Faculty will provide live instruction, transmitted to several Langan offices
Hoboken, N.J. — Langan Engineering and Environment Services, Inc., a major New Jersey engineering firm, has partnered with Stevens Institute of Technology to deliver graduate-level civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering courses to employees at its Elmwood Park headquarters. Leveraging the company’s state-of-the-art video-cast technology to extend learning to Langan’s branch offices, Stevens’ faculty provide live instruction, transmitted simultaneously to other Langan offices in New Jersey, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida.
Providing Langan employees with quality and continuity, Stevens’ industry-savvy instructors this spring are offering graduate-level courses in stormwater management and earth-supporting structures. Two more courses are scheduled at Langan this fall.
“Our partnership with Langan is another in Stevens continuing efforts to educate well-prepared graduates and advance knowledge through service to industry and the public good,” noted Professor Alan F. Blumberg, Director of Stevens’ Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering Department.
Langan is one of more than 50 local and national companies that have partnered with Stevens to provide employees with graduate education and training at corporate sites in New Jersey and elsewhere in the nation.
Established in 1970, Langan employs more than 550 staff members at its headquarters in Elmwood Park and at branches in New York City, N.Y.; New Haven, Conn.; Doylestown and Philadelphia, Pa.; Miami, Fla.; Trenton, N.J.; and, Las Vegas, Nev. The firm provides services in civil, geotechnical and environmental engineering throughout the US as well as Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Langan has been recognized for technical excellence and has received numerous awards from peer groups and professional organizations. During the past year, the firm was selected for three top awards in the annual Engineering Excellence National Competition sponsored by the American Council of Engineering Companies for its work on projects located in New Jersey, Florida and Greece.
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Established in 1870, Stevens offers baccalaureate, masters and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science, management and technology management, as well as a baccalaureate in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. Located directly across the Hudson River from Manhattan, the university has enrollments of approximately 1,780 undergraduates and 2,700 graduate students, and a current enrollment of 2,250 online-learning students worldwide. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.Stevens.edu.