Faculty

Engineering Faculty: Making a Difference from the Classroom to the Lab

Commitment to academic excellence and dedication to scholarship and teaching are hallmarks of WPI’s world-class engineering faculty. From aerospace to robotics, our engineering faculty members approach their craft from both theoretical and application-oriented perspectives.

Whether they’re working closely with individual students or embarking on groundbreaking research projects, faculty members from across the WPI engineering spectrum continue to make a positive impact in both the classroom and an ever-changing world.

Engineering Program Faculty Pages

 
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    Title: Associate Professor

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    Name: Diran Apelian
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    Name: Terri Camesano
    Department: Chemical Engineering
    Title: Professor

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    Name: Rajib Mallick
    Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
    Title: Associate Professor

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    Name: James Duckworth
    Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Title: Associate Professor

    Duckworth is part of a research team that was recently awarded $1 million to continue developing a system that will locate firefighters, monitor their health, & detect the risk of flashover.

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    Name: N. Aaron Deskins
    Department: Chemical Engineering
    Title: Assistant Professor

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    Name: Yitzhak Mendelson
    Department: Biomedical Engineering
    Title: Associate Professor

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    Name: David Cyganski
    Department: Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Title: Professor

    Cyganski is a member of the Precision Personnel Locater research team that recently received a $1 million award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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    Name: Marsha Rolle
    Department: Biomedical Engineering
    Title: Assistant Professor

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    Name: Nikolaos K. Kazantzis
    Department: Chemical Engineering
    Title: Professor

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