EXPC ERIEN E INNOVATION IN RESEARCH & ENTREPRENEURSHIP A pril 29, 2015 stevens.edu/expo www.stevens.edu WELCOME FROM THE PROVOST TBEA L OF CONTENTS AGDAEN Dear colleagues and friends of Stevens, 8:00 a.m. Networking Breakfast Speakers ............................................. 3 Babbio Center Atrium Network with our world-class researchers and enjoy poster presentations. We are delighted to welcome you to the Stevens Innovation Expo. Innovation and Student Competitions ........................... 5 entrepreneurship are core values at Stevens. These values can be traced back to 9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Research & Entrepreneurship Colloquium our founding fathers and are part of the rich 145-year history of our faculty and DeBaun Auditorium alumni, as demonstrated in this passage from the Stevens 1923 Book: Faculty Posters .................................... 6 9:00 a.m. Welcoming Remarks – Dr. George P. Korfiatis, Provost & University Vice President – Healthcare and Medicine .................. 6 “Stevens Institute of Technology has a character so definite that everyone who 9:05 a.m. Opening Remarks – Dr. Nariman Farvardin, President comes into contact with it, or Stevens graduates, retains a lasting impression. – Sustainable Energy ............................ 6 The purposes and methods are clear and distinct.” – Financial Systems ............................. 7 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Project Plan Pitch Competition Top student teams compete in short pitches to describe their design projects. Today, you will get the opportunity to see those values and the Stevens legacy – Defense and Security ........................ 7 9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Thomas H. Scholl Lecture by Visiting Entrepreneurs come to life. The creativity of our students and faculty comes to the forefront as – STEM Education ............................... 8 Regulations, Innovations and Entrepreneurship they work to solve some of the most pressing and significant problems of our time. – Other ................................................ 8 Featuring: Winslow Sargeant, Ph.D., Managing Director, S&T, LLC We are pleased to have you with us for the 2015 Innovation Expo. Thank you for 10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Elevator Pitch Competition supporting the students and faculty. Expo Map ............................................. 9 Top student teams compete in short elevator pitches to describe their potential businesses. 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. An Overview of Stevens Institute of Technology Research Initiatives Sincerely, Senior Projects .................................. 11 Featuring: Dr. Mo Dehghani, Vice Provost of Research – Business Services ........................... 11 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. L uncheon & Faculty Poster Session – Community Projects ........................ 15 Babbio Center – Defense and Security ...................... 18 George P. Korfiatis, Ph.D. 12:00 p.m. P oster Session Provost & University Vice President – Education and the Arts ....................20 Babbio Center Atrium Network with our world-class researchers and enjoy poster presentations – Energy ............................................22 in our key strategic research areas: – Healthcare ...................................... 25 – Healthcare and Medicine – Sustainable Energy – Manufacturing .................................28 – Financial Systems Christos Christodoulatos, Ph.D. – Robotics .........................................30 – Defense and Security Vice Provost for Innovation & Entrepreneurship – STEM Education – The Solar Decathlon 2015: 1:00 p.m. Research Presentations SURE House ................................... 31 Babbio 122 – Transportation ................................. 32 Dr. Alan Blumberg and Dr. Thomas Herrington: Preparing for the Next Sandy Dr. Alex Washburn: Resilient Coastal Cities: The Magnitude and the Future – Startups ..........................................35 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. S enior Projects Expo More Information ...............................37 Canavan Arena – Senior design projects Walker Gymnasium – Business senior design projects, Stevens start-up companies Davidson Laboratory – Energy senior design projects, other large prototypes, lab tours Griffith Building – Solar Decathlon House (with reception sponsored by the Stevens Alumni Office Share your experience today on social media: #StevensExpo2015 1 INNOVATION EXPO 2015 STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 2 SPEAKERS SPEAKERS D R. NARIMAN FARVARDIN DR. WINSLOW SARGEANT Dr. Nariman Farvardin became the seventh president of Stevens A fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Regulations, Innovations and Entrepreneurship tor chip company. He served as Associate Adjunct Professor in electri- Institute