Current Fellows and Graduates

ELATES Class of 2025-2026

The ELATES at Drexel Class of 2025-2026 is a prestigious cohort of 41 faculty members and leaders across STEM disciplines from institutions across the U.S. and Canada. Each Fellow was nominated by their dean or provost and has significant administrative experience on top of their scholarly accomplishments.

2025-2026 ELATES at Drexel Fellows

  • Lana Alagha, Robert H. Quenon Associate Professor, Mining Engineering and Associate Chair for Research, Missouri University of Science and Technology

  • Arezoo Ardekani, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Associate Head of Academic Affairs, Purdue University at West Lafayette

  • Iris “Ruth” Bahar, Professor and Department Head, Computer Science, Colorado School of Mines

  • Gretchen Bohnhoff, Professor, Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management, Milwaukee School of Engineering

  • Lora Cavuoto, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Director of Undergraduate Studies, State University of New York at Buffalo

  • Heather Dillon, Professor and Chair of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Tacoma

  • Ziqian “Cecilia” Dong, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, New York Institute of Technology

  • Maria Emelianenko, Professor, Mathematical Science, George Mason University

  • Jessica Fick, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering Mathematics and Science, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Platteville

  • Susan Fullerton-Shirey, Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Vice Chair for Graduate Education, University of Pittsburgh

  • Stephanie George, Interim Dean, Professor, ECU’s College of Engineering and Technology, East Carolina University

  • Anne Goodchild, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Center, University of Washington

  • Anju Gupta, Associate Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Toledo

  • Fatemeh Hassanipour, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiatives, UT Dallas

  • Karuna Joshi, Associate Professor, Information Systems, University of Maryland Baltimore County

  • Eva Kanso, Professor, ZH Kaprielian Fellow, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California

  • Anahita Khojandi, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Heath Endowed Faculty Fellow, Business and Engineering, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

  • Marisol Koslowski, Associate Dean, Global Engineering, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University at West Lafayette

  • Nancy Lape, Chair, Professor, Engineering Department, Harvey Mudd College

  • Kaitlin Mallouk, Associate Professor, Experiential Engineering Education, Rowan University

  • Michelle Marincel Payne, Chair, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

  • Maria Mayorga, Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Director/Chair, Operations Research, North Carolina State University

  • Jillian McLeod, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, United States Coast Guard Academy

  • Jennifer Munson, Professor, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

  • Elizabeth Nance, Chair, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington

  • Jill Nelson, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University

  • Kate Nooner, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty, Policy, Research and Innovation, Professor, Psychology, College of Science and Engineering, UNC Wilmington

  • Christie Peebles, Professor, School of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Colorado State University

  • Amy Peterson, Associate Professor, Plastics Engineering, UMass Lowell

  • Renata Ramos, Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Bioengineering, Rice University

  • Shannon Roberts, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst

  • Omowunmi "Wunmi" Sadik, Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs, Distinguished Professor, Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology

  • Carolyn Seepersad, Professor, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

  • Sandra Shefelbine, Associate Dean, Space and Special Initiatives, Professor, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Northeastern University

  • Meera Singh, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary

  • Virginia Smith, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Graduate Studies, Villanova University

  • Katelyn Swindle-Reilly, Associate Chair, Associate Professor Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University

  • Michelle Thompson, Associate Professor, Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Purdue University

  • Andrea Vernengo, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Rowan University

  • Hui “Claire” Xiong, Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Boise State University

  • Min Zhang, Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Director, Biostatistics Shared Resource, UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Irvine

