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- Technicians
Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering / Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences
401.874.4914
jmenon@uri.edu
website
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering
401.874.2693
lt@uri.edu
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Civil and Environmental Engineering
401.874.7050
akanda@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering / Ocean Engineering
401.874.6625
mehrshad.amini@uri.edu
Professor (Courtesy Appointment)
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geosciences
401.874.7053
tboving@uri.edu
Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
401.874.5587
mayraig@uri.edu
website
Professor & Associate Dean of Research
Civil and Environmental Engineering
401.874.2784
craver@uri.edu
website
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222
lharrison@uri.edu
website
Associate Teaching Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering / Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.4102
reza_abiri@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.2752
kadhikari@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5846
yu_bi@uri.edu
website
Robert Haas Endowed Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5645
haibohe@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.2671
yjeong@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5849
weiwei.jia@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5431
sungho.kim@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.2643
huilin@uri.edu
website
Associate Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5661
kunalm@uri.edu
website
Professor and Graduate Director
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.9423
sendag@uri.edu
Associate Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5368
yalda_shahriari@uri.edu
website
Assistant Teaching Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.9287
dhaval_solanki@uri.edu
Professor and Department Chair
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5803
yansun@uri.edu
website
Distinguished Engineering Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5880
qyang@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering (limited) and Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering (limited) and Kinesiology
401.874.7845
rmchapman@uri.edu
International Engineering Program
Executive Director & Director of the Chinese and German IEPs & Professor of German
International Engineering Program
401.874.4700
sigrid_berka@uri.edu
Associate Director for Business and Administration, IEP
International Engineering Program
401.874.4926
agraney@uri.edu
Director of the Spanish IEP, Lecturer of Spanish
International Engineering Program
Co-Director of the German IEP, Associate Professor of German
International Engineering Program
401.874.2361
tracksdorf@uri.edu
Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
Dean, URI College of Engineering, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2186
marchese@uri.edu
Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
401.874.9292
andrew.borme@uri.edu
Distinguished Engineering Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2909
ghonem@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.4248
ashgiri@uri.edu
website
Assistant Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.4249
yanglin@uri.edu
website
Associate Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2243
macht@uri.edu
website
Distinguished University Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.9335
bn@uri.edu
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222
lharrison@uri.edu
website
Associate Teaching Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering / Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor and Department Chair
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2542
rousseau@uri.edu
Simon Ostrach Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2283
shuklaa@uri.edu
website
Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
401.874.2548
mwestner@uri.edu
Associate Professor and Graduate Director
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.9067
cyuan@uri.edu
Ocean Engineering
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering / Ocean Engineering
401.874.6625
mehrshad.amini@uri.edu
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222
lharrison@uri.edu
website
Part Time Faculty
Phillip Ainsleigh
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Amaral-AuthorPicture.jpg)
Jennifer Amaral
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/c_anagstopouols.jpg)
Constantine Anagnostopoulos
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2524
anagnostopoulos@uri.edu
![Julien Bonnel](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Julien-Bonnel-square-scaled-e1635880205100.jpg)
Julien Bonnel
![Brinton, Alan, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Brinton-Alan-2021-square-scaled-e1637010410424.jpg)
Alan Brinton
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/chabot_eugene.jpg)
Eugene Chabot
Jason Chaytor
Adjunct Faculty
Ocean Engineering
![Crocker, Steven, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Crocker-Steven-2021-square-scaled-e1636482575496.jpg)
Steven Crocker
![Georges Dossot](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Georges-Dossot-headshot-e1632510574418.jpg)
Georges Dossot
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/goodwin_cameron-e1614958702924.jpg)
Cameron Goodwin
![Gerald Hefferman](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Gerald-Hefferman-small-e1635946914587.jpg)
Gerald Hefferman
![Jordan, Stephen, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Jordan-Stephen-2021-square-scaled-e1636482698904.jpg)
Stephen Jordan
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/leblanc_james.jpg)
James M. Leblanc
![Ying-Tsong Lin](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Ying-Tsong-Lin-headshot-e1632749082184.jpg)
Ying-Tsong Lin
![Vin Marseglia](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Vin-Marseglia-URI-square-e1635966397588.jpg)
Vincent A. Marseglia
![Brian Silver](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Brian-Silver-square-e1636042103818.png)
Brian Silver
![Thomas Spengler](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Thomas-Spengler-square-e1636042600929.jpg)
Thomas Spengler
![James Vogel](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/James-Vogel-square-e1638386170175.jpg)
James Vogel
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/MJC-2-e1680897951456.jpg)
Matthew Cabral
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/wettergren-e1633025561521.png)
Thomas Wettergren
Faculty Emeriti
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Boudreaux_Bartels_faye.jpg)
G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels
![Richard Brown](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/rbrown-e1596141951435.jpg)
Richard Brown
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/crisman_everett.jpg)
Everett E. Crisman
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/daly_james.jpg)
James C. Daly
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/dewhurst_peter.jpg)
Peter Dewhurst
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/fischer_godi-e1596208556767.jpg)
Godi Fischer
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/gray_donald.jpg)
Donald J. Gray
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/jackson_leland.jpg)
Leland B. Jackson
Professor Emeritus
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.2506
leland_jackson@uri.edu
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/kay_steven.jpg)
Steven M. Kay
Professor Emeritus
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5804
skayy@uri.edu
website
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/kim_thomas.gif)
Thomas J. Kim
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/knickle_harold.jpg)
Harold N. Knickle
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/knight_winston.jpg)
Winston A. Knight
Gabriel Lengyel
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/meyer_d-e1596738816297.jpg)
D.M.L. Meyer
![William Ohley](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/William-Ohley-square-e1628874979814.jpg)
William J. Ohley
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/palm_william.jpg)
William J. Palm III
![Mercedes Rivero-Hudec](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/rivero-hudec-300x300.jpg)
Mercedes A. Rivero-Hudec
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/sadd_martin.jpg)
Martin H. Sadd
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/spaulding_malcolm.jpg)
Malcolm Spaulding, P.E.
