{"id":8,"date":"2024-12-10T14:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone-draft\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:13:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"type-intro\">The Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering Capstone Design Program at URI provides senior students with an immersive, hands-on project experience working with industry partners.<\/p>\n\n\n<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:3rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#248fd4\">HARISH R. D. SUNAK<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p>Professor &amp; Capstone Program Director<br>Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:sunak@ele.uri.edu\">sunak@ele.uri.edu<\/a><br><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 401-874-5859<br><strong>LinkedIn:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/harish-sunak-72424439\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harish Sunak<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#248fd4\">QUOTES THAT INSPIRE ME<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.&#8221; <em>\u2013 John Quincy Adams<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are what we do repeatedly. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.&#8221; <em>\u2013 Aristotle<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2258\/DSC_0009-300x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Harish R. D. Sunak\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#248fd4\">RESPONSIBILITIES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stewards the ECBE Department\/corporate relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruits corporate sponsored projects after visits to interested companies; brain storms in writing the Project Description<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruits department faculty advisors on as-needed basis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assigns students to teams depending on their interest areas and &#8220;passion statement&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oversees all activities of the program, including instruction, posting the final grades<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interacts with Technical Directors for feedback on individual technical performance of team members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintains open lines of communication throughout the project, with the Technical Director, so as to establish a good foundation for a successful project outcome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develops the written and oral communication skills of the team members<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assigns the work assignments for the Program Teaching Assistants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recruits outside Consulting Electrical\/Computer Professionals, if needed on a specific project problem<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#248fd4\">WELCOME ADDRESS AT THE 2019 ELECOMP SUMMIT<\/h4>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-video  \"><div class=\"overlay\"><h1>Welcome Address at the 2019 ELECOMP Summit<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"poster\" id=\"UkzTN2j7huw\" data-video=\"UkzTN2j7huw\" data-platform=\"youtube\" data-showinfo=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/UkzTN2j7huw\/maxresdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Sunak presenting at the 2019 ELECOMP Summit\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering Capstone Design Program at URI provides senior students with an immersive, hands-on project experience working with industry partners. 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SUNAK Professor &amp; Capstone Program DirectorDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Email: sunak@ele.uri.eduPhone: 401-874-5859LinkedIn: Harish Sunak QUOTES THAT INSPIRE ME &#8220;If your actions inspire others to dream more, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1338,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1338"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/elecomp-capstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}