The U.S. Navy has announced that a future Pathfinder-class oceanography survey ship will be named in honor of University of Rhode Island alumnus and Professor of Oceanography Robert Ballard.
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Of all of the honors in science and engineering, being published in the journal Nature is at the top of the list. Congratulations to URI Engineering assistant professor Ash Giri and his student C.J. Dionne on their recent publication. Ash’s research is related to nanoscale thermal transport, energy conversion and storage, nano mechanics, condensed matter […]
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Hui Lin, URI assistant professor of engineering, received a five-year, $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop programs designed to disrupt cyberattacks. Lin was interviewed by the Providence Business News.
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Almeida decided to create a Brookside recycling outreach initiative to teach residents the proper recycling rules, and thanks to her tireless efforts, Brookside residents will now have the option to recycle. Almeida recounted her story in a recent interview with the Office of Sustainability.
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URI College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese gave a presentation to the engineering faculty on funding that is available through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for developing new ways to generate, store and use energy. ARPA-E projects have the potential to improve economic prosperity, national security and the environment. Marchese spoke about the streamlined award process […]
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As we produce more energy from the sun, it is increasingly important to have an efficient way to store this energy. Assistant Professor Ashutosh Giri believes heat transfer can be more efficient at the nano level, and some energy can even be harnessed via thermoelectrics.
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Imagine soft robotic systems that can be used after a natural disaster to locate survivors or enter the places that search and rescue teams can’t reach.
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URI’s Ali Akanda receives $600,000 to continue his work on Cholera By Frances Butler KINGSTON, R.I. – March 29, 2022 — Ali Akanda, Associate Professor at The University of Rhode Island and Antarpreet Jutla, Associate Professor at the University of Florida recently won a $600,000, three-year grant from NASA to help combat the spread of […]
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URI engineering professor received a six-figure grant from the National Science Foundation to help develop programs designed to disrupt cyberattacks.
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Stephan Grilli, distinguished professor of ocean engineering and oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, has received the Fulbright Tocqueville Distinguished Chair Award to conduct research and teach in France.
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First responders from the South Kingstown EMS feel safer in their battle against COVID-19 thanks to the face shields they received from the URI College of Engineering that were made with 3-D printed parts.
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Engineering professors are among the researchers and scholars who are designing and fabricating parts for first responders’ personal protective equipment.
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The largest construction project in University history, The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering opened its doors this fall, bringing all the engineering disciplines together in a space that actively supports hands-on, interdisciplinary research and defies departmental silos.
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URI ocean engineering professor Brennan Phillips has developed a deep-sea video system that is being used to record sharks in some of the most remote locations of the ocean.
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Working for a startup robotics company in France, Ian McElroy, an alumnus of URI’s International Engineering Program, is using technology to make parking at airports a stress-free experience. Ian earned bachelor’s degrees from URI in ocean engineering and French last spring.
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This fall semester, 28 URI students from eight different majors learned how to turn an idea into a product prototype in an engineering entrepreneurship course. Each team pitched their product to a panel of industry experts, who served as judges.
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URI ocean engineering professor Stephan Grilli was interviewed by the BBC about the tsunami models he ran after the collapsed Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia.
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URI Assistant Professor Yalda Shahriari is researching a new way for patients with severe motor deficits to communicate by analyzing patterns in their brain wave activity using two non-invasive techniques.
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URI and Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division announced a $4 million gift for the College of Engineering, in the form of state-of-the-art manufacturing technologies that will advance undergraduate and graduate research programs.
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Brennan Phillips, URI assistant professor of ocean engineering, and two of his students, tested soft grippers and other research equipment on an expedition off the coast of Hawaii. The equipment will be used to study the world’s most delicate deep-sea species.
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Representing government, academia and industry, experts in cyber-physical systems security gathered at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 18-19 to discuss the advancements and challenges that exist in this crucial field.
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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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