Professor E H Yang, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has co-authored and published the paper Modeling of frictional gas flow effects in a piezoelectrically actuated low leak-rate microvalve under high-pressure conditions in the Institute of Physics (IOP) Publishing Journal, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering.

This paper discusses how a one-dimensional modeling of steady frictional radial flow of a perfect gas ...read more

"I am very happy to receive this fellowship as the experts in this specialized area have recognized my research and contributions as a further understanding in the important area acoustics of ducts; it has several applications such as mufflers, HVAC, flow piping, etc. This also recognizes Stevens and our Mechanical Engineering Department as a place where important work in this area of duct acoustics, in particular, and acoustics, in general, is being carried out," said Prasad.

Prasad has b ...read more

Dr. Frank Fisher of the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology has received a Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). This grant will enhance the research and educational initiatives under way at Stevens in the areas of nanotechnology and multi-scale engineering.

Acquired in collaboration with Dr. Henry Du, Dr. Yong Shi and Dr. Zhenqi Zhu, the Nanoscale Manipulation and Experimental Characterization Instrument ( ...read more

Dr. Marehalli G. Prasad, professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology, has been elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America due to his many contributions to the acoustics of ducts and mufflers. The announcement of his election and the presentation of his Fellowship certificate will be made at the plenary session of the 152 nd meeting of the Society to be held on November 30, 2006 in Honolulu , HI . This meeting is jointly organized with the Acoustical Society ...read more

For more information please contact:

Dr. Marehalli Prasad
Professor
Room E305
Phone: 201.216.5571
Fax: 201.216.8315

mprasad@stevens.edu

The multi-disciplinary graduate program in pharmaceutical manufacturing engineering was developed to provide the necessary skills to engineers and others in healthcare related industries. The focus is manufacturing and the facilities needed for manufacturing, within the framework of the regulatory requirements in the pharmaceutical industry. FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) regulatory requirements include GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) and QSR (Quality Systems Regulations). These FDA-regulated ...read more

The Stevens Institute of Technology American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Student Section won three awards at the Regional ASME Student Conference, held at Fairleigh Dickinson University , Teaneck , N.J. , on April 1, 2006.

First place for Web Design Presentation went to students Ryan Donovan, Michael Freeman, Robert Hoar, Thomas Presutti and Oliver Pierce Smith for their Women’s Lacrosse Skill Development and Training Device. Richard Berkof, a Professor in Stevens’ Mechanical ...read more

The Nanotechnology Graduate Program (NGP) degree concentration is formally approved by the Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee. The Program is the result of several brainstorming sessions of the Faculty Working Group on Nanotechnology Graduate Education led by Professor Henry Du of CBME to create the necessary educational infrastructure equip Stevens? graduate students with the interdisciplinary intellectual capacity necessary to compete and excel in the ever expanding world of nanotechnology. ...read more