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4 Stevens professors receive top Bright Idea Awards

Seton Hall's Stillman School picks best papers in New Jersey

Grant and Award Announcement

Stevens Institute of Technology

HOBOKEN, N.J. — Four professors at Stevens Institute of Technology have been selected to receive the Bright Idea Award, sponsored by the Stillman School of Business at Seton Hall University and the NKPRO Foundation, the public policy research affiliate of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association (NJBIA).

The professors – Christine V. Bullen, Ann C. Mooney, Patricia J. Holahan and Peerasit Patanakul – are each being awarded for their respective papers, all of which have placed within the top nine manuscripts from over 125 publications.

The two organizations have compiled the Seventh Annual Volume of the Published Research Works of business faculty within New Jersey from 2007.

Professor Bullen received the Bright Idea Award in Information Technology for her paper, "Changing IT skills: The impact of sourcing strategies on in-house capability requirements." Professor Patanakul received the Bright Idea Award in Project Management for his paper, "A decision support model for project manager assignments." And Professors Holahan and Mooney have each received the Bright Idea Award in Conflict Resolution for their paper, "Don't take it personally: Exploring cognitive conflict as a mediator of affective conflict."

The Awards Ceremony to honor these achievements, as well as the other Bright Idea honorees statewide, will take place on Friday, Nov. 7 at Middlesex County College.

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About Stevens Institute of Technology

Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value. Stevens offers baccalaureates, master's and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens' graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.

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