Hao Wang (PI), ECE Assistant Professor, received three NSF Awards: $450K for his project “CSR: CORE: Enhancing Energy Awareness for Efficient Federated Learning over Mobile AI Systems,” $300K for his project “OAC: CORE: Harvesting Idle Resources Safely and Timely for Large-scale AI Applications in High-Performance Computing Systems,” and $100K for his project “SaTC: CORE: Critical Learning Periods Augmented Robust Federated Learning.”

Long Wang (PI), ME Assistant Professor, received the Defense Health Agency award of $433K for his project “SBIR Phase II: Robotic End-Effector for Combat Casualty Care,” with Corvid Technologies as prime.

Kwahun Lee (PI), CCB Assistant Professor, received an NSF award of $200K for his project “ERI: Nanoscale Control over the Pore Topology of Polymeric Nanoparticles.”

Jacqueline Libby (PI), ME Assistant Professor, received an NSF award of $200K for her project “ERI: Soft Robotic Musculoskeletal Manipulation for Pain Reduction.” 

Shang Wang (PI), BME Assistant Professor, received the American Heart Association award of $200K for his project “Optical 5D Angiography to Uncover Cardiac-neural Interaction in Early Embryonic Development.”

Pin-Kuang Lai, CEMS Assistant Professor, has been named a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS in his field of antibody research. He was ranked in the top 0.5% of all scholars worldwide. Based on his scholarly work in the last 5 years, he was also ranked in the top 0.28% in the field of Antibody, 0.09% of Monoclonal antibody therapy and 1.76% of machine learning researchers worldwide.

Zahava Hirsch, BME Ph.D. student advised by Antonia Zaferiou, was awarded the Merit Switzer Research Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation Research, receiving $44K in support. The Switzer Research Fellowship Program enables highly qualified individuals, including those with disabilities, to pursue research in rehabilitation, independent living, and related disability outcomes.

Erin Kreis, BME Presidential Doctoral Fellow, received a $10K fellowship from Tau Beta Pi to support her second year of doctoral studies in the Musculoskeletal Control and Dynamics Laboratory in BME at Stevens.

Jun (Sam) Ming Liu, BME Ph.D. student, was awarded the outstanding dissertation award and the peer mentoring award at the 2025 graduate student award ceremony. In addition, he was awarded the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award in April.

Mohamed Mogahed, SE Ph.D. student, was awarded the outstanding teaching assistant award at the 2025 graduate student award ceremony for the 2024–2025 academic year.

Stevens Ph.D. student gains national recognition for working to make space for sustainability in space

Assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering balances a full research docket with meaningful personal pursuits outside the lab

Stevens biomedical engineering professor works to develop bioengineered tissues to treat failing and injured windpipes

Inaugural symposium positions Stevens as a collaborative hub for next-generation AI research and education