Sharon L. Walker, PhD, is Dean of Drexel Engineering and Distinguished
Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, as well as
Executive Director of ELATES at Drexel, a national leadership development
program committed to increasing the representation of women in STEM. She is
also vice chair of the Engineering Deans Council of the American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE). Walker is principal investigator on the NSF
Advance Grant, “Catalyzing STEM Gender Equity at Drexel: Building a
Foundation for Systemic Transformation,” and in 2021 received the Winifred
Burks-Houck Professional Leadership Award from the National Organization for
the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers. A
Yale University-trained water quality systems expert focusing on the fate
and transport of bacteria and nanoparticles in water, Walker is a fellow of
AEESP, AAAS, and AIMBE. Walker has produced more than 250 conference papers
and publications, and in 2018 won the AEESP inaugural Mary Ann Liebert Award
for Publication Excellence in Environmental Engineering Science. She holds a
PhD in Environmental Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, both
from Yale, and earned two undergraduate engineering degrees in environmental
engineering and environmental studies from the University of Southern
California.
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