{"id":203975,"date":"2022-08-29T13:13:30","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/?p=30389"},"modified":"2022-08-29T13:13:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T13:13:30","slug":"uconn-engineering-welcomes-12-new-faculty-in-2022-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/08\/uconn-engineering-welcomes-12-new-faculty-in-2022-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Engineering Welcomes 12 New Faculty in 2022-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-30402 img-responsive lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/d45h139.public.uconn.edu\/sites\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/5-2018-NSF-CAREER-Award-Winners-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"399\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 718px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 718\/399;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>By: Eli Freund, Director of Communications, UConn School of Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fall semester brings in new names and faces on the student side, but when those students settle into their classes, they\u2019ll be greeted with 12 new faculty in four different departments in the University of Connecticut School of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New faculty for this year come from all over the country, including Michigan State, University of California-Santa Cruz, and Penn State, and also include a CAREER Award winner.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The distribution of the new faculty includes one new faculty in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, three new faculty in Civil and Environmental Engineering, four new faculty in Computer Science and Engineering, and four new faculty in Mechanical Engineering.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new faculty are as follows:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monika Crowl, Assistant Professor-in-Residence<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fatemeh Fakhrmoosavi, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alexandra Hain, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vahid Moravati, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Computer Science and Engineering <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hasan Baig, Assistant Professor-in-Residence, Stamford Campus<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yuan Hong, Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p>David Strimple, Lecturer<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minmei Wang, Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><u>Mechanical Engineering<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ruimin Chen, Assistant Professor-in-Residence<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andri Christodoulidou, Visiting Assistant Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chao Hu, Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Huber, Assistant Professor-in-Residence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New faculty for this year come from all over the country, including Michigan State, University of California-Santa Cruz, and Penn State, and include a CAREER Award 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