ECE - Key Persons

Austin Boesch is co-founder and CEO of Zepteon Inc which has a novel purification technology used to enhance the potency of antibodies for cancer, infectious disease and autoimmunity. He also spends time consulting for startups and venture capital firms and developing new technologies for further company creation. Austin has over 18 years of experience in the biotech industry working in R&D at small and large companies building and leading teams for both drug design and discovery as well as process development and manufacturing. He has worked with multiple drug modalities including proteins, conjugated proteins, lipid and protein-based nanoparticles, mRNA and ex vivo / in vivo cell therapies. In his last role at Tidal Therapeutics, he led the nanoparticle targeting and mRNA payload research efforts for in vivo CAR-T therapies against cancer which led to a $470M acquisition by Sanofi. Prior to Tidal, he led R&D efforts for multiple clinical candidates at Repertoire/Torque Therapeutics. Before working at startups, he worked at Wyeth/Pfizer performing process development and engineering for clinical and commercial drugs and Millipore developing drug processing tools such as virus filters and chromatography resins. During graduate school he explored alternative career paths through a fellowship at a venture capital firm, Flagship Pioneering, performing explorations and hypothesis testing for potential company creation and consulted for a hedge fund, Aperimus Capital, evaluating potential investment opportunities through a technical lense. He also was an Innovation PhD Fellow which enabled him to pursue coursework at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and pursue building a company while in graduate school. Austin holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Science with a focus in Bioengineering from the Thayer School at Dartmouth, a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and B.S. in Chemical Engineering from UNH. As an alumni, he was previously on the Dean's Council at the Thayer School and is currently the Thayer representative on the Dartmouth Alumni Council.

Aylin Aykanat

ay..@unh.edu

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Post Doctoral Research Associate

Barbara Hopkins

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Assistant Superintendent SAU21, Presidential Teaching Awardee

Barry Reinhold

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Member of the Board
President, Lamprey Networks

Benjamin Chandran

be..@unh.edu

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PROFESSOR

Benjamin McMahon

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Member of the Board
Technology Development Manager, BAE Systems FAST Labs

Betsy Coleman

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Member of the Board
Software Engineering Manager, Ticketmaster

Bill Ewing

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Communications Consultant
Member of the External Advisory Committee

Bill Harbron

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Member of the External Advisory Committee
Superintendent, Dover School District

Brad Kinsey

bk..@unh.edu

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Associate Dean for Research

Brian Calder

br..@unh.edu

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RESEARCH PROFESSOR

Brian Coppola

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Arthur Thurnau Professor of Chemistry, University of Michigan

Brooks Oliver

br..@unh.edu

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Director of Annual Giving

Brooks Payette - CCO

br..@unh.edu

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Communications Director

Carmela Amato-Wierda

ca..@unh.edu

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Member of the NH CREATES Leadership Team
Advisor for the UNH Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / Chemistry
Associate Professor of Chemistry / Director of UNH Tech Camp & Tech for Teachers Institute
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Chemistry at UNH
Co - Principal Investigator / Associate Professor of Materials Science
Director of Tech Camp / Associate Professor / Chemistry

Additionally, Dr. Amato-Wierda has served as PI for these previously NSF funded curriculum improvement efforts: (1) General Chemistry Investigations: An Interdisciplinary, Research Team Laboratory, and (2) Implementation of a Materials Synthesis and Characterization Laboratory Component Across the Undergraduate Science and Engineering Curriculum. Dr. Amato-Wierda also played an active role in developing the new graduate program in Materials Science at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Amato-Wierda is the faculty advisor for the UNH Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers. She served on the New Hampshire Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers from 2001-2011, and currently serves on the Air Resources Council for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. Carmela Amato-Wierda has been an associate professor of materials science and chemistry at UNH since 1995 and became director of Tech Camp in 2014 after teaching in the program for several summers. During her tenure as director, the camp has significantly grown and diversified its student population and added a number of new programs that improve access to STEM education and careers.