Past ELATES at Drexel Fellows

  • Sara Atwood, Dean of Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Engineering, Elizabethtown College
  • Amanda Bao, Interim Department Chair and Professor, Program Director in Civil Engineering Technology, College of Engineering Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Joule Bergerson, Professor, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Schulich School of Engineering, Canada Research Chair in Energy Technology Assessment
  • Nanette R. Boyle, Associate Professor and Interim Department Head, Chemical & Biological Engineering Director, Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program, Colorado School of Mines
  • Maria-Isabel Carnasciali, Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Research, School of Engineering & Computational Sciences, Merrimack College
  • Cynthia Chen, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington
  • Yuejie Chi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Annie Childers, Interim Associate Dean, Donaghey College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • Mari S. Chinn, Professor and Head, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Oklahoma State University (OSU), Director, Biobased Product and Energy Center, OSU, Associate and Technical Director, South-Central Sun Grant Center
  • Adrienne Decker, Associate Professor, Engineering Education, University at Buffalo
  • Diane Foster, Director of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, University of New Hampshire
  • Victoria Futch, Captain, United States Coast Guard, Associate Dean, School of Science, Math, & Humanities; United States Coast Guard Academy
  • Konstantina (Nadia) Gkritza, Campus Director, ASPIRE NSF ERC, Professor and a Purdue University Faculty Scholar, Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
  • Monique Head, Associate Professor | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware
  • Belinda Heyne, Professor of Chemistry, Head of the Chemistry Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Guiping Hu, Professor and Head Donald & Cathey Humphreys Chair, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Oklahoma State University
  • Lisa G. Huettel, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Professor of the Practice in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University
  • Jana Kainerstorfer, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Associate Dept. Head for Faculty and Graduate Affairs, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Nadia Kellam, Associate Professor of Engineering and the, Associate Director of Research Excellence within The Polytechnic School of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University (ASU)
  • Tamara Kinzer-Ursem, Marta E. Gross Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Programs in the College of Engineering, Purdue University
  • Linda Kliment, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University, Director, Kansas Space Grant Consortium and Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program
  • Jenny Liu, James A. Heidman Professor in Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Julie P. Martin, University of Georgia, Professor and Director Engineering Education Transformations Institute
  • Caroline Masiello, W. Maurice Ewing Professor of Biogeochemistry, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Professor of Chemistry and Biosciences, Director, Sustainability Institute, Rice University
  • Brooke Mayer, Professor of Environmental Engineering, Marquette University
  • Katie McConky, Department Head and Associate Professor, Industrial and Systems Engineering, Kate Gleason College of Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Leigh McCue-Weil, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, George Mason University
  • Jacqueline O’Connor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Associate Department Head for Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Associate Director, Penn State Climate Consortium
  • Ekaterina Pomerantseva, Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University
  • Alicyn M Rhoades, Vice Chancellor & Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Studies, Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology / Polymer Engineering & Science, Penn State Behrend
  • Gail Rosen, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Directors of the EESI Lab and Center for Bio-discovery from Big Data, Drexel University
  • Kristin Sample-Lord, Associate Professor & Assistant Department Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University
  • Jessica D. Schiffman, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Deputy Editor, ACS Applied Engineering Materials
  • Meisha L. Shofner, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Parisa Shokouhi, Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State University
  • Caroline M. Solomon, Professor, Biology and Dean of the Faculty, Gallaudet University
  • Jessica L. Sparks, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing, Miami University, OH
  • Julie L. Swann, A. Doug Allison Distinguished Professor and Department Head, Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University
  • Lin Tan, Mary J. Elmore New Frontiers Professor, Computer Science, Purdue University
  • Kristin Thoney Barletta, Professor and Interim Department Head, Department of Textile and Apparel, Technology & Management, North Carolina State University
  • Heather Trajano, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, University of British Columbia (UBC)
  • Thuy Vu, Department Assistant Chair, Edinburg, University Texas at Rio Grande Valley
  • Xiaokun (Cara) Wang, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Cheryl Xu, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NC State University
  • Katherine Yanhang Zhang, Professor of Mechanical, Biomedical, Materials Science & Engineering, Director, Center of Multiscale and Translational Mechanobiology, Boston University

Alice Alipour
Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and Cerwick Faculty Fellow
Iowa State University

Akua Asa-Awuku
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Engineering University of Maryland at College Park

Holly Attenborough
Assistant Provost and Associate Professor of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Cassandra Birrenkott
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Glencora Borradaile
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Interim Associate Dean of Faculty & Staff Advancement, and Professor of Computer Science
Oregon State University

Kavitha Chandra
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Affairs, Francis College of Engineering
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Carmen Cioc
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology
University of Toledo

Monica Cox
Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Ohio State University

Carmen Gomes
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Iowa State University

Connie Hargrave
Associate Dean for Equity and Engagement
Iowa State University

Susannah Howe
Director of the Design Clinic and Senior Lecturer in Engineering, Junior Class Dean
Smith College

Paulina Jaramillo
Professor of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University

