Faculty & Staff

Tahar El-Korchi

Prof/DH CEE & Interim DH FPE

Department Head

Codirector, Morocco Project Center

Codirector, Panama Project Center

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Email: tek@wpi.edu

Office: Kaven Hall 101

Phone: 508-831-5530, 508-831-5518

I enjoy my interactions with students at all levels of education, research, and mentoring, whether it be in the classroom, the lab, or in project work. I especially enjoy taking them to the Morocco Project Center and sharing with them the places where I grew up. Challenging the students to achieve higher levels of discovery is a thrill for me. ... View Profile

Nicholas A. Dembsey

Professor

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: ndembsey@wpi.edu

Office: Gateway Park II 1212

Phone: 508-831-5971

In today’s cost-conscious world, ensuring greater life safety and property protection has never been more challenging. To this end, my research focuses on the building performance applications of fire dynamics, fire characteristics of materials, and fire models. I am working with students in the following areas: fire safety of green buildings; develop of new techniques and guidance documents for practicing engineers to measure fire properties of materials; and in the optimization of building assemblies for fire performance, ease of manufacturing and cost effectiveness. View Profile

Brian Jay Meacham

Associate Professor

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: bmeacham@wpi.edu

Office: Gateway Park II 1213

Phone: 508-831-6778

Worldwide, there are increasing efforts to better understand the performance of buildings and infrastructure under a wide range of events, from accidental to deliberate, fire to natural hazards, climate change to terrorism. There is also an increasing focus on understanding the perceptions and responses of people to these events. This knowledge can then be employed in developing technology and policy solutions that better meet societal expectations for building and infrastructure safety and performance, resulting in a better allocation of resources focused on critical needs. ... View Profile

Kathy Ann Notarianni

Associate Professor

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: kanfpe@wpi.edu

Office: Gateway Park II 1205

Phone: 508-831-6786

Today, firefighters serve increasingly as first responders for emergency medical calls, civil emergencies, terrorist threats, and hazardous materials incidents, in addition to fire emergencies. The fire service needs tools and technologies that aid in carrying out their ever expanding mission without increasing costs. My research is focused on working with the fire service to achieve this important goal. I am conducting research on fire department mobilization times and exposure of fire fighters to toxic gases. ... View Profile

Milosh T. Puchovsky

Professor of Practice

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: milosh@wpi.edu

Office: Gateway Park II 1209

Phone: 508-831-5113

Fire protection engineers must be prepared to assess a broad range of fire and life safety risks, and, in response, develop workable solutions to these concerns. Based on my work experience with the National Fire Protection Association, consulting engineering firms and the insurance industry, I bring “real-world” perspectives to our students’ educational process so they will be better prepared to make the decisions that will be required of them. My lectures, projects and assignments reflect situations that practicing fire protection engineers face, and expand a student’s knowledge of the phy ... View Profile

Ali S. Rangwala

Associate Professor

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: rangwala@wpi.edu

Phone: 508-831-6409

Statia Canning

Administrative Assistant VI

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: scanning@wpi.edu

Phone: 508-831-4979

Statia has been with WPI since 2006, most recently joining the Department of Fire Protection Engineering in October of 2014. Statia provides administrative support to the department head and the faculty of FPE. She is responsible for the financial activity in the department, as well as purchasing, and assisting with the hiring process.

Catherine Fradette

Administrative Assistant V

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: cfradette@wpi.edu

Phone: 508-831-5593

Raymond Ranellone

Laboratory Director

Fire Protection Engineering

Email: rranellone@wpi.edu

Phone: 508-831-5628

Associated Faculty

First Name	Last Name	Title	Department	Email
Jason	Averill	Affiliated Faculty	Corporate and Professional Education
William	Klein	Affiliated Faculty
Phani	Raj	Affiliated Faculty	Chemical Engineering	pkraj@wpi.edu
Jeffrey	Tubbs	Affiliated Faculty	Fire Protection Engineering	jtubbs@wpi.edu
Christopher	Wood	Affiliated Faculty	Fire Protection Engineering	christopherwood@wpi.edu

Collaborative Faculty

First Name	Last Name	Title	Department	Email	Phone Extension	Office Location
Leonard	Albano	Associate Professor	Civil and Environmental Engineering	ldalbano@wpi.edu	x 5492	KH 201
David	Cyganski	Professor	Electrical and Computer Engineering	cyganski@wpi.edu	x 5448	AK 217
James	Duckworth	Associate Professor	Electrical and Computer Engineering	rjduck@wpi.edu	x 5204	AK 301
Tahar	El-Korchi	Department Head/Professor	Civil and Environmental Engineering	tek@wpi.edu	x 5530	KH 206
Nikolaos	Gatsonis	Professor	Aerospace Engineering	gatsonis@wpi.edu	x 5576	HL 244
Nikolaos	Kazantzis	Professor	Chemical Engineering	nikolas@wpi.edu	x 5666	GH 224A
Roberto	Pietroforte	Associate Professor	Civil and Environmental Engineering	roberto@wpi.edu	x 5295	KH 209B
Brian	Savilonis	Professor	Mechanical Engineering	bjs@wpi.edu	x 5686	HL 108

Faculty Emeriti

First Name	Last Name	Title	Department	Email	Phone Extension	Office Location
Bob	Fitzgerald	Professor Emeritus	Civil and Environmental Engineering	rfitz@wpi.edu	x 5271	KH 201
David	Lucht	Director Emeritus and Adjunct Professor	Fire Protection Engineering	dalucht@wpi.edu	x 5593	HL
Robert	Zalosh	Professor Emeritus	Fire Protection Engineering	bzalosh@wpi.edu	x 5593	HL