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.

Daniel Roxbury, assistant professor of chemical engineering, is part of a national research team that has created a nanosensor capable of detecting the progression of obesity-related diseases.

At HealthHacks RI 2017, teams of students, scientists, educators, entrepreneurs and members of the public from around the region will have 48 hours to identify a problem related to aging and then brainstorm, design, build and pitch a practical, human-centered solution.

On Thursday, Oct. 19 from 3:30-4:30 pm, Sanjeev Verma will speak about his entrepreneurial journey in the URI Library Galanti Lounge. Verma received his M.S. from URI in 1990 in electrical engineering. 

Geoff Bothun, chair of the Chemical Engineering department, is the principal investigator of a $19 million federal grant to study how man-made and natural climate changes are affecting ecosystems in Narragansett Bay.

A walking tour of the construction site for the new engineering complex highlighted a recent campus visit by representatives of the Rhode Island Chapter of Women Transportation Seminar (WTS-RI).

The International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Foundation recently named URI assistant professor Jie Shen this year’s winner of the Emerging Researcher Award.

Tim Pheland, who graduated from URI with a B.S. in 2012 and an M.S. in 2016 in Industrial and Systems Engineering, was named to the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) “30 Under 30” list.

The assistant professor was recognized by the Providence Business News for the research he has conducted in the College of Engineering’s Wearable Biosensing Lab.

E-WEEK COMMITTEE PLANNING Representatives from 10 different URI professional engineering society student chapters helped plan the week’s events (listed below). American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) National Society of Black Engineers […]

URI Hall Director Michael Lapointe wanted to create an event that would unite the five dorms that fall under his supervision: Hopkins, Hutchinson, Merrow, Peck and Tucker. Since four of the five halls comprise the Engineering Living and Learning Community (ELLC), Lapointe thought the perfect event would be a Rube Goldberg competition.

Gov. Gina Raimondo, University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley and URI College of Engineering Dean Raymond Wright joined other state, University and business leaders in a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 24 to launch construction of URI’s new $125 million engineering complex. The 190,000-square-foot facility will feature a truss support system, which is often used in […]