Candidate for
School Director; Wallingford-Swarthmore School District; Region 1

Educator

While I was a professor of Engineering at Drexel University, I:

• Improved
 student 
retention 
from
 88%
 in
 2005‐2006 
to 
97%
 in
 2007‐2008 
by 
initiating
 a 
new
 freshman engineering
 program. This 
program 
focused 
on 
teamwork 
skills, 
technical
 writing,
 and
 the
 incorporation
 of 
environmental 
sustainability 
in
 engineering
 design.


• Spearheaded
 a pilot
 program
 to 
link
 freshman 
engineering
 design 
projects
 to 
community 
service. 
Students 
helped
 weatherize 
more 
than 
20 
low‐income 
homes 
and 
designed
 environmental
 awareness 
training
 materials.


• Improved 
quality 
and 
consistency
 of 
course 
presentation 
by 
instituting
 and 
leading 
instructor 
training 
sessions 
for 
the 
faculty 
and 
graduate
 students 
recruited 
to 
teach 
sections
 of 
new 
courses.

While I was an assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and an associate director of the Center for Catalytic Science and Technology at the University of Delaware, I:

• Designed and conducted externally funded research both independently and in collaboration with other faculty and industrial partners. These efforts resulted in an issued patent.
• Recruited graduate students and supervised their research projects. These projects ranged from finding more energy efficient chemical processes to making better photovoltaic cells (solar panels).
• Published more than 20 technical articles in peer-reviewed journals.
• Presented research extensively to industry and at national and international professional meetings.

I have lived in Nether Providence since the summer of 2000. During that time I have been a member of:

• Nether Providence Recycling Task Force
• Nether Providence Communications Committee
• Delaware County Board of Elections