Edward Friedman, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Edward began his career at Stevens in 1963 as a physics professor and oversaw undergraduate education as Dean of the College from 1973-86. His career included the development of a computer-intensive educational environment at Stevens, which in 1982 became the first college in the United States to require all students to own a computer. He received the Stevens Research Award in 1970, and that same year played a key role in a U.S. government program that developed the College of Engineering at Kabul University in Afghanistan.
In 1992, he was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to collaborate with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the role of computers in education and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Mathematics from Sofia University in 2000. In 2017, he was elected to the Board of Trustees of the American University of Bulgaria, where he contributes to the Educational Policy Committee.
He has published articles and developed courses dealing with nuclear weapons, the threat of nuclear terrorism and nuclear energy. He is a Board Member of the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning where he remains active in promoting innovative approaches to K-12 science and mathematics education.
C. Timothy Koeller, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Tim has been a vital contributor to Stevens for more than 40 years. His teaching excellence resulted in the Henry Morton Distinguished Teaching Professor Honor, while he played a significant administrative role as the Associate Dean for Research and Academics for the Howe School of Technology Management (now known as the School of Business). During his tenure in that role, he was instrumental in implementing the school’s strategic plan, managing the hiring of faculty during a time of rapid growth, overseeing academic units and their coordinators, and launching the e-journal that disseminated research being done at Stevens.
Tim’s research focused on the economics of innovation and entrepreneurship. He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers, earning a master’s degree in economics from Auburn, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Rutgers. He also completed a fellowship in economics at Washington University in St. Louis prior to beginning his teaching career. In 2023, he was honored with the annual Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award.
Jeffrey Nickerson, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
Jeff joined Stevens in 2001 and spent more than two decades shaping the School of Business as a scholar, administrator and mentor. He served as Associate Dean of Research from 2016 to 2020, a period during which he played a central role in advancing the school's research agenda and building its faculty. He subsequently held the Steven Schulman '62 Endowed Chair of Business Leadership and Professor of Digital Innovation until becoming Emeritus Professor in 2025.
His research centers on collective intelligence, design and creativity, and digital innovation, with a particular focus on how humans and machines collaborate to generate knowledge and solve problems. His work has appeared in leading venues including MIS Quarterly, the Journal of Management Information Systems and Communications of the ACM, and has been supported by multiple grants from the National Science Foundation.
Before entering academia, Jeff brought years of industry experience to his scholarship. He held technology and management roles at Time Inc. and AT&T, served as Vice President at Salomon Smith Barney and Associate Director at Bear Stearns, and spent seven years as a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. That breadth of experience, spanning finance, consulting, and technology, informed his teaching and his understanding of how digital innovation reshapes organizations and work.