational citizenship. institutions," said Director Devine. "This collaboration aims in Stevens DMI supports this capability within helping the U.S. Army to changing how combat and non-combat ARDEC through their satellite office at sustain its superiority systems are powered in the future. Picatinny for the lightweight development in developing the next and prototype testing of next generation generation of complex At WiNSeC, under the direction of Dr. Paul weapons and munitions. armament systems," Kolodzy, a new partnership is under way to develop a comprehensive wireless network "It is clear that the Picatinny-Stevens part- said Director Devine. test bed for new technology that protects nership reaches far beyond the individual ARDEC is the Army’s primary devel- networks from intrusion. "This, both benefits realized by each organization," oper of armament systems whose Stevens and Picatinny engineers agree, is a according to Korfiatis. "The collaborations focus is on the development of core crucial component in the development of that Picatinny and Stevens share contribute armament competencies and their robust and secure defense systems," greatly to keeping New Jersey on the cut- integration into processes needed to Korfiatis stated recently. ting edge of engineering education, develop complex systems. research, technology development and TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT realization." The collaborative research efforts between ______Stevens and Picatinny have yielded tech- nology development and field deployment Emily Groce, P.E., works at Stevens Office with diverse benefits. of Development.

5 STEVENS & NYU: A Thriving Academic Partnership By Professor Richard Cole

For 16 years, Stevens and New York 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.

THE CONCEPT Community College). In response to this, THE PROGRAM TODAY with the encouragement of engineering With some important differences, this is At present, 13 different combinations of alumni, the university administration a traditional "3/2" program familiar to science and engineering majors are part under the leadership of then-President L. decades of engineering students: three of the program approved by The New Jay Oliva first established a short-lived years of study at one school toward a York State Board of Regents. The science joint venture with Cooper Union. When Bachelor of Science degree followed by curricula involved are biology, chemistry, that ended, they established in 1988 the two further years in engineering, typical- computer science, mathematics, and current partnership with Stevens. ly at a different school, leading to a sec- physics. These articulate with one or ond bachelor's degree - in engineering. The program was initially developed and another of the engineering disciplines: Students in the NYU-Stevens program nurtured by Professors Joseph Manogue chemical, civil, computer, electrical, envi- receive their two baccalaureate degrees of Stevens and Yorke Rhodes of NYU. ronmental, and mechanical engineering. within a week of each other at the These two were the first joint Directors At present, the largest number of stu- respective Commencements at the end of the Program, continuing until 2000. dents (33) is enrolled in combinations of of the fifth year of the program. The current Directors are Professor electrical engineering with math, com- Henry Brenner of NYU's Chemistry puter science or physics. Impetus for the partnership developed Department and myself in Stevens’ out of NYU's early engineering program. Strengthened by the close proximity of Mechanical Engineering Department. This was halted in 1973 as a strategic Stevens and NYU's Washington-Square Support at both institutions has contin- move, along with all other activities at campus, the Dual-Degree Program pro- ued and at present is strong as ever, NYU's "Heights Campus" in the Bronx vides benefits that can't be matched by with about 120 students currently in the (current site of Bronx County similar programs at pairs of institutions five-year program. 6 that are geographically separated, e.g., shared class experi- Williams and Columbia or Amherst and ences for those in Dartmouth. Engineering work is initiated the program, but at NYU in the first year via Engineering also through the Design I and II, designed and coordinated Society of by Stevens faculty; Stevens’ trademark Engineering "Design Spine" is built further during the Students at NYU. first three years at NYU, eventually in This student club Engineering Design IV. For this, NYU dual- meets weekly for degree students travel to Stevens to take social (e.g., video- advantage of the laboratory facilities. game sessions) and Students at NYU get acquainted with academic (e.g., fac- Stevens in first-level engineering courses ulty talks) and com- other than design: in Graphics; Mechanics petitive events (e.g., of Solids; Circuits and Systems; and paper-airplane con- Electronics and Instrumentation. These are test). Officers of the TO COME taught during the first three years at NYU club have recently developed a mentoring by Stevens faculty – Professors Billah, program in which each first-year student Major extensions of the program are Hadim, Kiss, Nazalewicz and Whittaker. who wishes is paired with an upper class expected in the next several years. student to "learn the ropes". The proximity of NYU and Stevens allows Stevens’ newly reformulated Biomedical the first three years of design classes to University and departmental advisors Engineering program, as well as the visit Stevens for specific activities; for both at NYU and at Stevens work to help Engineering Management program, students develop their academic plans. should allow incorporation of new engi- Most of the students’ study plans are cus- neering components in the dual-degree tom-made, as in the case of two current program. Encouraged by Dean Korfiatis of students who are simultaneously pursu- Stevens and Dean Santirocco of NYU's ing Master's degree while in the dual- College of Arts and Science, proposals for degree program! such new components are in process. The program is a demanding one, oblig- Selectivity vs. attrition is an issue that is ing students to commit to five years of also slated for attention. A number of stu- heavy academic load. Although the NYU dents entering the program at NYU with- students appear "late" at Stevens – in the draw from the program during the first fourth year of the program – our faculty three years. The heavy academic demands soon view them positively as inquisitive, contribute, but even the best students thoughtful, and ready to participate fully withdraw to pursue solely a science in their Stevens education. These students degree. Better identification of those likely are from a different "pool" than those in to persist would benefit both the students the regular four-year program – not neces- involved and the program. example, failure-testing of trusses sarily more or less capable but simply dif- designed and constructed at NYU but test- A last future challenge might be men- ferent on average – and this heightened ed on Stevens testing machines. Easy tioned: the ongoing challenge of almost diversity is recognized as a plus for back-and-forth travel between the two continual updating of the courses of study Stevens. campuses also encourages many students for the program. The science component in the program to take some classes at Employment history of dual-degree stu- of the dual-degree program has changed NYU or even to continue living in NYU dents is comparable or better than that of over the years in significant ways, most dormitories during the last two years. A Stevens' four-year students. The recently in providing a physics-course side benefit of the program is that regular science/engineering combination is well sequence explicitly for engineering stu- Stevens students can also take courses at reputed among prospective employers; dents in the program. Similarly, Stevens' NYU (and vice-versa) tuition-free. the students gain benefit from both engineering curriculum evolves and schools’ offices of career services. changes to meet the increasingly complex Camaraderie builds during the first 3 and diverse demands of engineering in years of the program not only through 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

