Departmental Advisory Boards

Biology and Biotechnology
Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry and Biochemistry
CIMS (Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Computer Science
Diversity Programs
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Fire Protection Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Interactive Media and Game Development
Management Collaborative for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Management Executive Council
Mathematical Sciences
Mechanical Engineering
Robotics Engineering
System Dynamics
Women’s Programs

The history of the WPI Advisory Boards is a distinguished one. With the first board established in 1980 and significant growth through the 80s, the boards have provided a vital and vibrant link between the university and industry, fostering a mutually beneficial exchange of ideas, advice, and resources-both human and capital-for nearly three decades. Today, the WPI Advisory Boards comprise a remarkable group of 189 women and men who are leaders in their respective fields. Advisory Board members hail from across the United States and around the world. They represent 116 companies, 25 academic institutions, and 12 government or not-for-profit agencies. And they lend their invaluable expertise to 19 WPI departments and programs.

BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
David F. Albertini Hall Professor of Molecular Medicine Kansas University Medical Center Kansas City, KS
M. Sawkat Anwer Professor and Associate Dean for Research Department of Biomedical Sciences Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine North Grafton, MA
Raymond M. Dunn ’78 Chief, Plastic Surgery UMass Memorial Medical Center Division of Plastic Surgery Worcester, MA
Daniel A. Funk ’77 Orthopedic Surgeon Cincinnati, OH
Gary Ostroff Founder GlucaDel, Inc. Worcester, MA
Eric W. Overstrom, ex officio Department Head and Professor Biology and Biotechnology Director, Life Sciences WPI Worcester, MA
Mitchell C. Sanders MS ’88, PhD ’92 Executive Vice President and Founder ECI Biotech Worcester, MA
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Clinton T. Rubin, chair Distinguished Professor and Chair Biomedical Engineering Department SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY
Raymond M. Dunn ’78 Chief, Plastic Surgery UMass Memorial Medical Center Division of Plastic Surgery Worcester, MA
Robert J. Harvey ’70, emeritus Retired Business Consultant and Author Alamo, CA
William C. Hunter Chair, Biomedical Department New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ
Hooks K. Johnston, Jr. Andover, MA
Mitchell Litt Emeritus Professor, Bioengineering University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Yitzhak Mendelson, ex officio Interim Department Head and Professor Biomedical Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
Lawrence A. Minkoff ’69, HD ’88, emeritus President M. R. Labs, Inc. Locust Valley, NY
Mark A. Norige President Harvard Apparatus, LTD Holliston, MA
Alfred R. Potvin ’64, emeritus Indian Harbour Beach, FL
Michael B. Smith Executive Director and Head Global Imaging Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Sandra J. Wyman ’78, chair Pollution Prevention Consultant Sandra Wyman & Associates Scarborough, ME
Rakesh Agrawal W.E. Stone Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering Purdue University School of Chemical Engineering West Lafayette, IN
Edward L. Cussler Distinguished Institute Professor University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
David DiBiasio, ex officio Professor and Department Head Chemical Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
Arthur T. Katsaros ’69 Center Valley, PA
Stephen J. Kmiotek ’80, MS ’82, PhD ’86 Senior Vice President and Manager, Environmental Safety Services EnviroBusiness, Inc. Burlington, MA
J. Wayne Miller ’67 Adjunct Professor and Associate Professor Center for Environmental Research and Technology University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA
Joseph A. Senecal ’69, PhD ’74 Director, Combustion Research Center Kidde-Fenwal, Inc. Holliston, MA
MRobert A. Sinuc ’66 Managing Director, Cyclics Europe Cyclics Corporation Schenectady, NY
Gary E. Wnek ’77 Chair, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