Kim Johnston
Associate Dean, Teaching and Learning and Associate Professor of Engineering
University of Calgary

Lydia Kavraki
Noah Harding Professor of Computer Science, Professor of Bioengineering, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Director, The Ken Kennedy Institute
Rice University

Nicole Key
Associate Head for Graduate Studies, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, and Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Purdue University

Kim Lewis
Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Programs, and Natural Sciences
Howard University

Yan Li
Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering and Postdoctoral Fellow Director
Florida State University

Qilin Li
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Co-Director, NEWT Center
Rice University

Luna Lu
Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Civil Engineering
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Kramer Luxbacher
Department Head and Professor of Mining and Geological Engineering
University of Arizona

Megan McCain
Chonette Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Southern California

Wilkistar Otieno
Department Chair and Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Laura Plummer
Chair and Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
MGH Institute of Health Professions

Juliana Rangel
Associate Professor of Apiculture
Texas A&M University

Debora Rodrigues
Ezequiel Cullen Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Houston

Katherine Saul
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University

Kelly Shaw
Professor of Computer Science
Williams College

Maureen Tang
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Drexel University

Karen Troy
Professor and Associate Department Head, Biomedical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ani Ural
Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Director
Villanova University

Iren Valova
Professor of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth

May Dongmei Wang
Professor and Director of Biomedical Big Data Initiative
Georgia Institute of Technology

Abby Whittington
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Shuang-Ye Wu
Professor and Chair of the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
University of Dayton

Yuqiu You
Professor, Department of Engineering and Technology Management
Ohio University

Ying Zhang
Professor and Senior Associate Chair, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Lucy Zhang
Professor of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Glencora Borradaile
Associate Dean for Graduate Programs, Interim Associate Dean of Faculty & Staff Advancement, and Professor of Computer Science
Collect of Engineering
Oregon State University

Class of 22-23

Sarah Bergbreiter
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon

Pamela Bhatti
Professor and Associate Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Marina Blanton
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Caitlyn Butler
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for Civil and Environmental Engineering 
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Şebnem Düzgün
Fred Banfield Distinguished Endowed Chair and Professor of Mining Engineering
Colorado School of Mines

Anna Erickson
Associate Chair for Research; Professor of Nuclear & Radiological Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Corinna Fleischmann
Section Chief and Program Chair for Civil Engineering
United States Coast Guard Academy

Nicole Grosland
Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Engineering; Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Iowa

Vibha Kalra
George B. Francis Chair Professor and the Director of the PhD Program in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Drexel University

Anuja Kamat
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering
Wentworth Institute of Technology

Jennifer Kay
Professor of Computer Science
Rowan University

Julie Kientz
Professor and Department Chair for the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering
University of Washington

Dhireesha Kudithipudi
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Robert F McDermott Endowed Chair; Director of AI Consortium
University of Texas, San Antonio

Leila Ladani
Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Arizona State University

Yusong Li
Associate Dean for Faculty and Inclusion in the College of Engineering; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jingjing Li
Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Jacqueline Linnes
Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Lisa Maillart
Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Pittsburgh

Scarlett Miller
Director of the Center for Research in Design and Innovation; Professor of Engineering Design and Industrial Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Elise Morgan
Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development; Maysarah K. Sukkar Professor of Engineering Design and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering
Boston University

Aurenic Oliveira
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michigan Technological University

Peristera Paschou
Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Strategic Initiatives in the College of Science; Professor of Biological Sciences
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Jodi Prosise
Assistant Dean of the College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science; Professor and Chair of the Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering Department
University of Wisconsin-Platteville

Cheryl Seals
Charles Barkley Endowed Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering
Auburn University

Sabine Stanley
Morton K. Blaustein Chair and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Johns Hopkins University

Heidi Steinhauer
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Professor of Engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Qiao Sun
Department Head and Professor of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
University of Calgary

Yvonne Sun
Associate Professor of Biology
University of Dayton

Qian Wang
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Sarah Zappe
Assistant Dean for Teaching and Learning; Director of the Leonhard Center for Enhancement of Engineering Education; Research Professor in the College of Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

ELATES Class of 2022

Dr. Norma Alcantar
Professor, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
University of South Florida

Dr. Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb
Harris Saunders Jr. Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Burçin Becerik-Gerber
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Southern California

Dr. Sanjukta Bhanja
Professor and Associate Dean for Academics and Student Affairs, Engineering
University of South Florida

