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Part Time Faculty
Faculty Emeriti
Administrative & Research Grant Assistants
Technicians

Chemical Engineering

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.6885
iandreu@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2804
bosea@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9289
greenfield@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2085
ogregory@uri.edu
website

Assistant Teaching Professor

Chemical Engineering

darko.ljubic@uri.edu

Chester H. Kirk Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2814
alucia@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.4303
smeenach@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering / Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

401.874.4914
jmenon@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

ryanps@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2678
roxbury@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

Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering

401.874.6575
cbaxter@uri.edu

Professor (Courtesy Appointment)

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geosciences

401.874.7053
tboving@uri.edu

Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering

401.874.2680
abrads@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.5637
sumanta_das@uri.edu
website

Associate Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.5587
mayraig@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2889
goodwill@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2818
cdhunter@uri.edu

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2695
leekw@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

Joint Lecturer

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering

Associate Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.9353
thomas@uri.edu

Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.5117
gt@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering

mehrshad.amini@uri.edu

Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering

Robert Haas Endowed Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5645
haibohe@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.4102
reza_abiri@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2752
kadhikari@uri.edu
website

Professor

Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

401.874.4738
besio@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5846
yu_bi@uri.edu
website

Associate Teaching Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2584
jillian_cai@uri.edu

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

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.4798
kumaresan2@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2643
huilin@uri.edu
website

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2996
jclce@uri.edu

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

Assistant Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5814
pstegagno@uri.edu

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5859
harishsunak@uri.edu
website

Professor and Department Chair

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5803
yansun@uri.edu
website

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5802
swaszek@uri.edu

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5816
vaccaro@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5141
fvetter@uri.edu

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2874
tao_wei@uri.edu
website

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5880
qyang@uri.edu
website

Assistant Teaching Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

xiaowei.shang@uri.edu

Assistant professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

sungho.kim@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

Director of the French IEP (on sabbatical 2022-23)

International Engineering Program

401.874.4702
lars@uri.edu

Associate Director for Business and Administration, IEP

International Engineering Program

401.874.4926
agraney@uri.edu

Director of the Italian IEP

International Engineering Program

401.874.5968
laluna@uri.edu

Interim Director of the French IEP (2022-23), Instructor of French

International Engineering Program

Director of the Spanish IEP, Lecturer of Spanish

International Engineering Program

adriana_wright@uri.edu

Coordinator, IEP

International Engineering Program

401.874.4712
schenckm@uri.edu

Director of the Japanese IEP

International Engineering Program

401.874.2790
takasawa@uri.edu

Co-Director of the German IEP, Assistant Professor of German

International Engineering Program

401.874.2361
tracksdorf@uri.edu

Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering

Professor and Department Chair

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2542
rousseau@uri.edu

Dean, URI College of Engineering, Professor, Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2186
marchese@uri.edu

Professor and Graduate Director

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2356
chelidze@uri.edu
website

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2514
pdatseris@uri.edu

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5180
faghrim@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

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2349
jouaneh@uri.edu

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

Associate Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5187
valerie@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.4556
hmatos@uri.edu

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

Joint Lecturer

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering

Simon Ostrach Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2283
shuklaa@uri.edu
website

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5189
sodhi@uri.edu

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5934
taggart@uri.edu

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5195
jhwang@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.9067
cyuan@uri.edu

Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2517
zhang@uri.edu

Assistant Teaching Professor

Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering

mwestner@uri.edu

Assistant Teaching Professor

Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering

401.874.9292
andrew.borme@uri.edu

Ocean Engineering

Professor and Department Chair

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6540
miller@uri.edu

Professor

Ocean Engineering and Oceanography

401.874.6480
rballard@uri.edu
website

Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering

401.874.6575
cbaxter@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6122
jmdahl@uri.edu

Professor Research

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6029
annette_grilli@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6636
grilli@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6217
reza_hashemi@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Ocean Engineering

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6028
slicht@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Ocean Engineering (limited) and Oceanography

401.874.6676
bloose@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Ocean Engineering (limited) and Oceanography

401.874.6610
momand@uri.edu

President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering

401.874.2222
lharrison@uri.edu
website

Associate Professor

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6035
brennanphillips@uri.edu
website

