INNOVATION AT STEVENS: CENTURIES OF INSPIRATION AND PROGRESS

Stevens has played a vital role in innovation and progress in America since it was established in 1870, and since the 18th century the founding Stevens family helped pave the way as New Jersey’s first family of inventors and engineers. The Stevens family were forward-thinking inventors, designers, engineers and urban planners and their influence is still very much felt and seen in Hoboken, and across the nation as shipbuilders and railway companies adapted their innovative designs across the country.

Just like the founding Stevens family, Stevens Institute of Technology has played a pivotal role in the history of technological and scientific advances in America. This exhibit will highlight not only the early inventions of the Stevens family but some of the most significant Stevens alumni and faculty who created inventions, developed impactful tools, or played a big role in developments in the arts, physics, engineering, technology and humanities over the years. Stevens has been successfully contributing to America’s innovation landscape and progress for centuries and continues to inspire the problem solvers and dreamers of today.