Cayce Jones

ca..@unh.edu

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SENIOR CAREER COUNSELOR

Charles Cyr

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Member of the Board
Lead Electrical Engineer, CUSA Consulting LLC

Christina Andrews

ch..@unh.edu

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Associate Director of Development

Christine Caputo

ch..@unh.edu

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / Chemistry

Christine Ransom

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Member of the Board
Director, Applications Portfolio, Liberty Mutual

Christopher Bauer

ch..@unh.edu

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Professor
PROFESSOR / Chemistry
Research Interests

Professor Bauer is no longer accepting graduate students for the Chemistry Education PhD program. Since the 1980s, Professor Bauer has been designing, implementing, and studying inquiry-based learning activities for students and for teachers from elementary through university level. His research interests include student attitudes, content misconceptions, and self-awareness as learners; discovery-based and cooperatively-structured college chemistry curricula; and faculty and future-faculty beliefs and practice. His work includes development of valid and reliable assessments of these issues, melding both quantitative and qualitative techniques derived from psychology, social psychology, and education. His work also encompasses a long history of outreach to the K-12 community as well as professional development for science faculty at all levels. Education Ph.D., Chemistry, Colorado State University M.S., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S., Chemistry, University of Notre Dame Research Interests Educational Psychology Educational Testing/Measurement Graduate Education Higher Education Science Education Science/Technology/Engineering/Math (STEM) Education Teacher Education Undergraduate Education Courses Taught CHEM 404/404H: General Chemistry II CHEM 405: Chem Principles for Engineers CHEM 501: Peer-led Team Learning in Chem CHEM 502: Adv Peer-led Team Ldrshp Chem CHEM 503: PLTL Mentoring CHEM 696: Independent Study CHEM 800: Intro Chem Practices CHEM 802: Critical Thinking Chem CHEM/PHYS 501: Peer-led Team Learning in Chem

Christopher Sullivan

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Member of the Board
Vice President of Product Management, Symbotic

Christopher White - Chairman

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Chairman

Colette Bazylinski

co..@unh.edu

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Administrative Coordinator
Administrative Coordinator / Mathematics and Statistics

Colin Fischer

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Deputy Chief
Engineer

Cyndee Gruden

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Dean
Member of the Board
Member of the External Advisory Committee
Dean of CEPS, UNH
Dean, UNH College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Daniel Cummins

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Member of the Board
Chief Architect - Senior Distinguished Engineer, Dell EMC

Daniel D'Amore

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Member of the Board
Chief Engineer, BAE Systems

Daniel Dulac

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Member of the Board
Vice President, Solution Strategy, Extreme Networks

Darcy Silver

da..@unh.edu

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TSC Analytical Instrument Engineer II

Darrell Fernandes

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Executive Advisor

Dave Todaro

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Member of the Board
President & COO, Ascendle

David Benedetto

da..@unh.edu

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LECTURER

David Benson

da..@unh.edu

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SENIOR LECTURER

David Ellis

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board

David Ellis, faculty member at UNH in 1960s and 1970s; former President of Lafayette College and past president of Boston's Museum of Science.

David Gallant

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Member of the Board
Head of Enterprise Support and Technology, Devoted Health

David Noblet

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Member of the Board
Co - Founder and Chief Architect, CHAOSSEARCH

Deborah Audino

da..@ccsnh.edu

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Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering & Bioengineering

Deborah Overdeput

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Principal

Denise Saltojanes - Managing Director

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Managing Director
Member of the Advisory Board
Investor and Co - Chair of Golden Seeds - Boston