of Technology in July 2011. Since joining Stevens, Farvardin (IEEE), Farvardin served multi-year terms as associate editor for two Dr. Winslow Sargeant is Managing Director of S&T, LLC, a firm sup- cal engineering at the University of Pennsylvania from 2000 to 2005. has been the driving force for the development and implementation IEEE publications: Transactions on Communications, from 1986 to porting investment and business development for early-stage growth Dr. Sargeant is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Wisconsin of an ambitious 10-year Strategic Plan entitled, The Future. Ours to 1990, andTransactions on Information Theory, from 1992 to 1995. He companies in cybersecurity, energy, communications, capital forma- Alumni Research Foundation. He is Chair of MyQVO, an early-stage Create., which aims to increase the university’s stature, impact and has co-authored more than 150 technical papers. tion and education. President Obama appointed him to the positon educational technology company. Dr. Sargeant received the inaugural size through: growth and increased selectivity in undergraduate and Farvardin has served on the boards of several companies and edu- of Chief Counsel for Advocacy in the U.S. Small Business Administra- 2002 Wisconsin Distinguished Young Alumni Award and was a 2003 graduate student populations; targeted investments in areas of societal cational non-profit organizations. In December 2013 he was named a tion’s Office of Advocacy, where he served from 2010-15. Sargeant Outstanding Alumni Awardee at Northeastern University. He was a benefit, including healthcare and medicine, sustainable energy, finan- Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, which honors academic served as Managing Director from 2006 to 2010 for Venture Inves- 2014 Wisconsin Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award winner. He cial systems, defense and security, and STEM education; and an un- innovators who are named on a patent issued by the USPTO and who tors, LLC, an early-stage venture capital firm in Madison, Wisconsin. earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wiscon- yielding commitment to excellence across all sectors of the university. have contributed to the invention of products, goods and services From 2001 to 2005, he was Program Manager at the National Science sin-Madison, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Iowa Farvardin joined Stevens from the University of Maryland, where he which have positively impacted quality of life, economic development Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research Office. Prior to State University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering spent 27 years. He served as the University of Maryland’s Senior Vice and welfare of society. Also in Fall 2012, he was named CEO of the joining NSF,. Sargeant co-founded Aanet.com, a fabless semiconduc- from Northeastern University. He is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 11). President for Academic Affairs and Provost from 2007-2011, having Year by the New Jersey Technology Council, the state’s premier trade previously served as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineer- association for technology companies. ing, Chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Farvardin served as Chairman of the New Jersey President’s Council and Dean of the A. James Clark School of Engineering. Among Far- Task Force on Alignment of Higher Education Programs and New Jer- vardin’s accomplishments there was spearheading the development sey Workforce Needs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the and implementation of the University of Maryland’s ambitious strategic New Jersey Technology Council. DR. MO DEHGHANI plan, Transforming Maryland: Higher Expectations. In recognition of his contributions to technology education and A n Overview of Stevens Institute of Technology Research Initiatives Livermore, Calif. Dehghani also served as a tenured member of faculty Farvardin is an accomplished researcher in the areas of information his support of innovation and entrepreneurship, Farvardin was fea- Dr. Mo Dehghani is Stevens Institute of Technology’s Vice Provost at Ohio University, and has, on a continuous basis, taught engineering, theory and coding, multimedia signal compression and transmission, tured in The Washington Post as one of the “Five to Watch” in 2003. of Research. Over his 30-year career, Dehghani has led and managed design and design optimization courses at University of California and high-speed networks, and wireless networks. He has made significant Among his honors are the National Science Foundation›s Presidential dozens of administrative, technical and business services, technical Johns Hopkins University. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechan- contributions to a number of communications standards and practical Young Investigator Award,