With a shortage of personal protective equipment available for first responders, several students in URI’s College of Engineering have helped fabricate face shields.
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Lukas Duwe’s research an “All Solid Lithium Ion Battery for Safety and Stability” earned him the 2020 Excellence in Master’s Thesis Research Award from the URI Graduate School.
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URI engineering clubs and organizations selected new board members for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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After a shoulder injury ended Power Kanga’s football career at URI, he focused his energy on his industrial and systems engineering studies and URI’s ROTC.
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While some University of Rhode Island students have been battling COVID-19 locally, two have been taking on the pandemic in Africa – that is, in a virtual challenge.
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It’s important for engineering students to have mentors to offer advice as they enter their profession. It’s especially important for female, minority students – a population sorely underrepresented in the engineering field.
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The University of Rhode Island is ranked among the 25 best biomedical engineering schools in the United States by the website GradReports, based on alumni median salary in their first year after graduation.
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Several engineering students at the University of Rhode Island are among those who have volunteered their time to fabricate face shields to protect police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, doctors, nurses and other health professionals from COVID-19.
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When the University of Rhode Island switched to remote learning due to COVID-19, the URI chapter of the Society of Women Engineers figured out ways to still hold meetings, events and elections, while following social distancing rules.
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With his proven track record of success in supply chain management, Gov. Gina Raimondo enlisted the help of Steven J. King, URI engineering alumnus and managing director of the Quonset Development Corporation.
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Since URI switched to remote learning due to COVID-19, members of the IEEE student chapter board have provided tutoring for electrical engineering students through live online sessions and YouTube videos.
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Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Brennan Phillips feels right at home when conducting research in the ocean.
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Tao Wei, URI associate professor of electrical engineering, will play a key role by overseeing volunteers who will sanitize, test, document and refurbish the sleep apnea machines.
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A group of URI faculty and staff have raised more than $12,000 to purchase surgical masks for those working on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Engineering professors are among the researchers and scholars who are designing and fabricating parts for first responders’ personal protective equipment.
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While pursuing his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering in Mexico City, José Miguel Cantón Leal was seeking a hands-on internship, which led him to the URI College of Engineering.
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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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Assistant Professor Bin Li received a Google Faculty Research Award for his research on crowd-learning apps. Of the 900 proposals that were reviewed, only about 15% received funding.
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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 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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