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- Faculty Emeriti
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Chemical Engineering
Assistant 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
Professor (Courtesy Appointment)
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geosciences
401.874.7053 – tboving@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
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
Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering
Robert Haas Endowed Professor and Department Chair
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5844 – 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
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
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
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
Distinguished Engineering Professor
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5880 – qyang@uri.edu – website
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
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
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
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
Assistant 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
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
Assistant Teaching Professor
Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
401.874.9292 – andrew.borme@uri.edu
Ocean Engineering
Assistant Professor
Ocean Engineering
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222 – lharrison@uri.edu – website
Part Time Faculty
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2524 – anagnostopoulos@uri.edu
Adjunct Faculty
Ocean Engineering
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.9437 – cgoodwin@rinsc.ri.gov
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.2524 – james.m.leblanc@navy.mil
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical, Industrial & Systems Engineering
+1.401.874.2524 – twettergren@uri.edu
Faculty Emeriti
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
Professor Emeritus
Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering
+1.401.874.2506 – gvlengyel@cox.net
Associate Professor Emerita
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor Emeritus
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ocean Engineering
Professor in Residence
Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering
401.874.5431 – gusuht@uri.edu
Dean Emeritus
401.874.2186 – dean@egr.uri.edu
Administrative & Research Grant Assistants
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
Scientific Research Grant Assistant
Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering
401.874.4924 – kristin.maher@uri.edu
Administrative Assistant, Scientific Research Grant Assistant
Ocean Engineering
Fiscal Clerk
Technicians
Tech Staff Assistant
401.874.5387 – kebbrock@uri.edu
Tech III
401.874.5884 – byrnes@uri.edu
Tech III
401.874.5197 – david_ferreira@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