2023 marked the beginning of URI’s two-year National Endowment for the Humanities Connections grant. Learn about some of the first activities sponsored by these funds.
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Mastering Connections
Bringing international graduate students into the College of Engineering through both new and established dual master’s degree programs is a major priority of the International Engineering Program. Last August, ten dual master’s and MBA students from TU Braunschweig and TU Darmstadt graduated from URI last August. One of the Fulbright scholars, Leonie Otte, is still […]
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Relationships and friendships established, callings found, hobbies and passions started – over the years, we’ve heard of a myriad of positive outcomes related to IEP experiences. See what impacts our alumni shared.
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German IEP students Keven and Patrick Raczkowski along with Chinese IEP student Brandon Yeh reflect on their respective first semesters abroad in Germany and Taiwan.
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Featuring our most recent group of returnees and graduates, the IEP hosted this first-time event on October 11, 2023.
Continue reading "2023 IEP Student Showcase & Networking Night"$500,000 Grant to Study Flood Risk Assessment
In March 2010, a massive record-breaking rainfall event caused unprecedented flooding across Southern New England states including RI. “In addition to average rainfall, both historical data and climate models show that frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events are increasing in Rhode Island, and the US northeast, in general,” said Associate Professor of Ocean Engineering […]
Continue reading "$500,000 Grant to Study Flood Risk Assessment"Cross-Disciplinary URI Team Forms Neuro-Learning Center
A URI team featuring Engineering Professor Kunal Mankodiya will establish a Neuro-Learning Center that will include cutting-edge equipment to study the relationship between brain activity and behavior, brain mapping, and neuroplasticity.
Continue reading "Cross-Disciplinary URI Team Forms Neuro-Learning Center"Jim Miller Becomes Co-Director of the NIUVT
On September 1, Dr. James Miller took over the co-directorship of the National Institute of Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT). Miller, University of Rhode Island’s chair of ocean engineering, replaced Dr. Arun Shukla in the role. NIUVT is a joint effort between URI and the University of Connecticut (UCONN). The Institute, founded in 2017 and funded […]
Continue reading "Jim Miller Becomes Co-Director of the NIUVT"French consul general visits URI to recognize faculty, France-URI connections
The U.S.-French relationship has long been positif, since Lafayette visited Rhode Island, and the French government sent a statue across the sea to recognize shared connections. That well-established connection between countries was celebrated recently at the University of Rhode Island, marking continuing collaborations across borders.
Continue reading "French consul general visits URI to recognize faculty, France-URI connections"A Message From Dean Marchese, December 2023
Dear URI Engineering Community: As we enter the home stretch of another busy and exciting semester, and head toward the holiday season, it is an appropriate time to pause and give thanks to the many blessings that have been bestowed upon our community. As Dean of Engineering, I am thankful for (and indebted to) the […]
Continue reading "A Message From Dean Marchese, December 2023"New URI lab developing adaptive technology, secures National Science Foundation grant
Reza Abiri and Yalda Shahriari, professors in URI’s College of Engineering, are building a new robotic platform that can help post-stroke patients perform needed rehabilitation and regain motor skills in the wake of a stroke, including to reach for, grasp and hold on to that all-important cup to start the day.
Continue reading "New URI lab developing adaptive technology, secures National Science Foundation grant"College of Engineering joins with Rhode Island National Guard to give high school students a look at STEM in action
Representatives of URI’s College of Engineering and the International Engineering Program gave local high school students a look at STEM in action at a recent Innovation Day sponsored by the Rhode Island National Guard.
Continue reading "College of Engineering joins with Rhode Island National Guard to give high school students a look at STEM in action"Researchers Developing High-Tech Armband for Opioid-Use Disorder
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 280,000 people in the U.S. died from overdoses involving prescription opioids from 1999 to 2021. In 2021, overdoses involving opioids—including prescription opioids, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl—killed more than 80,000 people, 10 times the number of those killed in 1999.
