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CHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERINGCHARLES V. SCHAEFER, JR. SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

COLLABORATIONS, ALLIANCES & PARTNERSHIPS

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PARTNERSHIPS are empowering success at the Schaefer School of Engineering.

Our vision for the future is to bring our longstanding partnershipsinto higher levels of success while continuously cultivating new ones.

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I hope this issue of the SSoE InFocus finds youwell. Our theme in this issue is academic collab-orations. The academic community has oftenbeen criticized for being ‘parochial’ and ‘stove-piped’ with respect to faculty collaborations. Thiscriticism probably has its roots in the strong pro-fessional independence of faculty and the depart-mental structure inherent to academic organiza-tions. Breaking this mold has not been easy butwe have come a long way over the past 15 years.Today, at Stevens, the spirit of collaboration isthriving at many levels.

The words collaborations, alliances and partner-ships (CAPs) are used to describe relationshipswhere complementary strengths are broughttogether to realize mutual benefits and increaseimpact. CAPs happen at various levels within andamongst organizations and the level of strategicintent varies. In this issue of InFocus, you will findexamples of CAPs and the excitement that they pro-duce in our community. Some of them, like the part-nership with Picatinny Arsenal, are multi-facetedand longstanding. Others are more targeted andshort in duration. Regardless of the breadth of theCAP, a deep understanding of each other’s strategicintent and core purpose is the recipe for success.

I recently asked some of our faculty what an aca-demic partnership means to them. Here are someof the answers:

"Academic partnership has several interrelatedmeanings for me. I view academic partnership onseveral levels. First and foremost, at the institutelevel, it means the commitment and enthusiasmof faculty, students, staff and administration to

work together to provide a superb environment andenriched opportunities for acquiring effective professionalskills and a life-long love of learning. At another level, itmeans reaching out to other academic institutions toenhance research and teaching skills. It means partneringwith industry and alumni to provide enhanced opportunityfor our students to be competitive in the workforce.Finally, it means reaching out to local, state and nationalaudiences and professional societies to foster cooperationand to provide professional and personal service whereneeded." Prof. Arthur Ritter

"A GOOD academic partner is someone or some organiza-tion that teaches me something significant with scientificor technical value." Prof. Matthew Libera

"It is when applications shape next generation researchand vice-versa." Prof. R. Chandramouli

"An academic partnership is a mutually beneficial and synergistic relationship from which can spring excitingprogress in research and education." Prof. Keith Sheppard

Collaborations, alliances and partnerships are empoweringsuccess at the Schaefer School of Engineering. Our visionfor the future is to bring our longstanding partnerships intohigher levels of success while continuously cultivating newones. Incentives and rewards are put in place to promoteclustering of individual faculty, collaborations betweendepartments, student teamwork and external alliances withindustry, government and peer institutions. One of themost valuable outcomes of CAPs is the sharpening of therelationship skills of our future leaders. Our successdepends on them. As always, I look forward to hearingfrom you.

Sincerely,

DEANGEORGE P.KORFIATIS

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C H A R L E S V. S C H A E F E R , J R . S C H O O L O F E N G I N E E R I N G

SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INITIATIVE AT SSoE:

Synergistic Execution of Research, Prototypingand Executive Education

LONGSTANDING PARTNERS:

Stevens and Picatinny Arsenal

STEVENS AND NYU:

A Thriving Academic Partnership

SSoE Students

Students of Technogenesis Ducks Combine Excellence On and Off the Field

SSoE Heritage

Bill Cuming ’42

A Gift for Leadership, A Talent for Giving

New Frontiers

The Atlantic Center: SSoE Partners with U.S. Naval Academy,

Lockheed Martin and British University

Partnerships: Lessons from the Field

Stevens - Intrepid Museum Partnership

SSoE Faculty

New Arrivals

Faculty News

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Dean George P. Korfiatis

CONSULTING EDITOR Patrick A. Berzinski

MANAGING EDITOR Christine del Rosario

CONTRIBUTORS Patrick A. BerzinskiDr. Richard B. ColeEmily GroceBeth McGrathAimiende NegbeneborDr. Kishore PochirajuAssociate Dean

Keith SheppardPeter StahleyEmma Sullivan Sykes

PHOTOGRAPHERS Marta CurryChristine del RosarioRandolph HoppeM. Kathleen KellyTracy KingElizabeth Raveché

EXECUTIVEADMINISTRATOR Marta Quigley

GRAPHIC DESIGN KMG Graphic Design Studio

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Systems Integration may be defined asthe model that focuses on the deploy-ment-sustainment-retirement (life cycle)of a function or a capability satisfied bya product or system. Focus is on logicaland functional aspects of the system,independent of its physical configura-tion, e.g., Bill of Materials.

Market leaders across multiple industrydomains (aerospace and defense, auto-motive, telecom, IT, healthcare, etc.) areincreasingly evolving towards the busi-ness model pertaining to systems inte-gration. This evolution is being driven bythe following market pressures:

• Increasing pressures with regard togetting products to the market (agility)and capabilities into the field

• Increasing conception of functionalitiesand capability that require "systems of

systems," network-centric systems, andsoftware/information intensive systems

• Increasing complexities and competi-tiveness in the aerospace and commer-cial market domains.

Stevens’ response on the educationalside has been SDOE, directed by theAssociate Dean for Executive Educationand Outreach, Dr. Dinesh Verma. SDOEhas forged ongoing agreements with

corporate and gov-ernmental partnersto provide exclusivesystems-engineer-ing instruction totheir executives andother employees.This has cementeda number of corpo-rate/university

alliances. Among those successfullypartnered with SDOE are the NationalSecurity Agency, Lockheed MartinCorporation, the Air Force Center forSystems Engineering, the DefenseAcquisition University, IBM Corporation,and ARDEC/Picatinny Arsenal.

DMI is an interdisciplinary center inte-grating materials processing, productdesign and manufacturing expertisewith simulation and modeling utilizingstate-of-the-art computer software tech-nology. DMI bridges the gap betweenacademic- and application-orientedresearch and development. DMI partnerswith industry and government to createpractical solutions to product-designchallenges that address cost, perform-ance and productibility across the prod-uct life cycle.

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In a major initiative, the Schaefer School of Engineering is unifying the Design andManufacturing Institute (DMI), a longstanding research center, with its unique executiveeducation program, Systems Design and Operational Effectiveness (SDOE). The result-ing "Systems Integration Initiative" will provide national and international leadership inapplied research and executive education in the conception, modeling, validation, operations, and management of modern complex systems.

Synergistic Execution of Research, Prototyping, and Executive Education

By Patrick A. Berzinski

SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONINITIATIVE AT SSOE:SYSTEMS INTEGRATIONINITIATIVE AT SSOE:

Dr. Dinesh Verma

DMI's expertise spansprocessing studiesand modeling, com-petitive product devel-opment, multi-compo-nent, multi-processsystem design andoptimization, life cycleanalysis, materialcharacterization andtesting, and rapid pro-

totyping and manufacturing.

In the new System Integration Initiative,Dr. Souran Manoochehri will assumeresearch and technology developmentresponsibility and has been appointedAssociate Dean for Research &Technology at the Schaefer School ofEngineering. DMI will gain a new director,Associate Professor of MechanicalEngineering, Dr. Kishore Pochiraju.

