Faculty & Staff
Engineering Team

Visiting Lecturer in Engineering
Amy Banzaert is focused on building Wellesley's engineering program. The founder of We-Lab, she teaches introductory engineering classes, and advises students interested in engineering-related careers in conjunction with Class Dean Jennifer Stephan.
Class Dean
Jennifer Stephan advises all Wellesley students who are interested in engineering, whether they are considering engineering for graduate school, enrolling in a dual degree program with Olin or MIT, pursuing the Olin Engineering Certificate, or otherwise exploring how their education can have an engineering focus.
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| Robbie Berg
Professor of Physics |
Ted Ducas
Professor of Physics |
Lyn Turbak Associate Professor of Computer Science |
Robbie Berg, Ted Ducas, and Lyn Turbak form Wellesley's Engineering Advisory Committee. As a team, they were instrumental in creating Wellesley's first engineering class and building Wellesley's connections with Olin College and MIT. They are active in supporting the work of We-Lab and advising students interested in engineering.

Interested in opportunities at Olin College? Along with talking to at least one of us above, reach out to Prof. Jean Huang, who is a Wellesley alumna and the Olin liason for Wellesley students.
Wellesley Engineering Team Gallery
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Amy Banzaert
Visiting Lecturer in Engineering
B.S., M.S., Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Researches engineering education and the development of consumer-oriented technologies that can benefit under-served populations worldwide.
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Robbie Berg
Professor of Physics
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Laser based studies of new electronic materials.
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Theodore W. Ducas
Professor of Physics
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engaged in laser spectroscopy, physics applied to biological systems, curricular development across disciplines, outreach to young learners and the public.
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Jennifer Stephan
Dean of the Class of 2015
B.S., Johns Hopkins University; M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
Jennifer Stephan is the dean of the Class of 2015. Dean Stephan came to the Class Deans' Office from the Computer Science Department at Wellesley, where she taught for 13 years.
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Franklyn A. Turbak
Associate Professor of Computer Science
S.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs and programming languages are at the heart of both my teaching and research.










