Africa Takes on COVID-19, With the Help of Two URI Engineering Students
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New Female, Minority Engineering Student Group Holds Its First Event
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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Rhode Island’s PPE Procurement Efforts are Being Led by Civil Engineering Alumnus
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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Ocean Engineering Student Helps Out With the Ventilator Project
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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Brennan Phillips has a ‘Blue Mind’ When It Comes to Research
Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Brennan Phillips feels right at home when conducting research in the ocean.
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URI’s Chinese-American Community Steps Up to Protect Local First Responders
First Responders Receive Face Shields Made at URI College of Engineering
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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Research on Nanomaterials Earns URI Student Doctoral Research Award
Akram Abbasi earned the 2020 Excellence in Doctoral Research Award from the URI Graduate School for her research on different applications for nanomaterials.
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App Projects Flood-Damage Risks
A smartphone app developed by URI ocean engineering professors enables property owners to estimate the amount of flood damage to their homes and businesses caused by a major storm.
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Integrating cultural competencies in engineering
An interview with Dr. Sigrid Berka, Executive Director of the International Engineering Program, on how URI’s IEP offers engineering students an edge in the international job market.
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Senior Kelly Domogala shared her experience of working and studying in Zaragoza, Spain through the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program.
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Students from the College of Engineering’s Water for the World Environmental Engineering Lab received regional recognition for their research at the 2020 New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Annual Conference.
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A group of URI students recently completed a J-Term in Germany through the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program (URI IEP). Check out the videos and blogs from their time abroad.
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A group of engineering students studied sustainability practices in India during URI’s Winter J Term. The students gained first-hand experience in five different cities.
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The largest construction project in University history, The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering opened its doors this fall, bringing all the engineering disciplines together in a space that actively supports hands-on, interdisciplinary research and defies departmental silos.
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Jason Valdes is fully immersed in the Japanese culture through his experience in the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program.
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