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Department Chair, Joseph F. Toot, Jr. Professor of Engineering,
Macromolecular Science & Engineering

Email: gary.wnek@case.edu

Phone Number: 216-368-3116

Office: Kent Hale Smith 416


Education

1977 - B.S. Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

1980 - Ph.D. Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst


Faculty Positions

  • MIT - Department of Material Science and Engineering - Assistant Professor

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Department of Chemistry - Associate Professor

  • Virginia Commonwealth University - Chemical Engineering - Founding Chair

  • Case Western Reserve University - Macromolecular Science and Engineering - Joseph F. Toot Jr. Professor of Engineering and Professor Macromolecular Science and Engineering

    • Secondary Appointments: Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Chemistry


Other Positions

  • Department Chair - Macromolecular Science and Engineering

  • Faculty Director - Master of Engineering and Management Program

  • Associate Dean of Academics - Case School of Engineering

  • Faculty Director - Think[box], a campus-wide institute focused on innovation and entrepreneurial thinking


Selected Awards

  • John W. Hyatt Award from Society of Plastic Engineers (2007)

  • Graduate Teaching Award (2016)


Classes

  • EMAC 450 The Business of Polymers (Fall)

  • EMAC 376 Polymer Engineering (Spring)