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ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ADVISORY BOARD

 

Membership 2025

02/17/2025

Michael Anastasio
President at Bala Consulting Engineers
Widener University, MBA ‘83
èƵapp, BSEE ‘73

Bernard Borghei
CEO, Symphony Wireless
University of Phoenix MBA, Global Management ‘04
èƵapp BSEE ‘94

Steve Christini
Found & President of Christini Technologies, Inc.
èƵapp BSME ‘95

Jason Craparo
CEO @ Hovr
Babson College, MBA '14

Richard diMonda
èƵapp BEEE, ‘72

Edmond J. Dougherty
èƵapp MSCS ‘86
Drexel University MS Engineering Management ‘76
èƵapp BSEE ‘69

Richard K. Faris
Retired, Sr. VP - Product Dev., Oracle
Co-Founder Primavera Systems, Inc.
èƵapp ’69 CEE, ’70 MSCE

Gerald B. Halt, Jr.
Patent Attorney, Volpe and Koenig, P.C.
èƵapp EE ‘87

Megan Kempf
Analyst, Blackstone
èƵapp BBA '23

Sarah Lucas
Venture Portfolio Platform Director for SeedInvest
Harvard University MBA, '06

Phon Malone
Founder and Chairman of Revel Nails
Founder and CEO of Hello High
èƵapp BSCHE '99

Sean McDermott
CEO & Founder, Windward Consulting Group
èƵapp EE ‘88

Robert T. McNally, PhD
Retired, President & CEO, GeoVax Labs., Inc.
èƵapp EE ‘70

Jon Meisel
Senior Vice President of CBRE Group
èƵapp BSME ‘84

Arthur Metzler
Chief Executive Officer, AMA Consulting Engineers P.C.
èƵapp ME ‘86

James Mezzadri
Estimating Manager, Structure Tone
èƵapp BSEE

Todd Pohlig
Principal-Athertyn-Pohlig at Haverford Reserve
Co-Founder & Principal, Pohlig Builders
èƵapp CE ‘72

Samantha Sandler
Senior Associate Mechanical Engineering - Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris Technologies
èƵapp BME '20

Ben Sparango
Owner, Sparango Custom Homes
èƵapp BSCE ‘85

Terence F. Schofield
Millennium Management LLC
Head of Liquidity Provision Technology
èƵapp BSCpE '05

David West
COO Proscia Digital and Computational Pathology
èƵapp BSEE ‘87

ENTREPRENEURIAL ENGINEERS

èƵapp Students Develop Innovative Solutions at First-Annual Health Hackathon Focused on COVID-19

èƵapp Students Develop Innovative Solutions at First-Annual Health Hackathon Focused on COVID-19

Students from Engineering, Nursing, Business and Liberal Arts & Sciences competed in the three-day virtual event hosted by èƵapp’s Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Institute. In the process they learned design thinking frameworks, conducted design research, and built prototypes. Faculty from the schools and colleges shared expertise and experiences, providing guidance to the participants, who worked as teams in virtual breakout rooms.

Sports Tech Sprint winners Corrine Sullivan and Alvin Wang developed a project involving golf-related NFTs

Sports Tech Sprint Inspires Game-Changing Technology

Sponsored by the Engineering Entrepreneurship minor, the two-day “hackathon”-style event also featured networking with industry insiders, a panel of expert judges and an appearance by former New England Patriots fullback James Develin, a mechanical engineer.

Entrepreneurial Engineering Student’s Business Supports Campus Organizations

Entrepreneurial Engineering Student’s Business Supports Campus Organizations

Joseph Zinno, a rising senior in mechanical engineering, has spent the past two years nurturing his business venture, Rooted Designs, which sells engraved èƵapp keychains, magnets, coasters and more. Rooted in the communities he is part of, Joe donates 20% of every sale to a èƵapp charity chosen by the customer.