Fellow Spotlights

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The Engineering Unleashed Fellows are applying an entrepreneurial mindset to their teaching, research, and service. We celebrate each one and wish them a terrific year and take the opportunity to spotlight fellows throughout the year.

Please meet two of the 27 Engineering Unleashed Fellows on these pages. These Fellows have developed and published shareable resources using the Engineering Unleashed platform. Register on EngineeringUnleashed.com to access these resources as well as a library of 1,500+ content cards that have been published by the community.

Professor Andrea Kwaczala

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Western New England University

Dr. Kwaczala is an undergraduate educator at Western New England University. She teaches biomechanics, prosthetic and orthotic design and biomedical engineering capstone. Her research focuses on assistive technology devices to measure and evaluate human body motion and improve movement in people with limited mobility.

Interests, Topics Researched and Taught

Adaptive Design
Assistive Technology
Biomechanics
Product Development
Rehabilitation Engineering
Medical Device Innovation
User Centered Design

Memberships

ASEE
ASQ
RESNA
SWE

Disciplines

Biomedical Engineering
Engineering Education
Entrepreneurship
Health Sciences & Medical

Completed Degrees

PhD, Stony Brook University, Biomedical Engineering
Masters, Stony Brook University, Biomedical Engineering
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Biomedical Engineering

 

Professor Patrick Gurian

Professor, Department of Civil, Architectural, and
Environmental Engineering, Drexel University

Patrick currently serves as Director of First Year Experience for the College of Engineering. Through his scholarship in quantitative policy analysis and risk management, he seeks to understand challenges that couple engineering with human behavior. Patrick finds engineering education to be among the most exciting and impactful of these challenges.

Interests, Topics Researched and Taught

Engineering Economics
Risk Assessment
Statistics

Disciplines

Environmental Engineering

Completed Degrees

Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, Engineering and Public Policy & Civil and Env. Eng.