Elnaz Banan Sadeghian, Yu Gan, Raviraj Nataraj, Igor Pikovski and Jie Shen were all bestowed 2023 National Science Foundation honors as exemplary early-career researchers and educators

PHY researcher Xiaofeng Qian establishes the first quantitative relationship between mechanics and optics, with the potential to advance quantum studies

BME professor Yu Gan develops algorithms to improve medical diagnosis, food inspection and more

The theoretical physicist is on a quest to develop novel experimental approaches for resolving quantum theory with Einstein’s theory of general relativity

Negar Ebadi, PI and ECE Associate Professor, received an NSF award of $350K for her project “Smart Stethoscope for Point-of-Care Diagnosis of Valvular Heart Diseases.” 

Yu Gan, PI and BME Assistant Professor, received a USDA award of $120K for his project “Developing Microwave Imaging System with Machine Learning for Detecting Foreign Objects in Packaged Food,” with the University of Alabama as prime.

Marcin Iwanicki, PI and CCB Assistant Professor, received an SES award of $5K for his project “SPRINT: Determine DNA Modifications in Response to PFAS Exposure and Remediation.” 

Pin-Kuang Lai, PI and CEMS Assistant Professor, received a DOE award of $525K for his project "Toward Metagenome-Scale Metabolic Flux and Free-Energy Analysis via Deep Learning." This award is part of a $1.05M collaborative research grant with UCLA.

Carrie Perlman, PI and BME Associate Professor, received an SES award of $20K for her project “Bridging: Mechanistic Investigations of Surface Tension Effects on Lung Injury and Oxygenation.”

Adam Overvig, PHY Assistant Professor, has been named a Finalist in the 2023 Blavatnik Regional Awards for Young Scientists. One of only six finalists, Overvig was awarded $10K in unrestricted funds for inventing new methods for designing and employing metasurfaces to control and manipulate light and thermal radiation with high accuracy and efficiency.

Igor Pikovski, PHY Assistant Professor, has been selected to receive the Stevens Presidential Fellowship award in recognition of his achievements in research and potential for future contributions and impact.

EH Yang, ME Professor, has been invited to serve on the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) Fellows Advisory Committee for four consecutive years. 

Team NAM (Never Alone with Me) — including CS master's students João Luís Lins Rodrigues Cruz, Sai Nikhil Reddy Maligireddy, Abhijeet Gusain, Yeshwanth Reddy Peddamallu and CS postdoctoral scholar Dr. Abdul Rafae Khan (pictured with their advisor Jia Xu) — placed second in the fifth annual Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge, sponsored by Amazon. The team was selected in August 2023 as one of only five teams to compete in the final round of the university challenge competition.

Erfan Amini, CEOE Ph.D. student (advised by Reza Marsooli), received the 2023 American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Student Educational Award. The Student Educational Award is presented annually to a student whose research is furthering the science of coastal or riverine systems.

Sophie Dewil, BME Ph.D. candidate, presented at two international conferences this summer: the 2023 IEEE Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS) and the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality in August (AIVR), where her work titled "Neural Responses to Altered Visual Feedback in Computerized Interfaces Driven by Force or Motion Control" was recognized as "Best in Session."

CEOE undergraduate students La'Nasya Coleman-Dewitt and Julie Garry each received the Professional Women in Construction NJ Chapter Scholarship. The scholarship aids young women who are interested in pursuing careers in the construction industry. 

Mingxiao Liu '23, BME alumnus, has joined the James J. Peters Bronx VA Medical Center as a postdoctoral research engineer. Last spring, he presented his work titled "Multimodal Augmented Feedback for Functional Grasp Training using a Smart Glove and Virtual Reality for Persons with Spinal Cord Injury" at the International Conference on Virtual Reality (ICVR), where it was recognized as an "excellent presentation" in his session.

Nicole Petrocelli, BME undergraduate student, won the first place prize of $1,500 at the 2023 Innovation & Entrepreneurship (I&E) Summer Scholars Research Program (SSRP) Elevator Pitch Competition.

Being active in Stevens’ Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology is helping undergraduate Austin Ruth ’23 M.S. ’24 turn his fascination with chemical biology into a promising future in pharmaceutical R&D

Stevens undergraduates thrive in third year of OB-GYN internship with Jersey City Medical Center

Computer Engineering undergraduate Daniel Yassa ’24 was integral in bringing the exhibit to campus

The Philadelphia Inquirer mentioned a project spearheaded by CEOE Research Associate Professor Philip Orton that calls for a complex land-swap deal for some Philadelphia residents that will aid in community development and flood control

FOX Weather interviewed CEOE Research Associate Professor Jon Miller in a live segment discussing the risks and forecasting of riptides caused by Hurricane Lee

The Scientist quoted BME Assistant Professor George McConnell in an article discussing how neuroscientists are building language decoders — a tool that could extract a person’s thoughts noninvasively from brain imaging data

Physics World highlighted published research from PHY Assistant Professor Xiaofeng Qian that explains a new and surprising link between the wave properties of light and the mechanical properties of point masses