B. Erik Ydstie Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Edward J.J. Grabowski, chair Westfield, NJ
Frank M. Hauser Professor Department of Chemistry SUNY at Albany Albany, NY
J. C. Scaiano Distinguished Professor Department of Chemistry University of Ottawa Ottawa ON CANADA
Amos B. Smith III Rhodes-Thompson Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
E. Wayne Turnblom ’68 Director, Northeast Regional Office Foresight Science and Technology Spencerport, NY
Kristin K. Wobbe, ex officio Interim Department Head and Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry Department WPI Worcester, MA
CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Peter W. Tunnicliffe ’74, chair Senior Vice President Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. Cambridge, MA
Richard K. Allen ’76 Senior Vice President Stantec, Inc. Boston, MA
Bruce E. Beverly ’73, MS ’75 President and Chief Executive Officer Haley & Aldrich, Inc. Boston, MA
William F. Callahan, emeritus Ipswich, MA
Edmund S. Dawes, Jr. Senior Project Manager Jacobs, Edwards and Kelcey Inc. Boston, MA
Tahar El-Korchi, ex officio Interim Department Head and Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
Domenico Grasso ’77 Dean and Professor College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences University of Vermont Burlington, VT
Francis S. Harvey ’37, HD ’86, emeritus Chairman Harvey & Tracy Associates Inc. Worcester, MA
Steven T. Johnson Vice President Metcalf & Eddy, Inc. Wakefield, MA
Terese M. Kwiatkowski ’83 Senior Vice President and Principal GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Norwood, MA
Stanley Lucks Senior Vice President Stone & Webster, Inc. Stoughton, MA
Francis W. Madigan III ’79 President F. W. Madigan Company, Inc. Worcester, MA
Daniel Maguire ’66, emeritus President/Chief Executive Officer Executive Construction, Inc. Hillside, IL
Francesca Maltese Development Manager O'Connell Development Group Holyoke, MA
Maureen McDonough, emeritus Director of Program Administration Allston Development Group Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Frederic H. Mulligan ’71, MS ’79, emeritus President Cutler Associates Inc Worcester, MA
Tarek M. A. Shawaf ’55, HD ’90 Chairman of the Board and President Saudconsult Riyadh 1 SAUDI ARABIA
Lisa T. Sorgini ’98 Manager, Global Brand Management Siemens Water Technologies Shrewsbury, MA
Philip A. Wild ’50 Consultant Walpole, MA
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Mark J. Freitas ’78, chair Retired, Access Group East Walpole, MA
Stephanos D. Bacon ’88 Vice President, Product Development IONA Technologies, Inc. Waltham, MA
Michael A. Gennert, ex officio Department Head and Professor Computer Science WPI Worcester, MA
Maureen Sexton Horgan ’83 Partner Accenture Wellesley, MA
Fritz Knabe Vice President, Advanced Technology Endeca Technologies, Inc. Cambridge, MA
Peter Levin DAFCA, Inc. Framingham, MA
Robert H. Mason ’94 Co-Founder and CTO Brightcove, Inc. Cambridge, MA
James S. Miller Partner Architect Microsoft Corporation Redmond, WA
Leon J. Osterweil Dean Computer Science University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA
Donald P. Zereski, Jr. ’87 Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder Yokel, Inc. Boston, MA
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Matthew Adiletta Intel Fellow Intel Corporation Hudson, MA
Thomas A. Arseneault ’85, MS ’87 President, Sensor Systems BAE Systems Nashua, NH
Lewis W. Counts Vice President, Linear Products Analog Devices, Inc. Wilmington, MA
Wayne N. Fabricius ’68, emeritus Vice President, Mobility Solutions Alcatel-Lucent Whippany, NJ
Thomas E. Fitzpatrick ’68, emeritus Vice President and Deputy GM BAE SYSTEMS IEWS Nashua, NH
H. Richard Freeman ’61, emeritus Principal Engineer, Spacecraft Systems Engineering NPOESS Integrated Program Office NOAA/DOD/NASA Silver Spring, MD
Jeffrey W. Gwynne ’84 Partner Image Architects, LLC West Boxford, MA
Kathleen A. Kramer Director of Engineering Programs Professor of Electrical Engineering University of San Diego San Diego, CA
Allen H. Levesque ’59, emeritus President GPL Communications, Inc. Chelmsford, MA
Fred J. Looft, ex officio Professor and Department Head Electrical and Computer Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
Marc F. Mahoney ’76 Vice President, Construction and Services National Grid Westboro, MA
