New York State Marine Education Association to visit Stevens
NYSMEA board and members will hear about research at Stevens’
HOBOKEN , N.J. – Members of the New York State Marine Education Association (NYSMEA) will visit Stevens Institute of Technology on Saturday, February 23, 2008 , to hear about the research activities at the university’s Center for Maritime Systems (CMS) including the Center’s work in near coastal observation, naval architecture and maritime systems. The NYSMEA Board of Directors will meet in the morning on the Stevens campus. Then, in the afternoon, the Association's members will join the Board for presentations about Stevens and the CMS's programs as well as a walking tour of the campus and David son Laboratory. The visit to Stevens will be hosted by Dr. Thomas Wakeman, Deputy Director of the Center for Maritime Systems.
NYSMEA exists to promote marine awareness and encourage the growth and exchange of instructional resources within the scientific, commercial, and edu cational communities. Members include edu cators from all levels; museum, aquarium, and environmental center staff, research scientists, laboratory technicians and those with interests in SCUBA, fishing, boating, maritime history, folklore, archeology and the arts.About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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