Providence Business News recently did a Q&A with URI College of Engineering Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht, who was named to the newspaper’s 2019 40 Under Forty list.
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The Langer Prizes for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence will award unrestricted grants of up to $100,000 to assist researchers — particularly those working in chemical and biological engineering — in pursing ideas that may lead to technical and commercial innovations.
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At commencement, McElroy’s parents presented him with a college ring, customized to represent his bachelor’s degrees in ocean engineering and French, which he completed through URI’s International Engineering Program (IEP)
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The results of AIChE’s 2019 salary survey revealed a median annual salary of survey respondents of $126,000, a 1.6% increase over the 2017 median of $124,000.
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URI has received a $10 million gift for the new engineering complex from Michael and Elizabeth Fascitelli. The gift will help fund lab and research equipment for the building, which upon completion, will be one of the most technologically advanced in the United States.
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University of Rhode Island chemical engineering assistant professor Daniel Roxbury received a five-year grant for $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to develop an entirely new approach to imaging within live cells. The funding was awarded to Roxbury through NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).
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The URI Wearable Biosensing Lab will celebrate its fifth anniversary with a special event on July 25, from 1:30 – 3:30 pm in the URI Library’s Galanti Lounge. There will be brief presentations of current research projects and networking opportunities. Please RSVP.
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Kimberly Harrington, who is studying civil engineering and French through URI’s International Engineering Program, received a $1,000 scholarship from St. Mary’s Bank in New Hampshire. Only 12 students out of 115 applicants were selected for scholarships.
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Kimberly Harrington, who is studying civil engineering and French through URI’s International Engineering Program, received a $1,000 scholarship from St. Mary’s Bank in New Hampshire. Only 12 students out of 115 applicants were selected for scholarships.
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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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