Four members of the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering faculty were promoted as of July 1, 2019. Vinka Craver Promoted to Full Professor “I am really grateful to the College of Engineering for giving me the opportunity to develop as a researcher and as a teacher and for recognizing my accomplishments through the […]
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By Neil Nachbar John Grandin, who co-founded the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program (IEP) in 1987 with former dean of the URI College of Engineering Hermann Viets, received an honorary doctorate in engineering at the University’s 2019 undergraduate commencement ceremony. The IEP is one of the most successful interdisciplinary language programs in the country, thanks in […]
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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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By Neil Nachbar Three interns in the Wearable Biosensing Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering won first place in the Astropreneurship, Space Medicine and the Dataverse Hackathon, held at Harvard University from June 8-9. The three interns, Himanshu Mishra, Ayush Arora and Adityaraj Verule, are visiting URI from the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, […]
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By Neil Nachbar Five University of Rhode Island engineering students are among the 62 undergraduates who have been selected from nine local colleges and universities for this year’s URI Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The following engineering students will spend 10 weeks conducting intensive research. Shawn Carlson Major: Chemical engineering Mentor: Dr. Arijit Bose Project: Algae-surface […]
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By Neil Nachbar A tremendous amount of dedication is required to succeed as an engineering student at the University of Rhode Island. The same is true of collegiate athletics. To thrive at both endeavors simultaneously, a student must have great time management skills and discipline. Mike Durgin and Max Fullmer accomplished that feat in the spring 2019 semester as […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Six ocean engineering students at the University of Rhode Island developed an acoustic device that successfully detects the sounds made by whales and other marine mammals in the vicinity of the Block Island Wind Farm for their senior capstone design class.
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