7 SSOE STUDENTSSTUDENTS OFOF STUDENTS TECHNOGENESISTECHNOGENESIS INFOCUS INFOCUSINFOCUS By Aimiende Negbenebor

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 Alfred W. Fielding (inventor of bubble wrap), artists like the sculptor Alexander Calder, engineering managers like Henry Gantt (creator of the Gantt Chart), and famous entrepreneurs like Kenneth W. DeBaun and Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. More recently, SSoE has established partnerships with various engineering firms enabling students 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 experience for the students. A few of the school’s partnerships and resulting projects are highlighted below.

Revolutionizing a Reconstructive 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, Ph.D. 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 tissue. 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.

Grishma Rana and Dorothy White holding design models The device used to conduct Distraction Osteogenesis, though created on the stereo-lithographic rapid prototyping very successful, has one shortcoming. It only forces bone to system located in the SSoE Innovation Center. 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 of Tau Beta Pi (National In the future, their improved device will Engineering Honor Society), member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorori- be worn as an oral brace by patients; ty, writer for The Stute and the foil weapon captain on the adjusted periodically by their oral sur- Varsity Women’s Fencing Team. White (Dean’s List) participates in the Cooperative Education Program where she held positions geon facilitating the re-growth of bone with companies like Becton Dickinson and Pfizer, Inc. She served loss and fractures within the jaw and as a tutor/counselor in the STEP program and the Academic insuring the ability to implant new teeth. Support Center (ASC). She is a member of Phi Sigma Sigma 8 sorority. 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 New York City high-tech firm, Honeybee Robotics. Among the staffers of the NASA subcontractor Illustrated diagram of rover were three Stevens students courtesy of NASA enrolled in the Institute's Cooperative Education (Co-op) program: Jibu Abraham ’05, Electrical Engineering (EE); Yuji Iwai ’05, EE; and Joseph Keller Joe Keller '04, Shaina Doherty '06, Jacob Koshy '05, Pierce Smith '06 These students had actually designed features of the rovers' robotic arms and power tools, including the Honeybee RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool), seen in action on Mars by millions the world over.

