Research interests:  incorporating ecosystem impacts into environmental sustainability practices, improving the management of water resources, and determining water footprints. 

Gretchen L. Wainwright is a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety Department. She has been at RIT since 2011 and previously managed the Water Pollution Program at Xerox Corporation. Prior to that, Wainwright spent over 20 years as a wastewater treatment process engineer at Eastman Kodak, where she participated in the design and construction of three new WWTPs, and process improvements at several others.  Wainwright also spent several years (as the Director of Conservation Programs for) at the Central & Western NY Chapter of the Nature Conservancy. At RIT, she teaches water and wastewater management, Social Responsibility & Environmental Sustainability and solid/hazardous waste management.  Wainwright is a Six Sigma Black Belt practitioner and a member of the New York State Water Environment Association.

Education:

BS in Civil Engineering, State University of NY at Buffalo, 1987.

MS in Professional Studies, RIT

Research interest:
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) applications in civil engineering and related fields; green building design, construction and operation, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

Teresa Wolcott is a lecturer in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety Department. She joined RIT as an adjunct instructor in 2002 and became a full-time lecturer in 2010. Teresa is a member of the Board of Directors of Women in Technology at RIT, coordinates the civil engineering technology surveying program, and is a member of the faculty/student LEED team.

Research interests include: critical infrastructure as it relates to storm water management and aqueous treatment systems.

Scott Wolcott is a professor in the Civil Engineering Technology, Environmental Management and Safety Department. He also serves at the Civil Engineering Technology Program Chair and has been teaching at RIT since 1997. Prior to joining RIT, Wolcott was a Senior Civil/Environmental Engineer working for engineering consulting firms in Buffalo, New York. Wolcott's foci are currently in the area of critical infrastructure as it relates to storm water management and aqueous treatment systems.  He is also heavily invested in the development of the environmental management profession.  Currently, his work involves the establishment of a standardized undergraduate program for environmental management for certification/licensure requirements. Wolcott is an active member of the ASEE, the New York State Technology Educators Association and the American Water Works Association. He served as president for the SUNY Buffalo chapter of Chi Epsilon and is a member of Tau Beta Pi.