Kimberly Harrington, who is studying civil engineering and French through URI’s International Engineering Program, received a $1,000 scholarship from St. Mary’s Bank in New Hampshire. Only 12 students out of 115 applicants were selected for scholarships.
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URI assistant professor of chemical engineering Daniel Roxbury talks about the support the NanoBio Engineering Laboratory has received from the RI IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (RI-INBRE).
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URI assistant professor of chemical engineering Daniel Roxbury talks about the support the NanoBio Engineering Laboratory has received from the RI IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence.
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With both a passion for engineering and a foreign language he wanted to incorporate into his studies, Videtta enrolled as one of the first students in the Italian International Engineering Program (IEP) in 2013.
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Lindsay Cullen, who received her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering this past spring from the University of Rhode Island, received a $1,000 undergraduate scholarship from the Rhode Island chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS).
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The Providence Business News (PBN) has named University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht to its 2019 40 Under Forty list.
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Double majoring in computer engineering and computer science, rising senior HopeRose Puroll shares her love for computers.
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A hydroponics system for plants that was built by the University of Rhode Island student chapter of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) was recognized as the Project of the Month by ESW’s umbrella organization.
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URI College of Engineering doctoral candidate Nick Constant has been chosen to give the student address at URI’s Graduate Commencement. Constant has worked closely with Assistant Professor Kunal Mankodiya in the Wearable Biosensing Laboratory.
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Two senior engineering students were among this year’s recipients of URI Black Scholar Awards. Tailynn McCarty was presented the award for Outstanding Scholarly Research and Nathan Ankomah-Mensah received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Science.
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The URI HydRobotics team put on a demonstration for 128 middle school and high school students at the SeaPerch event held at the URI Tootell Aquatic Center on May 10. SeaPerch is an underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) competition.
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The Chemical Engineering Department held its annual Research Symposium/Poster Session on May 1, 2019. A wonderful opportunity for our graduate students and some of our undergraduate students to showcase the research they have been working on under the guidance of the CHE faculty. Congratulations to everyone who presented a poster! The winners were: […]
Continue reading "CHE Research Symposium"All participate in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program, while Keara Cole and Zachary Smith also participate in the University’s International Engineering Program and Sarah Chambers studies in the International Business Program.
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Of the sixteen students, eight are participating in the International Engineering Program.
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Accompanied by Professor David Taggart, mechanical engineering students from the University of Rhode Island recently presented their senior capstone design projects at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport.
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Engineering students from the University of Rhode Island and UCONN recently presented their senior capstone design projects at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport.
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Zhiqiang Wan, who is pursuing a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, was named this year’s winner of the URI Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering. “This is a tremendous honor,” said Wan. “It motivates me to continue to work hard on my research.” Wan, who […]
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For more than three decades, Professor G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels has served as a mentor and role model to other faculty and students at the University of Rhode Island, particularly those in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. Boudreaux-Bartels was presented with the Sheila Black Grubman Faculty Outstanding Service Award for her exemplary service on May 2 by the […]
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Majoring in biomedical engineering at URI has allowed Corvah Akoiwala to combine his interests in medicine and engineering. It also enabled him to make a prosthetic arm for a 9-year-old amputee in Colombia.
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Ellie Dunkle’s love for the ocean led her to choose the ocean engineering and oceanography through the Spanish IEP at URI, and plan a career providing ocean-generated energy to isolated communities.
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Ellie Dunkle ’19 plans to start her own company to create technologies to help remote communities be self-sustaining and connected to society.
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Daniel Hartman, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from URI, was named to BusinessWest magazine’s 40 Under Forty list for 2019. The list recognizes rising stars in Western Massachusetts. Hartman is a principal engineer at Mott MacDonald.
Continue reading "URI Civil Engineering Alumnus Named to 40 Under Forty List"By Sigrid Berka and Andrew Corsini Posted on April 26, 2019 In this global economy, local companies are looking for a multilingual workforce with cultural intelligence, flexibility to move across borders and the ability to solve engineering or business problems through culturally reflective approaches. Multinationals in R.I. have a global footprint in China, France, Germany, […]
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