The SSoE Dean’s Office will also restruc-ture, with the addition of Dr. Spiros Pallas

as Advisor to the Dean for the SystemsIntegration Initiative.

"Our various activities are being consoli-dated into a focused School ofEngineering Initiative to allow the criticalmass necessary for a significant scale upof our programs," said Dean GeorgeKorfiatis.

"In the systems area, we have ongoinginvolvement with organizations in theaerospace and defense industry," saidVerma. "In our alliance with DMI, we cantake the education, research, prototypingand manufacturing capabilities of theSystems Integration Initiative to our part-ners and to their executives who demandthe latest knowledge in systems engi-neering and its implementation."

A major new partner is SunMicrosystems. The intent of the partner-ship is to integrate the instructionalprocess with implementation on projectsof relevance to Sun. A set of projects willbe identified for use during the week longmodular courses, together with "real"projects that a cohort of students get towork on during the overall program. Thecourses and participants in 2004 will represent an advanced pilot to test theconcept and its effectiveness. Twenty

students will be organized into fourteams of five to work on five projectsover the course of this program. Onecourse will be delivered in each of thefour quarters in 2004.

"We are reorganizing to bring greater formality to our operations," saidManoochehri, "and to put in place theresources and the infrastructure for serv-ing our growing number of clients in themost effective and customized way possible."

"In the coming year," said Verma, "ourfocus will be on designing and launching

the two new graduate certificate programs on Agile Systems Developmentand Network Systems Engineering. Ourinitial focus is on collaboration of threedepartments: Systems Engineering andEngineering Management, MechanicalEngineering, and Electrical and ComputerEngineering. Additionally, close collabo-ration with the Howe School ofTechnology Management in ProjectManagement is key."

Complex/network-centric system modeling and optimization at DMI willprovide government and industry part-ners a means toward implementing oper-ationally effective systems design intothe workplace.

Finally, the Systems IntegrationLaboratory (SIL) will provide a platformfor advanced research in targeted areas.

These will include e-SystemsEngineering, directed by Dr. Michael

Pennotti; Agile Systems Engineering,directed by Dr. Rashmi Jain; Network-Centric Systems, directed by Dr. DineshVerma; and Value-Chain EnterpriseSystems, directed by Dr.Wei Jiang

In addition, the Systems IntegrationInitiative will conduct research within thegreater Systems Engineering community.It will continue to co-sponsor an AnnualConference on Systems Integration, joint-ly hosted with the University ofSouthern California, and supported bythe International Council on SystemsEngineering (INCOSE) and theNational Defense IndustriesAssociation (NDIA). The initiative willalso sponsor the STEVENS-INCOSEDoctoral Research Award (a five-yearcommitment), administered and runby the Fellows Committee ofINCOSE.

In a giant step toward meeting theneeds of a future dominated by"systems of systems," SSoE hasbrought together the best of itssystems engineering educationand research practices, betterserving the broad partnershipsthat make Stevens unique. ■

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"Our various activities are being consolidated into afocused School of Engineering Initiative to allow the criticalmass necessary for a significant scale up of our programs," said Dean George Korfiatis.

Lockheed Martin Corporation recently funded the SIL Lab tofoster research in domain independent systems engineeringand integration.

Dr. SouranManoochehri

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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 partnershipthat formed as a result of many diverse projects and initiatives has had regional andnational impact on three fronts – Education, Research, and Technology Development,"according to Dr. George Korfiatis, Dean of Engineering.

LONGSTANDING PARTNERS: LONGSTANDING PARTNERS: Stevens & Picatinny Arsenal

By Emily E. Groce

EDUCATION

For more than two decades, Stevens hasprovided onsite graduate programswhich have enhanced the professionaldevelopment of more than 700 scientistsand engineers. More than 100 Stevensgraduates work for the U.S. Army, atPicatinny. And 29 Stevens graduateshave been hired by Picatinny immediate-ly after graduation in the past five years.Stevens graduates and other technicalemployees may continue their educationthrough the wide variety of onsiteMasters courses offered by Stevens.

Graduate programs at Picatinny includedMechanical Engineering, Munitions andArmaments Engineering, EnvironmentalEngineering and Integrated ProductDevelopment. These programs haverecently expanded as Stevens is devel-oping and customizing tailored, state-of-the-art Systems Engineering curricula.The impact of these programs is benefi-cial far beyond the scope of Stevens andPicatinny. "In fact, the advancement ofthe training plays a major role in thedevelopment of know-how for thedefense industry that is on the forefrontof technological innovation," explainsKorfiatis.

RESEARCH

The Highly Filled Materials Institute(HFMI), the Design and ManufacturingInstitute (DMI) and the Center forEnvironmental Systems (CES) at Stevenshave particularly close working relation-ships with Picatinny. Collaborativeresearch and development effortsthrough these groups have resulted inextensive new knowledge creation thathas enabled Picatinny to meet a widevariety of its objectives.

• The Highly Filled Materials Institute hascollaborated with Picatinny for the past16 years, resulting in the advancementof every aspect of manufacturing ener-getic materials. Enormous benefits forthe defense industry have resulted, andthe engineering and manufacturingcapabilities for the next generation ofenergetics greatly exceed its predeces-sors. Dr. Dilhan Kalyon, director of HFMI,explained, "Our developments of specialresearch and development capabilities invarious areas include crystallization,nano-partical formation, rheologicalcharacterization, degree of mixednessanalysis, stimulant and new formulationdevelopment, and processing. Thisincludes shear roll milling, die flows andextrusion of energetic materials atTACOM/ARDEC."

• Also during the last 16 years, DMI atStevens has collaborated with Picatinnyto advance Integrated ProductDevelopment through the implementa-tion of an integrated knowledge-basedconcurrent engineering software system(ACES). This system provides an innova-tive, cost and quality-driven approach tothe design, development and manufac-turing of advanced polymeric compos-ites, metal matrix composites, and light-weight high-performance metallic alloysfor weapons and munitions systemsapplications. The end result is thatPicatinny and the defense industry as awhole now have a substantial knowl-edge base and integrated design soft-ware capability for the realization of thenext generation of combat systems.

Dr. Souran Manoochehri, Associate Deanfor Research and Technology is enthusi-astic about the partnership DMI has hadwith Picatinny. "We have enjoyed ourwork on research projects with ARDECimmensely. Our focus has been largelyhow to come up with lightweight sys-tems that are manufacturable and afford-able. We have a long tradition of workingwith Picatinny that has resulted in tangi-ble, beneficial outcomes of which we canbe very proud."

• The intense collaborative effort existing

Recent Stevens-Picatinny strategy meeting

between the CES and Picatinny results innew knowledge for the environmental lifecycle of munitions and weapons, enablingPicatinny to field systems with minimumenvironmental impact. "Over the pasttwelve years, environmental research anddevelopment work conducted at CESenables Picatinny to react to theDepartment of Defense’s current andemerging environmental challenges relatedto sustainable firing ranges and life cycle ofmunitions and munition related processes,"explains Dr. Christos Christodoulatos,Director of CES.

The partnership between CES andPicatinny has four specific outcomes. TheCES enhances Picatinny’s mission of devel-oping weapon systems, munitions andmanaging military sites in an environmen-tally responsible manner. The CES alsohelps Picatinny solve on-site environmentalproblems related to past and present prac-tices. Engineers at CES assist in transfer-ring knowledge to other Army installationsand sites. And the CES creates a strong linkwith academia for Picatinny, resulting inboth tangible and intangible benefits.

