Recent URI industrial and systems engineering graduate Power Kanga shared his inspiring story of overcoming adversity and ultimately achieving success at URI.
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Justin Hayes, who just earned bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and Spanish through URI’s International Engineering Program, is one of five URI students to attain a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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Alexa Leone, who just earned her bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering from URI, is one of five URI students to attain a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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Excellence Award Winners Biomedical Engineering Dylan Kennedy, North Kingstown, RI Dylan is receiving bachelor’s degrees in biomedical engineering and Chinese through URI’s International Engineering Program. He was named to the Dean’s List throughout his four years at URI. Dylan was a member of Tau Beta PI, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society and Phi Beta […]
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Sarah Koenig was featured in a series highlighting Asian American women engineers by the Society of Women Engineers. Sarah graduated from URI in 2007 with bachelor’s degrees in industrial engineering and French through the International Engineering Program.
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Sarah Koenig, a French IEP and industrial engineering alumna, was featured by SWE in a series highlighting Asian American women engineers with leadership experience.
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URI students, such as Dominik Brysch, who will complete his master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering in August, have put in long hours to fabricate face shields for first responders.
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Lukas Duwe’s research an “All Solid Lithium Ion Battery for Safety and Stability” earned him the 2020 Excellence in Master’s Thesis Research Award from the URI Graduate School.
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After a shoulder injury ended Power Kanga’s football career at URI, he focused his energy on his industrial and systems engineering studies and URI’s ROTC.
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It’s important for engineering students to have mentors to offer advice as they enter their profession. It’s especially important for female, minority students – a population sorely underrepresented in the engineering field.
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With his proven track record of success in supply chain management, Gov. Gina Raimondo enlisted the help of Steven J. King, URI civil engineering alumnus and managing director of the Quonset Development Corporation.
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URI ocean engineering senior Isabella Silverman has helped sanitize and repurpose c-pap and bi-pap machines into backup ventilators for local healthcare facilities to combat COVID-19.
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Aaron Hertzer, a German IEP and mechanical engineering senior, has helped sanitize and re-purpose c-pap and bi-pap machines into backup ventilators for local healthcare facilities to combat COVID-19.
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Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Brennan Phillips feels right at home when conducting research in the ocean.
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First responders from the South Kingstown EMS feel safer in their battle against COVID-19 thanks to the face shields they received from the URI College of Engineering that were made with 3-D printed parts.
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Liberal Education, the flagship journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, featured the URI International Engineering Program in a recent issue. AAC&U has 1,400 member institutions.
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