Program Mentors

Capital Community College

Doris Arrington, Dean of Student Services

Central Connecticut State University

Michele Dischino, Ph.D.

Alfred Gates, P.E., Ph.D., Professor of Engineering

Zdzislaw Kremens, Dean

Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Leonard Eisenfeld, M.D., Neonatology

Robert S Lin CPO,FAAOP  Chief Orthotist/Prosthetist

Connecticut Pre-Engineering Program

Bruce Dixon, Executive Director

Gateway Community College

Paul Silberquit, Academic Director, Engineering/Applied Technologies

Hamilton Sundstrand

William F. Higgins, Advanced Systems Program Manager

KAMAN Aerospace Corporation

Fu-Shang (John) Wei, Ph.D., P.E., Chief Engineer Aeromechanics

Lawrence Technological University

Devdas Shetty, Ph.D., P.E.

Manchester Community College

Gena Glickman, PhD., President

Mehrdäd Fäézi, Professor, Manufacturing Engineering Technology

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Amy Ross, Constellation Pressure Garment Sub-System Manager

Quinebaug Valley Community College

Mark Vesligaj, Instructor of Technological Studies

Southeastern Connecticut Science & Technology Magnet High School

Eric Rice, S.T.E.M. Program Coordinator

The Birch Group, LLC.

John Birch, CPBA, CPVA, CAIA, TriMetrix Certified, ASME

Trumpf, Inc.

Annette Doyle, Human Resources/Training

Tunxis Community College

Catherine Addy, President

Paola Jaramillo, M.S.

Karen Wosczyna-Birch, Ph.D.

Laura Gambino, Information Technology Professor

United States Coast Guard Academy

Ronald S. Adrezin, Ph.D., P.E.

University of Connecticut
Mun Y. Choi, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut Health Center
Donald R. Peterson, Ph.D., M.S., Director, Biodynamics Laboratory

University of Hartford

Kevin Ball, Ph.D.

Clara Fang, Ph.D.

Thomas Filburn, Ph.D., P.E., Assoc. Professor Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan M. Hill, Ph.D.

Lou Manzione, Dean, College of Technology

John Nordyke, M.F.A.

Peter Mclauren Norwood, A.I.A., NCARB

David Pines, Ph.D.

Beth Richards, M.A.

Natalie D. Segal, M.A., M.F.A.

Laura Zeleznicky, ASME Student Section Chair

Watkinson School

Andrew Angle, Teacher, Math and Science

John Crosson, Assistant Head of School