Denise Saltojanes is an active early investor and co-chair of Golden Seeds-Boston, a leader in seed and series A funding for female led startups. She is also an investor with NuFund Venture Group-San Diego and plays an active role in the Angel Capital Association's Data Analysis Group. Denise enjoys working on all aspects of deal flow and due diligence practices leading to investment. With a broad background in medical and technology development and financial analysis, Denise Saltojanes holds a multifaceted skill set from her 25+ year engineering-based finance career. During her time with the US Air Force, she successfully modeled and defended $6B of Congressionally approved appropriations and was responsible for numerous financial agreements regarding technology and materiel transactions with America's foreign allies. Denise served as Vice President of Investment Banking at Medical Capital Advisors where she was an integral part of the firm's merger and acquisition team and led the valuation process. As a Senior Executive at Cambridge Polymer Group, a biopolymer research and development company in Boston, she supervised daily operations as well as coordinating marketing, financial strategy, and new business development and licensing agreements. Additionally, Denise has held financial positions at the Orthopedic Biomechanics and Biomaterials Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and started her career as a process engineer at General Electric. Denise is also an active philanthropist for the promotion of women and diversity in leadership roles, animal welfare, and expanding access to the arts. She is an active board member for the Advisory Board for the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences at University of New Hampshire ("UNH") and the Corporate Board of Advisors member for Chemical Engineering Dept at UNH. Denise actively promotes interdisciplinary learning and career goal-setting as well as STEM education for first generation college students. She received an B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from University of New Hampshire, a MBA from Babson College, and an honorary Doctor of Science degree from UNH.

Derek Barka

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Member of the Board
Chief Technology Officer, SilverTech

Diliang Chen

di..@unh.edu

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Assistant Professor

Doug Pope

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Member of the Board
President, Pope Energy

Dr. Wayne Smith

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Minor Coordinator

Drew Boudreau

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Member of the Board
Principal Systems Engineer, ESEG, Trident Systems, Inc.

Edward Song

ed..@unh.edu

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Associate Professor

Edward Song received a B.S. degree in Mathematics and Engineering from Queen's University, Kingston, ON in 2004, a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB in 2007, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA in 2014. From 2014 to 2015 he was a postdoctoral researcher and an instructor at the ECE department at LSU. He has worked on various research topics including conducting polymer nanowires, chemiresistive sensors, multi-analyte detection, and microfabrication. In 2015 he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire as an assistant professor. Education Ph.D., Louisiana State University M.S., University of Alberta B.S., Queen's University Research Interests Biomedical Engineering Biomolecular Science Circuits and Systems Electronic Devices Electronic Materials Medical Devices Engineering Microelectronics Microsystems Nano-Materials Nanoelectronics Nanotechnology Neurotransmitters Sensing Devices and Transducers Solid State Electronics Courses Taught ECE 541: Electric Circuits Recitation ECE 543: Intro to Digital Systems ECE 618: Junior Laboratory II ECE 796/896: SpcTop/Solid-State Ele ECE 896: Spc Top/Electric or Comptr Eng ECE 992: Adv Topics Electrical Engineer ECE 999: Doctoral Research

Elaine Hobbs

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Member of the Board
Controller, HMS Industrial Networks Inc.

Eleanor Jaffee

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

Elizabeth Burakowski

el..@unh.edu

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RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Elvis Marin

el..@unh.edu

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Academic Advisor

Erich Whitney

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Member of the Board
Principal Digital / Micro Hardware Engineer, the MITRE Corporation

Erik Berda - Chairman

er..@unh.edu

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Chairman
Research Interests

Erika Eynon-Hicks

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Development Associate

Erin Bell - Chairman

er..@unh.edu

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Chairman
PROFESSOR

Fran Meffen

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Member of the NH CREATES Leadership Team
Key Member of the Tech Camp

Fran Meffen has been a key member of the Tech Camp team since 2015 and brings to her role a deep understanding of STEAM education, student engagement and project-based learning. A member of the Dover School District Guidance Department for more than two decades, Meffen also founded the Dover Middle School STEAM Academy, an afterschool enrichment program, and served as its director for more than a decade. She has been actively involved in a number youth-oriented community service organizations and social justice initiatives over the course of her career. "What gets my juices flowing at Tech Camp is seeing the kids so engaged in learning, collaborating, asking questions, solving problems - never holding back," says Meffen. "With Tech for Teachers, it's seeing a sense of renewed energy in the educators. They have been given the time and permission to explore, learn about emerging technologies and design a project that they can bring back into their classrooms. This is how you transform education." Meffen holds a B.A. in Biology from Drew University; an M.S. in Molecular and Population Genetics from the University of Georgia; an M.Ed. in Guidance and Counseling from Keene State College; and a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) from Plymouth State University. Married with three grown children and six grandchildren, Meffen loves to spend time with her family and also enjoys reading, knitting, sewing, singing and baking.

