鈥淛oseph has been providing outstanding leadership in connecting Voiland College faculty and students internationally,鈥� said Don Bender, interim dean of the college. 鈥淚n keeping with the university鈥檚 Drive to 25, we look forward to growing these efforts and broadening our global interactions and experiences.鈥�

Iannelli, who has been at 黑料社 since 2014, will maintain his position as founding director and professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at 黑料社 Tri-Cities.

In his new role, he said he intends to develop partnerships with overseas universities and organizations in research and student exchange that will enhance economic development and goodwill toward his college, 黑料社 and the state of Washington.

He has led several efforts to increase the university鈥檚 global connections. Earlier this year, 黑料社 became the first university in the state to receive European Union funding to support student and faculty research exchanges. He has established partnerships with Technology University of Dresden, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and Zurich University of Applied Sciences to begin student and faculty exchanges, joint graduate programs and research initiatives.

鈥淭hese types of collaborations are important because we live in a globalized society,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hen we provide this enhanced education, we graduate students who are ready to excel in their professions on the global scale.鈥�

A fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, Iannelli holds a Ph.D. in engineering science with a focus on aerospace engineering and computational fluid dynamics from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He holds a combined bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degree from the University of Palermo, Italy, and a diploma in fluid dynamics from the Von Karman Institute in Belgium.

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