Faculty
David DiBiasio
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 125
Phone: +1-508-831-5372
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
dibiasio@wpi.edu
David DiBiasio
- Associate Professor & Department Head, Chemical Engineering
My research involves educational scholarship. That includes understanding learning in hands-on labs compared to virtual or remotely operated labs; learning in international contexts; and how safety, ethics, and social responsibility can be effectively integrated into the chemical engineering curriculum. WPI is a great place to conduct this type of work because of our project-based program, our extensive global perspective program, and our philosophy of student-centered learning. Read more...
Terri A. Camesano
Contact Information:
Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center, 4002
Phone: +1-508-831-5380
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
terric@wpi.edu
Website
Terri A. Camesano
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
My favorite teaching activities are working on research projects with graduate and undergraduate students. I love to engage students in the discovery process of research. The work in my lab relates to studying how bacteria attach to different kinds of surfaces. For example, we have been studying whether compounds in cranberry juice can inhibit bacteria from colonizing the cells that line the bladder. We also work on strategies to kill pathogenic bacteria using antimicrobial peptides. Read more...
William M. Clark
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 124
Phone: +1-508-831-5259
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
wmclark@wpi.edu
William M. Clark
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
To me, there is nothing better than struggling with a problem and finally understanding and solving it. I enjoy teaching chemical engineering students at WPI, because most of them also like the thrill that occurs when seemingly complicated problems start to make sense. I particularly enjoy teaching our unit operations laboratory class, where students get hands-on experience with process equipment. For some students, a light switches on when theory and experiment are combined in the lab. Read more...
Ravindra Datta
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 014A
Phone: +1-508-831-6036
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
rdatta@wpi.edu
Ravindra Datta
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
I went to the University of California, Santa Barbara, for a MS in chemical engineering, with the intention of returning to my engineering job at Larsen & Toubro, Bombay. Research hooked me, however, and I stayed for a PhD, and, in fact, never left academia. Indeed, my world has remained virtually unchanged over the last three decades, continuing to work on applying the principles of kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering to energy challenges, surrounded by bright young people. Read more...
Nathaniel A. Deskins
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 014B
Phone: +1-508-831-5445
nadeskins@wpi.edu
Website
Nathaniel A. Deskins
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Students at WPI have a lot of enthusiasm and ambition, and it certainly is contagious. Teaching brings a lot of joy because of this, and I find myself often trying just to keep up with the students! WPI is also a place where you have a chance to collaborate with those of many different backgrounds and technical interests. That is exciting. For my research, I work in molecular modeling: trying to understand and solve energy and environmental problems using high-powered computer simulations. Read more...
Anthony G. Dixon
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 224A
Phone: +1-508-831-5350
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
agdixon@wpi.edu
Anthony G. Dixon
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
My research is in the general area of reaction engineering and energy, in particular steam reforming and hydrogen production. A strong component of this work is the use of scientific computing methods to investigate transport and reaction in chemical reactors and porous media. I also participate in educational scholarship, involving engineering education, teaching, and learning, with particular interest in the use of mathematics and computing within the chemical engineering curriculum. Read more...
Ilie Fishtik
Contact Information:
Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center, 222
Phone: +1-508-831-6198
ifishtik@wpi.edu
Ilie Fishtik
- Research Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
I got my MS in chemistry from Chisinau State University in Moldova and a PhD in electrochemistry from the Academy of Sciences of USSR in Moscow. I started my research career at the Institute of Chemistry of Academy of Sciences, Moldova, followed by various research and academic positions at several universities in Eastern Europe and the US. Currently, I’m involved in both research and teaching. Broadly, my research interests are in chemical reaction thermodynamics, kinetics, and catalysis. Read more...
Federico Guazzone
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 020
Phone: +1-508-831-5458
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
guazzone@wpi.edu
Federico Guazzone
- Research Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
I joined WPI in December 2010 to work with Professor Ma on composite Pd membranes for the production and purification of hydrogen. Challenges, moments to create, moments to learn, fruitful experiences, and occasions to have coffee and chat about science with researcher colleagues are plenty. Working on inorganic membranes leads oneself to study metallurgy, material sciences, inorganic chemistry, and obviously chemical engineering, and WPI offers all of these fields of study. Read more...