GARY BOWLIN

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Member of the Advisory Board
Professor

Dr. Bowlin is a Professor and Herbert Herff Chair of Excellence at The University of Memphis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, where he has been a faculty member since 2013. Dr. Bowlin's research has and continues to focus on the application of electrospun templates for tissue engineering and tissue regenerative applications, all in the pursuit of saving lives and improving the quality of life. Dr. Bowlin's laboratory has published extensively with over 115 peer-reviewed manuscripts. Google Scholar data shows his group's published works have been cited over 9,700 times, resulting in an H-index of 43. To date, Dr. Bowlin has been granted 10 U.S. Patents and 32 foreign patents for his advancements in these different areas of research. These patents have helped to start five different companies and several commercially available and FDA cleared products. The most recent technology is being developed by Sweetbio, Inc., started March 2015 in Memphis, TN, for improving dental reconstruction procedures. Another company started, St. Teresa Medical, Inc. is currently undergoing clinical trials for CE Marking. He was recently awarded the Billy R. Martin Innovation Award in 2013 as well as being inducted as a Fellow into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He is also the Inaugural and current President of the International Society for Biomedical Polymers and Polymeric Biomaterials. Dr. Bowlin received his B.E. from Youngstown State University (1988) and M.S. from the University of New Hampshire (1990) in Chemical Engineering. From 1990-92, he worked as a Process Engineer for NUCON International in Columbus, OH. He then obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Akron (1996) in Biomedical Engineering and subsequently completed an American Heart Association sponsored post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Surgery at Akron City Hospital. In 1997, Dr. Bowlin started his first faculty appointment at Virginia Commonwealth University and rose to the rank of Professor and held the Louis and Ruth Harris Exceptional Scholar Professorship. In August 2013, he relocated to The University of Memphis to continue his research and entrepreneurial endeavors and continued training of the next generation of Biomedical Engineers.

Gerald Scala

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Member of the Board
Principal Engineer II - Controls, Osram Sylvania

Gerry Letendre - President

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President

Greg Park

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Member of the Board
Vice President - Professional Services, Bottomline Technologies

H. Edmund Bergeron - President

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President

Hannah Mathieu

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Member of the Board
Digital Leadership Development Program Associate, Raytheon Technologies

Hayley Barnhard

ha..@unh.edu

Herbert Herff

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Chairman of Excellence at the University of Memphis

Jack Meffen

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Member of the External Advisory Committee
Retired Accountant - Community Member

Jackie O'Donnell

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

Jacob Bibeau

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

James Abare

ja..@unh.edu

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TSC Senior Electronics Engineer

