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Research Pillars

Stevens conducts leading-edge research in a range of critical disciplines. The university has chosen to exert particular research focus on six specific foundational pillars in which Stevens currently possesses leading expertise.

Each pillar represents an interdisciplinary domain in which the university engages diverse collaborators, both internally and externally, in dynamic partnerships that further both fundamental and applied research in the domain — creating societal benefit in the process.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Stevens develops artificial intelligence for societal good, while also studying and working to mitigate its potential drawbacks, through the interdisciplinary Stevens Institute for Artificial Intelligence (SIAI).

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Business & Finance

Powered by the Hanlon Financial Systems Center, a state-of-the-art financial research and teaching facility, Stevens research touches all aspects of business, fintech and the financial industry including regulation, investment, market stress-testing and prediction, leadership and labor economics.

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Energy & Sustainability

Stevens develops sustainable solutions for the future of the planet, including new materials, smarter power grids, better batteries and renewable energy sources

BIoMed

Health & Medicine

Through our interdisciplinary Semcer Center for Healthcare Innovation (CHI), Stevens is working in key research areas toward the future benefit of patients worldwide.

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Quantum Science & Engineering

Stevens explores the leading edges of quantum science, developing novel hardware, algorithmic systems and applications for computing, communication, privacy, finance, homeland security and more through the university's Center for Quantum Science and Engineering (CQSE).

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Urban & Coastal Resilience

Stevens' Davidson Laboratory is a national leader in resiliency research, helping communities plan, prepare and face challenges such as extreme weather and climate change with leading-edge prediction systems and engineered defenses.


Office of the Vice Provost for Research & Innovation


LOCATION ON CAMPUS

Edwin A. Stevens Hall
Room 314

CONTACT TYPES

p. 201.216.5280
e. [email protected]
f. 201.216.5203