Awards for Students

The following are the traditional awards administered by the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE):

UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS

The Hans J. Lang Award for Excellence in Cost Engineering and Engineering Economics

The Frederick Winslow Taylor Award

The Humphreys/ Ennis/ Lesser Award

The John Mihalasky Award

GRADUATE AWARDS

The Fabrycky-Blanchard Award

Excellence in Research Award

The Best Student Paper Award

The Outstanding Dissertation Award

ASEM Outstanding TA Award

ARDEC Fellowship (for ARDEC employees only)

The Hans J. Lang Award for Excellence in Cost Engineering and Engineering Economics

The Hans J. Lang Award for Excellence in Cost Engineering and Engineering Economics is awarded annually to the member of the Junior Class in Engineering Management who has distinguished him or herself in these topics and is in need of aid.

This award is given in memory of Hans Joachim Lang, Stevens class of 1934 by his family and faculty of the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management (BEEM).

Hans Lang was one of the most distinguished engineers who graduated from Stevens. After Stevens he worked for a number of engineering design and construction firms rising to Chief Executive Officer.  Hans Lang was internationally recognized for his accomplishments as evidence by his induction into the Project Management Hall of Fame.  However, the most visible symbol of his accomplishment as an engineer was the invention of the “Lang Factor”, still widely used today in cost estimation of capital costs in large engineering projects.

After retiring from industry, Hans Lang became a Distinguished Professor of Engineering Management where he developed and taught the Cost Estimation / Accounting course and the Engineering Economy course together with Professor Donald N. Merino, ’60.  The Engineering Economic text, “ The Selection Process for Capital Projects” co authored by Lang/ Merino is one of the leading texts of its kind on a world  -wide basis. He was instrumental in developing the undergraduate engineering program in Engineering Management at Stevens and increasing the economic literacy of all engineering students. More than a generation of Stevens students sought out Hans Lang for his advise and counsel.

He was a professional engineer and lawyer and served his community with distinction.

The Frederick Winslow Taylor Award

The Frederick Winslow Taylor, Engineering Management Award is given in memory of the most influential thinker in modern management theory and application.

Dr. Taylor, Stevens class of 1883, is known as the father of Scientific Management, and is widely recognized as the most influential pioneer of modern management.  A recent poll of top academician and industry leaders ranked Dr. Taylor as the number one “outstanding contributor to Management thought and practice.”  Below Taylor on this list were many Taylor disciples, including Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, Henry Gantt, Stevens class of 1885, and Henry Ford.

Taylor applied what he learned at Stevens to the world of business and particularly to the management of industrial enterprises.  His insight, and the use of science and engineering concepts in management, revolutionized the theory and practice of management.

This award is given to the graduating senior who did the most to promote Engineering Management in the undergraduate program at Stevens.  In short, it is awarded to the senior who followed in the steps of Frederick Winslow Taylor.

The Humphreys/ Ennis/ Lesser Award

The Humphreys/Ennis/Lesser Award is given in memory of three distinguished Stevens Institute of Technology graduates who were pioneers in establishing and promoting the field of Engineering Economics.  This award is given to the graduating seniors with the highest grade point averages in the Engineering Economics core courses.

Dr. Humphreys, Stevens class of 1881 and second President of Stevens, was considered the father of the Economics of Engineering.  Dr. Humphreys established the Department of Business Engineering in 1903, which later became the Department of Economics of Engineering,  and is now the System Engineering and Engineering Management (SEEM).  Dr. Humphreys’ lectures in Business Economics were instrumental in starting the field of Economics of Engineering, which later became Engineering Economics.

Dr. Ennis, Stevens class of 1887, was a professor of Engineering Economics and the Humphreys Chair of Economics of Engineering.  Dr. Ennis was a beloved teacher and renowned authority on economics, and he was frequently quoted in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on important economic issues in his day.

