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Villanova Faculty E-Mentors

E-mentoring is a way for Villanova faculty to reach out to our young scientists and engineers who are participating in the Research Symposium.  Once student participants build a research project question, they have the opportunity to connect with one of our faculty “E-Mentors” for feedback.  Villanova Faculty E-Mentors’ research areas and contact information are posted on this web site for participants’ access.  The faculty E-Mentor will be there to assist the student researcher with areas like narrowing a research topic, providing a student with a research article in their topic area, or reviewing a student’s results and providing thoughtful comments and suggestions.  Many of the Villanova Faculty E-Mentors will be present during the Student Research Symposium in June, giving the students an opportunity to personally connect with their E-Mentor!

Astronomy & Astrophysics

Mr. Laurence DeWarf, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics ww.astronomy.villanova.edu/faculty/dewarf/dewarf.htm
Research:  Binary Stars; Variable Stars

Dr. Edward Fitzpatrick, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics
www.astronomy.villanova.edu/faculty/Fitzpatrick/Fitzpatrick.htm
Research: Intersellar Medium; Galactic

Dr. Edward Guinan, Professor, Astronomy & Astrophyics
www.astronomy.villanova.edu/faculty/guinan/guinan.htm
Research:  Binary Stars, Search for Extra-Solar Planets; Extra-galactic; Astro-biology; and the History of the Sun.

Dr. George P. McCook, Chairperson, Astronomy & Astrophysics www.astronomy.villanova.edu/faculty/mccook/mccook.htm
Research:  CCD Imaging; Instrumentation; Variable Stars

Biology

Dr. Mary Desmond, Professor & Director of BSMS Program, Biology
www.biology.villanova.edu/faculty/desmond/index.html
Research:  Embryonic Brain Research; Bioethics

Dr. Norman Dollahon, Associate Professor, Biology
www.biology.villanova.edu/faculty/dollahon/index.html
Research:  Parasitology; Invertebrate Zoology; Electron Microscopy

Dr. Phil Stephens, Professor, Biology
www.biology.villanova.edu/faculty/stephens/index.html
Research: Neuromuscular Physiology; Computer Simulations of Biological Processes

Chemistry

Dr. Temer Ahmadi, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www47.homepage.villanova.edu/temershah.ahmadi/
Research:  Metal and Semiconductor Nanoparticles;
Luminescent Nanomaterials; Organic-Inorganic Nanocomposites

Dr. Joseph W. Bausch, Assistant Departmental Chair, Chemistry
www.chemistry.villanova.edu/people/bausch.htm
Research: Synthetic Organic interests;
Structural Elucidation using Computational Methods

Carol A. Bessel, Associate Professor, Chemistry
www57.homepage.villanova.edu/carol.bessel/
Research: Catalysis; Supercritical Fluids; Graphite Nanofibers; Ruthenium Complexes

Dr. Eduard G. Casillas, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www.chemistry.villanova.edu/people/casillas.htm
Research:  Natural Products Synthesis; Bio-organic Chemistry

Dr. Robert M. Giuliano, Professor, Chemistry
www.chemistry.villanova.edu/people/giuliano.htm
Research:  Synthesis of Carbohydrate Components of Antibiotics; Development of New Synthesis Methodology for Applications in Carbohydrate Chemistry

Dr. Scott Kassel Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www38.homepage.villanova.edu/scott.kassel/
Research:  Stereoselective Transition Metal Catalysis; Solid Base Catalysis; X-ray Crystallography; Adsorption as applied to the Remediation of Mixed Wastes

Dr. Anthony F. Lagalante, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www41.homepage.villanova.edu/anthony.lagalante/
Research:   Supercritical Fluid (SF) Solvents and Solid-Phase Microextraction (SPME)

Dr. Brian K. Ohta, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www86.homepage.villanova.edu/brian.ohta/
Research:  Physical Organic Chemistry; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Dr. Joseph B. Rucker, Assistant Professor, Chemistry
www41.homepage.villanova.edu/anthony.lagalante/
Research:  Chemokine Receptors as HIV Coreceptors

Dr. Barry Selinsky, Chairperson, Chemistry
www22.homepage.villanova.edu/barry.selinsky/
Research: Membrane Active Antibiotics and Aminosterols;
Structure/Function Studies on Prostaglandin Synthase;
Anticoagulants

Dr. John F. Wojcik, Professor, Chemistry
www.chemistry.villanova.edu/people/wojcik.htm
Research:  Physical Chemistry

Dr. Deanna L. Zubris
www76.homepage.villanova.edu/deanna.zubris/
Research:  Catalysis; Organometallics; Polymer Chemistry

Computer Science

Dr. Robert Beck, Chairperson, Computing Sciences
www.csc.villanova.edu/~beck
Research:  Membrane Biophysics; Medicinal Chemistry

Dr. Lillian Cassel, Professor, Computing Sciences
www.csc.villanova.edu/~cassel
Research:  Digital libraries; Web Information

Dr. Thomas Way, Professor, Computing Sciences
www.csc.villanova.edu/~tway
Research:  Complier Optimization; Computer Architecture; Information and Technology Literacy; Software Engineering

Engineering

Dr. Kevin Buckley, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
www.ece.villanova.edu/user/buckley
Research:  Digital Signal Processing Applications

Dr. Robert Caverly, Professor, Electrical Engineering
www.rcaverly.ee.villanova.edu/rcaverly/rcaverly.htm
Research:  Microwave Engineering; Integrated  Circuit Design

 Dr. Rebecca Hoffman, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
www60.homepage.villanova.edu/rebecca.hoffman
Research:  Mold and Machine Deflection of In-Mold Coating Process; Analysis of Castellated Beams; Piston Secondary Motion and Piston Slap

Dr. Rungun Rama Nathan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
www95.homepage.villanova.edu/rungun.ramanathan/
Research:  Rehabilitation Robotics; Mobile Robotics; Biomechanics; Haptics and Virtual Reality

Jim O'Brien, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
http://www39.homepage.villanova.edu/james.obrien/
Research:  Appropriate Technologies,  Engineering Education

Dr. T. Radhakrishnan, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
http://www81.homepage.villanova.edu/t.radhakrishnan
Research:  Analysis of Cutting Force and Surface Quality in Milling; Accuracy Analysis for PC Board Assembly; Miniature Mobile Robots - Gripper Development and Device Accuracy

Dr. Randy Weinstein, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
www.homepage.villanova.edu/randy.weinstein
Research:  Nanomaterials-Synthesis and Analysis; Supercritical Fluids-Environmentally Friendly Food Processing and Polymer Processing; Drug Delivery Devices; Self Assembled Monolayer

Math

Dr. Douglas E. Norton, Associate Professor and Chair, Mathematical Sciences
www18.homepage.villanova.edu/douglas.norton/
Research:  Dynamical Systems

Dr. Robert Styer, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences
www41homepage.villanova.edu/Robert.styer/
Research:  Number Theory; Bioinformatics

Physics

Dr. Philip Maurone, Chairperson, Physics
www03.homepage.villanova.edu/philip.maurone/
Research:  Eclipsing Binary Stars

Dr. Jim Arrison, Professor, Physics
www05.homepage.villanova.edu/james.arrison/
Research: Electronic Divices - Nuclear Physics

Dr. Georgia Davis, Professor, Physics
www07.homepage.villanova.edu/georgia.papaefthymioudavis/
Research:   Mossbauer Spectroscopy

Dr. Joe Giammarco, Professor, Physics
www.physics.upenn.edu/~giammarc/
Research: Binary Star Classification Using Light Curves