Adam Fontecchio (SM’16) is currently a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Drexel University, and Vice-Dean of the Graduate College. He is the inaugural Director of the Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning Excellence (CASTLE). He has served as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on $18M in sponsored research funding, and authored over 90 peer-reviewed papers. His research focuses on the area of nanophotonics. He is a member of the IEEE-USA K-12 STEM Literacy Committee. He was selected as the 2015 Delaware Valley Engineer of the Year. He was the recipient of the NASA New Investigator Award, the Drexel Graduate Student Association Outstanding Mentor Award, the Drexel University ECE Outstanding Research Achievement Award, and the International Liquid Crystal Society Multimedia Prize. He serves as the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Philadelphia Section.