{"id":77912,"date":"2023-10-13T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T13:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme-draft\/?page_id=77912"},"modified":"2024-03-19T10:43:56","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T14:43:56","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/chemical-engineering-ph-d-candidate-to-complete-co-op-defend-dissertation\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/9-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/chemical-engineering-ph-d-candidate-to-complete-co-op-defend-dissertation\/\">Chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate to complete co-op, defend dissertation<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics may seem like three separate areas of study, but they overlap in more ways than one. Elnaz Nikoumanesh, a fifth-year Ph.D. chemical engineering candidate, knows that well. She studied mechanical engineering during her undergraduate and master\u2019s studies, but became very interested in experimental work with biological and soft materials. This [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-engineering-professor-honored-by-alma-mater\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Arijit-Bose-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Arijit-Bose-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Arijit-Bose-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Arijit-Bose-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Arijit-Bose-1.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-engineering-professor-honored-by-alma-mater\/\">URI engineering professor honored by alma mater with Distinguished Alumnus Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island chemical engineering professor Arijit Bose has been selected as a 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient by his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. The honor is the highest award given to its alumni in recognition of their outstanding achievements.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/stefanie-vining-25\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Stefanie.jpeg 1250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/stefanie-vining-25\/\">Stefanie Vining will relocate to France after receiving a job offer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Stefanie Vining will relocate to Bordeaux, France, after receiving an offer to remain at Unither Pharmaceuticals full-time, where she interned through the IEP Program.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/first-year-chemical-engineering-student-awarded-national-scholarship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Hus-Saeed-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Hus-Saeed-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Hus-Saeed-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/first-year-chemical-engineering-student-awarded-national-scholarship\/\">First-year chemical engineering student awarded national scholarship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Freshman Hud Saeed of Barrington, Rhode Island, is double majoring in chemical engineering and Chinese. He has received a $5,000\u00a0American Chemical Society Undergraduate Scholarship\u00a0designed to support the scientists of tomorrow who will use the transformative power of chemistry to address global challenges.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/chemical-engineering-senior-awarded-american-chemical-society-undergraduate-scholarship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/REU-Students-in-Labs-2024-0245-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/REU-Students-in-Labs-2024-0245-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/REU-Students-in-Labs-2024-0245-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/chemical-engineering-senior-awarded-american-chemical-society-undergraduate-scholarship\/\">Chemical engineering senior awarded American Chemical Society Undergraduate Scholarship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Chemical Engineering senior Savanna Sheffield, of Weymouth, MA, has received an\u00a0American Chemical Society Undergraduate Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship is designed to support the scientists of tomorrow.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/news\/2025\/03\/agriculture-and-food-system-fellow-spotlight-natalia-oganesian\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/IMG_5872-e1747937504743-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/IMG_5872-e1747937504743-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/IMG_5872-e1747937504743-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/IMG_5872-e1747937504743-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/news\/2025\/03\/agriculture-and-food-system-fellow-spotlight-natalia-oganesian\/\">Agriculture and Food System Fellow Spotlight: Natalia Oganesian<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Natalia Oganesian, a\u00a0chemical engineering\u00a0major, completed an\u00a0Agriculture and Food Systems Fellows Program\u00a0through URI\u2019s Cooperative Extension. Her work focused on extending the shelf life of food products by analyzing preservatives. She collaborated with Caitlin Jamison, a food scientist and founder of Plantopia in Pawtucket, RI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/2025-spotlight-on-faculty-innovation-in-general-education\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Darko-Ljubic-1024x950-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Darko-Ljubic-1024x950-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Darko-Ljubic-1024x950-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/05\/2025-spotlight-on-faculty-innovation-in-general-education\/\">2025 Spotlight on Faculty Innovation in General Education<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island\u00a0Office of Innovation in General Education has announced this year\u2019s faculty members who are being recognized for delivering innovative courses as part of the General Education Program, including College of Engineering Assistant Teaching Professor Dark0 Ljubic.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/using-nanotech-as-a-way-of-differentiating-cells-from-one-another\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Daniel-Roxbury-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Daniel-Roxbury-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Daniel-Roxbury-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/03\/using-nanotech-as-a-way-of-differentiating-cells-from-one-another\/\">Using nanotech as a way of differentiating cells from one another<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Engineering professor and former PhD student look at the smallest changes between two similar cells.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/uri-chemical-engineering-professor-named-2025-cottrell-scholar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Ryan-Poling-Skutvik-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Ryan-Poling-Skutvik-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Ryan-Poling-Skutvik-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Ryan-Poling-Skutvik-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Ryan-Poling-Skutvik.