The Research Enterprise

PhD candidate, Hardik Gajjar, presents paper on Economic Resilliency for Marine Terminals at the SAME 2012 Critical Infrastructure Symposium

April 26, 2012

Hardik Gajjar, Ocean Engineering, PhD candidate and Maritime Security Research Assistant within the National Center for Secure and Resilient Maritime Commerce (CSR), was selected to present his paper entitled Development of economic resiliency assessment framework for marine terminals, at the Society of American Military Engineers' (SAME) Critical Infrastructure Symposium on April 24, 2012, in Arlington,VA. The theme of this year's Symposium was "Full Spectrum Resilience". The Critical Infrastructure Symposium is a collaborative learning community comprised of students, educators, practitioners and government officials all engaged in developing the next generation of critical infrastructure protection and resilience leadership, technologies and strategies. The Symposium [Read more...]

Freedom of Information Act

April 16, 2012

To all faculty and staff associated with research: The Freedom of Information Act and the related Government in the Sunshine Act (5 USC 552b), which opened agency meetings and deliberations, were responses to public opinion that many of the government’s records and documents were unavailable to the general public. The Freedom of Information Act is often confused in the lay person’s mind as a regulation which allows unfettered access to any and all data produced at an organization. THIS IS NOT THE CASE and university personnel should be aware that any requests for data supported by federal funding must be [Read more...]

Our driver detecting technology is reported by the InsideScience and WCBS

April 13, 2012

Recently, our driver detecting technology is reported by the InsideScience and WCBS 880 News. You can find the detailed report at Inside Science (video): Technology Can Detect Driver Phone Use, and WCBS: Play. Inside Science provides editorially independent research news and information on science, engineering, mathematics, and related fields for general audiences through television, print and the Web. It is supported by the American Institute of Physics (AIP), a nonprofit publisher of scientific journals, based in College Park, MD, and a group of underwriters that include multiple science, technology, engineering, and mathematics organizations. WCBS Newsradio 880 is one of America’s most listened to radio [Read more...]

Graduate Tuition Rates for AY 2012-2013

March 6, 2012

To: All FacultyFrom: George P. Korfiatis, Provost & University VPDate: March 6, 2012Subject: Graduate Tuition Rates for AY 2012-2013Dear Colleague: As you may already know Stevens has adopted a new graduate tuition rate model for AY 2012-2013. This note is intended to explain how this new model impacts research projects.1. The Institute has set new graduate tuition rates for the AY 2012-2013. The graduate tuition starting on September 1, 2012 can be found in http://www.stevens.edu/sit/graduate/tuition/index.cfm2 . Effective immediately all proposals will be submitted with the new tution rates3. The new flat tuition rate will only apply to NEW full time [Read more...]

Our driver detecting technology is reported by the Wall Street Journal

February 25, 2012

Recently, our driver detecting technology is reported by the Wall Street Journal. You can find the detailed report at Idea Market: Smarter Anti-Distraction Software, and Week in Ideas: Just Drive, Dear. The Wall Street Journal is the largest newspaper in the United States, by circulation. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 2.1 million copies (including 400,000 online paid subscriptions), as of March 2010,[2] compared to USA Today's 1.8 million. Our driver detecting technology has appeared on many other news outlets including MIT technology review and Yahoo News. To find more news about this technology, please look into the news on [Read more...]

Dr. Brian Sauser: Simple Rules for Governing Complex Systems (VIDEO)

February 23, 2012

Simple Rules for Governing Complex Systems (VIDEO) In an era of ever increasing complexity, how can we use simple rules to govern complex systems such as system of systems and enterprises In this video, Dr. Brian Sauser, professor at the School of Systems & Enterprises presents an example of how the answer to this question is both simple and complex. VIEW VIDEO [Read more...]

The Discovery of Vorapaxar, Thrombin Receptor Antagonist

February 22, 2012

Samuel Chackalamannil, Ph.D. Distinguished Fellow from Merck Research2:00 P.M., Babbio 321 [Read more...]

NEW BOOK: A Journey Through the Systems Landscape; Harold Lawson

February 12, 2012

Systems Thinking has grown during the 20th century into highly useful discipline independent theories and practices. Systems Thinking focuses upon understanding the holistic properties of complex systems and, in particular, the dynamic relationships that arise in the interactions of multiple systems in operation. Systems Engineering has gained momentum during the latter part of the 20th century and has led to engineering related practices and standards that can be used in the life cycle management of complex systems. Systems Engineering focuses upon transforming the need for a system into a set of capabilties, requirements, functions or objects, that guides production of products [Read more...]

Inflammation and bacterial infection research nabs win for Stevens student

February 10, 2012

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Stevens SSE Faculty Lead Efforts to Release Newest Version of the Worldwide Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering "GRCSE 0.5"

January 9, 2012

The Graduate Reference Curriculum for Systems Engineering (GRCSE™) is the first ever worldwide release of an "official" reference curriculum for a systems-centric master’s level program in systems engineering. GRCSE provides a standardized set of recommendations for graduate level systems engineering programs, together with implementation guidance for a university to satisfy those recommendations. The newest version of GRCSE™ is available at http://www.bkcase.org/grcse-05/ for comment.“GRCSE project is ready for review and early adoption,” said Dr. Art Pyster of Stevens Institute of Technology, principal investigator on the GRCSE™ project. “GRCSE was motivated by the huge diversity in systems engineering graduate programs and the [Read more...]