URI College of Engineering Professor Walter Besio has received a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop the first underwater electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes, which will be used to study an octopus in a transparent shelter.  

At the 31st Annual Rhode Island Transportation Forum, held at URI’s Memorial Union, South Korean Consul-General Yonghyon Kim presented a keynote address on how transportation projects will play an important role in establishing lasting peace between the two Koreas.

URI Assistant Professor Bin Li and Professor Lei Ying of Arizona State University received a three-year grant to discover ways to make wireless networks more adaptive and efficient.

Launched at the end of September, the school’s Artificial Intelligence Lab is a “cross-disciplinary facility” housed in the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons.

Christopher Baxter, professor of civil & environmental engineering and ocean engineering, will be one of the speakers for a panel discussion on coastal resiliency. The event will take place on Oct. 16, from 10:30 am – 12:30 pm in Corless Auditorium on the Narragansett Bay Campus.

John Babb, who earned master’s degrees in ocean engineering and mechanical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, has received the second highest civilian award that the U.S. Navy presents.

Gianluca De Luca, the president of Delsys, will be at URI on Oct. 9 to share his thoughts on how to turn a small business into a highly competitive company. This photo of De Luca was taken at the 2018 HealthHacks RI event at URI, where he was a guest judge.

Assistant Professor Kunal Mankodiya recently visited Frank Coletta’s Coffee Break on NBC 10 to speak about URI’s new Artificial Intelligence Lab. He brought some samples of wearable technology with him.

URI’s Artificial Intelligence Lab will give students and faculty the opportunity to research robotics, wearable technology, smart cities, public policy and ethical considerations with AI.

More than 900 University of Rhode Island alumni work at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), one of the nation’s top defense research and development laboratories. The center recently held its fourth annual Advanced Naval Technology Exercise.

ThankGod (TG) Ugochukwu, who graduated from the University of Rhode Island this past May with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering, has been named to Rhode Island Inno’s 25 Under 25 list for rising entrepreneurs, technologists and innovators.

The University of Rhode Island will host HealthHacks RI 2018 on Sept. 22-23. Novices and experts alike are welcome to design, build and create new ideas that improve human mobility, health, and wellness. Connect with industry mentors, fellow inventors, and students from other area colleges.

Aidan Petrie, who has started 15 companies to date, will share his experience in entrepreneurship in his presentation on Sept. 10 at URI’s Avedisian Hall, 7 Greenhouse Road, Kingston Campus, from 6 to 7 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Now that glass has been added to the exterior of the new College of Engineering building, the project is starting to resemble what has been seen in drawings and virtual reality images. Click on the image for more photos.

Dr. K. Wayne Lee (left), professor of civil engineering at URI, attended a press conference at the University of Maine to celebrate the formation of the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center (TIDC) consortium, of which URI is a member. Next to Prof. Lee is UMaine’s Dr. Habib Dagher. Photo courtesy of UMaine.

URI ocean engineering assistant professor Brennan Phillips teamed up with other engineers and scientists to design and fabricate a 3D-printed, soft robotic manipulator that can gently grab deep-sea organisms without damaging them.