’04, EE. These students had actually designed features of the rovers' robotic arms and power tools, including the Honeybee RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool), 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 Photo of the RAT larger robotic drill concept in the Arizona desert. "They're fantas- courtesy of NASA 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." Yuji Iwai '05, Jibu Abraham '05

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 Photo of rover courtesy of NASA education at Stevens is a powerfully effective educational process," said Joseph Stahley, Assistant Vice President for Without question, the students at Honeybee are fascinated by Student Development. "Co-op is built on a theory-practice model the field of robotics and automation. Through the Stevens of learning that unfolds through several increasingly sophisticated Technogenesis environment, they are engaged in a unique work assignments. It's a great résumé builder, and it also allows learning experience, sampling real-world possibilities for the students to earn money to pay part of their college expenses." careers that await them.

9 SSOE STUDENTSSTUDENTS OFOF STUDENTS TECHNOGENESISTECHNOGENESIS INFOCUS INFOCUSINFOCUS Continued 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, John Tan, P.E. ’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 senior projects presentation and his evaluation of the students Students Engineer a work will influence their final grade. Regarding their work, Remote Control Panoramic Camera Martin Downs, explains, "We have designed an entire con- struction schedule, a detailed estimate, girder erection A partnership fostered by Professor Bruce McNair of scheme, cofferdam design, and wetland access." the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) depart- ment was conducted with Lektra Laboratories, a pho- tographic 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, 2 Technologies, Intelligent Motion controls and Wagner industries.

Completed in May 2003, the camera is currently marketed in the United States, Argentina and Germany. The project com- bined Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering (CpE) and Mechanical The Civil Engineering design team includes: Alicia Licata Engineering concepts. It focused on modify- ’04, CE, who has worked with various Civil Engineering ing a Rollei panoramic camera, program- firms, is a member of the Student Government Association ming a PDS (handheld device), incorporat- and works as a Resident Assistant; Pete Bakarich ’04 CE, ing a view screen, a single flash and a sturdy adjustable who was the 2003 President of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity; tripod to create a camera that sits 13 feet in the air with a Martin Downs ’04, CE, who is working toward his Master’s single flash as opposed to six flash lights. The view screen in Construction Management and Alfred Carnevale ’04, CE. allows the photographer to observe a group of 300 Downs and Bakarich have interned with firms like J. students from 13 feet below the camera, thereby eliminat- Flethcher Creamer & Son; both received numerous awards ing the liability of photographers positioned high above for academic excellence and accepted job offers with Peter ground level. Kiewit & Son Contractors. The students involved include: Franz Owens ’03, EE; Tyriss An invitation to the upcoming Polanco ’03, CpE; and Meso Mengesha ’03, CpE. All were active members of the Stevens community and are cur- Senior Design Projects Day rently in the workforce. Aimiende Negbenebor ’04, CpE, April 28, 2004 Noon to 2pm received numerous awards, was Editor-in-Chief of The 1st floor Schaefer Gymnasium – All are welcome to attend Stute, public relations officer of Alpha Phi Omega, a Senior Projects Day gives the Stevens community, sponsors member of the Society of Women Engineers and a tutor and the general public a chance to see the various design with the Humanities Writing Center; Dominik Hepp ’03, projects and progress made by the students throughout CpE, the team leader, was a member of the Equestrian their senior year. Club, founded the Stevens Soccer Club and served with the ASC as a tutor. He participated in the Co-op Aimiende Negbenebor, is a computer engineer- Program and the Study Abroad program where he ing and literature major. "I plan to become an had the opportunity to attend the University of accomplished Network Engineer and a suc- 10 Dundee in Scotland for a year. cessful writer in the near future." DUCKS COMBINE EXCELLENCE ON AND OFF THE FIELD