Dr. Cheryl Bodnar
Associate Professor, Undergraduate and Graduate Coordinator, Engineering
Rowan University

Dr. Vrushali Bokil
Professor, and Associate Dean - Research and Graduate Studies, Mathematics
Oregon State University

Dr. Rachel Brennan
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Jennifer Collins
Professor, Geosciences
University of South Florida

Dr. Elizabeth Cosgriff-Hernandez
Professor, Cellular and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Kenya Crosson
Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental and Engineering Mechanics
Dayton University

Dr. Stephanie Farrell
Founding Department Head and Professor, Engineering
Rowan University

Dr. Shelly Gulati
Associate Professor and Chair, Engineering
University of the Pacific

Dr. Smiti Gupta
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
Wayne State University

Dr. Wendy Hanna-Rose
Department Head and Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Simi Hoque
Associate Professor and Architectural Engineering Program Head, CAEE
Drexel University

Dr. Haiying Huang
Associate Professor, Geosystems Engineering
University of Texas at Arlington

Dr. Vandana Janeja
Professor and Chair, Information Systems
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Dr. Katie Kuder
Professor, and Associate Dean, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Seattle University

Dr. Hai Li
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University

Dr. Jin Li
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Dr. Elizabeth Lipke
Mary and John H. Sanders Professor, Chemical Engineering
Auburn University

Dr. Sylvie Lorente
Chair and Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Villanova University College of Engineering

Dr. Kathy Lu
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dr. Allison MacKay
Chair and Professor, Civil Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
The Ohio State University

Dr. Christine Masters
Assistant Dean for Academic Support and Global Programs, Engineering Science and Mechanics
Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Kathleen Melde
Professor and Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs and Inclusion, Engineering
University of Arizona

Dr. Junko Munakata Marr
Head of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Colorado School of Mines

Dr. Olfa Nasraoui
Professor, Endowed Chair for E-Commerce, Computer Science and Engineering
University of Louisville

Dr. Zoubeida Ounaies
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Jaime Padgett
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rice University

Dr. Lisa Parrillo-Chapman
Director of Graduate Programs and Associate Professor, Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Dr. Shalini Prasad
Professor, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
University of Texas at Dallas

Dr. Yue Qi
Joan Wernig Sorensen Professor of Engineering, Engineering
Brown University

Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Dr. Reeta Rao
Professor and Department Head, Biology and Biotechnology
WPI

Dr. Donna Riley
Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education, Engineering
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Dr. Iris Rivero
Department Head, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology

Dr. Michelle Rogers
Associate Professor and Director, Information Science
Drexel University

Dr. Kelly Salyards
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bucknell University

Dr. Anita Singh
Chair and Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Widener University

Dr. Preeti Sivasankar
Professor and Department Head, Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Dr. Gymama Slaughter
Executive Director, Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Chemical Engineering
Old Dominion University

Dr. Michelle Soupir
Professor, Equity Advisor, and ABE Associate Chair for Research and Extension, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
Iowa State University

Dr. Lisa Spainhour
Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Florida A&M University-Florida State University

Dr. Millicent Sullivan
Professor and Associate Chair, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware

Dr. Jin Wen
Professor, CAEE
Drexel University

Dr. Julia Zeitlinger
Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Stowers Institute, U of Kansas

Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology

Burçin Becerik-Gerber, PhD
University of Southern California

Sanjukta Bhanja, PhD
University of South Florida

Cheryl Bodnar, PhD
Rowan University

Rachel Brennan, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Jennifer Collins, PhD
University of South Florida

Shelly Gulati, PhD
University of the Pacific

Smiti Gupta, PhD
Wayne State University

Wendy Hanna-Rose, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Simi Hoque, PhD
Drexel University

Vandana Janeja, PhD
University of Maryland Baltimore County

Hai Li, PhD
Duke University

Jingjing Li, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Kathy Lu, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Allison MacKay, PhD
The Ohio State University

Christine Masters, PhD
Pennsylvania State University 

Kathleen Melde, PhD
The University of Arizona

Junko Munakata Marr, PhD
Colorado School of Mines

Zoubeida Ounaies, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Lisa Parrillo-Chapman, PhD
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Kathrin Plath, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Yue Qi, PhD
Brown University