Above and beyond the efforts at HFMI, DMIand CES, recent collaboration withPicatinny is under way at two new effortsat Stevens: the New Jersey Center forMicrochemical Systems (NJCMCS) and theWireless Network Security Center(WiNSeC). "NJCMCS is working to developthe knowledge base required to engineermicrochannel reactor-based fuel proces-sors," according to Dr.Woo Lee. This willenable an "on-demand" generation ofpower to fuel portable and mobileweapons systems, thereby drastically

changing how combat and non-combatsystems are powered in the future.

At WiNSeC, under the direction of Dr. Paul

Kolodzy, a new partnership is under way todevelop a comprehensive wireless networktest bed for new technology that protectsnetworks from intrusion. "This, bothStevens and Picatinny engineers agree, is acrucial component in the development ofrobust and secure defense systems,"Korfiatis stated recently.

TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

The collaborative research efforts betweenStevens and Picatinny have yielded tech-nology development and field deploymentwith diverse benefits.

Filtration technologies for removing arsenicand lead from water developed at CES isnow commercialized by Hydroglobe, Inc.(www.hydroglobe.com). As a part of theStevens-Picatinny collaboration, the tech-nology has been used to treat more than2,000 gallons of Depleted Uranium contam-inated water at Aberdeen Proving Groundsfacilitating easy and cost effective disposal.Full scale systems are due to be installedthis year at Fort Irwin to treat arsenic con-taminated groundwater and improve thequality of the drinking water supply at thispost. Another filtration application is fielddemonstrated at Fort Dix to alleviate leadcontamination of groundwater from firingranges.

Also of great significance, the ACES systemthat DMI and Picatinny have developed andenhanced is available to the Army anddefense contractors license-free. This soft-ware technology has been fielded on manyweapon systems, including the: Stryker,Crusader, 120 mm Mortars and AmmoPackaging, Bradley, M113, Hercules andXM984.

Stevens DMI supports this capability withinARDEC through their satellite office atPicatinny for the lightweight developmentand prototype testing of next generationweapons and munitions.

"It is clear that the Picatinny-Stevens part-nership reaches far beyond the individualbenefits realized by each organization,"according to Korfiatis. "The collaborationsthat Picatinny and Stevens share contributegreatly to keeping New Jersey on the cut-ting edge of engineering education,research, technology development andrealization." ■

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Emily Groce, P.E., works at Stevens Officeof Development.

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"This Center builds upon the excellence of both ourinstitutions," said Director Devine.

On March 15, 2004, Stevens, anationally recognized leader inSystems Engineering and Integrationresearch and education partneredwith the U.S. Army ArmamentResearch, Development andEngineering Center (ARDEC) atPicatinny, NJ to cooperatively devel-op an Army Center of Excellence inSystems Engineering.

A memorandum of agreement wassigned by Stevens’ President Dr. Harold Raveché and EngineeringDean, Dr. George P. Korfiatis as wellas ARDEC Technical Director, MichaelP. Devine and Senior TechnicalExecutive Armament SystemsIntegration Center, Patrick Serao. TheSystems Engineering (SE) partner-ship will leverage the strengths ofboth institutions toward achieving:

• leadership in implementation andassessment of SE principals andconcepts;

• identification and development ofSE implementation templates, toolsand metrics;

• pilot implementation and develop-ment of SE case studies;

• leadership in SE professional andexecutive education;

• leadership in SE architecting andintegration research and

• leadership in SE community andorganizational citizenship.

"This collaboration aims inhelping the U.S. Army tosustain its superiority in developing the next generation of complexarmament systems,"

said Director Devine.ARDEC is the Army’s primary devel-oper of armament systems whosefocus is on the development of corearmament competencies and theirintegration into processes needed todevelop complex systems.

The Army Center forExcellence in SystemsEngineering

Stevens and Picatinny sign Memorandum ofAgreement

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THE CONCEPT

With some important differences, this isa traditional "3/2" program familiar todecades of engineering students: threeyears of study at one school toward aBachelor of Science degree followed bytwo further years in engineering, typical-ly at a different school, leading to a sec-ond bachelor's degree - in engineering.Students in the NYU-Stevens programreceive their two baccalaureate degreeswithin a week of each other at therespective Commencements at the endof the fifth year of the program.

Impetus for the partnership developedout of NYU's early engineering program.This was halted in 1973 as a strategicmove, along with all other activities atNYU's "Heights Campus" in the Bronx(current site of Bronx County

Community College). In response to this,with the encouragement of engineeringalumni, the university administrationunder the leadership of then-President L.

Jay Oliva first established a short-livedjoint venture with Cooper Union. Whenthat ended, they established in 1988 thecurrent partnership with Stevens.

The program was initially developed andnurtured by Professors Joseph Manogue

of Stevens and Yorke Rhodes of NYU.These two were the first joint Directorsof the Program, continuing until 2000.The current Directors are Professor

Henry Brenner of NYU's ChemistryDepartment and myself in Stevens’Mechanical Engineering Department.Support at both institutions has contin-ued and at present is strong as ever,with about 120 students currently in thefive-year program.

THE PROGRAM TODAY

At present, 13 different combinations ofscience and engineering majors are partof the program approved by The NewYork State Board of Regents. The sciencecurricula involved are biology, chemistry,computer science, mathematics, andphysics. These articulate with one oranother of the engineering disciplines:chemical, civil, computer, electrical, envi-ronmental, and mechanical engineering.At present, the largest number of stu-dents (33) is enrolled in combinations ofelectrical engineering with math, com-puter science or physics.

Strengthened by the close proximity ofStevens and NYU's Washington-Squarecampus, the Dual-Degree Program pro-vides benefits that can't be matched bysimilar programs at pairs of institutions

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 toconduct 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. andB.E. degrees.

that are geographically separated, e.g.,Williams and Columbia or Amherst andDartmouth. Engineering work is initiatedat NYU in the first year via EngineeringDesign I and II, designed and coordinatedby Stevens faculty; Stevens’ trademark"Design Spine" is built further during thefirst three years at NYU, eventually inEngineering Design IV. For this, NYU dual-degree students travel to Stevens to takeadvantage of the laboratory facilities.Students at NYU get acquainted withStevens in first-level engineering coursesother than design: in Graphics; Mechanicsof Solids; Circuits and Systems; andElectronics and Instrumentation. These aretaught during the first three years at NYUby Stevens faculty – Professors Billah,Hadim, Kiss, Nazalewicz and Whittaker.

The proximity of NYU and Stevens allowsthe first three years of design classes tovisit Stevens for specific activities; for

example, failure-testing of trussesdesigned and constructed at NYU but test-ed on Stevens testing machines. Easyback-and-forth travel between the twocampuses also encourages many studentsin the program to take some classes atNYU or even to continue living in NYUdormitories during the last two years. Aside benefit of the program is that regularStevens students can also take courses atNYU (and vice-versa) tuition-free.

