Two unparalleled strengths—intense academic rigor and one-on-one faculty attention—have placed the Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management among the elite of U.S schools in the field. While at Howe, students might explore human-robot interactions under a $1.3 million federal grant, investigate technology clusters with the former network director for Lucent Technologies Bell Labs, or break new ground with a creator of international standards in business process management. No wonder Optimize ranks Howe among the top five technology management schools nationwide, and the Journal of Product Innovation Management cites it as one of the field’s top 10 research institutes.

Faculty Distinction

• Associate Professor M. Hosein Fallah led Lucent Technologies Bell Labs as director of network planning and systems engineering. He focuses on technology clusters and telecommunications policy.
• In product development, Associate Professor Peter Koen has held senior management positions in AT&T Bell Labs and Becton Dickinson. In medicine, he has both taught and conducted research at leading medical schools.
• Professor C. Timothy Koeller specializes in the economics of innovation and R&D, as well as entrepreneurship. He is a regular contributor to his fields’ leading journals.
• Associate Professor Thomas Lechler conducts seminal research in project management, entrepreneurship, and innovation strategy under grants from such organizations as NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Project Management Institute.
• Assistant Professor Ann Mooney, who studies strategic decision making at the CEO and board levels, has consulted with numerous Fortune 500 companies.
• Human-robot interactions, sensor networks, and social networks form the core of Associate Professor Jeffrey Nickerson’s research. His recent grants include $1.3 million from the Office of Naval Research and $250,000 from Verizon.
• A former research psychologist with Bell Labs, AT&T, and the Educational Testing Service, Professor Richard Reilly is the co-author of Blockbusters: The Five Keys to Developing Great New Products.
• During his time at Rafael, the Armament Development Authority of Israel, Institute Professor of Management Aaron Shenhar led over 1,000 engineers and scientists as president of the electronic systems division. A fellow of NASA’s Center for Project/Program Management Research, he recently published a monograph, Reinventing Project Management: The Diamond Approach to Successful Growth and Innovation, through the Harvard Business School Press.
• An active contributor to standards in the business process management field, Assistant Professor Michael zur Muehlen has presented his research in 20 countries and consulted for such giants as Deutsche Telekom, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, and major U.S. government agencies.

• Technology innovation and entrepreneurship. The Consortium for Corporate Entrepreneurship works with Fortune 100 companies like ExxonMobil to accelerate the development of highly profitable products and services. Researchers explore the “front end of innovation”—the key activities before new product development—and countless other areas.
• Decision technologies. Networks of robots, sensors, and people occupy center stage at The Center for Decision Technologies. Research covers topics from human-robot interactions in emergency response to the detection of hostile intent via movement patterns.
• Process innovation. At this Center of Excellence, Stevens faculty constantly ask how to design better processes—and better manage those processes—within a company. Specific projects investigate a range of topics, from task allocation in complex systems to advanced monitoring of workflows across organizations.
• Teams and leadership. Researchers in this area investigate the dynamics of entrepreneurial founder teams, top management teams, virtual teams, and project management leadership. 
• Project management. Stevens investigators focus their research on project value, the management of large scale projects, and strategic behavior within projects.

The Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. Center for Technology Management is an award-winning showcase for advanced learning and research just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. With wireless Internet access throughout, the center houses a 125-seat auditorium, a business/research computer laboratory, a business and technology library, six conference centers, and other spaces around a soaring atrium.

Dr. Muhammadou Kah ranks among Africa’s most eminent investigators of IT’s role in poverty reduction and economic growth—a pressing concern for this emerging continent. He is the founding dean of the School of Information Technology and Communications at ABTI-American University of Nigeria.

To enter a graduate engineering program at Stevens, you must submit the following:

• Completed application
• Application fee
• Official college transcripts from all colleges attended
• Official or attested conferment of bachelor’s degree
• Two letters of recommendation

International applicants (who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents) must also submit:

• Official TOEFL score, sent to School Code #2819
• Financial Verification Form or I-134

To enter the doctoral program in ocean engineering, you must apply through the departmental graduate admissions committee. Admission is based on a review of your scholastic record. A master’s degree is required; your master’s-level academic performance must reflect your capability to pursue advanced studies and conduct independent research.

You must earn 90 graduate credits to complete the doctoral program. Of these credits, 15 to 30 must be earned through course work, and 30 to 45 via dissertation work. You may apply up to 30 credits from a master’s program toward your doctoral degree.

Within two years of your admission, you must take a written qualifying examination to test your comprehension of engineering fundamentals and mathematics. After passing the qualifying examination and completing the required course work, you must take an oral preliminary examination to evaluate your aptitude for advanced research and your understanding of the subjects associated with your dissertation topics. Upon satisfactory completion of this oral examination, you become a doctoral candidate and start your dissertation research.

Doctoral research must be based on an original investigation, and the results must make a significant, state-of-the-art contribution to the field, worthy of publication in current professional literature. At the completion of the research, you must defend your thesis in a public presentation.