Meet the Team

WPI Core LEAP Faculty & Staff

Douglas T. Petkie 
Department Head and Professor, Physics
Director of Laboratory for Education and Application Prototypes (LEAP)
WPI

Cosme Furlong Vazquez
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
WPI
Yuxiang (Shawn) Liu
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
WPI
Lyubov Titova
Associate Professor, Physics
WPI

Raisa Trubko
Assistant Professor, Physics
WPI

Pratap Rao
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
WPI
Ellen Piccioli
Director of Manufacturing Innovation
WPI
James Eakin
Technical Operations Manager, LEAP
WPI

QCC Core LEAP Faculty & Staff

James W. Heffernan
Professor, Electronics Engineering Technology/ Coordinator of the Electronics Engineering Technology Programs
Quinsigamond Community College
Damian Kieran
Associate Professor, Manufacturing Technology
Quinsigamond Community College
Lee Duerden
Assistant Professor, Manufacturing Technology/ Coordinator of Manufacturing Technology Programs
Quinsigamond Community College
  Hao Loi
Professor, Computer Science/ Coordinator of Computer Science Programs
Quinsigamond Community College