Athletic excellence in college sport is impressive mark, hardly a new concept, especially in the winning their con- media frenzy of major division I sports. ference and However, here at Stevens, athletes toiling advancing to the in the relative obscurity of small school second round of division III athletics, away from media the Division III attention, scholarships, and private national tourna- tutors, a large percentage of students ment. Additionally, combine athletic and academic excel- both Men’s and lence. These dedicated, hard-working Women’s Cross individuals compose 21% of the Stevens Country captured undergraduate community. Additionally, the Skyline confer- almost 2,000 individuals, graduate and ence tournaments. undergraduate, competed in intramural It is important to note that Women’s Cross topped on 11 assists for a school-record or club sports. Country accomplished this feat while car- 53 points. Additionally, his excellent sea- rying a team GPA of 3.43, more than half son made Ottinger the school’s all-time Our non-scholarship, full-time scholar a point higher than the general under- leading scorer in merely 3 seasons; his 50 athletes must balance a rigorous and graduate GPA average. And this spring, career goals, 30 assists, and 130 points intensive course load with long hours Senior Aracely Cruz finished her career at are all Duck records. Continuing his list practicing, working out, and games. Stevens as women's basketball's all-time of impressive accolades, Josh is a three- Despite this commitment of time and leading scorer, with 1,701 points. As a time All Skyline Conference selection and energy, Stevens scholar-athletes main- power forward, her success in college was chosen as the 2003 Skyline tained a higher average GPA of 3.13 than basketball comes from determination. Tournament MVP. the general undergraduate population She graduates in May with a degree in while performing exceptionally well in Achievements like Josh’s showcase the chemical engineering and will pursue a this fall’s seasons. Men’s soccer finished intelligence and ability of all Steven’s career in either pharmaceuticals or con- with a #12 national ranking, the confer- scholar-athletes, while highlighting the sumer products. ence title and made it to the third round perennial commitment to on- and off-field of the Division III NCAA national tourna- All in all, six of eight fall sports posted excellence by Ducks everywhere. The ment. Women’s soccer posted an equally winning records in their respective fall devotion, hard work, and plethora of life- 2003 seasons along with five conference skills learned out on DeBaun field, in championships; an impressive accom- Canavan Arena, or at any of the other plishment, especially considering the venues will last throughout a student-ath- amount of work expected by student-ath- letes life and make a difference in the letes. In total, 29 student-athletes post-graduate world. Whether it is an received all-conference honors, five were employment opportunity, graduate all-region selections, and four Stevens school, or some other situation, the per- Ducks were conference players of the severance, time management skills, and year. drive to excel stand to serve Stevens stu- dent-athletes both during, and after, their Many teams can proudly count Academic time here. All-American nominees among their ______members. Four student athletes even managed to earn a GPA of 4.00. One Peter Stahley is a Civil individual, Josh Ottinger, a Mechanical Engineering major, Engineering major, had the honor of planning to graduate in being selected, among all the nominees 2005 with a minor in nation-wide, as a member of the 2003- Philosophy and a 2004 Academic All-American Men’s Graduate Certificate in Soccer Team by the College Sports Structural Engineering. Information Directors of America. This is He is a part-time con- an outstanding achievement. In order to tributor to The Stute, even be considered, a scholar-athlete Vice President of Lodge must have a cumulative GPA above 3.20 fraternity, a two-year varsity lacrosse on a 4.00 scale, have reached sophomore player, and Research Assistant in athletic and academic standing, and be a Davidson Laboratory. He is also a mem- key varsity starter or reserve. Josh ber of A.S.C.E., the Paintball Club, and the achieved all of this with a 3.53 GPA while Hockey Club. He hopes to continue on to posting one the best offensive seasons in graduate school, working in the fields of Stevens Men’s Soccer history. He led the Ocean Engineering and Naval Josh Ottinger ducks with a school-record 21 goals and Architecture. 11 SSOE HERITAGE BILL CUMING ’42: A GIFT FOR LEADERSHIP, A TALENT FOR GIVING By Patrick A. Berzinski "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

