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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As a sophomore in high school, Andrew DeSousa (right) was mentored by Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) engineer Tom Dolan for a robotics competition. Now, both gentlemen, who are URI mechanical engineering alumni, work as NUWC engineers and mentor the next generation of aspiring engineers.

URI computer engineering alumna Nicole Nunez recently received the Helen Martha Sternberg Award from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center. After graduating from URI in 2016, Nunez joined NUWC Newport’s USW Combat Systems Department’s cybersecurity team.

Xiangnan Zhong became the fourth electrical engineering student from URI in as many years to win this award from the Chinese government.

Tao Wei, an associate professor in URI’s Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, has been named this year’s winner of the URI Intellectual Property Excellence Award.

Maria Briones, who graduated from URI’s International Engineering Program in 2014 with bachelor’s degrees in Civil Engineering and Spanish, recently received the W. Brewster Snow Award, presented annually to a graduate who has demonstrated excellence in the study of environmental engineering.

Three experts from national, state and local water agencies gave their perspectives on clean drinking water at the ninth annual Rhode Island Clean Drinking Water Symposium. The event was hosted by the Rhode Island Water Resources Center (RIWRC).

Joanne Compton, an instructor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at URI, has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the world’s leading organization for chemical engineering professionals.

Paul DePace, a member of the URI College of Engineering Advisory Council and 1968 graduate of the University, was recently featured on Quadangles Online. The article chronicles his academic, athletic and professional career.

Harold “Bud” Vincent, associate professor of ocean engineering at URI, is working with researchers from eight other institutions to develop a system of sensors that will measure for chemicals which are rich food sources for potentially harmful algae and phytoplankton.

Channel 6 recently asked URI College of Engineering Professor George Tsiatas for his thoughts on the Miami bridge collapse. The professor’s research focuses on civil infrastructure, including bridge engineering.

URI’s College of Engineering part-time faculty member John DiCecco, who holds four engineering degrees from URI, has won a U.S. Department of Defense Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Advocate Award.

URI Ocean Engineering Professor Jim Miller was a guest on WCAI to talk about how the acoustics of offshore wind turbines affect marine life. His interview can be heard from 6:55-19:30 on the recording of the show.

Assistant Professor Kunal Mankodiya was one of the featured speakers at TEDxURI. He described how he and his team intertwine textiles with sensors, computing, and internet so that individuals are enveloped by unobtrusive wearable technology for the improved quality of life, health, and wellness.