Nikolaos Kazantzis
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 224A
Phone: +1-508-831-5666
nikolas@wpi.edu
Nikolaos Kazantzis
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
I believe strongly in the primacy of the quality of the student-teacher relationship, its intellectual and emotional rewards, and its key role in the attainment of educational objectives such as development of the student's critical thinking, capacity for self-exploration, and independence of judgment. At WPI, curricula are creatively designed to highlight the many nuanced forms and features of the interaction between science, technology, culture, and society. Read more...
Stephen James Kmiotek
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 120
Phone: +1-508-831-4870
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
sjkmiotek@wpi.edu
Stephen James Kmiotek
- Assistant Teaching Professor, Chemical Engineering
My focus at WPI is to bring the lessons from these years as a practicing engineer and manager into the classroom and helping to implement projects that are practical and relevant to today’s needs. My focus through most of my career has been on Environmental, Health and Safety management, Process Safety Management, Air Pollution Engineering, and Pollution Prevention. Read more...
Yi (Ed) Hua Ma
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 122
Phone: +1-508-831-5398
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
yhma@wpi.edu
Website
Yi (Ed) Hua Ma
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
- James H. Manning Professor Chemical Engineering
My research has been in inorganic membranes and inorganic materials, as well as their adsorptive and transport properties in gases and liquids and industrial applications, including hydrogen production with CO2 sequestration for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle and fuel cell applications. Research in our Center for Inorganic Membrane Studies is concentrated on inorganic membranes for simultaneous hydrogen separation and reaction and CO2 sequestration and process intensification. Read more...
Ivan P. Mardilovich
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 226
Phone: +1-508-831-5474
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
ivanpm@wpi.edu
Ivan P. Mardilovich
- Research Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
I have served as a research associate, research assistant professor, and research associate professor since I joined professor Y.H. Ma lab in 1999. My fields of study include developing and characterizing unique palladium and palladium alloy membranes on porous supports with useful surface area right up to 800 sm2. I took part in development and realization of layered technology to produce unique hydrogen-permeable composite as a combination of multifunctional layers with different properties. Read more...
Henry W. Nowick
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 123
Phone: +1-508-831-5250
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
hnowick@wpi.edu
Henry W. Nowick
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
- Gallo Project Center Director Chemical Engineering
During the courses I teach, I plan to share the knowledge gained during my 35 years of industrial and environmental management in the plastics industry, as well as my years as an environmental consultant. The current environmental technologies and challenges of seven different New England chemical process industry companies are explored through lecture, student research, and half-day plant visits so students understand the wide range of chemical engineering employment opportunities available. Read more...
Thomas Starr
Contact Information:
Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center
Phone: +1-508-831-5250
tstarr@wpi.edu
Thomas Starr
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Having graduated from WPI, I enjoy coming back to share my industrial experience with senior chemical engineers. The one course I teach, Plant Design Project, offers students the opportunity to see how what they've already learned fits into a cohesive package, fleshed out with the practical considerations learned in my course. Teams come to appreciate the complexities of systems by actually working on them. The feeling of satisfaction is contagious. Read more...
Robert W. Thompson
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 119
Phone: +1-508-831-5525
Fax: +1-508-831-5853
rwt@wpi.edu
Robert W. Thompson
- Professor, Chemical Engineering
Participating in open-ended projects at various levels has been among the most stimulating and mind-broadening activities in my 35 years at WPI. While I have been engaged in zeolite crystallization research for over 30 years, I also have been active in studying the use of zeolites for organics remediation of water. Both at the MQP and graduate student research level, we have made several fascinating discoveries using both experimental observations and computational chemistry techniques. Read more...
Michael T. Timko
Contact Information:
Goddard Hall, 123
Phone: +1-508-831-4101
mttimko@wpi.edu
Michael T. Timko
- Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Hong Susan Zhou
Contact Information:
Life Sciences & Bioengineering Center, 4001
Phone: +1-508-831-5275
Fax: +1-508-831-5936
szhou@wpi.edu
Hong Susan Zhou
- Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Besides covering fundamentals, I try to bring the most upfront materials into the classroom and incorporate projects into the curriculum. Besides mentoring graduate students and postdocs, the most exciting part of teaching is to involve undergraduate students into my research program. Another part of my teaching is to provide global education opportunities for WPI students. Read more...
Associated Faculty
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Phone Extension | Office Location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Moser | Professor Emeritus | wmoser@wpi.edu | Goddard Hall | |
| Bob | Wagner | Professor Emeritus | Goddard Hall | ||
| Al | Weiss | Professor Emeritus | ahweiss@yahoo.com | Goddard Hall |
