Technology With Purpose: Stevens Research and Innovation

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Technology, applied with purpose, has the power to transform the world.

At Stevens, that purpose has a shape. Our research enterprise is organized around five Grand Challenges and Opportunities — enduring, complex problems of regional, national and global importance: health and well-being, urban and coastal sustainability and resilience, national and cyber security, economic prosperity and stability, and the societal transformation driven by AI and quantum technologies. Faculty-owned and interdisciplinary by design, this framework is built to attract the partners, funders and collaborators who want to work on problems that matter.

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Stevens Impact 2032

Stevens research is guided by an ambitious strategic plan — one that charts a course from our foundational strengths to transformative societal impact. Read the plan to understand where Stevens research is headed and how we're organized to get there.

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AI for Societal Good

Stevens researchers are leveraging AI to predict disease, detect drones, forecast floods, optimize energy use, ensure safer infrastructure... and much more

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Stevens Saves Lives

In an era of climate change and stronger floods and storms, Stevens provides life-saving data and forecasts daily to agencies, planners and communities

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Greening the Grid

The power grids that light and power our homes and business are evolving to become more reliable and equitable. Stevens researchers are helping engineer that future.

By The Numbers

199%
increase in Stevens research funding since 2011
#9
for 40-year ROI (Georgetown University, 2025)
$99,000+
Avg starting salary of computer science grads
$100 million+
awarded to the Systems Engineering Research Center
199%
increase in Stevens research funding since 2011
#9
for 40-year ROI (Georgetown University, 2025)
$99,000+
Avg starting salary of computer science grads
$100 million+
awarded to the Systems Engineering Research Center
199%
increase in Stevens research funding since 2011
#9
for 40-year ROI (Georgetown University, 2025)
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Impact: Stevens’ Research Newsletter

Spring 2026

Twice each year, Impact: Stevens' Research Newsletter brings together the research stories, recognitions and partnerships that define the Stevens enterprise. The spring issue introduces Stevens Impact 2032, our new Research and Innovation Strategic Plan, alongside the work that brings it to life.

  • A new direction for Stevens research

  • The launch of the School of Computing

  • A first Keck Foundation grant for Stevens

  • Quantum control

  • AI for safer drinking water

  • A robotic hand for combat care

  • A Goldwater Scholar

  • A Stevens-built robot heading into the Lincoln Tunnel

READ SPRING 2026See Previous Issues

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The challenges that define our era don't respect academic boundaries — and neither does Stevens research. Watch how our faculty, students and centers are already tackling the Grand Challenges and Opportunities at the heart of Stevens Impact 2032.

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