Like many World War II-era the waterfront in Boston. Upon days before alumni, Bill Cuming seems graduation, he was sent to the Pacific, being res- always to have had a natural serving as radar officer on the USS cued. USS gift for leadership. Gambier Bay. Gambier Bay Cuming’s entry in the "Class of On October 25, 1944, Japanese Vice received 1942" handbook is modest Admiral Kurita’s Center Force opened four Battle enough. Soon to be caught up in fire on the U.S. Third Fleet off Samar Stars and the fight against tyranny, the Island. In the ensuing action, the USS the young man from Cedarhurst, Gambier Bay came under relentless Presidential N.Y., described his career interest fire. Despite the courageous interven- Unit tion of three U.S. Citation for destroyers, the Class of 1942 alumnus her service Bill Cuming Gambier Bay rolled in World over and sank; War II. there were nearly 800 survivors. Cuming and the crew remained close through the decades. Cuming was on Along with many hand when the group was welcomed of his surviving to the Oval Office in 1981 by President shipmates, Cuming Ronald Reagan, who was presented drifted in the with a copy of the history of the escort USS Gambier Bay Pacific for two carrier, "The Men of the Gambier Bay." After the war, Cuming used the GI Bill to earn a MBA from Harvard. Soon, as "Plant Development" in "Chemical Cuming reestablished contact with Engineering," with a desired location Emerson. In 1948, they took the in the "United States or Abroad." plunge, establishing Emerson & That bare description of goals Cuming Co., eventually Emerson & formed a road map that Cuming Cuming, Inc. Their knowledge and would follow – with spectacular suc- courage were in perfect synch with cess – in an entrepreneurial career the postwar times. Once they got a spanning decades. foothold, Emerson and Cuming pur- Graduating from Stevens, in a mas- sued many new directions. terstroke of fate Cuming went to Cuming's work at the Navy radar work in Massachusetts at Monsanto school and Emerson's MIT history Chemical Company. There he met brought many opportunities while another young engineer, Cherry L. the electronics industry was com- Emerson. The two would keep in ing to life. They didn't know what touch and reunite at the end of the their product lines would be, but war to write an important chapter in the two never doubted their American industrial history. instincts. Their investigations But that was all a far-off dream as were in the direction of encap- the war intervened. sulating compounds, coatings, adhesives and dielectric materi- Cuming joined the U.S. Navy in als. This led to their first lab in late 1942 and was sent to the new Boston, where they began for- top-secret Navy radar school on 12 established overseas operations to serve Cuming Engineering and Design Lab. world markets. The first were in Belgium (Other classmates to follow this example and England in the early 1960s, followed have been Art Francis, Thomas & Elsie in the 1970s by expansion into Japan. Hattrick and Warren & Ruth Wells.) Ultimately, Emerson & Cuming owned a Most recently, Cuming reaffirmed a major total of eight manufacturing plants: four in commitment to the undergraduate engi- the United States, two in England, one in neering program, ensuring the continua- Belgium, and one in Japan. tion of Stevens’ tradition of a rigorous, In 1978, Bill and Cherry agreed to sell well-rounded engineering education. Emerson & Cuming, Inc., to W.R. Grace & Stevens has also recognized Cuming’s Co. In 1980, Cuming founded the Cuming achievements with a series of high Corporation, which manufactures radar honors, including the Stevens absorbers and underwater buoyancy Renaissance material for the offshore oil industry. Engineering and Cuming also became more involved in a Science Award, an field in which he had always participated: Honorary philanthropy. Celebrating their 60th reunion at Alumni Doctorate in Weekend 2002 were Class of 1942 alumni He also turned his attention to the Mechanical Bill Cuming, Hon. D.Eng. '85, center, and Miriam and Mike Gigliotti. advancement of his alma mater. A former Engineering, and trustee, in 1997 he donated graciously to the Stevens Stevens’ Materials Science Department. In Cuming and wife Ruth. Honor Award. mulating a line of epoxies and resins that 1999, he began what would become a Like many entrepreneurs of his genera- formed the basis for a variety of new tradition among the members of the Class tion, Cuming has never officially retired, plastics. of ’42, when his generous gift renovated though increasingly he has delegated the new undergraduate labs, including There was a growing interest in electron- business operations to his son, John. He the freshman undergraduate design labo- ics in the defense industry. Cuming and his wife, Ruth, spend most of their ratory, now designated the William R. learned about the need for microwave time at home in Massachusetts, where absorbers. This, coupled with his under- Ruth has served as a gracious hostess to standing of radar, enabled the company to many Stevens social and fund raising help when the Navy and Air Force began events at Cape Cod. looking at radar camouflage (the begin- After a lifetime of tireless achievement, nings of the Stealth program) in the early begun as a student at Stevens, William R. 1950s. Cuming’s legacy is secure in the annals of Their work with the Naval Research 20th century industry and engineering. 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 produced. 