Paolo Stegagno accepted a position as an assistant professor in URI’s Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering in 2017. He has been paired up with Chengzhi Yuan, an assistant professor in URI’s Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering, to work on research related to multi-robot systems.

Although extensive research has been conducted on the human brain, how the soft tissue mass inside our skull works and what it’s capable of remains very much a mystery. URI College of Engineering Assistant Professor Yalda Shahriari is trying to solve some of those mysteries in hopes of improving the quality of life for those […]

URI Assistant Professor Bin Li feels right at home at URI, despite growing up and completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees more than 7,800 miles away in Xiamen, China. “Xiamen University, where I studied, is very close to a beautiful beach and like many of the URI buildings that surround the Quad, their oldest buildings […]

The URI College of Engineering’s Bliss Hall is one of more than a dozen structures on the Kingston Campus that comprise what is now recognized as a historic district by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s National Park Service.

Thanks to the education he received while completing his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from URI, Chris Bobba ’13 is prepared for the intense research that is required of an aspiring cardiothoracic surgeon.

University of Rhode Island officials and contractors celebrated the installation of the final piece of structural steel at the new College of Engineering building on Jan. 26.

Bin Li has received a $301,430 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop algorithms that will enable the performance of networks to not be affected by any traffic characteristics except the mean traffic load.

Inside Higher Ed published an article on URI’s new Artificial intelligence Lab. While AI laboratories have been cropping up more frequently on campuses in recent years, URI’s is unique because it is believed to be the first in the United States that is located in a university library.

University of Rhode Island graduate Bryan Reimer was recently announced as a winner of an Autos2050 Innovation Award. The award recognizes innovators and pioneers who are helping make future mobility a reality.

In an article for URI’s Quadangles Online, Professor Ying Sun described how PVC pipes can be transformed into objects used in everyday life.

A new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab will be accessible to all University of Rhode Island students starting in the fall 2018 semester. The AI Lab, funded by a $143,065 grant from the The Champlin Foundation, is believed to be the first in the nation to be located in a library.

Paul DePace, a member of the URI College of Engineering Advisory Council and 1968 graduate of the University, was honored this past fall by the International Paralympic Committee for his almost 50 years of work on behalf of sports for persons with disability.

Students in URI’s chemical engineering and environmental engineering programs will have the opportunity to use equipment in the classroom that is normally reserved for labs, thanks to a $162,000 grant from The Champlin Foundation.

Thanks to a $50,000 Innovation Voucher from the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation, Arijit Bose, Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, will be developing batteries for “smart” socks that will track movements and relay the data to others.

Haibo He, professor and chair of URI’s department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering, has been elevated by the IEEE to fellow status for his “contributions to adaptive learning.”

A printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication station, funded by a Champlin Foundation grant, will enable students to gain hands-on experience in creating their own circuit prototypes.

The URI Wearable Biosensing Lab, headed by assistant professor of Electrical, Computer & Biomedical Engineering Kunal Mankodiya, was prominently featured in an article on the website “Wearable.”

URI Assistant Professor Samantha Meenach was one of 23 university professors in the United States who were chosen for a faculty fellowship program this winter in Israel.

The University of Rhode Island lost one of the most significant figures in the history of the College of Engineering this fall. Hermann Viets, co-founder of URI’s International Engineering Program (IEP), passed away on Oct. 1 at the age of 74.

Kunal Mankodiya, assistant professor of electrical, computer and biomedical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, was featured in the Fall 2017 issue of URI’s Momentum: Research and Innovation magazine for his work with “smart” textiles.