Angelo Lucia PhD

Professor Lucia is the Chester H Kirk Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI). Prior to joining URI, Dr. Lucia was a Full Professor at Clarkson University for 15 years. Professor Lucia's research focus is in the general areas of modeling, simulation, optimization, and analysis with applications in computational thermodynamics, process design, reservoir simulation, and metabolic networks. He has published over 100 journal articles, given over 200 presentations, and consulted for a wide range of industrial companies over his academic career. Prior to becoming an educator, Dr. Lucia worked for Union Carbide Corporation in South Charleston, WV.