Professor Research

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6591
gpotty@uri.edu

Professor

Ocean Engineering (limited) and Oceanography

401.874.6115
croman2@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6879
loravu@uri.edu
website

Assistant Professor

Ocean Engineering (limited) and Oceanography

401.874.6633
mzhou@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering

mehrshad.amini@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Ocean Engineering

chewei.chang@uri.edu

Part Time Faculty

Adjunct Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

phillip.ainsleigh@navy.mil

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2524
anagnostopoulos@uri.edu

Adjunct Professor

Ocean Engineering

jbonnel@whoi.edu

Instructor

Chemical Engineering

401.623.1577
alanbrinton@uri.edu

Adjunct Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

Adjunct Faculty

Ocean Engineering

Adjunct Professor

Ocean Engineering

steven_crocker@uri.edu

Adjunct Professor

Ocean Engineering

georges.dossot@gmail.com

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.9437
cgoodwin@rinsc.ri.gov

Adjunct Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

ghefferm@gmail.com

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2524
james.m.leblanc@navy.mil

Adjunct Professor

Ocean Engineering

Instructor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

vinmarseglia@gmail.com

Adjunct Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

Brian.Silver@umassmemorial.org

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

t.spengler@tu-braunschweig.de

Instructor

Chemical Engineering

Director, Nanotechnology Laboratory

Chemical Engineering

(401) 874-6885
matthew.cabral@uri.edu

Adjunct Professor

Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering

+1.401.874.2524
twettergren@uri.edu

Faculty Emeriti

Professor Emeritus

Chemical Engineering

sbarnett@uri.edu

Professor Emerita

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5805
boudreaux@uri.edu

Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2707
richardbrown@uri.edu
website

Research Professor Emeritus

Chemical Engineering

401.874.5143
crisman@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5844
jimdaly@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5194
pdewhurst@uri.edu

Professor

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5879
fischer@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Chemical Engineering

Professor Emeritus

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2506
leland_jackson@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5804
skayy@uri.edu
website

Dean Emeritus

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.5991
tomkim@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Chemical Engineering

knickleh@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2524
wknight@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering

+1.401.874.2506
gvlengyel@cox.net

Associate Professor Emerita

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

dmmeyer@uri.edu
website

Professor Emeritus

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5813
ohley@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2531
wpalm@uri.edu

Associate Professor Emerita

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2271
mrivero@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2524
saddm@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering

Professor Emeritus

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6139
spaulding@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6139
steppipr@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Ocean Engineering

401.874.6139
robtyce@uri.edu

Professor in Residence

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5431
gusuht@uri.edu

Professor Emeritus

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2692
harbourrose@cox.net

Dean Emeritus

401.874.2186
dean@egr.uri.edu

Administrative & Research Grant Assistants

Scientific Research Grant Assistant

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

Higher Education Administrative Assistant II

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.2506
katherine.corey@uri.edu

Higher Education Administrative Assistant II

401.874.2505
mlbergs@uri.edu

Fiscal Clerk

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2655
dbrielmaier@uri.edu

Fiscal Clerk

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2524
mariafan@uri.edu

Scientific Research Grant Assistant

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.4924
kristin.maher@uri.edu

Administrative Assistant, Scientific Research Grant Assistant

Ocean Engineering

nicole.larkin@uri.edu

Fiscal Clerk

sharon_pierce@uri.edu

Administrative Assistant

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2656
claudia.prior@uri.edu

Fiscal Clerk

Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering

401.874.2525
nsantucci@uri.edu

Higher Education Administrative Assistant II

Civil and Environmental Engineering

401.874.2692
molly_sullivan@uri.edu

Technicians

Tech Staff Assistant

401.874.5387
kebbrock@uri.edu

Tech III

401.874.5884
byrnes@uri.edu

Lab Tech II

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2748
dambrosca@uri.edu

Tech III

401.874.5197
david_ferreira@uri.edu

Tech Staff Assistant

Ocean Engineering

james_frost@uri.edu

Tech I

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5887
mgjohnson@uri.edu

Boat Captain

401.874.6242
fredpease@uri.edu

Electrical Materials Engineer

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5828
mplatek@uri.edu

Tech I

401.874.5610
joseph_reyes@uri.edu

Computer Engineer

Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering

401.874.5899
simoneau@ele.uri.edu