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 important applications. It could withstand high pressure, but was lightweight, there- by providing underwater buoyancy that proved useful to companies such as ESSO and Shell for oil rig and marine applications. As the firm grew, it had to look outside Boston for more space, and it soon Students working in the Cuming Engineering and Design Lab. 13 NEW FRONTIERS THETHE ATLANTICATLANTIC CENTER:CENTER: SSOE PARTNERS WITH U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY, LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BRITISH UNIVERSITY By Emma Sullivan Sykes The Office of Naval Davidson Laboratory designs over the last 25 years, and has Research (ONR) is the has established itself contributed significantly to U.S. Navy funding agency for a as a leader and ship design. Academy faculty have also new and far-reaching where innovation is been significant contributors to the naval research and engi- rapid, Stevens is advancement of ship automation and neering center led by Dr. best positioned to systems integration. Michael Bruno, director of bring this communi- University College has, over many the Davidson Laboratory. ty of small and mid- years, conducted towing tank, analyti- Located on Stevens cam- Dr. Michael Bruno size ship innovators cal, and CFD studies into the application pus, the Atlantic Center for to the naval design community." of novel hull designs for naval and com- the Innovative Design and Testimony to Stevens’ commitment to mercial roles including the suitability of Control of Small Ships the maritime industry is its "Center for trimarans for use as aircraft carriers and involves an impressive con- Maritime Systems," a facility that will fast sealift logistics ships. sortium of co-investigators, include the most advanced re-circulat- including personnel from the "Stevens and its partners in the Atlantic ing/wave/towing tank in the world. It U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Center understand that there is a deteri- will also provide a unique environment MD.; University College, orating critical mass surrounding classi- to address the technical challenges fac- London, England; and the cal design centers for naval architecture ing the U.S. naval architecture and Lockheed Martin Corporation. and marine engineering," Bruno said. ocean engineering industries, as well as "Unless this critical mass is regenerated, "With the Navy’s emphasis on the marine transportation industry. it is inevitable that U.S. Naval ships will smaller ships and craft and on The U.S. Naval Academy has been eventually lag in both innovation and minimum manning," says Dr. active in the towing tank analysis of hull technical development." Bruno, "specialized areas where PARTNERSHIPS: LESSONS FROM THE FIELD The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) has procedures, and cultures of your partners. managed and participated in several ambitious, complex, multi-year partner- Another challenge is managing conflict ships during the last 15 years. Beth McGrath, CIESE director, describes the such that it adds to, rather than derails, Center’s experiences and lessons learned in these ongoing collaborations. the process of attaining your goals. Q: In your experience, what ing for collaborative proposals. Also, Q: How do you measure the success of a makes a good partnership? strategic partnerships provide the oppor- partnership? tunity to accomplish something far greater A: Successful partnerships A: Did we accomplish or surpass our than any single partner could achieve need several ingredients: alone. For example, in a $9.3 million grant, overall, explicit goals? Did each partner shared goals; complementary Stevens managed a program impacting expand their capabilities in some way? strengths; and effective commu- more than 8,000 teachers and 250,000 stu- Did we develop a supportive environment nication. Each partner may gain dents in Ohio, Florida, and Arizona. Our where we valued each other’s contribu- something different from the partners were community colleges and tions? Would we collaborate with each arrangement, but both the their neighboring school systems. CIESE’s other again? Those are some of the meas- process and the outcome must strengths were in creating excellent STEM ures I use. be of value to all for the collab- curriculum and teacher training materials, oration to be sustained and Q: Anything else you’ve learned from while our partners provided the infrastruc- effective. CIESE’s partnerships? ture and local customization to help the Q: Why emphasize partner- students use technology to learn science The most important thing I’ve learned is ships? and mathematics more effectively. that organizations are made up of individ- A: Particularly in education, Q: What are the challenges? uals, and cultivating personal relation- policymakers and funding ships with key players in various organiza- A: Effective partnerships require a lot of agencies are requiring part- tions can not only “make or break” the care and feeding. You can’t make unilater- nerships to ensure cross-fer- partnership, but can also be extremely sat- al decisions. Particularly when you are tilization of ideas and avoid isfying on a personal level. The work that working with large, bureaucratic organiza- the "not invented here" syn- we have accomplished together and our tions, you have to be sensitive not only to drome. Many RFPs give cooperative approaches have been very the perspectives, but also to the policies, extra points or extra fund- rewarding. 14 STEVENS – INTREPID MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP

