Benjamin Paren (PI), Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, was awarded $110K by the ACS Petroleum Research Fund for his project titled "Correlating Ion Transport Mechanisms with Nanoscale Structure in Anion Exchange Membranes for CO2 Uptake or Electrolysis".

E.H. Yang, Mechanical Engineering Professor, was appointed a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Nanotechnology Council, starting January 2025. He is also a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Sensors Council. 

Andy Li, a robotics Ph.D. student in Dr. Damiano Zanotto's Wearable Robotics Systems Lab, won the Best Application Paper Award at IROS2025. His work introduced a reinforcement learning–based assist-as-needed controller for ankle exoskeletons that adapts assistance in real time, encouraging users to stay actively engaged during gait training. In a proof-of-concept study, it outperformed a conventional controller and showed short-term retention, underscoring our lab’s broader effort to develop personalized, self-adapting exoskeletons for gait rehabilitation.

Four second-year Ph.D. students from the Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering Department — Linzhi Li, Yao Wang, Jinxin Chen, and Indira Prasad — recently presented their research at the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) Annual Showcase Event. Their work, some of which has been published in prestigious journals, focuses on innovative knowledge-guided AI techniques for the automatic design and monitoring of civil engineering materials and structures.They are advised by Dr. Yi Bao.

Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering student Emily Lossman, and her team members including Engineering Management student Jamie Ranes, Naval Engineering student Brianna Schaad, Biomedical Engineering student Zora Swindell, and Finance student Disha Rana, recently won a prestigious national prize award of $20,000 in the 2026 Marine Energy Collegiate Competition. Stevens' team is one of the 27 winning teams. The team is advised by Dr. Jia Mi.

Nathaniel Nwogwu, an ocean engineering Ph.D. student in Dr. Phillip Orton's lab, is advancing our understanding of water level variability and flooding in back-barrier estuaries using statistical and numerical models to support coastal management and flood mitigation. This semester, he delivered a traditional oral presentation at the 2025 Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation (CERF) Conference titled “Drivers of water level variability and flooding in back-barrier estuaries” and received both a CERF Student Participation Award and an Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) Student Travel Grant to support his conference participation and professional development.

Math club students Eric Gulko, Brandon Gaona, Atreyee Halder, Connor Kravatz, Isa Lee, Yang Yi Zheng, and Arial Miranda participated in the nationwide MAA Putnam math competition. This year's cohort attacked 12 problems during the intensive competition.

Six Stevens students spent their summer interning at the public transportation corporation, assisting with research, data collection and analysis.

The project strengthens interdisciplinary research and broadens student participation in mathematics.

A study suggests that building hypersonic planes may not require a significantly different design approach.

Computer scientist blends design, social science and computer science to shape the future of human-centered AI and health.

Simon Mahler’s innovation could dramatically improve the efficacy of optical devices for the diagnostics of stroke-risk, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and other brain pathologies—and has the potential to revolutionize the fields of neurology and cardiology.