{"id":2344,"date":"2026-05-30T11:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T15:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/?page_id=2344"},"modified":"2026-06-03T18:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T22:02:27","slug":"leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/about\/leadership-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"About Sections\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-about-sections\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-2335\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2335\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/about\/\">Program Director<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-2336\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-2336\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/about\/leadership-team\/\">Leadership Team<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\">\n\n\t<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-photo\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2258\/1745888752547.jpg\" alt=\"Yan (Lindsay) Sun\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yan-sun-aa3a79126\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yan (Lindsay) Sun<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Professor &amp; Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. IEEE Fellow and founding director of CYPHER.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-5859<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:yansun@uri.edu\">yansun@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-photo\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2258\/Mike-Smith.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Smith\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mike-d-smith-7710528\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Consulting Technical Director, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-5859<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mike.d.smith@uri.edu\">mike.d.smith@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-photo\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2258\/IMG_9782-square_revised.jpg\" alt=\"Mubariz Saeed\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mubariz-saeed-8a089621b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mubariz Saeed<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Program Manager, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. Coordinates the program and maintains the website.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401-874-5859<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:mubariz_saeed@uri.edu\">mubariz_saeed@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yan (Lindsay) Sun Professor &amp; Chair, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. IEEE Fellow and founding director of CYPHER. 401-874-5859 yansun@uri.edu Mike Smith Consulting Technical Director, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. 401-874-5859 mike.d.smith@uri.edu Mubariz Saeed Program Manager, Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. 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