Engineer of the Year

Peter Staffeld, PhD, PE, a teaching professor of Chemical Engineering, was awarded the 2022 Engineer of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE). The award recognizes outstanding, distinguished engineers for their work for PSPE and their overall activities and accomplishments.

After a career in industry working for Mobil Oil, Polymer Dynamics and his own engineering firm, Dr. Staffeld joined Villanova as a visiting professor in 2009. He founded the Villanova student chapter of the National Society of Professional Engineers as well as the campus’s link of the Order of the Engineer.

Dr. Staffeld is the 58th recipient of the PSPE award, which has been given annually since 1965, yet he is the first chemical engineer to receive the honor. He is retiring at the end of the academic year after 14 years at Villanova.