The world needs engineers with vision.
At URI’s College of Engineering, you’ll find opportunities to work alongside visionary researchers developing technologies that improve lives, expand knowledge, and explore new frontiers.
Our students are central to this work. Guided by faculty mentors, they’re expanding access to clean water in rural communities, creating advanced sensors for robotic systems, and engineering biomedical technologies to detect and treat disease. URI engineers intern and perform research around the globe, collaborating on sustainable energy projects, innovating fuel-efficient transportation, and tackling challenges that transcend borders.
See the World. Shape the Future.
Pair your engineering degree with a language and international experience through the International Engineering Program.
News
- URI Researchers Bringing Innovations from Lab Bench to Market - At the University of Rhode Island, three engineering professors have taken different paths to transform basic research into life-altering technologies—and the companies to deliver them.
The Ripple Effect of Research Funding for Better Outcomes - Daniel Roxbury, associate professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering, is the principal investigator of SIMCoast (Socio-ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems), a $7 million, four-year grant building Rhode Island’s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics (NMPs) throughout the Narragansett Bay watershed.- Engaging Students in Real World Research - The URI Plastics: Land to Sea research initiative links students with professors in engineering, oceanography, fisheries, pharmacy, textiles, and natural resources, to explore and develop methods to manage locally generated plastic waste, focusing on reducing its impact on coastal communities.
Inspiring Student Researchers Leads to Career at Adobe - Tong Sun (‘96) was recruited to URI in 1992 byProfessor Qing “Ken” Yang. Sun joined a lab studying high-performance computer systems processing massive amounts of scientific data like nuclear reactions, physics simulations and weather forecasts. Under Yang’s guidance, his student researchers aimed to make computers think and calculate faster to solve problems quicker.