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/stepanishen_peter.jpg)
Peter Stepanishen
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/tyce_robert.jpg)
Robert Tyce
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/uht_augustus-e1598293142312.jpg)
Augustus K. Uht P.E.
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/urish_daniel.jpg)
Daniel W. Urish, P.E
Raymond M. Wright, P.E.
Dean Emeritus
401.874.2186
dean@egr.uri.edu
Administrative & Research Grant Assistants
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Fearn-Amber-2021-square-scaled.jpg)
Amber Fearn
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/1-1.jpg)
Katherine Corey
Higher Education Administrative Assistant II
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.2506
katherine.corey@uri.edu
![Bergwall, Michaela, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Bergwall-Michaela-2021-square-e1636491762370.jpg)
Michaela Bergwall
Higher Education Administrative Assistant II
401.874.2505
mlbergs@uri.edu
![Deborah Brielmaier](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Deborah-Brielmaier-e1625595019659.jpg)
Deborah Brielmaier
![Fan, Maria, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Fan-Maria-2021-square-scaled-e1636482848335.jpg)
Maria Fan
Kristin Maher
Scientific Research Grant Assistant
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.4924
kristin.maher@uri.edu
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/0-5.jpg)
Nicole Larkin
Administrative Assistant, Scientific Research Grant Assistant
Ocean Engineering
Sharon Pierce
Fiscal Clerk
![Claudia Prior](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Claudia-Prior-square-e1671550579925.jpg)
Claudia Prior
![Santucci, Nancy, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Santucci-Nancy-2021-square-scaled-e1636483362742.jpg)
Nancy Santucci
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/molly.jpg)
Molly Sullivan
Higher Education Administrative Assistant II
Civil and Environmental Engineering
401.874.2692
molly_sullivan@uri.edu
Technicians
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Broccolo-Kevin-2021-square-scaled-e1637008903933.jpg)
Kevin Broccolo
Tech Staff Assistant
401.874.5387
kebbrock@uri.edu
![Byrnes, Jim, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Byrnes-Jim-2021-square-scaled-e1636483511153.jpg)
James Byrnes
Tech III
401.874.5884
byrnes@uri.edu
![D'Ambrosca, Robert, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/DAmbrosca-Robert-2021-square-scaled-e1636750533218.jpg)
Robert D’Ambrosca
![David Ferreira](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/David-Ferreira-profile-picture-e1625595325973.jpg)
David Ferreira
Tech III
401.874.5197
david_ferreira@uri.edu
![](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/jamiefrost-1.png)
James Frost
![Mike Johnson](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Mike-Johnson-square-e1643051562175.jpg)
Mike Johnson
![Pease, Fred, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Pease-Fred-2021-square-scaled-e1636483630783.jpg)
Fred Pease
Boat Captain
401.874.6242
fredpease@uri.edu
![Platek, Michael, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Platek-Michael-2021-square-scaled-e1636483745828.jpg)
Michael Platek
Electrical Materials Engineer
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5828
mplatek@uri.edu
![Reyes, Joseph, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Reyes-Joseph-2021-square-scaled-e1636483916294.jpg)
Joseph Reyes
Tech I
401.874.5610
joseph_reyes@uri.edu
![Simoneau, Will, 2021](https://web.uri.edu/engineering/wp-content/uploads/sites/1555/Simoneau-Will-2021-square-scaled-e1636484038738.jpg)
Willard Simoneau