Camaraderie builds during the first 3years of the program not only through

shared class experi-ences for those inthe program, butalso through theSociety ofEngineeringStudents at NYU.This student clubmeets weekly forsocial (e.g., video-game sessions) andacademic (e.g., fac-ulty talks) and com-petitive events (e.g.,paper-airplane con-test). Officers of theclub have recently developed a mentoringprogram in which each first-year studentwho wishes is paired with an upper classstudent to "learn the ropes".

University and departmental advisorsboth at NYU and at Stevens work to helpstudents develop their academic plans.Most of the students’ study plans are cus-tom-made, as in the case of two currentstudents who are simultaneously pursu-ing Master's degree while in the dual-degree program!

The program is a demanding one, oblig-ing students to commit to five years ofheavy academic load. Although the NYUstudents appear "late" at Stevens – in thefourth year of the program – our facultysoon view them positively as inquisitive,thoughtful, and ready to participate fullyin their Stevens education. These studentsare from a different "pool" than those inthe regular four-year program – not neces-sarily more or less capable but simply dif-ferent on average – and this heighteneddiversity is recognized as a plus forStevens.

Employment history of dual-degree stu-dents is comparable or better than that ofStevens' four-year students. Thescience/engineering combination is wellreputed among prospective employers;the students gain benefit from bothschools’ offices of career services.

TO COME

Major extensions of the program areexpected in the next several years.

Stevens’ newly reformulated BiomedicalEngineering program, as well as theEngineering Management program,should allow incorporation of new engi-neering components in the dual-degreeprogram. Encouraged by Dean Korfiatis ofStevens and Dean Santirocco of NYU'sCollege of Arts and Science, proposals forsuch new components are in process.

Selectivity vs. attrition is an issue that isalso slated for attention. A number of stu-dents entering the program at NYU with-draw from the program during the firstthree years. The heavy academic demandscontribute, but even the best studentswithdraw to pursue solely a sciencedegree. Better identification of those likelyto persist would benefit both the studentsinvolved and the program.

A last future challenge might be men-tioned: the ongoing challenge of almostcontinual updating of the courses of studyfor the program. The science componentof the dual-degree program has changedover the years in significant ways, mostrecently in providing a physics-coursesequence explicitly for engineering stu-dents in the program. Similarly, Stevens'engineering curriculum evolves andchanges to meet the increasingly complexand diverse demands of engineering inthe 21st century. The Joint Program inScience and Engineering can and willevolve, 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 websiteaccessible via:http://www.soe.stevens.edu/Academics/

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Grishma Rana and Dorothy White holding design models

created on the stereo-lithographic rapid prototyping

system located in the SSoE Innovation Center.

Engineers are expected to invent, improve upon, or completely renovate products andprocesses, 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 ofEngineering (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 ofbubble wrap), artists like the sculptor Alexander Calder, engineering managers like Henry

Gantt (creator of the Gantt Chart), and famous entrepreneurs like Kenneth W. DeBaun andCharles 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 variousengineering 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.

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Revolutionizing a Reconstructive Surgery Device

Conducted with co-advisors, Dr. Dianne Rekow, D.D.S. of theNYU Dental School and Stevens Biomedical Engineering (BME)Professor Arthur Ritter, Ph.D. the project was based on the 1950’sresearch of Professor Gavril Ilizaroz. He revealed that controlled,mechanically applied tension stresson fractured bone produces success-ful regeneration of bone and soft tissue. Today, his method is calledDistraction Osteogenesis and hasbeen used extensively to lengthenlong bones, correct bone deformities,correct maxillofacial abnormalitiesand solve the problem of periodontalbone deficiency.

The device used to conduct Distraction Osteogenesis, thoughvery successful, has one shortcoming. It only forces bone toregenerate in the vertical direction. However, the human jaw hasoverlaps and non-vertical angles requiring a modified solution.Grishma Rana ’04, B.E. in BME and Dorothy White ’04, B.E. inBME together are seeking a patent for their improvement toIlizaroz’s device which encourages bone growth in ANY specifieddirection following the natural angles encountered in humanbones. In the future, their improved device will be worn as anoral brace by patients; adjusted periodically by their oral sur-geon facilitating the re-growth of bone loss and fractures withinthe jaw and insuring the ability to implant new teeth.

Rana is a Stevens Scholar, a member of Tau Beta Pi (NationalEngineering Honor Society), member of Delta Phi Epsilon sorori-ty, writer for The Stute and the foil weapon captain on theVarsity Women’s Fencing Team. White (Dean’s List) participates inthe Cooperative Education Program where she held positionswith companies like Becton Dickinson and Pfizer, Inc. She servedas a tutor/counselor in the STEP program and the AcademicSupport Center (ASC). She is a member of Phi Sigma Sigmasorority.

In the future, their improved device willbe worn as an oral brace by patients; adjusted periodically by their oral sur-geon facilitating the re-growth of boneloss and fractures within the jaw andinsuring the ability to implant new teeth.

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Students’ Handiwork Lands on Mars

As breathtaking pictures poured infrom the surface of Mars inJanuary, courtesy of NASA's twinMars Exploration rover craft, fewAmericans were prouder or moreanxious than the staff of a smallNew York City high-tech firm,Honeybee Robotics. Among thestaffers of the NASA subcontractorwere three Stevens studentsenrolled in the Institute's

Cooperative Education (Co-op) program: Jibu Abraham ’05,Electrical Engineering (EE); Yuji Iwai ’05, EE; and Joseph Keller

’04, EE. These students had actually designed features of therovers' robotic arms and power tools, including the HoneybeeRAT (Rock Abrasion Tool), seen in action on Mars by millions theworld over.

Honeybee Project Engineer Jack Wilson supervised Abraham andIwai as they built the two-thirds mock-up of the rover that sits inthe Honeybee lab. Keller was part of a team that field-tested alarger robotic drill concept in the Arizona desert. "They're fantas-tic," said Wilson, rating the skills of the Stevens Co-op interns."They come in having obviously learned a lot. They pick up theskills they need very quickly and do excellent quality work. Weforesee working with other Stevens interns well into the future."

For the spring 2004 semester, three new students arrived atHoneybee 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 willassist Honeybee on the project colloquially known as "The BigDrill," a 10- to 20-meter augur-style drill, which is another NASA-funded item. Originally scheduled for a 2009 mission, the drill isbeing refitted for further testing in arctic regions on the earth for alikely 2013-2015 encounter with the Red Planet. They are also help-ing to perfect a robotic "creeper" that the utility company ConEdison is funding as a search-and-repair unit for high-temperaturesubterranean steam pipes.

"These students are emblematic of the amazing crew of StevensCo-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 inemploying Stevens Co-op interns on a yearly basis. "Cooperativeeducation at Stevens is a powerfully effective educationalprocess," said Joseph Stahley, Assistant Vice President forStudent Development. "Co-op is built on a theory-practice modelof learning that unfolds through several increasingly sophisticatedwork assignments. It's a great résumé builder, and it also allowsstudents to earn money to pay part of their college expenses."

These students had actually designed features of the rovers' robotic arms and powertools, including the Honeybee RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool), seen in action on Mars bymillions the world over.

Without question, the students at Honeybee are fascinated bythe field of robotics and automation. Through the StevensTechnogenesis environment, they are engaged in a uniquelearning experience, sampling real-world possibilities for thecareers that await them.

