{"id":11,"date":"2025-12-22T15:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/template-lab\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2026-09-03T09:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:37:22","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/aaron-melemed\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Aaron-Melemed.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Aaron-Melemed.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Aaron-Melemed-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Aaron-Melemed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/melemed-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2338\/Aaron-Melemed-364x364.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet\/aaron-melemed\/\">Aaron Melemed<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">Assistant Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.4248<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:aaron.melemed@uri.edu\">aaron.melemed@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div 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