Steven's Institute of Tech

SPRING 2023

RESEARCH & INNOVATION

Associate Professor Cheng Chen Receives $1.4M DoD Grant to Study Groundwater Remediation

Literally groundbreaking research aims to improve subsurface contamination remediation by using hydraulic fracturing to remove contaminants trapped in low-permeability aquifers

$Model of hydraulic fracking facility designed to inject high-pressure water and sand particles to break blockages and remove contaminants.$

Environmental Engineering Professor Awarded $1.29M Grant to Explore Green Tech for Remediating ‘Forever Chemicals’

Dibs Sarkar’s research may give waste a new life fighting environmental contamination via a $1.29M grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Residuals storage area in a drinking water treatment plant in Florida

Marouane Temimi Receives $437K Grant to Improve Predictions of Potentially Dangerous Ice-induced Flooding

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration award to Dr. Temimi’s iSMART Laboratory aims at enhancing the modeling and mapping of a critical component that is still missing in the current version of the National Water Model (NWM)

Stevens Student Ingenuity = Quieter, Greener Ferries for the Galapagos Islands

A Stevens student team is collaborating with a coastal technical university in Ecuador to help create smoother — and lower-impact — rides around Galapagos

Research Associate Professor to Design DARPA Liberty Lifter Military Seaplane

Raju Datla is leading Stevens’ research contributions to a United States military seaplane that can work efficiently at just above the water surface and can sustain flight as high as 10,000 feet above that

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

Department of Defense honors two Stevens undergraduates, Ph.D. student recognized for renewable energy research

Emily Leiby '24 '25, civil engineering undergraduate student and Emma McCann '24, environmental engineering undergraduate and co-op student, are recipients of the U.S. Department of Defense Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship. This award provides both students with full tuition for up to five years, mentorship, summer internships, a stipend and full-time employment with the DoD after graduation.

Erfan Amini, Ph.D. student, won the "2022 Clean Energy College Student of The Year" by The Cleanie Awards for his high-quality research of ocean renewable energy conversion and optimization. Amini is advised by Dr. Reza Marsooli.

Emily Leiby, Emma McCann and Erfan Amini

Scholarship Awarded to Construction Engineering and Management Student

Yash Shah, master's student in the construction engineering and management program, was the recipient of the Jerome Frommer Memorial Scholarship, issued through the Utilities and Transportation Contractors Association to provide students with the opportunity to advance their studies in the field of construction.

Aspa Kokro wins inaugural Donald L. Blount Scholarship

Aspa Kokro has been selected as the inaugural Donald L. Blount Scholar by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He will receive $10,000 to support his studies of High-Speed Craft Hydrodynamics at Davidson Laboratory. This high honor is both a recognition of his accomplishments and evidence of SNAME’s confidence in his ability to achieve greater stature in the profession. Kokro is advised by Dr. Raju Datla.

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