Stephan A. Mezak ’78 Chief Executive Officer and Founder Accelerance, Inc. Redwood City, CA
Donald P. Orofino II PhD ’92 Manager-DSP Development The MathWorks, Inc. Natick, MA
Scott J. Whatmough NCS NE Director of Engineering Raytheon Company Marlborough, MA
FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEERING
George E. Toth, chair Executive Vice President The RJA Group, Inc. Chicago, IL
Carl Frank Baldassarra President Schirmer Engineering Corporation Deerfield, IL
April L. Hammond Berkol ’85, MS ’88 Director of Environmental Health, Fire, Life Starwood Hotels and Resorts White Plains, NY
Craig Beyler Technical Director Hughes Associates, Inc. Baltimore, MD
David Douglas Drysdale,emeritus Emeritus Professor Fire Safety Engineering School of Engineering and Electronics University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM
David D. Evans Executive Director Society of Fire Protection Engineering Bethesda, MD
Ofodike A. Ezekoye Associate Professor, Teaching Fellow Mechanical Engineering Department University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
Carlos Fernandez-Pello Professor and Associate Dean Graduate Division Mechanical Engineering Department University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
Casey C. Grant MS ’88 Program Director Fire Protection Research Foundation Quincy, MA
Louis Gritzo Vice President, Research FM Global Norwood, MA
William L. Grosshandler Chief, Fire Research Division Building and Fire Research Laboratory NIST Gaithersburg, MD
David J. LeBlanc ’97 Director, Engineered Systems Tyco Fire and Building Products Cranston, RI
Kathy A. Notarianni ’86, MS ’88 ex officio Department Head and Professor Fire Protection Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
Patrick M. O'Brien MS ’98 Collinsville, CT
James Quiter Principal Arup San Francisco, CA
Paul E. Rivers Advanced Fire Protection Specialist 3M Fire Protection St. Paul, MN
Jose L. Torero RA Engineering Chair Fire Safety Engineering Head The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh UNITED KINGDOM
MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Michael E. Aspinwall ’75 Managing Partner Talcott Partners Hartford, CT
McRae C. Banks II, ex officio Professor and Department Head Department of Management WPI Worcester, MA
Karen L. Bean ’86, emeritus Manager of Accounting Operations Fidelity Investments Marlborough, MA
Leonard R. Devanna ’84, emeritus Carlsbad, CA
Denise C. Gorski ’75 Delivery Project Executive Integrated Technology Delivery IBM Corporation Poughkeepsie, NY
Patricia A. Gray ’99, MBA ’01 Vice President, Research and Development Operations VISION Consulting Oxford, PA
Benjamin H. Katcoff ’71, emeritus Director, Compensation and Benefits Comptroller of the Currency Washington, DC
Paul S. Kennedy ’67, emeritus Kennedy Affiliated Industries, LLC Worcester, MA
Vijay R. Kirloskar ’74 Chairman and Managing Director Kirloskar Electric Company LTD Bangalore, INDIA
William A. Krein ’62, emeritus Owner CREDO LLC Woodstock, VT
Tamara Morytko Director, Operation Materials Management Pratt & Whitney East Hartford, CT
Karen M. Tegan Padir ’90 Vice President, Software Infrastructure Sun Microsystems, Inc. Burlington, MA
Stephen M. Pytka ’68 Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Universal Mind Westfield, MA
Ronald P. Ranauro ’83 President and Chief Executive Officer GenomeQuest, Inc. Westborough, MA
John J. West, Jr. ’88 Boston, MA
Norman D. Wilkinson, ex officio Director, Graduate Management Programs WPI Worcester, MA
Gordon G. Woodfall ’74 President Snowden Associates Portsmouth, NH
Thomas P. Zgambo ’98 Ombudsman The World Bank Group Washington, DC
MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
Kirk Jordan, chair Emerging Solutions Executive IBM Corporation Cambridge, MA
L. Pamela Cook Professor of Mathematics Associate Dean of Mathematics Engineering Department of Mathematical Sciences University of Delaware Newark, DE
Lawrence Cox National Center for Health Statistics Center for Disease Control Hyattsville, MD
Keith D. Hartt Director of Research Bogle Investment Management Newton, MA
Robert LaBarre Principal Mathematician United Technologies Research Center East Hartford, CT
Peter P. Perrotti ’89 Executive Vice President Hartford Investment Management Hartford, CT
Samuel M. Rankin III American Mathematical Society Washington, DC
