Hess Corporation donates funds
to Stevens’ Computer Science Department

HOBOKEN , N.J. — On December 20, the Computer Science Department at Stevens Institute of Technology received a donation from Hess Corporation, the well-known Fortune 100 company.

Peter Walton, Chief Information Officer at Hess Corporation, and Angela Shuster, Human Resources Manager, personally delivered a check to Dr. Dominic Duggan, chair of the department, along with Professors Lawrence Bernstein and Ruth Schwartz.

The representatives from Hess Corporation cited, as a particular strength of Stevens’ computer science students, their unique combination of problem-solving skills and business skills.

“These skills are the result of a rigorous development of problem-solving skills in the computer science curriculum,” said Duggan, “as well as the development of business skills in project-oriented courses.”
Some of these project-oriented courses allow outside organizations and companies to be clients for student projects, a novel aspect of the computer science curriculum.

Companies interested in partnering with Stevens’ Computer Science Department should contact Professor Duggan at cs-chair@cs.stevens.edu, to discuss potential for involvement in such projects.

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 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time 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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