James Clemmons

ja..@unh.edu

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PROFESSOR

James Clemmons works in the field of space physics. His interests include auroral phenomena, physics of the Earth's ionosphere-thermosphere system, and the magnetosphere. Primary methods of inquiry are space experiments and instrumentation, as well as analysis of data. He serves as a Co-Investigator on NASA's Van Allen Probes and Magnetospheric Multiscale missions. Recent sounding rocket experiments include the Auroral Jet and RENU-2 missions, and current projects include the VISIONS-2, TOMEX-Plus, and Dynamo-2 sounding rocket missions, the LLITED cubesat mission, analysis of data from the TWINS-ES experiment, and modeling of the atmospheric mass density anomaly beneath the earth's magnetospheric cusp. Education Ph.D., Space Physics, University of California - Berkeley M.A., Physics, University of California - Berkeley B.S., Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Interests Aeronomy Atmosphere: Composition & Disturbance Atmospheric Physics Atmospheric Remote Sensing Atmospheric Sciences Atmospheric Structure and Dynamics Geophysics Geosciences Instrumentation, Techniques (Physical Sciences) Ionospheres Ionospheric Phenomena Ionospheric Physics Magnetohydrodynamics Magnetospheric Phenomena Physical Sciences Physics Plasma Physics Space Sciences Space Weather Spacecraft Turbulence Courses Taught INCO 590: Student Research Experience PHYS 407: General Physics I Recitation PHYS 407S: General Physics I Studio PHYS 712/812: Space Plasma Physics PHYS 797: Senior Design Project PHYS 999: Doctoral Research

James Connell

ja..@unh.edu

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PROFESSOR

James Glynn

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Member of the Board
Vice President, Marine Systems Enterprise, Physical Sciences, Inc.

James Mack

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cincinnati

James Randall

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Member of the Board
Randall Consulting

Janggeun Choi

ja..@unh.edu

Jason Levesque

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Member of the Board
Senior Consultant, Digital Delivery, Lincoln Financial

Jason Syversen

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Member of the Board
Founder & CEO, Seige Technologies

Jay Bizarro

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Member of the Advisory Board

Jay Bizarro was recently President and CEO of Nylon Corporation of America (NYCOA) in Manchester, NH, from 2016 through 2023. NYCOA is a manufacturer of specialty grades of nylon 6, copolymers and terpolymers that are based on nylon 6, long chain polyamids, poly-ether block flexible nylon materials and amorphous nylon chemistries. Prior to that Jay had a 29 year career at specialty chemical company International Specialty Products, based in Wayne, NJ, and then Ashland, who acquired ISP in 2011. Jay Bizarro has filled many roles during his career, starting out as an environmental engineer responsible for permitting and installing control equipment, followed by a stint doing public advocacy work while permitting a facility seen as controversial at the time. Jay then transitioned into operations leadership in 1996, where he has spent the majority of his career in positions of increasing responsibility, such as Production Manager, Business Unit Director of Operations, Operations Manager, and Plant Manager. Jay was promoted to VP of Texas Operations in 2011. During his 20-year manufacturing career, he lived in Kentucky, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Texas. When he left Ashland, he was Plant Manager of the company's flagship operation in Texas City, TX, as well as being responsible for 10 other manufacturing sites around the world. Jay Bizarro has also had business experience woven into his career, heading up ISP's $300 Million Elastomers business for 3 years as its VP and General Manager. Currently, Jay is consulting through his firm Last First Solutions, LLC, based in Texas. Jay Bizarro is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ, and earned his Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Chemical Engineering.

Jeremy Haynes

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Member of the Board
Director, IT Application Developement, Unitil

Jerome Amedu

je..@unh.edu

Jesse Ambrose

je..@unh.edu

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TSC Analytical Instrument Engineer III
TSC Analytical Instrument Engineer III / Chemistry

Jim Richmond

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Member of the Board
Founder and President, Random Walk Ventures

JOANNE DONOGHUE

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Member of the Advisory Board

Ms. Donoghue graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1991 from the University of New Hampshire. She has a broad range of R&D experience having spent over 15 years at premier research institutions. From 1995 to 2003, she held research and engineering positions at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution working in mass spectrometry, including the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometer facility. From 2004 to 2006, she held laboratory management positions in radioisotope and cellulosic ethanol technology laboratories at Dartmouth College. Since 2006, Ms. Donoghue has worked at Mascoma Corporation, a start-up cellulosic ethanol company located in Lebanon, NH. She is currently the operations director and has been involved in all aspects of operations including recruiting, laboratory/office start up and expansions, office and lab consolidations, and project management of a multi-million dollar laboratory and office building. She now oversees management of the laboratory spaces and operations, corporate administrative services, purchasing and safety. Ms. Donoghue also serves on the Small Business Advisory Council for Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.