As a follow up to the announcement in Homeland Security; an the last issue of SSoE InFocus, Stevens area of particular interest has now established a formal partner- to Col.Tom Tyrell, the CEO ship with the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space of the Intrepid. He would Museum. The primary focus of this part- also like the museum to nership, and the one that brought the work with Stevens to parties together, is to support the con- develop a Homeland servation of the Intrepid’s exhibits, in Security exhibit. particular the British Airways Concorde Collaboration on the edu- that arrived on November 25th 2003 cation front has already after a spectacular ride by barge through commenced with a team the New York Harbor from JFK airport. of six Engineering Concorde Arrives at the Intrepid – Keith Sheppard (right) The partnership agreement also envi- Management undergradu- with Intrepid VP Jerry Roberts (center) and some of the sions a role for the Intrepid in several of ate seniors working to British Airways engineers who kept her flying. Stevens’ research thrusts. The first is develop a technical and associated with aircraft conservation nator of the senior design projects in activities but extends to the develop- Civil Engineering, are jointly overseeing ment of new techniques to monitor cor- the project. The goal is to design a light- rosion in ageing aircraft. This is of criti- weight structure on Pier 86 alongside cal interest to both commercial and mili- the Intrepid that will protect the tary aviation. The Intrepid’s flight deck Concorde from the elements. The chal- aircraft and the Concorde can provide a lenge is to design a cost effective and range of convenient monitoring plat- functional building that also captures the forms. Prof. Dimitri Donskoy of the grace and visual excitement of the Davidson Laboratory and I are develop- Concorde that it will house. It is antici- ing a program in this area. pated that Leslie’s undergraduates from Another research connection is with the Civil Engineering and other disciplines Center for Maritime Systems at Stevens, will team with graduate students (with which has projects that relate to moni- an architecture background) who are toring and modeling the New York participating in the new masters pro- Harbor environment, infrastructure and gram in Product Architecture and security. It is anticipated that a weather Engineering lead by John. Students station and a variety of sensing devices, such as for water salinity, flow, turbidity, Collaboration on the education front has already commenced air and water contaminants, etc. will be located at the Intrepid and the data fed with a team of six Engineering Management undergraduate sen- to researchers at Stevens, in some cases iors working to develop a technical and management plan for to be used in real-time modeling of the conservation of the Concorde as their capstone project. Harbor. The Intrepid has also agreed to host management plan for conservation of from other colleges will be invited to facilities associated with the research of the Concorde as their capstone project. participate along with architecture stu- WiNSec which investigates secure wire- Other educational initiatives are under dents from Beykent University in less communications technologies, such discussion including leveraging the vari- Istanbul, an institution with which as secure line-of-sight optical communi- ous activities described above for out- Stevens has developed a significant rela- cation and secure networked harbor reach, exhibits and the development of a tionship including student and faculty monitoring. This and some of the other Web site as an educational resource exchanges. Having Stevens’ students activity described above relate to (http://www.stevens.edu/sip). participate in an international virtual Designing a pavilion design team with those from Beykent is to house the part of a larger effort in the School of Concorde is the goal Engineering to expand our students’ of an exciting student global awareness and preparation for competition that is working in an internationally connected getting under way. workplace. Prof. John Nastasi, ______who recently joined By: Dr. Keith Sheppard, Associate Dean Stevens, and Prof. of Engineering Leslie Brunell, coordi-

