• Ph.D. engineering student at URI receives ISSS Scientific Achievement Award - Part-time Ph.D. chemical engineering student Michael Jones was awarded the 2024 Scientific Achievement Award by the International System Safety Society (ISSS) for contributions to the advancement of system safety. Jones works full time for the Navy’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport as an engineering task lead. He was recommended by his branch head […]
• URI Chemical Engineering Professor Granted NSF CAREER Award - Ryan Poling-Skutvik, assistant chemical engineering professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI), was granted a 5-year $589,933 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to conduct research and education activities for “Telechelic Triblock Copolymers As a Platform to Design Functional Colloidal Gels.”
• Lasers and Iron Could Revolutionize Water Treatment - Lasers and iron may help the world treat contaminated water, URI researchers say. The first-of-its-kind study subjected ferrate — a form of iron — to a wide spectrum of light and analyzed how its electrons behaved.
• URI Engineering Researchers Awarded $750k Grant on Floating Wind Turbines - The Biden administration has set a goal of deploying enough offshore wind turbines to produce 30 gigawatts—enough to power tens of millions of homes—by 2035.
• URI Awarded $1.14 Million to Attract Under Represented Students to Engineering - CHE Associate Professor Samantha Meenach has won a federal grant that will help students from underrepresented groups pursue studies in engineering.
• IEP Student Prints Her Career Path - Mention the term 3D printing to the average person, and it’s fair to say many would think of a smallish, home use machine programmed to create dragons or orcs like those from fantasy gameplay. However, mention it to mechanical engineering major Sofia Lanzi and the term means much, much more. It means a year of […]
• David J. Parrillo, ’89, Inducted into National Academy of Engineering - For Dr. David J. Parrillo (’89), his recent induction into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering is as much about mentoring people as developing technically advanced products. “You have to know people and what makes them tick so they can accomplish more. That’s the piece that I love.” “URI warmly congratulates David on this well-deserved […]
• Meet Goldwater Scholar Camila Cersosimo, Chemical Engineering - Camila Cersosimo is an example of how you can do big things at URI!
• COE Alum Tania Silva de Oliveira Gives Graduate Commencement Address May 19 - Tania Silva de Oliveira is a chemical engineer and an analytical research scientist at a Boston-based global pharmaceutical company that develops drugs to treat some of the world’s most serious conditions.
• Aidan Kindopp one of URI’s three Goldwater recipients this year - Aidan Kindopp, a fourth-year French IEP and chemical engineering student from West Chesterfield, New Hampshire, recently won a prestigious Goldwater scholarship along with two other URI peers.
• Student Spotlight: Alexandra Barbato - By Kat Billo ’25 Tell us a little about yourself. “My name is Alex Barbato and I am from Utica, NY. I am a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) major.” Why Engineering? “I chose engineering because I can’t handle blood, but I love math and science. I am naturally “systems” minded and am constantly […]
• Dragsters, Animatronics Featured in Tech Competition - North Kingstown schools had a great day at a recent Technology Student Association (TSA) competition held at URI’s College of Engineering as part of their spring conference. The event drew some 200 students and judges from schools across the state. Shannon Donovan, a teacher at Wickford Middle School and their state advisor to the TSA […]
• New Light on Water Treatment - New details about the chemical reaction that occurs when a form of iron called ferrate is exposed to light could broaden its application in water treatment systems.
• After 35 Years, Former Student Continues to Impress URI Engineering Professor - Occasionally a student comes along who is so extraordinary, a professor can easily envision the pupil having a remarkable career. Lisa Pruitt made such an impression on URI Professor Otto Gregory more than 35 years ago.
• Lauren Hubert Returns from Research Program with Confidence and Experience - URI junior Lauren Hubert would like to earn a doctorate in chemical engineering, conduct research in immunoengineering, and pursue a career in biopharmaceuticals. She’s well on her way to achieving those lofty goals.
• Familiar Surroundings for College of Engineering’s Newest Professor - It normally takes new faculty time to meet their colleagues and get familiar with their surroundings. There was no such learning curve for Irene Andreu, who became an assistant professor of chemical engineering at URI this fall.
• Every Second Counts for URI Student-Athlete Aidan Kindopp - As a distance runner on the URI cross country and track & field teams, Aidan Kindopp is fast and efficient with every stride. As a chemical engineering and French major, through URI’s International Engineering Program, he’s just as judicious with his time.
• Research Contributes Toward Fighting a Common and Dangerous Bacterium - Researchers at URI have been studying Staphylococcus aureus, a common bacterium found in the nasal cavity that can cause severe infections. Their work could enable more effective antimicrobial drugs to be designed to counteract it.
• Daniel Roxbury Named to Providence Business News 40 Under Forty List - Daniel Roxbury, URI associate professor of chemical engineering, was named to the Providence Business News 40 Under Forty list. The list recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who have excelled in their profession.
• Brazilian Graduate Student Finds a Home Away From Home at URI - When Tania Silva de Oliveira came to URI for an exchange program from Brazil as an undergraduate in 2013, she didn’t know she would fall in love with the University. She certainly wouldn’t have predicted that she would be on the verge of completing a doctorate in chemical engineering at URI nine years later.
• College of Engineering hosts Plastic Characterization Workshop - The College of Engineering hosted a workshop recently for researchers and industry leaders that showcased the advanced capabilities of its core research facilities that can be used for plastic characterization.
• Faculty Spotlight: Ryan Poling-Skutvik - URI chemical engineering professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik is researching ways to produce some of the biological responses we observe in living materials into synthetic and soft materials.
• Equipment and Expertise in URI’s Engineering Core Labs Available for Industry and Academic Partners - The core research facilities in URI’s College of Engineering features some of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment found anywhere. Valued at millions of dollars, the devices are available for use by researchers in industry or academia.
• URI Research Foundation Helps Engineering Researchers With Commercialization - The URI Research Foundation helps engineering researchers such as Daniel Roxbury, Tao Wei and Qing Yang by protecting their intellectual property and guiding them through the long process of commercializing an invention.
• Faculty Spotlight: Jyothi Menon - Learn how Assistant Professor Jyothi Menon is using state-of-the-art technologies in her lab, such as 3D printers, to mimic conditions in the lungs and develop more effective ways to deliver therapies to the lungs.
• NanoBio Engineering Lab Receives Visit from President Palange - URI President Marc B. Palange visited the NanoBio Engineering Laboratory to learn more about the research being conducted by Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and his graduate students. 
• Sensors Developed at URI Can Identify Threats at the Molecular Level - New sensors developed by URI Professor Otto Gregory and chemical engineering doctoral student Peter Ricci are so powerful that they can detect threats at the molecular level, whether it’s explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus or illegal drugs entering the country.
• ‘Smart Bandage’ Detects, and Could Prevent Infections - By embedding nanosensors in the fibers of a bandage, URI Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and former URI graduate student Mohammad Moein Safaee have created a “smart bandage” to detect and monitor an infection in a wound.