Afsaneh Rabiei, PhD
North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Reeta P. Rao, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Iris Rivero, PhD
Rochester Institute of Technology

Kelly Ann Salyards, PhD
Bucknell University

Preeti Sivasankar, PhD
Purdue University at West Lafayette

Gymama Slaughter, PhD
Old Dominion University

Lisa Kay Spainhour, PhD
Florida State University

Qiao Sun, PhD
University of Calgary

Kristine Bauer, PhD
University of Calgary

Danielle S. W. Benoit, PhD
University of Rochester

Sibani Lisa Biswal, PhD
Rice University

Grisselle Centeno, PhD
Florida Polytechnic University

Chrysanthe Demetry, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Elena S. Di Martino, PhD
University of Calgary

Janice Evans, PhD
Purdue University

Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, PhD
Columbia University

Liping Huang, PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Yan Huang, PhD
University of North Texas

Lizy Kurian John, PhD
Univeristy of Texas at Austin

Rachel Garshick Kleit, PhD
The Ohio State University

Leslie Elise Lamberson, PhD
Colorado School of Mines

Julie C. Liu, PhD
Purdue University

Kathleen Melde, PhD
University of Arizona

Shirley Papuga, PhD
Wayne State University

Margaret F. Pinnell, PhD
University of Dayton

Lori Pollock, PhD
University of Delaware

Robin Marie Queen, PhD
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Leslie E. Sieburth, PhD, FACSM
University of Utah

Amy L. Throckmorton, PhD
Drexel University

Maya Ayanna Trotz, PhD
University of South Florida

Shu Yang, PhD
University of Pennsylvania

Alina Alexeenko, PhD
Purdue University

Shelley Lynn Anna, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University

Laleh Behjat, PhD
University of Calgary

Noelle Comolli, PhD
Villanova University

Felice Elefant, PhD
Drexel University

Mary I. Frecker, PhD
Pennsylvania State University

Claudia K Gunsch, PhD
Duke University

Tamara Hendrickson, PhD
Wayne State University

Jessica E Huber, PhD
Purdue University

Kyriaki Kalaitzidou, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology

Marcia Kilchenman O’Malley, PhD
Rice University

Li (Emily) Liu, PhD
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Kristen Maitland, PhD
Texas A&M University

Laura Marcu, PhD
University of California, Davis

Harriet Black Nembhard, PhD
Oregon State University

Melissa Pasquinelli, PhD
North Carolina State University

La’Tonia Stiner-Jones, PhD
The Ohio State University

Ying Sun, PhD
Drexel University 

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Jennifer Barton, PhD

University of Arizona, College of Engineering

Valeria Bertacco, PhD
University of Michigan, College of Engineering

Melissa Bilec, PhD
University of Pittsburg, School of Engineering

Caroline Cao, PhD
Wright State University, College of Engineering

Dilma Da Silva, PhD
Texas A&M University, College of Engineering

Theda Daniels-Race, PhD

Louisiana State University, College of Engineering

Lucy Flesch, PhD
Purdue University, College of Science

Lisa Gieg, PhD
University of Calgary, Faculty of Science

K. Jane Grande-Allen, PhD
Rice University, School of Engineering

Jocelyn Grozic, PhD
University of Calgary, School of Engineering

Susan Hallbeck, PhD
Mayo Clinic, Health Care Systems Engineering

Christine Julien, PhD
University of Texas, School of Engineering

Maeve McCarthy, PhD
Murray State University, College of Science, Engineering and Technology

Victoria Meller, PhD
Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Adrienne Minerick, PhD
Michigan Technological University, College of Engineering

Rita Patterson, PhD
University of North Texas, Health Science Center, College of Osteopathic Medicine

Jenna L. Rickus, PhD
Purdue University, College of Engineering

Caroline Schauer, PhD
Drexel University, College of Engineering

Jelena Srebric, PhD
University of Maryland, School of Engineering

Mitra Taheri, PhD
Drexel University, College of Engineering

Bridget Wadzuk, PhD
Villanova University, College of Engineering

Suzanne Weekes, PhD
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Mathematical Sciences

Rebecca K. Willits, PhD
University of Akron, College of Engineering

Gillian Wilson, PhD
University of California, College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Alenka Zajic, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Jessica Zhang, PhD
Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering

 

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