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/uri-chemical-engineering-professor-named-2025-cottrell-scholar\/\">URI chemical engineering professor named 2025 Cottrell Scholar<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u00a0Assistant professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik has been named a recipient of the prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award for 2025.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/ph-d-engineering-student-at-uri-receives-isss-scientific-achievement-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Fetaure-Image-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Fetaure-Image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Fetaure-Image-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/ph-d-engineering-student-at-uri-receives-isss-scientific-achievement-award\/\"><strong>Ph.D. engineering student at URI receives ISSS Scientific Achievement Award<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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\u2019s Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport as an engineering task lead. He was recommended by his branch head [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/departments\/cheme\/2024\/04\/uri-chemical-engineering-professor-granted-nsf-career-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/7-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/departments\/cheme\/2024\/04\/uri-chemical-engineering-professor-granted-nsf-career-award\/\">URI Chemical Engineering Professor Granted NSF CAREER Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ryan Poling-Skutvik, assistant chemical engineering professor at the University of Rhode Island (URI), was granted a\u00a05-year $589,933 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)\u00a0to conduct research and education activities for \u201cTelechelic Triblock Copolymers As a Platform to Design Functional Colloidal Gels.\u201d<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research\/lasers-and-iron\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/lasers-iron-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/lasers-iron-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/lasers-iron.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/research\/lasers-and-iron\/\">Lasers and Iron Could Revolutionize Water Treatment<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Lasers and iron may help the world treat contaminated water, URI researchers say. The first-of-its-kind study subjected ferrate \u2014 a form of iron \u2014 to a wide spectrum of light and analyzed how its electrons behaved.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/uri-researchers-awarded-750k-grant-for-research-on-floating-wind-turbines\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/wind-turbines-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/wind-turbines-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/wind-turbines.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/uri-researchers-awarded-750k-grant-for-research-on-floating-wind-turbines\/\">URI Engineering Researchers Awarded $750k Grant on Floating Wind Turbines<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Biden administration has set a goal of deploying enough offshore wind turbines to produce 30 gigawatts\u2014enough to power tens of millions of homes\u2014by 2035.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/bhjnP\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Summer-Group-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Summer-Group-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Summer-Group-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Summer-Group-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2171\/Summer-Group.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/shorturl.at\/bhjnP\">URI Awarded $1.14 Million to Attract Under Represented Students to Engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">CHE Associate Professor Samantha Meenach has won a federal grant that will help students from underrepresented groups pursue studies in engineering.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/iep-student-prints-her-career-path\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/iep-student-prints-her-career-path\/\">IEP Student Prints Her Career Path<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mention the term 3D printing to the average person, and it\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/david-j-parrillo-89-inducted-into-national-academy-of-engineering\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/david-j-parrillo-89-inducted-into-national-academy-of-engineering\/\">David J. Parrillo, \u201989, Inducted into National Academy of Engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">For Dr. David J. Parrillo (\u201989), his recent induction into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering is as much about mentoring people as developing technically advanced products. \u201cYou have to know people and what makes them tick so they can accomplish more. That\u2019s the piece that I love.\u201d \u201cURI warmly congratulates David on this well-deserved [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B8v285NW0S0\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/B8v285NW0S0\">Meet Goldwater Scholar Camila Cersosimo, Chemical Engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Camila Cersosimo is an example of how you can do big things at URI!<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-from-a-small-city-in-brazil-to-the-graduate-commencement-stage-at-uri\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/05\/commencement-2023-from-a-small-city-in-brazil-to-the-graduate-commencement-stage-at-uri\/\">COE Alum Tania Silva de Oliveira Gives Graduate Commencement Address May 19<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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\u2019s most serious conditions.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/three-uri-students-receive-prestigious-goldwater-scholarships\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/three-uri-students-receive-prestigious-goldwater-scholarships\/\">Aidan Kindopp one of URI&#8217;s three Goldwater recipients this year<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/student-spotlight-alexandra-barbato\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/student-spotlight-alexandra-barbato\/\">Student Spotlight: Alexandra Barbato<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Kat Billo &#8217;25 Tell us a little about yourself. &#8220;My name is Alex Barbato and I am from Utica, NY. I am a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) major.