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Bahram Nassersharif
Dean of the College of
Engineering
University of Rhode Island
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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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