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NUWC Comes to URI College of Engineering to Meet and Interview Students - Hiring personnel and engineers from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWC) visited the URI College of Engineering recently to interview students and share information about the type of work conducted at NUWC.
URI VOTES Using Engineering Tools to Support Democracy - Leading up to this year’s Election Day results, University of Rhode Island engineering professor Gretchen Macht and her team were thinking about how the votes would tally — but not for the reasons you might think.

Vic Ricci Receives URI Distinguished Achievement Award - Vittorio “Vic” Ricci, who has worked for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) for more than 37 years, received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Rhode Island.
Engineering & Technology Career Fair Returns to the Ryan Center - For the first time since 2019, the URI Engineering & Technology Career Fair was held as an in-person event at the Ryan Center. More than 90 employers and 667 URI students attended the event.

Why Does It Take So Long to Count Votes? - In U.S. elections, why does it take so long to count votes? Gretchen Macht, a professor of industrial engineering at URI, talked to the KidsPost section of the Washington Post about why that is the case.
A Lifelong Learner, URI Engineering Alumnus Kam Ng Shares His Experiences - A lifelong learner, Kam Ng, who earned his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from URI in 1988, shares his experiences from academia and industry in his five memoirs. Ng spent 30 years overseeing research at NUWC and the Office of Naval Research.

Industrial Engineering Alumna Is All That And A Bag of Chips - Julia Milardo, who earned her B.S. in industrial engineering from URI in 2017, is a supply chain performance manager at Frito Lay. She’s responsible for managing the financial performance, raw materials, and indirect functions at the Middletown, NY facility.
Mechanical Engineering Alumnus to Receive Distinguished Achievement Award - Mechanical engineering alumnus Victor Ricci and chemical engineering alumnus Amitesh Saha will be honored with URI Distinguished Achievement Awards Oct. 22. Ricci will receive the College of Engineering Dean’s Award.