Curriculum Vitae

Terri Camesano
Dean of Graduate Studies and
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-831-5380, Fax: 508-831-5853, terric@wpi.edu

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Education

  • 1995 – B.S. in Chemical Engineering, The University of Rochester
  • 1995 – B.S. in Environmental Science, The University of Rochester
  • 1997 – M.S. in Environmental Engineering, The University of Arizona
  • 2000 – Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University

Experience

  • 2014-present: Dean of Graduate Studies, WPI
  • 2013-2014:  Assistant Dean of Engineering, WPI
  • 2012-present: Principal Investigator and Director of IGERT: Training Innovative Leaders in Biofabrication
  • 2010-present: Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI
  • 2006-2010:   Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI
  • 2000-2006:   Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, WPI
  • 2005-2012:   Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Honors and Awards

  • 2014:   Chairman’s Prize
  • 2012:   ELATE Fellow
  • 2012:   Coleman Foundation Faculty Fellow 
  • 2011:   HERS Fellow
  • 2005:   Sigma Xi Junior Faculty Research Award (presented by WPI chapter)
  • 2005:   “Women of Strength” Award (co-sponsored by Pratt-Whitney and WPI)
  • 2003:   NSF CAREER Award
  • 1999-2000:   General Electric Foundation “Faculty for the Future” Dissertation Fellowship
  • 1999:   American Chemical Society (Environmental Chemistry Division) Merit Award for Presentation at 217th National Meeting
  • 1999:   Second Environmental Research Symposium, Award for Best Abstract (The Pennsylvania State University)
  • 1999:   Pennsylvania Water Environment Association Student Research Award
  • 1998:   Honorable Mention for Poster Presentation at AAAS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February, 1998
  • 1998:   First Environmental Research Symposium Scholarship Award (The Pennsylvania State University)
  • 1997:   Arizona Water & Pollution Control Association Scholarship
  • 1995-1997:   National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Fellowship
  • 1995:   Shelby A. Miller Award in Chemical Engineering Design (The University of Rochester and Rochester section of American Institute of Chemical Engineers)
  • 1995:   Forbes-Amorese Engineering Entrepreneur Award (The University of Rochester)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 2004-present
  • Editorial Advisory Board Member, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2009-present