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Dr. Domenico Grasso (b. 1955 Worcester, Massachusetts) is Provost of the University of Delaware (UD). Prior to holding this position, he was Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate College at the University of Vermont (UVM). He did his secondary school education at St. John's High School (Massachusetts) and holds a B.Sc. from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, an M.S. from Purdue University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the states of Connecticut and Texas, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the journal (''Environmental Engineering Science'' ) and has served as Vice-Chair of the United States (Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board (SAB) ), President of the (Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP) ) and Associate Editor of ''Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology''. He was appointed by Vermont Governor James Douglas to Chair the Vermont Environment and Engineering Advisory Council. He has authored or co-authored more than 100 technical papers and reports, including four chapters and three books, including ''(Holistic Engineering Education - Beyond Technology )'' (Springer, 2009). Federal, state and industrial organizations have supported his research work. He has served on advisory boards at Johns Hopkins, the University of Notre Dame, Colgate, WPI, Olin College, and the National Academy of Engineering. == Prior Appointments == Prior to his current position as Provost, Dr. Grasso was Vice President for Research and Dean of The Graduate College at UVM. This dual appointment followed his tenure as UVM's Dean of the College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, where he successfully led an effort to build a university-wide research focus in complex systems.〔(''Vermont Complex Systems Center )〕 Prior to joining UVM, Dr. Grasso was Professor and Head of the Department in Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut. He subsequently declined an offer to chair the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia University to accept the position of Rosemary Bradford Hewlett Professor and Founding Director of the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College,〔(''Christian Science Monitor article )〕 the first engineering program at a women's college in the United States. He has been a Visiting Scholar at UC-Berkeley, a NATO Fellow, and an Invited Technical Expert to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization in Vienna Austria. Professor Grasso served on a World Bank–funded international team of scholars that established the first environmental engineering program in Argentina. The Water Environment Federation named him a "Pioneer in Disinfection." He chaired a U.S. Congressional briefing entitled "Genomes & Nanotechnology: The Future of Environmental Research" and was invited to address the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Grasso was also co-founder along with Dr. Sally Ride, the first American woman astronaut, of TOYChallenge — a national toy design challenge for 5th to 8th graders to excite them about science, engineering and the design process in a fun, creative and collaborative manner, relevant to everyday life. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Domenico Grasso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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