15 FACULTY SSOE INFOCUS NEW ARRIVALS

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 at The 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 capabil- ities; 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 the Department of Mechanical Engineering. At Stevens, he will be expanding the curriculum of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practices Program as well as developing industry partner- ships and coordinating 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 Mobil Technology 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 applications of AI and expert systems technologies to manufacturing, process modeling, automation, optimization, and decision support. Wasser holds a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering and Mathematics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and mas- ter’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.

16 FACULTY NEWS

Dr.Woo Young 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.

The Director of the Highly Filled Materials Institute at Stevens, Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, was recently elected a Fellow of the International Society of Plastics Engineers in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of polymer engineering and science.

Dr. Stuart Tewksbury is the Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) 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 Dr. Christos Christodoulatos 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 of Technical 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 Professor Tsan- Liang Su recently returned from Taiwan where they explored an academic partnership with President Wang of Tunghai 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 in Taiwan, they also met with the Director of the Center for Environmental Safety and Dr. Kishore Pochiraju Health Technology Development, a division of the Industrial Technology 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 New York 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 New York 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. V.P.Henry P.Dobbelaar 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 the Year Award from The 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 and developing calculations to generate process specifications. Dr. Stuart Tewksbury

17 GLOBAL STUDENT COLLABORATIONS By Dr. Kishore Pochiraju Capstone Senior Design projects play a geographically spans across the critical role in bridging academic and globe creating the platform for multi- real-life technical experiences for many cultural and multi-time zone undergraduate students across the globe. collaboration Students learn design methodologies, • Use Internet-aware virtual design, systems integration, teamwork, project simulation and manufacturing tools cost and time management. In an that provide Product Life increasingly global economy, product Management (PLM) framework. development teams geographically span The team includes students and pro- the entire globe. Engineers must learn to fessors from Stevens Institute of collaborate with others under cultural, Technology (Profs. K. Pochiraju, C. language and time differences. This Chassapis and S. Manoochehri) who deploy and use several collaborative design project aims to integrate student will provide the design and project lead- engineering software tools in order to learning on global collaboration with the ership experience, the University of facilitate communication and make the technical design of a challenging system. Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines multi-national collaboration feasible. The The objectives of the project are: (Prof. R. Dimagiba) taking a lead role in software tools used for engineering • Design a micro-electro-mechanical sys- developing the manufacturing, and the design, simulation and evaluation of tem (MEMS) as the focus of the design National Institute of Technology, design for manufacturability will be project. Warangal, India (Prof. B. Babu) leading Internet-aware and are capable of • Develop a device engineering team that the simulation support. The project will Product Life Cycle Management.

2003 OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD Cheryl Ann Frank, Electrical and Computer Engineering Justin Meyer, Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering Tohru Suwa, Mechanical Engineering Ravi Pitchika, Systems Engineering and Engineering Management Dominik Hepp, Computer Engineering Gang Shen, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering

We are grateful to all of our alumni who generously supported these awards.

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