Joel Johnson - Chairman

jo..@unh.edu

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Chairman

John Ahern

jo..@unh.edu

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TSC Mechanical Engineer

John Canfield

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Member of the Board
Design Engineer, Analog Devices

John Prokopik

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Member of the Board
Director, US Defense Hardware Discipline, BAE Systems

Joseph Burke

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Member of the Board
Manager Research & Technology, Watts Water, Corp.

Joshua Olstad

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Member of the Board
Director of IT, Oyster River Cooperative High School District

Joshua Pearl

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Member of the Board
Founder, Performance Dyno LLC

Julie Bryce

ju..@unh.edu

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PROFESSOR

Julie Demers

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Member of the Board
Executive Director, NH Tech Alliance

Justin Eisfeller

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Member of the Board
Vice President, Information Technology, Unitil

Karen Graham - Chairman

ka..@unh.edu

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Chairman

Kathleen Dwyer - SVP

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Senior Vice President

Keith Faucher

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Research & Development Manager, Atrium Medical, Nashua, NH

Kelley Thomas

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Member of the NH CREATES Leadership Team
Co - Principal Investigator / Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Kelly Bibeau

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

Ken Orr

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Member of the Board
Senior Software Manager, Apple

Kevan Carpenter

ke..@unh.edu

Job Titles:

Director, CEPS Technical Service Center
TSC Director

Kevin Culhane

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Member of the Board

Kevin Major

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Member of the Board
Principal Electrical Engineer, Raytheon Technologies

Kevin Sprague

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Member of the Board
Director, Engineering, Unitil

Kimberly Hood

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Member of the Board
Manager, Cyber Security and Compliance, Unitil

Kingsbury Hall

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Department of Computer Science

Kristin Bass

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

Laura Chishom

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Director of Institutional Giving

Laura Haight

la..@unh.edu

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Administrative Coordinator

Lauren Foxall

la..@unh.edu

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Senior Administrative Assistant

Lee Beauregard

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Member of the Board
Manager, Electrical Engineering, IDEXX Laboratories

Lee Cooper

le..@unh.edu

Len Long

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Member of the Board

Liberty Mutual

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Member of the External Advisory Committee
Industry Liaison

Lincoln Lavoie

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Member of the Board
Principal Engineer, UNH InterOperability Laboratory

M. Robin Collins

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Research Interests

Marc Boudreau

ma..@unh.edu

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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Marc Cartier

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Member of the Board

Maria Basterra

ma..@unh.edu

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PROFESSOR

Mark Flanders

Mark Galvin

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Member of the Board
Managing General Partner, New England Innovation Center

Mark Hughes

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Member of the Board
Senior Principal Engineer, Raytheon Technologies

Mark Thurston

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Member of the Board
President, CUSA Consulting LLC

Mary Kirchhoff

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Director, Education Division of the American Chemical Society

Matt Keane

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Member of the External Advisory Committee

Michael Doogue

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Member of the Board
Business Unit Director - Linear and Current Sensors, Allegro MicroSystems, Inc.

Michael Granieri

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Member of the Board
President / Chief Technology Officer, MNG Technology Enterprises

Michael Klein

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Member of the Board
Director, Advanced Data Analytics & Data Science, Liberty Mutual

Michel Charpentier

mi..@unh.edu

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Research Interests

Michelle Capozzoli

mi..@unh.edu

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Senior Lecturer

Mike Bourbeau

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Member of the Board
Vice President, Information Systems, Northeast Delta Dental

Momotaz Begum

mo..@unh.edu

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Associate Professor

Muriel S. Robinette

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Senior Consultant

Naama Ben-Dor

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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Nivedita Gupta - Chairman

ni..@unh.edu

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Chairman

Noah MacAdam

no..@unh.edu

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TSC Mechanical Engineer

Norman Carignan

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Member of the Board
Electrical Technology Department Chair, Manchester Community College

