Include Team

The Include program's core team is comprised of faculty and research staff from the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The project is led by Interim Head of School and Principal Investigator Kay Wille, Ph.D.

To learn more about our program, please email connie.syharat@uconn.edu.

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Kay Wille

Professor, Interim Director of School, Project PI

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Arash Zaghi

Professor, Co-PI

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Sarira Motaref

Prof. in Residence, Assoc. Dir. of Faculty Development, Co-PI

Rachael Gabriel

Associate Professor, Neag School of Education, Co-PI

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Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou

Professor, Co-PI

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Connie Syharat

Research Assistant, Project Manager

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Zeynep G. Akdemir-Beveridge

Postdoctoral Research Associate

I-Team Faculty

2020

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Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou
Professor

 

Dr. Shinae Jang
Associate Professor in Residence

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Dr. Sarira Motaref
Associate Professor in Residence

2021

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Dr. Christine Kirchhoff
Associate Professor

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Dr. Baikun Li
Professor

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Dr. Manish Roy
Associate Professor in Residence

2022

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Dr. Alexander Agrios
Associate Professor

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Dr. Richard Christenson
Professor

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Dr. Monika Filipovska
Assistant Professor

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Dr. Mousumi Roy
Assistant Professor in Residence

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Dr. Tim Vadas
Associate Professor

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Dr. Guiling Wang
Professor

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Dr. Kay Wille
Associate Professor

INCLUDE Advisory Board

 

Jamie Barr
Vice President, Langan Engineering

 

Dr. Susan Baum
Director, 2e Center for Research and Professional Development

 

Dr. Daniel Burkey
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Diversity

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Yamila Garcia
Undergraduate Student Representative

 

Angela Lanning
Graduate Student Representative

 

Aaron Picking
Undergraduate Student Representative

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Shawn Smith
Don't dis-my-ability, Neurodiversity Advocate & Consultant

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Dr. Taddarrayl M. Starke
Associate Vice Provost, Institute for Student Success

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Julia Webb
Neurodiversity Specialist

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Christine Wenzel
Director, UConn Center for Students with Disabilities