David Chelidze , Professor
128C Kirk Hall, 401-874-2356, Fax: 401-874-2355
chelidz@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D., Penn State University, 2000; Experimental and analytical methonds in nonlinear dynamics, damage evolution tracking and failure prediction

Philip Datseris , Professor
128E Kirk Hall, 401-874-2514, Fax: 401-874-2355
datseris@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Columbia University, 1977; Mechanical Design and Optimization; Robotics and Automation; Artificial Intelligence as Applied in Engineering Design

Mohammad Faghri , Professor
131D Kirk Hall, 401-874-5180, Fax: 401-874-2355
faghri@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1973; Electronic Cooling; Filtration; Numerical Modeling in Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics

Hamouda Ghonem , Distinguished Professor of Engineering
101 Wales Hall, 401-874-2909, Fax: 401-874-2355
ghonem@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. McGill University, 1978; Fatigue, Fracture Mechanics, Damage, Micromechanics, Creep, Plasticity, Metals and Composite Materials

Musa Jouaneh , Professor
128D Kirk Hall, 401-874-2349, Fax: 401-874-2355
jouaneh@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. University of California at Berkeley, 1989; Mechanical Design; Control Systems; Robotics; Precision Systems; Piezoelectric Positioning

Thomas J. Kim , Vincent and Estelle Murphy Professor and Dean Emeritus
104 Wales Hall, 401-874-5991, Fax: 401-874-4182
tomkim3@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. University of Illinois-Urbana, 1967; Erosion Mechanics, Abrasive Waterjet Machining, Elastohydrodynamics, Mechanical Seals.

Richard C. Lessmann, Professor Emeritus
131C Kirk Hall, 401-874-5184, Fax: 401-874-2355
lessmann@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Brown University, 1969; Fluid Mechanics; Convective Heat Transfer; Turbulence and Boundary Layers; Particle Separations and Filtration

Donna M. Meyer , Associate Professor
131B Kirk Hall, 401-874-9292, Fax: 401-874-2355
dmmeyer@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1999; Tribology (Lubrication, Friction and Wear); Fluid Mechanics, and Microfluidic Technology

Bahram Nassersharif , Professor
214 Wales Hall, 401-874-9335, Fax: 401-874-2355
bn@uri.edu

Ph.D. Oregon State University, 1983; Engineering Design, Nuclear Systems, Safety Engineering, Simulation and Modeling

William J. Palm, Professor
210 Wales Hall, 401-874-2531, Fax: 401-874-2355
palm@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Northwestern University, 1971; Control Systems; Robotics; Dynamic Systems

Keunhan (Kay) Park, Assistant Professor
131C Kirk Hall, 401-874-5184, Fax: 401-874-2355
kpark@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007; Nanoscale Metrologies using Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM); Nanoscale IR Spectroscopy; Localized Thermal Analysis; Micro/Nanoscale Heat and Mass Transfer

Carl-Ernst Rousseau, Associate Professor
212 Wales Hall, 401-874-2542, Fax: 401-874-2355
rousseau@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Auburn University, 2000; Solid Mechanics / Experimental Mechanics

Martin H. Sadd , Professor
208 Wales Hall, 401-874-5548, Fax: 401-874-2355

sadd@egr.uri.edu

Arun Shukla , Simon Ostrach Professor
206 Wales Hall, 401-874-2283, Fax: 401-874-2355
shuklaa@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. University of Maryland, 1981; Smart Materials; Composite Materials; Fracture Mechanics; Impact Mechanics; Wave Propagation

David G. Taggart , Professor and Chair
204 Wales Hall, 401-874-5934, Fax: 401-874-2355
taggart@uri.edu

Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1989; Finite Element Analysis; Topology Optimization; Mechanics of Composite Materials; Abrasive Waterjet Machining

Frank M. White , Professor Emeritus
222 Wales Hall, 401-874-2524, Fax: 401-874-2355
white@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 1959; Fluid Mechanics; Heat Transfer; Numerical Methods; Estuarine and Oceanographic Flows

Zongqin Zhang , Professor
133B Kirk Hall, 401-874-2517, Fax: 401-874-2355
zhang@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. Duke University, 1990; Aerosol Transport in Respiratory Flows, Heat and Mass Transfer; Melting and Solidification; Optimum Design of HVAC Systems

Constantine N. Anagnostopoulos , Adjunct Professor
131F Kirk Hall, 401-874-2535, Fax: 401-874-2355
anagnostopoulos@egr.uri.edu

Ph.D. University of Rhode Island, 1975; Biosensors (Lab-on-a-chip, mTAS); Ink Jet Printheads; MEMS; CCD Image Sensors, CMOS ASIC's

Eiyad Abu-Nada, Visiting Professor
131F Kirk Hall, 401-874-2535, Fax: 401-874-2355
eiyad_abunada@yahoo.com

Ph.D. New Mexico State University, 2001; Nano heat transfer, Microfluidics, Entropy generations, Separated flows

Mojtaba Rajaee, Visiting Professor
222A Kirk Hall, 401-874-2524, Fax: 401-874-2355
m.rajaee@cox.net

Ph.D., Brown University, 1992; Mixing layers transition/turbulence; Mathematical Modeling; Heat Transfer; Renewable Energy