Illustrated diagram of rover

courtesy of NASA

Photo of the RAT

courtesy of NASA

Photo of rover courtesy of NASA

Joe Keller '04, Shaina Doherty '06, Jacob Koshy '05, Pierce Smith '06

Yuji Iwai '05, Jibu Abraham '05

Students Engineer a Remote Control Panoramic Camera

A partnership fostered by Professor Bruce McNair ofthe Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) depart-ment was conducted with Lektra Laboratories, a pho-tographic manufacturing company. Dave Silverberg,President of Lektra Laboratories graduated fromStevens with a B.E in Mechanical Engineering in 1968.Co-sponsors of the project alongside Lektra were RolleiUSA, 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, ComputerEngineering (CpE) and MechanicalEngineering concepts. It focused on modify-ing a Rollei panoramic camera, program-ming a PDS (handheld device), incorporat-

ing a view screen, a single flash and a sturdy adjustabletripod to create a camera that sits 13 feet in the air with asingle flash as opposed to six flash lights. The view screenallows the photographer to observe a group of 300 students from 13 feet below the camera, thereby eliminat-ing the liability of photographers positioned high aboveground level.

The students involved include: Franz Owens ’03, EE; Tyriss

Polanco ’03, CpE; and Meso Mengesha ’03, CpE. All wereactive members of the Stevens community and are cur-rently in the workforce. Aimiende Negbenebor ’04, CpE,received numerous awards, was Editor-in-Chief of TheStute, public relations officer of Alpha Phi Omega, amember of the Society of Women Engineers and a tutorwith the Humanities Writing Center; Dominik Hepp ’03,CpE, the team leader, was a member of the EquestrianClub, founded the Stevens Soccer Club and servedwith the ASC as a tutor. He participated in the Co-opProgram and the Study Abroad program where hehad the opportunity to attend the University ofDundee in Scotland for a year.

Senior Projects: From the Classroom to the Real-World

The Secaucus Interchange Seaview project is an estimated35 million dollar project that is currently underway and leadby the Louis Berger Group. Dr. Leslie Brunell took the initia-tive five years ago to develop a relationship between LouisBerger and Stevens. Currently, John Tan, P.E. ’87 from theLouis Berger group works closely with the four CivilEngineering (CE) students assigned to this project. Theymeet regularly to discuss the design and constructionaspects of the project and prepare the final engineeringreport and drawings. John will also be attending their seniorprojects presentation and his evaluation of the studentswork will influence their final grade. Regarding their work,Martin Downs, explains, "We have designed an entire con-struction schedule, a detailed estimate, girder erectionscheme, cofferdam design, and wetland access."

The Civil Engineering design team includes: Alicia Licata

’04, CE, who has worked with various Civil Engineeringfirms, is a member of the Student Government Associationand works as a Resident Assistant; Pete Bakarich ’04 CE,who was the 2003 President of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity;Martin Downs ’04, CE, who is working toward his Master’sin Construction Management and Alfred Carnevale ’04, CE.Downs and Bakarich have interned with firms like J.Flethcher Creamer & Son; both received numerous awardsfor academic excellence and accepted job offers with PeterKiewit & Son Contractors. ■

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SSOESTUDENTSINFOCUS

An invitation to the upcoming

Senior Design Projects DayApril 28, 2004 Noon to 2pm 1st floor Schaefer Gymnasium – All are welcome to attend

Senior Projects Day gives the Stevens community, sponsorsand the general public a chance to see the various designprojects and progress made by the students throughouttheir senior year.

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Aimiende Negbenebor, is a computer engineer-ing and literature major. "I plan to become anaccomplished Network Engineer and a suc-cessful writer in the near future."

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Athletic excellence in college sport ishardly a new concept, especially in themedia frenzy of major division I sports.However, here at Stevens, athletes toilingin the relative obscurity of small schooldivision III athletics, away from mediaattention, scholarships, and privatetutors, a large percentage of studentscombine athletic and academic excel-lence. These dedicated, hard-workingindividuals compose 21% of the Stevensundergraduate community. Additionally,almost 2,000 individuals, graduate andundergraduate, competed in intramuralor club sports.

Our non-scholarship, full-time scholarathletes must balance a rigorous andintensive course load with long hourspracticing, working out, and games.Despite this commitment of time andenergy, Stevens scholar-athletes main-tained a higher average GPA of 3.13 thanthe general undergraduate populationwhile performing exceptionally well inthis fall’s seasons. Men’s soccer finishedwith a #12 national ranking, the confer-ence title and made it to the third roundof the Division III NCAA national tourna-ment. Women’s soccer posted an equally

impressive mark,winning their con-ference andadvancing to thesecond round ofthe Division IIInational tourna-ment. Additionally,both Men’s andWomen’s CrossCountry capturedthe Skyline confer-ence tournaments.It is important to note that Women’s CrossCountry accomplished this feat while car-rying a team GPA of 3.43, more than halfa point higher than the general under-graduate GPA average. And this spring,Senior Aracely Cruz finished her career atStevens as women's basketball's all-timeleading scorer, with 1,701 points. As apower forward, her success in collegebasketball comes from determination.She graduates in May with a degree inchemical engineering and will pursue acareer in either pharmaceuticals or con-sumer products.

All in all, six of eight fall sports postedwinning records in their respective fall2003 seasons along with five conferencechampionships; an impressive accom-plishment, especially considering theamount of work expected by student-ath-letes. In total, 29 student-athletesreceived all-conference honors, five wereall-region selections, and four StevensDucks were conference players of theyear.

Many teams can proudly count AcademicAll-American nominees among theirmembers. Four student athletes evenmanaged to earn a GPA of 4.00. Oneindividual, Josh Ottinger, a MechanicalEngineering major, had the honor ofbeing selected, among all the nomineesnation-wide, as a member of the 2003-2004 Academic All-American Men’sSoccer Team by the College SportsInformation Directors of America. This isan outstanding achievement. In order toeven be considered, a scholar-athletemust have a cumulative GPA above 3.20on a 4.00 scale, have reached sophomoreathletic and academic standing, and be akey varsity starter or reserve. Joshachieved all of this with a 3.53 GPA whileposting one the best offensive seasons inStevens Men’s Soccer history. He led theducks with a school-record 21 goals and

topped on 11 assists for a school-record53 points. Additionally, his excellent sea-son made Ottinger the school’s all-timeleading scorer in merely 3 seasons; his 50career goals, 30 assists, and 130 pointsare all Duck records. Continuing his listof impressive accolades, Josh is a three-time All Skyline Conference selection andwas chosen as the 2003 SkylineTournament MVP.

Achievements like Josh’s showcase theintelligence and ability of all Steven’sscholar-athletes, while highlighting theperennial commitment to on- and off-fieldexcellence by Ducks everywhere. Thedevotion, hard work, and plethora of life-skills learned out on DeBaun field, inCanavan Arena, or at any of the othervenues will last throughout a student-ath-letes life and make a difference in thepost-graduate world. Whether it is anemployment opportunity, graduateschool, or some other situation, the per-severance, time management skills, anddrive to excel stand to serve Stevens stu-dent-athletes both during, and after, theirtime here. ■_______________________________________

Peter Stahley is a CivilEngineering major,planning to graduate in2005 with a minor inPhilosophy and aGraduate Certificate inStructural Engineering.He is a part-time con-tributor to The Stute,Vice President of Lodge

fraternity, a two-year varsity lacrosseplayer, and Research Assistant inDavidson Laboratory. He is also a mem-ber of A.S.C.E., the Paintball Club, and theHockey Club. He hopes to continue on tograduate school, working in the fields ofOcean Engineering and NavalArchitecture.

