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3PhDs in Industrial & Systems Engineering
8Master’s in Systems Engineering
40Undergraduate Researchers
3Colleges across URI: A&S, Engineering, CELS

The Engineering for Democracy Institute is, at its core, a team of engineers and STEM professionals working to support election planning and operations nationwide through direct collaboration with election officials. This unique perspective enables EDI to address a broad range of issues across voting types — in-person, vote-by-mail, and post-election — and to develop tools and technology, as well as training at various levels. To grow and maintain these services for election officials, we also have team members who assist with administration, communication, and community outreach.

Faculty

Executive Director
Associate Professor

Industrial & Systems Engineering

ORCID iD icon 0000-0002-3222-1145
edi@etal.uri.edu

Staff

Assistant Director

ORCID iD icon 0000-0003-4104-8505

in-personvote-by-mailtools

Coordinator

training & outreachcommunicationadministration

Software Engineer

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Research Associate

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Collaborators

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, URI

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Associate Professor of Political Science, UKY

ORCID iD icon 0000-0002-6562-0126

in-person

Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, UNL

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, URI

ORCID iD icon 0000-0001-5297-1659

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The Engineering for Democracy Institute does not ask anyone to surrender their membership in or affiliation with any political party or political viewpoint. While Engineering for Democracy Institute’s staff may hold individual political beliefs, such beliefs are independent of, and have no impact on, their work for the Engineering for Democracy Institute.

Engineering for Democracy Institute

University of Rhode Island
College of Engineering
Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering
2 East Alumni Avenue, Kingston, RI 02881
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The Engineering for Democracy Institute may work with, and may accept funding from, individuals and organizations on all sides of the political spectrum. EDI’s work is not and will not be influenced in any way by an individual’s or organization’s party affiliation or political perspective and it does not advocate for, nor work towards, the election or defeat of any individual candidates or the members of any specific political party or affiliation.