Anthony Najem, Totowa, NJ, is Stevens 4.0 graduate

HOBOKEN , N.J. — Stevens Institute of Technology’s Class of 2008 is fortunate to have Anthony Najem, Totowa, N.J., as one of three students graduating with perfect 4.0 Grade Point Averages.

The son of Walid and Rania Najem of Totowa, N.J., brother of Jason, Anthony is graduating with a Bachelor of Engineering degree with High Honors from the Chemical Engineering program in The Schaefer School of Engineering and Science. He is also graduating with a Master of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering and a Graduate Certificate in Engineering Management from the School of Systems & Enterprises.

Among the awards and honors bestowed on Najem as an undergraduate are the Lee Parker Memorial Award (AIChE), the Colgate Excellence in Quality Award (Colgate Palmolive Company), and the Stevens Scholar Award. He has also been the recipient of the Edwin A. Stevens Scholarship, a Scholars of Excellence award and the Bloustein Distinguished Scholar award. He has appeared consistently on the Dean’s List.

“In 2003, when I started my undergraduate years, Stevens was one of only six schools in the nation that offered the Bachelor of Engineering degree,” said Najem, speaking of why he chose Stevens for his undergraduate studies. “Stevens automatically waived the application process, admitting me into its Scholars Program, which allowed me to conduct paid summer research within my department, as well as take free summer classes to complete my Master of Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering, in the same amount of time as my undergraduate degree. Stevens also has one of the best career development teams in the country, achieving 99 percent job placement for its graduates – and I liked that a lot. Stevens’ excellent cooperative education program also allowed me an opportunity to gain work experience during my undergraduate years.

“Finally, who could resist the great view of the most magnificent city in the world?” he concluded.

Najem participated in the Stevens Cooperative Education program, working two summers at BP Lubricants USA and during a fall semester for Colgate-Palmolive Company’s Global Growth Group. He also worked as a Scholar Researcher for the NJ Center for MicroChemical Systems at Stevens. He also served as a tutor for the Stevens Academic Center and as a Teaching Assistant on behalf of Professor Suphan Kovenklioglu in the Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Engineering department. He also credits Professors Kovenklioglu and Ronald Besser for inspiring him to discover new areas of expertise and achievement.

“I will remember the atmosphere of Stevens most fondly – being around the best and the brightest technology students, being a boat-ride away from the financial capital of the world, being around an intelligent and caring faculty, being around people from industry, and most importantly, being around classmates who help each other to succeed,” said Najem. “Stevens does not only offer an amazing curriculum, but also prepares its students for the real world, which I feel makes Stevens much more special, and Stevens students much more recruited, than engineering students from the Ivy League schools.”

Najem will vacation in Southern Europe immediately following graduation, and in the fall will begin working for ExxonMobil Oil Corporation as part of the company’s Refining and Supply Unit–Beaumont Area Projects in Beaumont, Texas.

Anthony Najem is a graduate of Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls, N.J., where he also finished first in his graduating class. During his high school years he received, among other honors, the New Jersey Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology Scholar Award and the Bausch & Lomb Science Award. He is fluent in both English and Arabic.

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 2,040 undergraduate and 3,085 graduate students, and a worldwide online enrollment of 2,250, with a full-time tenured/tenure-track faculty of 140 and more than 200 full-time special 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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