President Nariman Farvardin was honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey as Educator of the Year on Nov. 3 at the Liberty Science Center. This is only one in a handful of awards and accolades that Stevens has received under his tenure. Throughout the course of five years, Stevens has won the 2015 Department of Energy Solar Decathlon, risen in rank in U.S. News and World Report ranking of the nation’s top universities, and, most notably, has been ranked as #3 in the U.S. for return on investment.
The R&D council will also present awards to Dr. Marcus Weldon, the president of Nokia Bells Labs and the Nokia Corporate Chief Technology Officer, and Caren Franzini, the CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. They were honored and recognized because of their individual contributions to research and development, business, and STEM education.
The R&D will recognize additional winners, spanning 11 different categories in patent work. These categories are agriculture, biotechnology, defense, drug delivery technology, enabling technology, energy, industrial process, industrial product, medical device, medical technology and telecommunications.
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