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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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URI ocean engineering professor Brennan Phillips has developed a deep-sea video system that is being used to record sharks in some of the most remote locations of the ocean.
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Working for a startup robotics company in France, Ian McElroy, an alumnus of URI’s International Engineering Program, is using technology to make parking at airports a stress-free experience. Ian earned bachelor’s degrees from URI in ocean engineering and French last spring.
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URI ocean engineering professor Stephan Grilli was interviewed by the BBC about the tsunami models he ran after the collapsed Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia.
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URI Assistant Professor Yalda Shahriari is researching a new way for patients with severe motor deficits to communicate by analyzing patterns in their brain wave activity using two non-invasive techniques.
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URI civil and environmental engineering alumna Rachel Dooley was named to the Engineering News-Record New England’s Class of 2020 Top Young Professionals.
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Brennan Phillips, URI assistant professor of ocean engineering, and two of his students, tested soft grippers and other research equipment on an expedition off the coast of Hawaii. The equipment will be used to study the world’s most delicate deep-sea species.
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Representing government, academia and industry, experts in cyber-physical systems security gathered at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 18-19 to discuss the advancements and challenges that exist in this crucial field.
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University of Rhode Island engineering alumnus Bryan Reimer received the Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at the organization’s annual meeting on Oct. 29.
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Professor Vinka Oyanedel-Craver and Kayla Kurtz, a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering, are mentoring biology major Devyn Barraza on research related to how biofilm affects monitoring of Narragansett Bay.
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