Vaccari appointed Chair of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers Education Committee
Stevens Environmental Engineering expert will help guide policy
HOBOKEN , N.J. ― Professor David Vaccari, the Director of Stevens Institute of Technology’s Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, has been appointed Chair of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) Education Committee for a three-year term.
The committee develops educational policy for the Academy and recommends representatives to the commissions of the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology (ABET). The AAEE is also the lead society for environmental education program accreditation, in partnership with ABET, Inc.
“Congratulations to Dr. Vaccari,” said Dr. Michael Bruno, Dean of Stevens’ Schaefer School of Engineering and Science. “The AAEE Education Committee will certainly profit from David’s vast and distinguished expertise as an engineer, researcher and educator, and Stevens and the Schaefer School are proud to count him among our most distinguished faculty members.”
Vaccari’s areas of research interest and expertise in Environmental Engineering include Biological Processes, Physicochemical Processes, and System Modeling. He has taught numerous courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is also the author or co-author of many papers for refereed journals, and co-authored a book with Jim Alleman of Iowa State Univerity and Peter Strom of Rutgers University , titled, “Environmental Biology for Engineers and Scientists.”
A licensed Professional Engineer in the State of New Jersey , Dr. Vaccari also holds four degrees from Rutgers University , including a doctorate in Environmental Science (1984), a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering (1983), a Master of Science degree in Environmental Science (1979), and a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science (1974).
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