Charles V. Schaefer, Jr.
School of Engineering
& Science

Over 140 Years of Inventors and Entrepreneurs Shaping Our Future

History
A Legacy of Inventors and Entrepreneurs Shaping Our Future

"Per aspera ad astra"
The Institute's motto, meaning through adversity to the stars, is as applicable today as it was over 140 years ago. The Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology originally began as a school of Mechanical Engineering, but has grown to incorporate engineering and science graduate and undergraduate programs, all with specialized areas of concentration. The school now boasts three National Research Centers. Enrollment is at an all-time high, and so is research. In the past two years alone, faculty research funding by the National Science Foundation has increased five-fold. More patents for student and faculty projects are issued every year as the school continues a tradition of entrepreneurship that has defined Stevens since 1870.

The atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship has led to some remarkable accomplishments. View a timeline of inventiveness at Stevens, from its founding by the Stevens family of engineers, inventors, and pioneers, to homegrown companies and leading-edge research.