DUCKS COMBINE EXCELLENCEON AND OFF THE FIELD

Josh Ottinger

Like many World War II-eraalumni, Bill Cuming seemsalways to have had a naturalgift for leadership.

Cuming’s entry in the "Class of1942" handbook is modestenough. Soon to be caught up inthe fight against tyranny, theyoung man from Cedarhurst,N.Y., described his career interest

as "Plant Development" in "ChemicalEngineering," with a desired locationin the "United States or Abroad." That bare description of goalsformed a road map that Cumingwould follow – with spectacular suc-cess – in an entrepreneurial careerspanning decades.

Graduating from Stevens, in a mas-terstroke of fate Cuming went towork in Massachusetts at MonsantoChemical Company. There he metanother young engineer, Cherry L.Emerson. The two would keep intouch and reunite at the end of thewar to write an important chapter inAmerican industrial history.

But that was all a far-off dream asthe war intervened.

Cuming joined the U.S. Navy inlate 1942 and was sent to the newtop-secret Navy radar school on

the waterfront in Boston. Upon graduation, he was sent to the Pacific,serving as radar officer on the USSGambier Bay.

On October 25, 1944, Japanese ViceAdmiral Kurita’s Center Force openedfire on the U.S. Third Fleet off SamarIsland. In the ensuing action, the USSGambier Bay came under relentlessfire. Despite the courageous interven-

tion of three U.S.destroyers, theGambier Bay rolledover and sank;there were nearly800 survivors.

Along with manyof his survivingshipmates, Cumingdrifted in thePacific for two

days beforebeing res-cued. USSGambierBayreceivedfour BattleStars andthePresidentialUnitCitation forher servicein WorldWar II.

Cuming and the crew remained closethrough the decades. Cuming was onhand when the group was welcomedto the Oval Office in 1981 by PresidentRonald Reagan, who was presentedwith a copy of the history of the escortcarrier, "The Men of the Gambier Bay."

After the war, Cuming used the GI Billto earn a MBA from Harvard. Soon,Cuming reestablished contact withEmerson. In 1948, they took the

plunge, establishing Emerson &Cuming Co., eventually Emerson &Cuming, Inc. Their knowledge andcourage were in perfect synch withthe postwar times. Once they got afoothold, Emerson and Cuming pur-sued many new directions.

Cuming's work at the Navy radarschool and Emerson's MIT historybrought many opportunities whilethe electronics industry was com-ing to life. They didn't know whattheir product lines would be, butthe two never doubted theirinstincts. Their investigationswere in the direction of encap-sulating compounds, coatings,adhesives and dielectric materi-als. This led to their first lab inBoston, where they began for-

BILL CUMING ’42: A GIFT FOR LEADERSHIP,

A TALENT FOR GIVINGBy Patrick A. Berzinski

USS Gambier Bay

Class of 1942 alumnus

Bill Cuming

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"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

mulating a line of epoxies and resins thatformed the basis for a variety of new plastics.

There was a growing interest in electron-ics in the defense industry. Cuminglearned about the need for microwaveabsorbers. This, coupled with his under-standing of radar, enabled the company tohelp when the Navy and Air Force beganlooking at radar camouflage (the begin-nings of the Stealth program) in the early1950s.

Their work with the Naval ResearchLaboratory continued to grow. The spheri-cal, optical Luneberg Lens enabled amicrowave feed located on the surface ofthe lens to create a plane wave diametri-cally opposite that feed; it was useful bothin receiving and transmitting microwaveenergy. Thousands of these lenses andderivative devices were eventually produced.

In one of its large gambles, Emerson &Cuming purchased patents and technicalinformation from Standard Oil of Ohioconcerning a partially developed productcalled "microballoons." From this came anew composite of glass microballoons inepoxy resin known as syntactic foam.Syntactic foam was found to have important applications. It could withstandhigh pressure, but was lightweight, there-by providing underwater buoyancy thatproved useful to companies such as ESSOand Shell for oil rig and marine applications.

As the firm grew, it had to look outsideBoston for more space, and it soon

established overseas operations to serveworld markets. The first were in Belgiumand England in the early 1960s, followedin the 1970s by expansion into Japan.Ultimately, Emerson & Cuming owned atotal of eight manufacturing plants: four inthe United States, two in England, one inBelgium, and one in Japan.

In 1978, Bill and Cherry agreed to sellEmerson & Cuming, Inc., to W.R. Grace &Co. In 1980, Cuming founded the CumingCorporation, which manufactures radarabsorbers and underwater buoyancymaterial for the offshore oil industry.Cuming also became more involved in afield in which he had always participated:philanthropy.

He also turned his attention to theadvancement of his alma mater. A formertrustee, in 1997 he donated graciously toStevens’ Materials Science Department. In1999, he began what would become a tradition among the members of the Classof ’42, when his generous gift renovatedthe new undergraduate labs, including the freshman undergraduate design labo-ratory, now designated the William R.

Cuming Engineering and Design Lab.(Other classmates to follow this examplehave been Art Francis, Thomas & ElsieHattrick and Warren & Ruth Wells.)

Most recently, Cuming reaffirmed a majorcommitment to the undergraduate engi-neering program, ensuring the continua-tion of Stevens’ tradition of a rigorous,well-rounded engineering education.

Stevens has also recognized Cuming’sachievements with a series of high honors, including the Stevens

RenaissanceEngineering andScience Award, anHonoraryDoctorate inMechanicalEngineering, andthe StevensHonor Award.

Like many entrepreneurs of his genera-tion, Cuming has never officially retired,though increasingly he has delegatedbusiness operations to his son, John. Heand his wife, Ruth, spend most of theirtime at home in Massachusetts, whereRuth has served as a gracious hostess tomany Stevens social and fund raisingevents at Cape Cod.

After a lifetime of tireless achievement,begun as a student at Stevens, William R.Cuming’s legacy is secure in the annals of20th century industry and engineering. ■

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Cuming and wife Ruth.

Students working in the Cuming Engineering and Design Lab.

Celebrating their 60th reunion at Alumni

Weekend 2002 were Class of 1942 alumni

Bill Cuming, Hon. D.Eng. '85, center, and

Miriam and Mike Gigliotti.

Q: In your experience, whatmakes a good partnership?

A: Successful partnershipsneed several ingredients:shared goals; complementarystrengths; and effective commu-nication. Each partner may gainsomething different from thearrangement, but both theprocess and the outcome mustbe of value to all for the collab-oration to be sustained andeffective.

Q: Why emphasize partner-ships?

A: Particularly in education,policymakers and fundingagencies are requiring part-nerships to ensure cross-fer-tilization of ideas and avoidthe "not invented here" syn-drome. Many RFPs giveextra points or extra fund-

ing for collaborative proposals. Also,strategic partnerships provide the oppor-tunity to accomplish something far greaterthan any single partner could achievealone. For example, in a $9.3 million grant,Stevens managed a program impactingmore than 8,000 teachers and 250,000 stu-dents in Ohio, Florida, and Arizona. Ourpartners were community colleges andtheir neighboring school systems. CIESE’sstrengths were in creating excellent STEMcurriculum and teacher training materials,while our partners provided the infrastruc-ture and local customization to help thestudents use technology to learn scienceand mathematics more effectively.