Continue reading "Researchers Developing High-Tech Armband for Opioid-Use Disorder"Student Led Team Receives Artificial Intelligence Award
A URI graduate student’s paper was recently awarded “Best Student Paper Finalist” for the 2023 Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics conference. Emadodin Jandaghi and Xiaotian Chen’s work was overseen by Associate Professor and Advisor Chengzhi Yuan. As the name suggests, soft robotics involves using flexible materials in an increasingly wide variety of uses, from medical applications to […]
Continue reading "Student Led Team Receives Artificial Intelligence Award"Now Hiring, Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Rhode Island (URI) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level in the broad area of geotechnical engineering. Appointment August 2024.
Continue reading "Now Hiring, Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering"Lasers and Iron Could Revolutionize Water Treatment
Lasers and iron may help the world treat contaminated water, University of Rhode Island (URI) researchers say. The first-of-its-kind study subjected ferrate — a form of iron — to a wide spectrum of light and analyzed how its electrons behaved.
Continue reading "Lasers and Iron Could Revolutionize Water Treatment"COE Welcomes New Faculty
Mehrshad Amini, Assistant Professor, CVE/OCE Dr. Mehrshad Amini will join the University of Rhode Island in Fall 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Ocean Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University in 2021. […]
Continue reading "COE Welcomes New Faculty"URI Engineering Researchers Awarded $750k Grant on Floating Wind Turbines
The Biden administration has set a goal of deploying enough offshore wind turbines to produce 30 gigawatts—enough to power tens of millions of homes—by 2035. Key to that strategy is the development of floating wind turbines that can be built in vast areas of deeper water.
Continue reading "URI Engineering Researchers Awarded $750k Grant on Floating Wind Turbines"PhD Student Receives USGS Postdoc Fellowship
Recent Ph.D. recipient Farah Nusrat has been selected as a USGS Climate Adaptation Postdoctoral Fellow. The work will take her to Utah State University where she will work with Prof. Michelle Baker in Biological Sciences. Prof. Ali Akanda said, “This is a very prestigious fellowship and Farah was hired through a long national level search.” […]
Continue reading "PhD Student Receives USGS Postdoc Fellowship"URI College of Engineering Awarded $1.14 Million to Attract Under Represented Students
University of Rhode Island Associate Professor Samantha Meenach is the recipient of a federal grant that will help students from underrepresented groups pursue studies in undergraduate bioengineering and bioscience research programs and eventually apply to graduate school in these disciplines.
Continue reading "URI College of Engineering Awarded $1.14 Million to Attract Under Represented Students"IEP Student Zach Tourgee at Coplan AG
Hi my name is Zachary Tourgee and I am a student from Rhode Island. I am doing an internship here at COPLAN AG and want to share my experiences with my time here at COPLAN and in Germany in general. I am 23 years old and am a native Rhode Islander. Rhode Island is the […]
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Mention the term 3D printing to the average person, and it’s fair to say many would think of a smallish, home use machine programmed to create dragons or orcs like those from fantasy gameplay. However, mention it to mechanical engineering major Sofia Lanzi and the term means much, much more. It means a year of […]
Continue reading "IEP Student Prints Her Career Path"How Smart is Your T-Shirt?
By Hugh Markey One of the most popular uses for Smart Watches and other devices is cardio monitoring during exercise. Users can quickly check their pulse as they run down the road or bike around the block, giving feedback on physical stressors. But what about the rest of the time when things such as stress […]
Continue reading "How Smart is Your T-Shirt?"What’s New? The Latest from the IEP Alumni Network
IEP alumni share some of their recent highlights and accomplishments.
Continue reading "What’s New? The Latest from the IEP Alumni Network"Award-winning Talent: IEP’s 2023 Top Scholarship Winners
Several IEP students received prestigious awards this year, including one David L. Boren Award, a Fulbright Scholarship, a Barry Goldwater Scholarship, and a total of nine Beatrice S. Demers Fellowships.
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