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- Faculty Emeriti
- Administrative & Research Grant Assistants
- Technicians
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
Joint Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222 – lharrison@uri.edu – website
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
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
President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering
401.874.2222 – lharrison@uri.edu – website
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 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
Fiscal Clerk
Fiscal Clerk
401.874.2692 – kelly_stanzione@uri.edu
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