Dr. Lesser, Stevens class of 1931, succeeded Dr. Ennis as the Humphreys Chair and was also Head of the Department at Stevens.  In 1954, Dr. Lesser was the founding editor of The Engineering Economist, a journal devoted to the economics of capital investments.  In 1980 Dr. Lesser was the recipient of the prestigious Wellington Award, given by the Institute of  Industrial Engineers in recognition of outstanding service and contribution to the field of Engineering Economics.  Dr. Lesser was a master teacher of Engineering Economics and one of the top authorities in the field.

The John Mihalasky Award

The John Mihalasky Award is given in memory of Dr. John Mihalasky, the long time Director of the Bachelor of Engineering in Engineering Management Program (BEEM) and Coordinator of the Engineering Management Senior Design courses at Stevens Institute of Technology.

This award is given to the Senior Design team in Engineering Management who has distinguished themselves in developing a comprehensive senior design project that reflects that standard of professionalism that John Mihalasky taught his students.

Excellence in Research Award

The School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) Excellence in Research Award is granted annually to a Master’s degree student in the SSE at Stevens Institute of Technology, who has demonstrated exemplary research which has been published as a Master’s Thesis or a Master’s Project.   This award serves to honor and recognize those students whose written work has been deemed noteworthy and exceptional by a committee of SSE Faculty. click here

Students must

• be enrolled in a graduate degree program in the School of Systems and Enterprises;

• have completed Master’s Thesis or Master’s Project prior to nomination; and

• demonstrate superior technical quality as expressed by peer assessment (publications, nomination by an SSE Faculty member, letters of support from peers, etc.)

The Fabrycky-Blanchard Award

The Fabrycky-Blanchard Scholarship in Systems Engineering is awarded annually to a Systems Engineering doctoral student engaged in full-time study in the SSE.   This award is bestowed upon a doctoral student who exemplifies a spirit of leadership and research excellence in systems engineering. This award and distinction recognizes a doctoral student who has demonstrated exemplary academic performance and whom SSE research faculty deem most promising in their research and contribution to the study and practice of Systems Engineering.  The recipient of the Fabrycky-Blanchard Award will receive an annual scholarship toward their continued study in the SSE. click here

Students must meet the following criteria to be considered for this award:

a)    Admitted and enrolled as a full-time student in the School of Systems and Enterprises’ Systems Engineering Doctoral Program

b)    Letter of nomination by their SSE Faculty Advisor and/or a SSE Tenured Faculty Member (Faculty nominations and a sample of the students written work must be submitted by March 1 of each academic year.)

The Best Student Paper Award

The Best Student Paper Award for a peer-reviewed conference or journal paper is awarded annually to a graduate student in the School of Systems and Enterprises who has distinguished themselves in the conduct of scholarly literature. This award is chosen by the faculty of the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) and consists of a cash award and a plaque. 

For the paper to be considered,    the lead author of the paper must be a graduate student within SSE; and the paper must have been published at a peer-reviewed conference or in a peer-reviewed journal within the previous academic year of the award (Sept. to Aug.) click here

The Outstanding Dissertation Award

The Outstanding Dissertation Award for Research in Systems Engineering, Engineering Management, and Enterprise Systems is awarded annually to the PhD candidate in the School of Systems and Enterprises  who has distinguished him or herself in the conduct of research. This award is chosen by the faculty of the School of Systems and Enterprises (SSE) and consists of a cash award and a plaque.  A master plaque will be displayed in the SSE display case with past and current winners. click here

ASEM Outstanding TA Award

The ASEM Outstanding TA Award is presented to the outstanding Teaching Assistant in the School of Systems and Enterprises as chosen by the undergraduate students in the Engineering Management program.

The goal of this new fellowship is to develop outstanding ARDEC employees with research and development skills and experience in System Engineering utilizing Stevens Institute of Technology’s advanced System Engineering study programs.  All research activity will be directly related to accomplishing ARDEC’s mission.  Research activity will be coordinated with ARDEC Systems Engineering Directorate and Stevens Institute of Technology’s School of Systems and Enterprises. click here