Michael DiCamillo
Senior Program Manager, Transit Facilities Program
SEPTA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Engineer Mentor
Our Lady Help of Christians School, Abington, Pennsylvania
1997-98, 2000-02, 2004-06

1997 – Third Place, National Finals
1998 – Third Place, National Finals
2002 – Filmed by PBS television program “ZOOM!”
2005 – Third Place, National Finals
2006 – Second Place, National Finals

“The students involved in the Future City Competition experience an educational exhilaration, mastering an understanding of engineering, cutting edge science, and communication skills that most adults have rarely accomplished.  Parents always marvel upon witnessing their son or daughter's transformation from child to young adult resulting from participation in the program.  The challenge of educating these young minds has broadened my own understanding of the vast contributions the engineering profession makes to many areas of our everyday lives.”

Michael DiCamillo is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.  He earned a bachelors and masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, with a concentration in structural engineering.  He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Engineers’ Club of Philadelphia. 

DiCamillo’s career began working as a construction inspector with the Philadelphia Water Department during the summers of 1977 and 1978.  After graduation, he was employed by Klein and Hoffman, Inc., in their Philadelphia office as a structural engineer.  For the last 25 years, he have been employed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), involved at various levels of SEPTA’s capital program in a large variety of infrastructure renewal projects, including buildings, track, signals, bridges, catenary, and stations.  He is presently the Senior Program Manager for the Transit Facilities Department in the Engineering, Maintenance and Construction Division.

DiCamillo has been married to Mary Fazzini-Di Camillo for 26+ years and they are parents of six children (Thomas, John, Adela, Victoria, Christopher, Sophia).  He has served as president of Home & School Association at Our Lady Help of Christians school, organized and coached the track and field team there, and has coached community league youth baseball.  Having been involved with the Future City Competition since 1997, all of DiCamillo’s children have participated in the program, with the eldest two children presenting and achieving 3rd place in the national finals in 1997 and 1998.