Orly Buchbinder

or..@unh.edu

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Paul Goransson

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Member of the Board
Founder and Chairman, Elbrys Networks

Paul S. Anderson

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board

Per Bergland - Chairman

pe..@unh.edu

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Chairman

Per Berglund

pe..@unh.edu

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Department Chair, Physics & Astronomy
PROFESSOR

Peter L. Vosotas - CEO, President

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CEO
President

Prescott Atkinson

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Member of the Board
Signal Integrity Engineer, Amphenol TCS

Prof. Dean Sullivan

Prof. Greg Chini

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Research Interests

Prof. Greg Chini joined the Mechanical Engineering faculty at UNH in 1999. Since then, Prof. Chini has also worked as a visiting researcher in the Division of Applied and Computational Mathematics at the California Institute of Technology and in the Theoretical Mechanics Division of the School of Mathematical Sciences at Nottingham University (UK). He is a regular participant in the Annual Woods Hole Summer Program in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Prof. Chini teaches undergraduate courses in Fluid Dynamics (ME 608) and Thermodynamics (ME 503) along with several advanced fluid dynamics and applied mathematics courses, including Waves in Fluids (ME 7/812), Viscous Flow (ME 909), and Asymptotic Methods (IAM 940). In 2007, Prof. Chini was appointed founding Co-Director of the CEPS Ph.D. Program in Integrated Applied Mathematics. Prof. Chini's research interests are in the allied fields of fluid dynamics and physical applied mathematics. His research involves the mathematical modeling of geophysical, environmental, biological and industrial flows. The existence and stability of coherent features (e.g. nonlinear waves, vortices, plumes, and boundary layers) in such flows are of particular interest. Using hybrid analytical-numerical techniques (e.g. asymptotic, variational, and spectral methods), he aims to develop simplified models of complex fluid-mechanical systems; these models are used for identifying key physical processes and for purposes of prediction, design, and control. His specific areas of interest include:

Prof. John LaCourse - Chairman

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Chairman
Department Chair and Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

John LaCourse was born in Norwich, CT on March 17, 1952. He received the B.A. in Biophysics from the University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT in 1974, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in biological engineering from the same institute in 1977 and 1981, respectively. Since 1980 he has been a member of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He is a member of IEEE-EMBS, IEEE-IMS, Sigma Xi, Medical Ergonomics Society, and the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. He is also a certified Professional Ergonomist (#83). Education Ph.D., Biological Engineering, University of Connecticut M.S., Biological Engineering, University of Connecticut B.A., Biophysics, University of Connecticut Courses Taught ECE 775/875: Appl of Integrated Circuits ECE 784/884: Biomedical Instrumentation ECE 784/994: Biomedical Instrumentation ECE 992: Adv Topics Electrical Engineer ECE 999: Doctoral Research

Prof. MD Shaad Mahmud

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Study Abroad Coordinator & the National Student Exchange Coordinator

Prof. Richard Messner

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Undergraduate Committee Chair & Transfer Coordinator

Prof. Se Young Yoon

Radim Bartos - Chairman

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Chairman
PROFESSOR

Richard Burrell

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board

Richard D. Dane

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Staff Member

Rick Cote

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Member of the External Advisory Committee
Chairman / Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences

Rick Pierro

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Member of the Advisory Board
Co - Founder and Owner of Superior Controls

Rick Pierro is co-founder and owner of Superior Controls and has over twenty years of control systems experience. Mr. Pierro is currently serving as President of the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) Boston Area Chapter and has served on the ISPE Board of Directors since 2004 as Chairman of Student Affairs. He is a Trustee for the New Hampshire High Technology Council and is Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the University of Massachusetts- Lowell, Chemical Engineering Department. Mr. Pierro's longtime support of the UMass Lowell's Francis College of Engineering earned him the "Francis College Distinguished Engineering Award" in 2003. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of Acumentrics Corporation, a leading fuel cell development and manufacturing company, and E-Trolz, a leading provider of technology for electrophysiological medical devices. Prior to Superior Controls, Mr. Pierro held various positions in project engineering, sales, and sales management. His work experiences include serving as an automation engineer at a systems integrator, where he designed and implemented PLC-based control systems for both the chemical and food and beverage industries. Mr. Pierro graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Chemistry in 1981 and received his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Lowell in 1983. He researched and wrote his thesis on the testing of advanced PID tuning techniques for process control applications, and also taught several process control courses. He later completed several business courses at Harvard Business School. He is a frequent guest speaker on topics ranging from biotech automation, batching, and FDA validation requirements such as 21CFR Part 11, Process Analytical Technology, and GAMP.

