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.
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Engineering Students Win Award of Excellence at Global Design Contest
After winning the Silver Award at a regional contest, a team of three URI computer engineering students won the Award of Excellence at the international competition. The students designed and built their project in their embedded system design course last spring.
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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.
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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.
Continue reading "Delsys President to Offer Advice on Entrepreneurship at Risica Lecture"Kunal Mankodiya Visits NBC 10 to Talk About URI’s AI Lab
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.
Continue reading "Kunal Mankodiya Visits NBC 10 to Talk About URI’s AI Lab"URI Opens First AI Lab Housed in a University Library
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.
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James Miller, URI professor of ocean engineering, and a team of experts have determined that the sound from the turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm is having no detectable effect on the marine environment.
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The lab is a cross-disciplinary facility open to all students, faculty and the wider Rhode Island community. Information stations will address the ethical and societal issues of artificial intelligence.
Continue reading "URI to Open First AI Lab Housed in a University Library"Engineering Alumni, Faculty Present at Naval Undersea Warfare Center
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.
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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.
Continue reading "Ugochukwu Named to RI Inno’s 25 Under 25"It Pays to be ‘SMART’ for Electrical Engineering Student
Salvatore (Turi) Latella, who is completing his master’s degree in electrical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, has has been awarded a SMART Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense.
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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.
Continue reading "URI to Host HealthHacks RI 2018"Entrepreneur Aidan Petrie to Kickoff Risica Lecture Series
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.
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A team of URI mechanical engineering students won first place in a national university design competition for addressing airport needs. Their project “Eagle Eye,” investigated the effectiveness of using drones to conduct airport inspections.
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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.
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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.
Continue reading "URI and Coalition Partners Celebrate New Transportation Center"Prof. Phillips Gets a ‘Grasp’ with Soft Robotic Manipulator
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.
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A team of students from the University of Rhode Island competed in the 2018 Advanced Textiles Student Design Challenge, a contest for wearable technology that has applications for aerospace, medical, military or safety purposes.
Continue reading "URI Students Compete In Advanced Textiles Design Challenge"URI Alumnus Kam Ng Has Spent His Career Quieting the Noise
URI alumnus Kam Ng has spent his 40-year career in search of silence. As an engineer specializing in acoustics and noise control, Ng has had successful stints in academia, the public sector, and the private sector.
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Stephen Licht, who joined the URI College of Engineering faculty as an assistant professor of ocean engineering in 2012, has been promoted to associate professor.
Continue reading "Stephen Licht Promoted to Associate Professor"URI Engineering Students to Present Research at SURF Conference
Nine URI College of Engineering students will be among the 140-plus undergraduate students to present their summer research projects at the Rhode Island Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Conference on July 27.
Continue reading "URI Engineering Students to Present Research at SURF Conference"URI Engineering Professor Develops Device to Capture Delicate Underwater Organisms
Brennan Phillips, URI assistant professor of ocean engineering, has developed an origami-inspired tool with researchers at Harvard University, which safely traps delicate sea creatures inside a folding enclosure and lets them go without harm.
Continue reading "URI Engineering Professor Develops Device to Capture Delicate Underwater Organisms"URI Professor Emeritus Helps Create New Flood Map
Malcolm Spaulding, professor emeritus of ocean engineering at URI, has helped create a flood mapping program that is more detailed and accurate than previous programs.
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The URI College of Engineering has added a Concentration in Naval Science & Technology to its curriculum. All engineering students may pursue this new academic program.
Continue reading "URI College of Engineering Adds Concentration in Naval Science & Technology"URI Joins Regional Transportation Research Consortium
URI will partner with five other New England universities to form a regional transportation research center. With the University of Maine as the lead institution, the center will receive up to $14.2 million over the next five years from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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