Q: What are the challenges?

A: Effective partnerships require a lot ofcare and feeding. You can’t make unilater-al decisions. Particularly when you areworking with large, bureaucratic organiza-tions, you have to be sensitive not only tothe perspectives, but also to the policies,

procedures, and cultures of your partners.Another challenge is managing conflictsuch that it adds to, rather than derails,the process of attaining your goals.

Q: How do you measure the success of apartnership?

A: Did we accomplish or surpass ouroverall, explicit goals? Did each partnerexpand their capabilities in some way?Did we develop a supportive environmentwhere we valued each other’s contribu-tions? Would we collaborate with eachother again? Those are some of the meas-ures I use.

Q: Anything else you’ve learned fromCIESE’s partnerships?

The most important thing I’ve learned isthat organizations are made up of individ-uals, and cultivating personal relation-ships with key players in various organiza-tions can not only “make or break” thepartnership, but can also be extremely sat-isfying on a personal level. The work thatwe have accomplished together and ourcooperative approaches have been veryrewarding. ■

The Office of NavalResearch (ONR) is the

funding agency for anew and far-reaching

naval research and engi-neering center led by Dr.

Michael Bruno, director ofthe Davidson Laboratory.Located on Stevens cam-pus, the Atlantic Center forthe Innovative Design andControl of Small Shipsinvolves an impressive con-sortium of co-investigators,including personnel from theU.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis,MD.; University College,London, England; and theLockheed Martin Corporation.

"With the Navy’s emphasis onsmaller ships and craft and onminimum manning," says Dr.Bruno, "specialized areas where

Davidson Laboratoryhas established itselfas a leader andwhere innovation israpid, Stevens isbest positioned tobring this communi-ty of small and mid-size ship innovators

to the naval design community."

Testimony to Stevens’ commitment tothe maritime industry is its "Center forMaritime Systems," a facility that willinclude the most advanced re-circulat-ing/wave/towing tank in the world. Itwill also provide a unique environmentto address the technical challenges fac-ing the U.S. naval architecture andocean engineering industries, as well asthe marine transportation industry.

The U.S. Naval Academy has beenactive in the towing tank analysis of hull

designs over the last 25 years, and hascontributed significantly to U.S. Navyship design. Academy faculty have alsobeen significant contributors to theadvancement of ship automation andsystems integration.

University College has, over manyyears, conducted towing tank, analyti-cal, and CFD studies into the applicationof novel hull designs for naval and com-mercial roles including the suitability oftrimarans for use as aircraft carriers andfast sealift logistics ships.

"Stevens and its partners in the AtlanticCenter understand that there is a deteri-orating critical mass surrounding classi-cal design centers for naval architectureand marine engineering," Bruno said."Unless this critical mass is regenerated,it is inevitable that U.S. Naval ships willeventually lag in both innovation andtechnical development." ■

THE ATLANTIC CENTER:THE ATLANTIC CENTER:SSOE PARTNERS WITH U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY,LOCKHEED MARTIN AND BRITISH UNIVERSITY

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PARTNERSHIPS: LESSONS FROM THE FIELDThe Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE) hasmanaged and participated in several ambitious, complex, multi-year partner-ships during the last 15 years. Beth McGrath, CIESE director, describes theCenter’s experiences and lessons learned in these ongoing collaborations.

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As a follow up to the announcement inthe last issue of SSoE InFocus, Stevenshas now established a formal partner-ship with the Intrepid Sea-Air-SpaceMuseum. The primary focus of this part-nership, and the one that brought theparties together, is to support the con-servation of the Intrepid’s exhibits, inparticular the British Airways Concordethat arrived on November 25th 2003after a spectacular ride by barge throughthe New York Harbor from JFK airport.

The partnership agreement also envi-sions a role for the Intrepid in several ofStevens’ research thrusts. The first isassociated with aircraft conservationactivities but extends to the develop-ment of new techniques to monitor cor-rosion in ageing aircraft. This is of criti-cal interest to both commercial and mili-tary aviation. The Intrepid’s flight deckaircraft and the Concorde can provide arange of convenient monitoring plat-forms. Prof. Dimitri Donskoy of theDavidson Laboratory and I are develop-ing a program in this area.

Another research connection is with theCenter for Maritime Systems at Stevens,which has projects that relate to moni-toring and modeling the New YorkHarbor environment, infrastructure andsecurity. It is anticipated that a weatherstation and a variety of sensing devices,such as for water salinity, flow, turbidity,air and water contaminants, etc. will belocated at the Intrepid and the data fedto researchers at Stevens, in some casesto be used in real-time modeling of theHarbor.

The Intrepid has also agreed to hostfacilities associated with the research ofWiNSec which investigates secure wire-less communications technologies, suchas secure line-of-sight optical communi-cation and secure networked harbormonitoring. This and some of the otheractivity described above relate to

Homeland Security; anarea of particular interestto Col.Tom Tyrell, the CEOof the Intrepid. He wouldalso like the museum towork with Stevens todevelop a HomelandSecurity exhibit.

Collaboration on the edu-cation front has alreadycommenced with a teamof six EngineeringManagement undergradu-ate seniors working todevelop a technical and

management plan for conservation ofthe Concorde as their capstone project.Other educational initiatives are underdiscussion including leveraging the vari-ous activities described above for out-reach, exhibits and the development of aWeb site as an educational resource(http://www.stevens.edu/sip).

Designing a pavilionto house theConcorde is the goalof an exciting studentcompetition that isgetting under way.Prof. John Nastasi,who recently joinedStevens, and Prof.

Leslie Brunell, coordi-

nator of the senior design projects inCivil Engineering, are jointly overseeingthe project. The goal is to design a light-weight structure on Pier 86 alongsidethe Intrepid that will protect theConcorde from the elements. The chal-lenge is to design a cost effective andfunctional building that also captures thegrace and visual excitement of theConcorde that it will house. It is antici-pated that Leslie’s undergraduates fromCivil Engineering and other disciplineswill team with graduate students (withan architecture background) who areparticipating in the new masters pro-gram in Product Architecture andEngineering lead by John. Students

from other colleges will be invited toparticipate along with architecture stu-dents from Beykent University inIstanbul, an institution with whichStevens has developed a significant rela-tionship including student and facultyexchanges. Having Stevens’ studentsparticipate in an international virtualdesign team with those from Beykent ispart of a larger effort in the School ofEngineering to expand our students’global awareness and preparation forworking in an internationally connectedworkplace. ■__________________________________________

By: Dr. Keith Sheppard, Associate Deanof Engineering

STEVENS – INTREPID MUSEUM PARTNERSHIP

Concorde Arrives at the Intrepid – Keith Sheppard (right)

with Intrepid VP Jerry Roberts (center) and some of the

British Airways engineers who kept her flying.

Collaboration on the education front has already commencedwith a team of six Engineering Management undergraduate sen-iors working to develop a technical and management plan forconservation of the Concorde as their capstone project.