Gilbert Strang Professor of Mathematics Department of Mathematics MIT Cambridge, MA
Bogdan M. Vernescu, ex officio Department Head and Professor Mathematical Sciences WPI Worcester, MA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
William J. Cass ’85 Partner Cantor Colburn, LLP Bloomfield, CT
Thomas A. Davenport ’68, emeritus Vernon, CT
Michael A. DiPierro ’68, emeritus Principal Trident Consulting Group Shrewsbury, MA
Richard Fair ’78 Vice President, Customer Service Pratt & Whitney East Hartford, CT
Mark W. Fuller Vice President The Benefit Development Group Worcester, MA
Howard Greis President KINEFAC Corporation Worcester, MA
John Healy Director of Operations MassMEP Worcester, MA
Richard E. Morley President R. Morley Incorporated Milford, NH
Richard E. Schneider ’79 President Amphenol TCS Nashua, NH
Lawrence F. Scinto ’51, emeritus Senior Partner Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto New York, NY
K. (Subbu) Subramanian Director, Surface Preparation Technologies HPM Sector Saint-Gobain Company Worcester, MA
Gretar Tryggvason, ex officio Department Head and Professor Mechanical Engineering WPI Worcester, MA
CENTER FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS (CIMS)
Richard E. Welch, Jr., chair President and CEO The Premier Insurance Company Worcester, MA
Thomas C. Dawe Manager, Statistical Engineering Bose Corporation Framingham, MA
E. Eugene Eves II Vice President, Research and Development The Ferrite Company, Inc. Nashua, NH
Donald Z. Harbert General Manager Intel Corporation Hudson, MA
Robert P. Hart ’71 Manager, TLS Technology Development Veeder-Root Company Simsbury, CT
Arthur C. Heinricher, ex officio Professor Mathematical Sciences WPI Worcester, MA
Bruce Kearnan Assistant Vice President John Hancock Life Insurance Company Boston, MA
Bruce V. Kiefer Manager, Mill Process Modeling and Analysis Morgan Construction Company Worcester, MA
Robert LaBarre Principal Mathematician United Technologies Research Center East Hartford, CT
Bogdan M. Vernescu, ex officio Department Head and Professor Mathematical Sciences WPI Worcester, MA
Suzanne L. Weekes, ex officio Associate Professor and Associate Department Head Mathematical Sciences WPI Worcester, MA
DIVERSITY PROGRAMS
Brock Arnold Software Engineer IBM Westford, MA
Aimee Dion Crisanti ’89 Principal Industrial Engineer LEGO Systems, Inc. Enfield, CT
Fal A. Diabate Senior Technology Marketing Engineer Intel Americas Hudson, MA
Cheryl J. Pouliot Drake ’02 Embedded Software Engineer Electrical Design Directorate Raytheon Integrated Defense Sudbury, MA
Calvin R. Hill, ex-officio Assistant Dean, Director of Diversity Programs WPI Worcester, MA
Nitza Rivera Manager of Workforce Diversity and Retention Pratt & Whitney East Hartford, CT
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Keith M. Kelble ’91, chair Director of Operations Aearo Technologies Southbridge, MA
Mervyn P. Chung-Fat ’99 Product Manager Europe Coated Abrasives Saint-Gobain Abrasives, Inc. FRANCE
Scott Cooper Vice President, New Business Development TIGHITCO, Inc. Atlanta, GA
Kathryn Dawson-Townsend Vice President Service Operation Core System Replacement Service Division Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. Quincy, MA
Claudio M. Gelman ’95 Plant Manager New Balance Athletic Shoe Lawrence, MA
Sharon Johnson, ,ex officio Associate Professor Department of Management WPI Worcester, MA
Joseph M. Mazzulo Vice President, Business Processes Staples, Inc. Framingham, MA
Kristen McCloskey Dexter Engineer FedEx Ground Coraopolis, PA
Deborah A. McManus ’97 Product Manager GE Security Wilmington, MA
Laura A. Gregory Roberts ’93 Manager, Hospital Information Systems St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center Hartford, CT
Lawrence M. Seiford Chair and Professor Industrial and Operations Engineering University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
INTERACTIVE MEDIA AND GAME DEVELOPMENT (IMGD)
Kevin Burns Principal Investigator, Mental Models Center for Air Force Command The MITRE Corporation Bedford, MA
Mark L. Claypool, ex officio Director, IMGD and Associate Professor WPI Worcester, MA
Donald I. Lambe ’98 Founder and Principal Designer Dejobaan Games Northborough, MA
Robert W. Lindeman, ex officio Assistant Professor, Computer Science WPI Worcester, MA
