Ocean Engineering

Ocean Engineering

Students prepare an underwater ROV.

Sheets Building, 15 Receiving Road, Narragansett, RI 02882 – USA
nicole.larkin@uri.edu – Nicole Larkin

News

  • 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 […]
  • Block-Island-wind-turbine sized Save the whales- but from what? - By Hugh Markey When ten whales washed up on the New Jersey shoreline over the course a few months in 2023, people were understandably concerned. What happened here? How did these beautiful animals meet such ignominious deaths? Might the cause have something to do with wind turbines? URI Ocean Engineering Prof. James Miller says the […]

Highlights

  • Student Spotlight: Isaac Scarborough - By Kat Billo ’25 Tell us a little about yourself. “My name is Isaac Scarborough and I’m from Millsboro Delaware, I am a junior in the Ocean Engineering program.”  Why engineering? “A lot of my family are engineers so I grew up around it and I grew up on the water so I’ve always had […]
  • Block-Island-wind-turbine sized Save the whales- but from what? - By Hugh Markey When ten whales washed up on the New Jersey shoreline over the course a few months in 2023, people were understandably concerned. What happened here? How did these beautiful animals meet such ignominious deaths? Might the cause have something to do with wind turbines? URI Ocean Engineering Prof. James Miller says the […]

Events

Programs

Undergraduate

Graduate


Faculty

Professor and Department Chair

Sheets 111, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6540miller@uri.edu

Professor

Ocean Science and Exploration Center 103, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6480rballard@uri.eduwebsite

Professor

Sheets, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6575cbaxter@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Sheets 217, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6122jmdahl@uri.edu

Professor Research

Sheets 216, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6029annette_grilli@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

215 Sheets, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6636grilli@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Sheets 212, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6217reza_hashemi@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Sheets 211, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6028slicht@uri.eduwebsite

Associate Professor

401.874.6676bloose@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

401.874.6610momand@uri.edu

President, University of Rhode Island, Professor, Mechanical, Ocean, and Civil Engineering

Green Hall

401.874.2222lharrison@uri.eduwebsite

Assistant Professor

Sheets 214, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6035brennanphillips@uri.eduwebsite

Professor Research

Middleton 115, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6591gpotty@uri.edu

Professor

Horn 111, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6115croman2@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Sheets 213, Narragansett Bay Campus

401.874.6879loravu@uri.eduwebsite

Assistant Professor

401.874.6633mzhou@uri.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Staff

Tech Staff Assistant

james_frost@uri.edu

Administrative Assistant, Scientific Research Grant Assistant

nicole.larkin@uri.edu

Boat Captain

401.874.6242fredpease@uri.edu

Student Resources