John Nastasi, Industry Professor A practitioner and professor engaged inboth a critical design practice and design education for the past 12 years, John

Nastasi joins Stevens’ Mechanical Engineering Department. The new curriculumoffering at The Product–Architecture Lab, developed by Nastasi in conjunction

with Professor Souran Manoochehri, offers a graduate program that is immersedin the following tracts of study: the interdisciplinary study of Product Design,

Computational Architecture and Engineering with production methodologies andemerging 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 ofinteractive and performative environments. Nastasi is a recipient of Harvard

University’s Rice Prize for the Advancement of Architecture and Engineering andnumerous other honors and awards. Nastasi holds a master’s degree in Design from

Harvard. His design practice, Nastasi Architects, is an award winning and progressivedesign/build firm in Hoboken N.J.

Dr. Daniel J.Wasser, Industry Professor Daniel J. Wasser joins the Department ofMechanical Engineering. At Stevens, he will be expanding the curriculum of thePharmaceutical Manufacturing Practices Program as well as developing industry partner-ships and coordinating senior design projects. Previously, Wasser worked at FosterWheeler Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences, as Principal Developer, Advanced Systemsand Validation Group. Prior to that, he worked at Mobil Technology Corporation asAdvanced Control Engineer, Advanced Control Automation Projects (ACAP) group. Earlier,at Mobil Research and Development Corporation, Wasser held the title of ResearchEngineer, Computer Systems and Pilot Unit Automation Group. His areas of interest includeapplications of AI and expert systems technologies to manufacturing, process modeling,automation, optimization, and decision support. Wasser holds a doctorate in BiomedicalEngineering 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), joinedDavidson Laboratory in October 2003 as Director of Strategic Research and Development. Heserved as a consultant in Information Systems and Homeland Security and held the title ofAssociate 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 DefenseAdvanced Research Projects Agency. His extensive military service includes a tour asCommanding Officer of the USS Peleliu and the USS Guam. Barnes also served as ExecutiveOfficer of the USS Constellation. He is a Fellow of the John F. Kennedy School ofGovernment, Harvard University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the AbileneChristian University, Abilene, Texas.

Dr. Chandra Kintala, Distinguished Industry Professor Chandra Kintala joins the Electrical andComputer Engineering Department as a Distinguished Industry Professor. Prior to joiningStevens, he served as Vice President, Network Software Research and Realization Center, inAvaya Labs, a spin-off from Bell Labs. Previously, he was Director of Distributed SoftwareResearch in Bell Labs. Kintala received a ComputerWorld-sponsored Smithsonian medal forSwiFT technology at Lucent in 1998. He is currently Vice-Chairman of IFIP WG1.2, Memberof IFIP World Congress for 2004, General Chair for DSN (Dependable Systems andNetworks) Conference for 2006, and a IEEE Senior Member. He obtained his doctorate inComputer Science from Penn State, holds five software patents and has published over40 research papers on topics in software fault tolerance, programming environments andtheoretical computer science.

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Dr. Woo Young Lee was elected a Fellow of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS). Lee chairs theDepartment of Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering and founded the New Jersey Center forMicroChemical Systems in 2002.

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

Dr. Stuart Tewksbury is the Director of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department (ECE) andwas 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 PicatinnyArsenal. Stevens' Design and Manufacturing Institute (DMI), headed by Dr. Souran Manoochehri, willwork 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 DMIhas been working for some time on the use of composite materials for weapons systems, and thatDMI's longstanding research involvement at Picatinny makes it a natural fit to participate actively inbuilding the National Small Arms Center.

Professor Xiaoguang Meng was recently appointed Director of Technical and Academic Development atthe Center for Environmental Systems (CES). Professor Meng has been a leading researcher at CESsince he joined Stevens in 1993. He is a nationally and internationally renowned expert in environmentalsurface chemistry and in the treatment of water contaminated with heavy metals and other inorganiccontaminants.

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 PresidentWang of Tunghai University. The proposal is for a "dual-degree" program in environmental engineeringwith the potential for expanding the partnership to include student/faculty exchange and collaborativeresearch. While in Taiwan, they also met with the Director of the Center for Environmental Safety andHealth Technology Development, a division of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), toestablish a research and educational alliance with ITRI and other industrial partners. Visiting scholarsthrough 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) onSeptember 2003, in Seattle, WA. The ERF is a multidisciplinary organization with over 1500 memberswho study and manage the structure and functions of estuaries and the effects of human activities onthese fragile environments. Dr. Blumberg also recently established the Urban Ocean Observatory - TheNew York Harbor Observing and Prediction System. The system, funded by the Navy’s Office of NavalResearch, produces "nowcasts" and 48 hour forecasts of water levels, waves, temperatures, salinitiesand currents in the waters of New York and New Jersey. The simulations are performed and archived onthe Stevens Hydrodynamic Computational Laboratory’s high-performance computer cluster resident inthe Davidson Laboratory. Visit the forecast Website at http://onr.dl.stevens-tech.edu/webnyhos3/ formore information.

Dr Sumit Ghosh of ECE was appointed the first VP for Education, Society for Modeling and SimulationInternational (SCS). One of his responsibilities is to architect a comprehensive framework towardsdeveloping 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 ofEngineering Companies of New Jersey (ACEC). The ACEC "has a proven record of success in advancingengineering 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 ofCivil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

In his new book, Chemical Process Engineering, Professor Emeritus Harry Silla presents asystematic approach to solving design problems by listing the needed equations, calculat-ing degrees-of-freedom and developing calculations to generate process specifications.

Dr. Christos Christodoulatos

Dr. Kishore Pochiraju

V.P. Henry P. Dobbelaar

Dr. Stuart Tewksbury

Cheryl Ann Frank, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tohru Suwa, Mechanical Engineering

Dominik Hepp, Computer Engineering

Justin Meyer, Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering

Ravi Pitchika, Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

Gang Shen, Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering

2003 OUTSTANDING TEACHING ASSISTANT AWARD

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SSSOE

Capstone Senior Design projects play acritical role in bridging academic andreal-life technical experiences for manyundergraduate students across the globe.Students learn design methodologies,systems integration, teamwork, projectcost and time management. In anincreasingly global economy, productdevelopment teams geographically spanthe entire globe. Engineers must learn tocollaborate with others under cultural,language and time differences. Thisdesign project aims to integrate studentlearning on global collaboration with thetechnical design of a challenging system.The objectives of the project are:• Design a micro-electro-mechanical sys-tem (MEMS) as the focus of the designproject.• Develop a device engineering team that

geographically spans across theglobe creating the platform for multi-cultural and multi-time zone collaboration• Use Internet-aware virtual design,simulation and manufacturing toolsthat provide Product LifeManagement (PLM) framework.The team includes students and pro-fessors from Stevens Institute ofTechnology (Profs. K. Pochiraju, C.Chassapis and S. Manoochehri) whowill provide the design and project lead-ership experience, the University ofPhilippines, Quezon City, Philippines(Prof. R. Dimagiba) taking a lead role indeveloping the manufacturing, and theNational Institute of Technology,Warangal, India (Prof. B. Babu) leadingthe simulation support. The project will

deploy and use several collaborativeengineering software tools in order tofacilitate communication and make themulti-national collaboration feasible. Thesoftware tools used for engineeringdesign, simulation and evaluation ofdesign for manufacturability will beInternet-aware and are capable ofProduct Life Cycle Management. ■

GLOBAL STUDENT COLLABORATIONS By Dr. Kishore Pochiraju

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