Stevens researchers to produce diesel fuel from microalgae in a cost-competitive, high-performance CO2-neutral process.

Chances are that you have eaten corn today in some form. Corn is one of the largest crops produced in the United States, and it is used in many of the foods that almost everyone consumes every day. As an important biofuel source, corn is also used to produce significant amounts of ethanol for blending with gasoline. With the growing need for sustainable energy sources, abo ...read more

Funded by a $650,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biomass Program, Dr. Adeniyi Lawal of Stevens Institute of Technology will be leading a team  investigating microalgae as a biomass fuel source. Dr. Simon Podkolzin, also of Stevens, will serve as a Co-PI. Existing technology uses corn to produce significant amounts of ethanol for blending with gasoline, but with increasing demand for food and widespread drought, the price for corn has skyrocketed, raising ...read more

Orthopedic implants that reconstruct joints or repair trauma are continuously increasing in sophistication and prevalence, restoring function and mobility for over a million patients annually. The global market is expected to reach $30 billion in 2012 and $46.5 billion in 2017. However, about 1% of hip implants, 4% of knee implants, and more than 15% of implants associated with orthopedic ...read more

As has become habit in recent years, the Stevens community was incredibly well represented among honorees at the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame (NJIHoF). Four faculty members and five graduate students from the Schaefer School of Engineering and Science received awards at the 2012 ceremony, a black tie dinner held Oct. 18 at the W Hotel in Hob ...read more

The International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) has recognized the work of Stevens Institute of Technology graduate student Fei Tian with a prestigious Scholarship in Optics & Photonics. With funding by The National Science Foundation, Fei’s research utilizes photonic crystal fiber to create cutting-edge sensor technology in gas, chemical, or biological media.

Photonic crystal fiber (PCF) is a new class of optical fiber ...read more

Research will enhance molecular understanding of chemical reactions

Tao Chen, a PhD candidate from the Chemical Engineering & Materials Science Department at Stevens Institute of Technology, has won the first prize and a cash award for his research presentation at the annual symposium of the ...read more

Dr. Du and Dr. Sukhishvili’s collaboration wins grant from the National Science Foundation

Many vital chemical and biological processes in modern technology take place in microscopic, tightly constrained environments, where experimentation at macroscopic scale is no longer adequate to understand and exploit molecular behavior. Dr. Henry Du and ...read more

Nanoparticle catalysts for industrial chemical reactions use oxygen with only water as a byproduct

Environmental considerations can be costly, but they are not a luxury in an ecologically aware world; researchers must work urgently to devise new eco-friendly and economical practices for industrial applications. Dr. Si ...read more

Professor Du's interdisciplinary fiber-optic sensing research advances applications in environmental monitoring, medical diagnosis and energy production

Dr. Henry Du, Professor and Director of the Chemical Engineering & Materials Science department at Stevens ...read more

Nearly one-quarter of all adults experience some form of arthritis, leading to over $100 billion annually in medical costs and earnings losses. A Chemical Engineering student from Stevens Institute of Technology, David Monteiro, has conducted fundamental research that deepens our understanding of certain types of arthritis and brings medical science closer to effective treatm ...read more