Anthony Marchese is a Professor and Dean at Colorado State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University and B.S. and M.S. degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research areas include alternative fuels, combustion, chemical kinetics, microgravity experiments, rocket propulsion, spacecraft fire safety and environmental issues. Research projects include biodiesel chemical kinetics, edge flames, mobile emissions from heavy duty diesel vehicles, micro-combustors and hybrid rocket propulsion. He has previously held positions at United Technologies Research Center in East Hartford, CT and NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, OH. He is the holder of two United States Patents and is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, Pi Tau Sigma, The Combustion Institute, AIAA, ASME, SAE and ASEE. In 2001, he was named a Carnegie Scholar by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and in 2004 he was awarded the ASEE Kauffman Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator Award for excellence in engineering and technology entrepreneurship education. From 2004 to 2007, he served as Project Director of the South Jersey Technology Park at Rowan University.