User:Cjcampo

Cheryl J. Campo '''Project Manager, STEM Transfer Student Success Initiative  Instructor, ENES 100 '''

''Howard Community College (HCC), ST 244  Columbia, MD

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I am HCC's full-time project manager for the STEM Transfer Student Success Initiative, a collaboration with Anne Arundel Community College, the Community College of Baltimore County, Montgomery College, and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. I also teach (ENES 100 this fall and, previously, CHEM 101, 102, and 103) and serve as an advisor to the Society of Women Engineers and National Society of Black Engineers student groups at HCC. Before relocating to MD, I was an assistant professor in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department at SUNY Fredonia, a primarily undergraduate institution, where I taught (introductory, upper-level, and graduate courses in chemistry and education) and ran a small research group. In my past lives, I've taught chemistry and research at the high school level and worked in industry at Atofina (now Arkema) and Battelle. I have a BA in chemistry and an MEd in science education from Rutgers University, an MS in polymer science from the University of Connecticut, a PhD in macromolecular science and engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and am working on finishing my JD at the University of Maryland. If you've got questions about lifelong learning and/or non-linear paths, I'm your (wo)man.

Course-Related Information

 * /ENES 100/

Research Interests

 * Smart materials
 * Polymer processing
 * Advances in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, mathematics)
 * Informal STEM education
 * Underrepresented groups in STEM

Work Experience

 * K-12 and higher education teaching
 * Quality control in a specialty chemical production facility
 * Environmental analysis (e.g., gas chromatography of ppb samples)
 * Implantable biomedical device development
 * Environmental policy and intellectual property (e.g., patent landscape) research

Links

 * American Chemical Society
 * Society of Plastics Engineers
 * US Patent and Trademark Office

Other Interests

 * Performing Arts/Community Theatre
 * Purple Light Theatre Company
 * Red Branch Theatre Company
 * 2nd Star Productions