&#8221; Why Engineering? &#8220;I chose engineering because I can&#8217;t handle blood, but I love math and science. I am naturally &#8220;systems&#8221; minded and am constantly [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/dragsters-animatronics-featured-in-tech-competition\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/news\/dragsters-animatronics-featured-in-tech-competition\/\">Dragsters, Animatronics Featured in Tech Competition<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">North Kingstown schools had a great day at a recent Technology Student Association (TSA) competition held at URI\u2019s 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 [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/researchers-shed-laser-light-on-emerging-water-treatment-technique\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/researchers-shed-laser-light-on-emerging-water-treatment-technique\/\">New Light on Water Treatment<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/after-35-years-former-student-continues-to-impress-uri-engineering-professor\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/after-35-years-former-student-continues-to-impress-uri-engineering-professor\/\">After 35 Years, Former Student Continues to Impress URI Engineering Professor<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/lauren-hubert-returns-from-research-program-with-confidence-and-experience\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/lauren-hubert-returns-from-research-program-with-confidence-and-experience\/\">Lauren Hubert Returns from Research Program with Confidence and Experience<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI junior Lauren Hubert would like to earn a doctorate in chemical engineering, conduct research in immunoengineering, and pursue a career in biopharmaceuticals. She&#8217;s well on her way to achieving those lofty goals.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/familiar-surroundings-for-uri-college-of-engineerings-newest-professor\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/familiar-surroundings-for-uri-college-of-engineerings-newest-professor\/\">Familiar Surroundings for College of Engineering\u2019s Newest Professor<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It normally takes new faculty time to meet their colleagues and get familiar with their surroundings.&nbsp;There was no such learning curve for Irene Andreu, who became an assistant professor of chemical engineering at URI this fall.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/every-second-counts-for-uri-student-athlete-aidan-kindopp\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/every-second-counts-for-uri-student-athlete-aidan-kindopp\/\">Every Second Counts for URI Student-Athlete Aidan Kindopp<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As a distance runner on the URI cross country and track &amp; field teams, Aidan Kindopp is fast and efficient with every stride.&nbsp;As a chemical engineering and French major, through URI\u2019s International Engineering Program, he&#8217;s just as judicious with his time.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/research-may-lead-to-solutions-for-fighting-a-common-and-dangerous-bacteria\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/research-may-lead-to-solutions-for-fighting-a-common-and-dangerous-bacteria\/\">Research Contributes Toward Fighting a Common and Dangerous Bacterium<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Researchers at URI have been studying Staphylococcus aureus,&nbsp;a common bacterium found in the nasal cavity that can cause severe infections. Their work could enable&nbsp;more effective antimicrobial drugs to be designed to counteract it.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/daniel-roxbury-named-to-providence-business-news-40-under-forty-list\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/daniel-roxbury-named-to-providence-business-news-40-under-forty-list\/\">Daniel Roxbury Named to Providence Business News 40 Under Forty List<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/brazilian-graduate-student-finds-home-away-from-home-at-uri\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/brazilian-graduate-student-finds-home-away-from-home-at-uri\/\">Brazilian Graduate Student Finds a Home Away From Home at URI<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When Tania Silva de Oliveira came to URI for an exchange program from Brazil as an undergraduate in 2013, she didn&#8217;t know she would fall in love with the University.&nbsp;She certainly wouldn&#8217;t have predicted that she would be on the verge of completing a doctorate in chemical engineering at URI nine years later.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/07\/college-of-engineering-hosts-plastic-characterization-workshop\/\">College of Engineering hosts Plastic Characterization Workshop<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/faculty-spotlight-ryan-poling-skutvik\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/faculty-spotlight-ryan-poling-skutvik\/\">Faculty Spotlight: Ryan Poling-Skutvik<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/core-research-facilities\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/core-research-facilities\/\">Equipment and Expertise in URI&#8217;s Engineering Core Labs Available for Industry and Academic Partners<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The core research facilities in URI\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/cld.bz\/0ZbbNMi\/10\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/cld.bz\/0ZbbNMi\/10\/\">URI Research Foundation Helps Engineering Researchers With Commercialization<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/faculty-spotlight-jyothi-menon\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/faculty-spotlight-jyothi-menon\/\">Faculty Spotlight: Jyothi Menon<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/nanobio-engineering-lab-receives-visit-from-president-palange\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/11\/nanobio-engineering-lab-receives-visit-from-president-palange\/\">NanoBio Engineering Lab Receives Visit from President Palange<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">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.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/sensors-developed-at-uri-can-identify-threats-at-the-molecular-level\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/05\/sensors-developed-at-uri-can-identify-threats-at-the-molecular-level\/\">Sensors Developed at URI Can Identify Threats at the Molecular Level<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">New sensors developed by URI Professor Otto Gregory&nbsp;and chemical engineering&nbsp;doctoral student Peter Ricci are so powerful that they can detect threats at the molecular level, whether it\u2019s explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus or illegal drugs entering the country.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/smart-bandage-detects-and-could-prevent-infections\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/smart-bandage-detects-and-could-prevent-infections\/\">&#8216;Smart Bandage&#8217; Detects, and Could Prevent Infections<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By embedding nanosensors in the fibers of a bandage, URI Assistant Professor&nbsp;Daniel Roxbury&nbsp;and former URI graduate student Mohammad Moein Safaee&nbsp;have created a &#8220;smart bandage&#8221; to detect and monitor an infection in a wound.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-77912","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77912"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77947,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77912\/revisions\/77947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cheme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}