Robert Alongi

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Member of the Board
Business Manager, IEEE - Boston Section

Robert E. Phillips - CEO, CTO

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CTO
Managing Partner

Robert Gendron

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Member of the Board
Vice President of Marketing and Business, Vicor Corporation

Robert M. Tillotson - Chairman

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Chairman

Rosemarie Came

ro..@unh.edu

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Russ Foster

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Founder of Environmental Analytical Companies in New Hampshire

Sally Hartman

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Member of the Chemistry Advisory Board
Chemistry Program Manager, Bureau of Laboratory Services, NH Public Health Labs

Samuel Carton

sa..@unh.edu

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Assistant Professor

Sarah Lachance

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Member of the Board
Director, Information Security, Cybersecurity Risk Assurance and GRC Solutions, Liberty Mutual Insurance

Scott Boudreau

sc..@unh.edu

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Senior Lecturer

Scott Campbell

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Scott Valcourt

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Member of the Board

Shane Darnell

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Member of the Board

Shannon McCracken-Barber

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Member of the NH CREATES Leadership Team
Manchester CREATES, Project Director

Shannon McCracken-Barber attended the Tech for Teachers Institute in 2021 and has been part of the extended Tech Camp family ever since. In 2022, she returned as a project leader and teaching assistant at Tech Camp and, this past summer, served as an instructor in the Tech for Teachers program. In July 2023, McCracken-Barber assumed the role of project director for the Manchester CREATES workforce development initiative. "The Tech for Teachers Institute was the most energizing professional development program I ever attended while teaching," says McCracken-Barber. "Learning about cutting-edge research directly from those doing it added a new spark to my classroom curriculum. That's something I'm excited about bringing to the greater Manchester community moving forward." A former high school STEAM teacher in Farmington and Tilton, McCracken-Barber brings to her new role at Manchester CREATES both an artistic flair and entrepreneurial spirit. In addition to her work as an educator, she is also the founder of the New Hampshire Renaissance Faire, an annual charity event that she owned and managed from 2005-2011, and a fine artist who previously ran two online businesses-one featuring her costume accessories, another handmade jewelry. Married with two children, McCracken-Barber holds an M.A.T. from Plymouth State University and a B.F.A. from the Maine College of Art. Her office is located in the historic Pandora Mill Building at UNH Manchester.

Sharon McCrone

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Associate Dean

Shawn Gygax

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Manager
Staff Member at Tech Camp

Shawn Gygax has been a staff member at Tech Camp since its founding in 2007. Initially serving as a counselor for two years he then transitioned into a leadership role overseeing day-to-day operations of the camp each summer. As the camp manager, he works closely with teachers, staff members, students and parents to ensure a positive experience for all. What does he like most about Tech Camp? "The excitement the campers have for learning while doing," he says. "The hands-on, experiential nature of the program makes it fun for everyone." A middle school science teacher at Barrington Middle School for the past 18 years, Gygax holds a B.S. in Elementary Education and Natural Science from New England College. Additionally, he has been involved with STEM-related projects at the UNH Ocean Engineering Laboratory and Space Science Center, as well as the SeaPerch program at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Married with two sons, Gygax loves to play disc golf and hike in his free time. To date, he has hiked from Maine to Pennsylvania along the Appalachian Trail and hopes to finish the rest in due time, if his knees will cooperate.