Advanced materials – College of Engineering

Student organization builds concrete canoe to race in competition

ASCE 2026 team pose for a group photo with their concrete canoe

April 17, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter constructed a boat for the 2025–2026 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition, Northeast Symposium, a national civil engineering student competition where teams design, build, test, present, and race a canoe made primarily from concrete. The first ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition was […]

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URI alum leads way in fusion energy breakthroughs

Jan. 27, 2026- Fusion energy is the pinnacle of clean energy and is in escalating demand as we face energy challenges of an increasingly internet-connected world with power-guzzling AI data centers popping up at an exponential rate. Fusion energy would provide abundant, carbon-free energy that essentially mimics the sun with no hazardous or radioactive waste. […]

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Chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate to complete co-op, defend dissertation

Dec. 15, 2025 – Mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics may seem like three separate areas of study, but they overlap in more ways than one. Elnaz Nikoumanesh, a fifth-year Ph.D. chemical engineering candidate, knows that well. She studied mechanical engineering during her undergraduate and master’s studies, but became very interested in experimental work with biological […]

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URI engineering professor honored by alma mater with Distinguished Alumnus Award

University of Rhode Island chemical engineering professor Arijit Bose has been selected as a 2025 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient by his alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. The honor is the highest award given to its alumni in recognition of their outstanding achievements. IIT Kanpur is one of the premier institutions established by […]

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URI’s Ashutosh Giri receives the Nation’s highest government award to outstanding scientists and engineers

KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 23, 2025 – Before the peaceful transition of power, the Biden administration recognized 400 scientists and engineers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering. Among the honorees were two University of Rhode Island faculty members: psychology assistant professor Justin Parent and mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering professor Ashutosh […]

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ASME honors URI mechanical engineering professor

The American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s honored University of Rhode Island professor Arun Shukla at this year’s annual International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The event, which attracts leaders from academia, government and industry, is one of the largest conferences for mechanical engineers.

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