Callan McInally Manager, 3D Application Research Group Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Marlborough, MA
Dean M. O'Donnell ’86, ex officio Administrator, IMGD WPI Worcester, MA
Kent Quirk Software Developer Linden Lab Cambridge, MA
Allison Rynak Vice President, Corporate Communications WorldWinner Newton, MA
Jim Zabek The Wargamer Baton Rouge, LA
MANAGEMENT COLLABORATIVE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
Robert D. Hisrich, chair Garvin Professor of Global Entrepreneurship Thunderbird Glendale, AZ
McRae C. Banks II, ex officio Professor and Department Head Department of Management WPI Worcester, MA
Paul R. Beswick ’57 President and CEO Beswick Engineering Company, Inc. Greenland, NH
Gina M. Betti, ex officio Associate Director Department of Management WPI Worcester, MA
Robert J. Creeden Managing Director, Partners Innovation Fund Partners Healthcare System Boston, MA
Robert L. Diamond ’56 CEO and Co-Founder Xanboo Inc. New York, NY
Jeremy P. Hitchcock ’04 CEO and Chief Financial Officer Dynamics Network Services, Inc Manchester, NH
A. Laurence Jones III ’75 Director and Chief Executive Officer StarTek, Inc. Denver, CO
Marshall S. Levine ’55 Chairman Alpha Scientific Corporation Malvern, PA
Susan P. Loconto Penta ’86 Partner and Co-Founder Midior Consulting Cambridge, MA
Don Perrin Principal Cambridge Business Advisors Newton, MA
Stephen M. Pytka ’68 Chairman and Chief Operating Officer Universal Mind, Inc. Westfield, MA
Mitchell C. Sanders MS ’88, PhD ’92 Executive Vice President ECI Biotech Worcester, MA
Henry M. Strage ’54 Chairman H.M. Strage & Associates London UNITED KINGDOM
ROBOTICS ENGINEERING
Brian Abraham President Bluefin Robotics Corporation Cambridge, MA
John J. Catrone, Jr. ’80 Director, Systems Engineering NCS: NE Region Raytheon Company Marlborough, MA
Michael A. Gennert, ex-officio Department Head and Professor Computer Science WPI Worcester, MA
Michael D. Gerstenberger Senior Engineer Kuka Robotics Clinton Township, MI
Edward Godere Senior Vice President and Group Director Foster-Miller, Inc. Waltham, MA
Edward C. Grady President and CEO Brooks Automation, Inc. Chelmsford, MA
Helen Greiner Chairman and Co-Founder iRobot Corporation Burlington, MA
Brian T. Hart President Black-I Robotics, Inc. Bedford, MA
Dean L. Kamen ’73 President and Owner DEKA Research and Development Manchester, NH
Dan Kara President Robotics Trends, Inc. Upton, MA
Corinna E. Lathan AnthroTronix, Inc. Silver Spring, MD
Scott D. Myers President General Dynamics Robotics Westminster, MD
Aaron J. Penkacik Vice President, Advanced Systems and Technology CTO, Electronics and Integrated Solutions BAE Systems Nashua, NH
N. Douglas Powers ’71 Vice President and CIO Allegro MicroSystems, Inc. Worcester, MA
SYSTEM DYNAMICS
John D. Sterman, chair Forrester Professor and Director, System Dynamics MIT Sloan School of Management Cambridge,
Allen Boorstein President Amber Blocks, Ltd. New York, NY
Michael F. Ciampa Business Consultant Delta Consulting Group, LLC Templeton, MA
Glenn Cornett Chief Executive Officer Metastrat, Inc. Palo Alto, CA
James K. Doyle, ex officio Department Head and Associate Professor Social Science and Policy Studies WPI Worcester, MA
Jay W. Forrester Professor MIT Sloan School Concord, MA
Javed Hamid Fellow Brookings Institution Washington, DC
Peter M. Senge Founding Chair Society for Organized Learning Cambridge, MA
Lees Stuntz Executive Director Creative Learning Exchange Acton, MA
Imrana A. Umar President and Chief Executive Officer Powersim Solutions, Inc. Herndon, VA
WOMEN’S PROGRAMS
Dorothea Carraway Wong ’92, chair Director, Group Strategy and Development Pratt & Whitney East Hartford, CT
Emily P. Anesta ’05 Assistant Technical Staff Air Defense Techniques MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington, MA
Rachel M. Delisle ’96 Six Sigma Engineer Karl Storz Endovision, Inc. Charlton, MA
Maggie Flanagan Head, Global Discovery Ventures AstraZeneca Advent International Corporation Boston, MA
Heidi E. Kvinge Software Engineering Manager Intel Massachusetts, Inc. Hudson, MA
Susan Staffin Metz Executive Director Stevens Institute Technology Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering and Science Hoboken, NJ
Michelle Errington Nicholson, ex-officio Director, Women’s Programs WPI Worcester, MA
Angela Iatrou Simon ’88 Project Engineer Perini Management Services, Inc. Framingham, MA