This year’s J Term study tour in Germany was the first to run since the Covid-19 pandemic began. See what our students experienced during this iconic learning opportunity.
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New Light on Water Treatment
New details about the chemical reaction that occurs when a form of iron called ferrate is exposed to light could broaden its application in water treatment systems.
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The U.S. Navy has announced that a future Pathfinder-class oceanography survey ship will be named in honor of University of Rhode Island alumnus and Professor of Oceanography Robert Ballard.
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Of all of the honors in science and engineering, being published in the journal Nature is at the top of the list. Congratulations to URI Engineering assistant professor Ash Giri and his student C.J. Dionne on their recent publication. Ash’s research is related to nanoscale thermal transport, energy conversion and storage, nano mechanics, condensed matter […]
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Dean Anthony Marchese presented end-of-the-year awards to faculty and staff members during the College of Engineering’s holiday event on Dec. 16. The recipients were nominated by their peers and by engineering students.
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A couple of months before the Frank M. White legacy panel was unveiled in Bliss Hall in November, the impact the former engineering professor had was represented in a collection of testimonials, some of which were published in the journal Physics of Fluids.
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As an electrical materials research engineer, there’s no such thing as a typical day for Michael Platek. Among many other responsibilities, Platek makes sure some of the most sophisticated and expensive research equipment at URI works properly.
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Occasionally a student comes along who is so extraordinary, a professor can easily envision the pupil having a remarkable career. Lisa Pruitt made such an impression on URI Professor Otto Gregory more than 35 years ago.
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URI junior Lauren Hubert would like to earn a doctorate in chemical engineering, conduct research in immunoengineering, and pursue a career in biopharmaceuticals. She’s well on her way to achieving those lofty goals.
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Among the 48 URI students who presented their research projects at the Annual Undergraduate Research Fellows Symposium on Dec. 14 were 10 engineering students.
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URI Professor Bahram Nassersharif discusses the U.S. Department of Energy’s announcement that fusion ignition has been achieved. Last year, Nassersharif’s students worked with NASA on a project involving nuclear thermal propulsion.
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It normally takes new faculty time to meet their colleagues and get familiar with their surroundings. There was no such learning curve for Irene Andreu, who became an assistant professor of chemical engineering at URI this fall.
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As a distance runner on the URI cross country and track & field teams, Aidan Kindopp is fast and efficient with every stride. As a chemical engineering and French major, through URI’s International Engineering Program, he’s just as judicious with his time.
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Mason Jacob ’24, an aspiring multidisciplinary engineer, did a fellowship in which he focused on the physical structure of buoy platforms that collect high-resolution data and send the data to the Narragansett Bay Campus for analysis.
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URI electrical engineering PhD student Shehjar Sadhu presented her research at the IEEE/ACM international conference on Connected Health: Applications, Systems and Engineering Technologies (CHASE) in Washington, D.C. Her research was published in the journal Smart Health.
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Shimadzu Scientific Instruments is this year’s winner of the URI corporate Distinguish Achievement Award. Shimadzu’s instruments are used by URI College of Engineering faculty, students, and industry partners, as well as other researchers at URI.
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Hiring personnel and engineers from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWC) visited the URI College of Engineering recently to interview students and share information about the type of work conducted at NUWC.
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Leading up to this year’s Election Day results, University of Rhode Island engineering professor Gretchen Macht and her team were thinking about how the votes would tally — but not for the reasons you might think.
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Long before words like global, interdisciplinary and experiential were common in higher education, URI launched its five-year International Engineering Program. The program has changed the way engineering students prepare to compete in the global marketplace.
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URI Professor Yan (Lindsay) Sun returned to her alma mater, the University of Maryland, to receive a Distinguished Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni who have made significant and meritorious contributions to their fields.
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Competing against 26 finalists, University of Rhode Island electrical engineering doctoral student Abdullah Rumon won the Best Innovation Pitch competition at the 2022 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Sensors Conference.
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The theme of this year’s virtual Colloquium on International Engineering Education, hosted by the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program on Nov. 2-3, was “Connecting Engineering with the Humanities.”
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As companies have formed and flourished in Rhode Island’s blue economy, the demand for URI’s talented ocean engineering students has never been greater. Companies have also increasingly turned to URI for support with research and product development needs.
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When Edgewater, Maryland native Maeve Story was deciding where to study ocean engineering, she confidently selected URI. She didn’t realize was how fast Rhode Island’s blue economy was growing and the career opportunities that awaited her.
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Vittorio “Vic” Ricci, who has worked for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) for more than 37 years, received a Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Rhode Island.
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