New Jersey Pi Chapter Report

Institution: Stevens Institute of Technology

Reporting Year: 2025-2026

Advisor: Jan Cannizzo

Advisor's Email Address: jcannizz@stevens.edu

Has There Been a Change in Chapter Advisor During the Past Year?: No

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: Ethan Kalika - President Chloe Borentain - Vice President

Chapter Website: http://

Number of New Members: 28

Number of Continuing Members: Approx. 43

Activities: 1. We hosted a team math competition. A competition in which students break into teams to solve questions thrown on a white board in a times environment. The team that gets the most points in the end wins. 2. We also hosted an integration bee which is a math competition where students compete to solve integral problems in an alloted time to collect points, at the end the three highest scorers win math related prizes like mathematics books

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? 1. We hosted a Team Mathematics Competition, in which students worked collaboratively in teams to solve mathematics problems presented on a whiteboard in a timed environment. Teams earned points based on the accuracy and speed of their solutions, and the team with the highest score at the conclusion of the competition was declared the winner. 2. We also hosted an Integration Bee, a mathematics competition in which students competed to solve integral problems within an allotted time limit to earn points. At the conclusion of the event, the top three scorers received mathematics-related prizes, including mathematical books.

Do you have any news about current students or recent graduations? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences, etc.
1. J.J. Conklin and Charles Morehead received the Outstanding Senior Research Project Award, an honor awarded by the Stevens mathematics faculty to the students whose senior research project was judged to be the most exceptional in originality, depth, and overall quality. 2. Katherine Fuentes was accepted into the Ph.D. program in Mathematics at Binghamton University. 3. Ethan Kalika successfully defended his Master’s thesis in Mathematics at Stevens Institute of Technology. 4. Connor Kravatz was awarded the Charles I. Petschek Scholarship, a distinction granted by the Stevens mathematics faculty in recognition of exemplary academic achievement, interest, and performance in mathematics. 5. Michael Catli successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis proposal. 6. Alexis Emerson was accepted into a mathematics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program in Michigan for the summer of 2026.

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.