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Bahram Nassersharif
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Bahram Nassersharif is Dean of the College of Engineering at the
University of Rhode Island and Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Applied Mechanics. Dean Nassersharif has
executive responsibility for the College and provide leadership
for its academic, research and outreach programs. The URI
College of Engineering includes the departments of chemical
engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and
computer engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering,
mechanical engineering, and ocean engineering. It currently
enrolls over 1000 undergraduate students and 170 graduate
students, and employs 107 faculty, researchers and support
staff. Approximately 19% of engineering students at URI are in
the dual degree International Engineering Program.
Dr. Nassersharif joined URI in 2003 after serving as Department
Head of Mechanical Engineering at New Mexico State University.
He also was the Director of the Graduate Distance Education
Programs at New Mexico State University and the Director of the
Title V Program, a faculty development program funded by the US
Department of Education, designed to improve students’ academic
performance through active learning, computer-assisted
instruction and multimedia classrooms.
Dr. Nassersharif earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Ph.D. in
Nuclear Engineering from Oregon State University. His research
and teaching interests are in the fields of Nuclear Systems,
Heat Transfer, Computational Mechanics, and Non-Destructive
Testing. He has also provided leadership in accreditation of
engineering programs and curriculum renovation. External
sponsors of his research and educational initiatives include:
Boeing, General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, National Science
Foundation, US Department of Education, US Department of Energy,
Delphi Automotive Systems, Electric Power Research Institute,
Maxson Paper Products, General Dynamics/Electric Boat, and NASA.
Dr. Nassersharif is the recipient of the NSF Presidential Young
Investigator Award and a Fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
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