University of Rhode Island engineering alumnus Bryan Reimer received the Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at the organization’s annual meeting on Oct. 29.
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Professor Vinka Oyanedel-Craver and Kayla Kurtz, a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering, are mentoring biology major Devyn Barraza on research related to how biofilm affects monitoring of Narragansett Bay.
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URI Assistant Professor Paolo Stegagno is collaborating with other engineering professors at URI and a team of scientists from other colleges to develop and deploy high-tech tools to understand where, when, and how cyanobacterial blooms form.
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The University of Rhode Island’s Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering is a win for the school, the state of Rhode Island and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport.
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William Roman, who graduated from the University of Rhode Island with bachelor’s degrees in electrical and biomedical engineering in 2009, was one of seven people to receive the meritorious civilian service award from the Department of Navy at a ceremony on Oct. 18.
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University of Rhode Island Professor James Miller was hired by the town of East Greenwich to help settle a dispute between bar owners and residents over the sound level of music that is being played at the waterfront bars.
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The 2019 HealthHacksRI event, held at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 5-6, challenged students to identify a specific issue related to sleep, design a solution that would alleviate the problem and pitch the idea/product to a panel of judges.
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It was announced at the official opening of the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering that the engineering quad will be named after Dean Raymond M. Wright.
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Researchers in URI’s College of Engineering are developing a device for detecting the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in its vapor form. Their new detection system, which pairs a conductance sensor with a traditional thermodynamic sensor, confirms the presence of TATP at the level of parts per billion.
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URI Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht and three URI students appeared before the Rhode Island Board of Elections recently to present a report on voter data that could be used in an app.
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Charles Watson, assistant director of diversity for URI’s College of Engineering, has been named a regional chairperson of the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates (NAMEPA) for 2020-2022.
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The 32nd Annual Rhode Island Transportation Forum will take place at URI’s Fine Arts Center on Oct. 25. The theme will be “Durable Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Resilient Transportation System for Eternal Peace and Prosperity.”
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Barbara Morse Silva visited the URI College of Engineering to do a feature for Channel 10’s Health Check segment on the smart glove. The glove has been developed by Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya and students in his lab to monitor patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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More than 500 people joined URI President David M. Dooley and College of Engineering Dean Raymond Wright on Oct. 7 to officially celebrate the opening of the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering.
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The wind ensemble AkaBlas, from the Technical University (TU) Braunschweig in Germany, visited URI from Sept. 25-26. TU Braunschweig is the partner university of the URI International Engineering Program.
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The 2019 HealthHacksRI will take place at URI on Oct. 5-6. This year’s theme is “Innovate 4 Sleep.” Students from all programs are encouraged to form teams to develop innovative solutions to sleep issues. Win up $1,000 in prizes!
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Following the Engineering and Technology Career Fair on Oct. 2, BMW will host an information session for engineering students. The event will be from 4:30-6:00 pm in Room 025C of the Fascitelli Engineering Building.
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The 2019 University of Rhode Island Engineering & Technology Fair will be held on Oct. 2 from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm in URI’s Ryan Center.
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URI Distinguished Engineering Professor Stephan Grilli and his team of researchers have shown that modeling can forecast tsunamis from volcanic events and lead to early-warning systems that could save lives and prevent property damage.
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The security of the electrical grid will be the subject of a two-day workshop at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 18-19.
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University of Michigan Professor Nancy Love will present this lecture on Sept. 25 as part of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists Kappe Lecture Series.
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The Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association (KSEA) honors URI College of Engineering Professor K. Wayne Lee with the Outstanding Contribution to KSEA Award.
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According to a Parkinson’s Foundation study, 1.2 million people in the United States will have Parkinson’s disease by 2030. A smart glove that can collect data based on the movements of those living with the disease and other movement disorders is being developed by URI Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya.
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James Miller, professor of ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, was a guest panelist for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) on Aug. 28. The professor spoke about the role of academia, specifically the ocean engineering program at URI, plays in preserving knowledge of technology across generations. “Since the […]
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