Center for Innovation in
Engineering and Science Education

STEM Education at Stevens

Our mission ignites our work: To inspire, nurture and educate leaders for tomorrow’s technology-centric environment while contributing to the solutions of the most challenging problems of our time.

CIESE develops and supports effective innovative curricula and professional development and conducts research in order to inspire, catalyze and strengthen scientific, technological, engineering and mathematics literacy for K-12 and higher education.

We aspire to a society in which scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical literacy and social responsibility inform careers, citizenship and personal decision-making and contribute to solving the critical problems that face humanity.

Highlighted Projects

PISA2

Partnership to Improve Student Achievement in Physical Science: Integrating STEM Approaches

Grades 3-8 teachers learn to place engineering design, model making and explanation and evidence at the center of their science teaching in this National Science Foundation sponsored Mathematics and Science Partnership program.

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WaterBotics®

Build IT Underwater Robotics Scale-Up for STEM Learning and Workforce Development (BISU) Project

WaterBotics® teaches engineering design to middle and high school youth. With LEGO® materials, they design, build, program and optimize underwater robots, learn STEM concepts, and gain interest and awareness of engineering and information technology careers.

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NJ PRIME

NJ Partnership for Research to Improve Mathematics Education

Mathematics practices, content knowledge and student thinking are at the center of the effort to increase teaching expertise and leadership talents in this New Jersey Mathematics and Science Partnership program designed to increase the academic achievement of elementary students in mathematics.

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Project Infuse

An Examination of Science Teachers’ Conceptual Learning through Concept-Based Engineering Professional Development

Biology and physics teachers are learning to infuse engineering design into their existing teaching and current instructional materials, building meaningful connections between engineering and core science ideas.

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