News – Page 2 – College of Engineering

Chemical engineering senior awarded American Chemical Society Undergraduate Scholarship

Chemical Engineering senior Savanna Sheffield, of Weymouth, MA, has received an American Chemical Society Undergraduate Scholarship. The $5,000 scholarship is designed to support the scientists of tomorrow who will use the transformative power of chemistry to address global challenges. Applicants were evaluated based on their achievements in chemical sciences, their ability to recognize chemistry as […]

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URI pilot math program produces positive results

A two-week pilot program designed by the URI Math Department to improve the math skills of incoming freshmen at the University of Rhode Island has produced impressive results.

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URI receives first-ever NIH T32 award

The award reflects years of cross-campus collaboration and positions URI as a national leader in transdisciplinary biomedical training.

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Recent graduate leveraged his strengths, begins Ph.D. program

Carlos Fragoso Uriarte ’25 wanted a degree with which he could make a difference in the world while leaning into his academic interests. At URI, he found this and much more.

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Two-day conference on neurodiversity with world-renowned author and autism advocate Temple Grandin at URI

The University of Rhode Island will host the Northeast Regional Higher Education Neurodiversity Coalition Conference for the first time this summer. The conference will be held on Aug. 29 and 30 at URI’s Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering at 2 East Alumni Ave., on the Kingston Campus.

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URI engineering professor awarded NSF grant to study nature-based answers to wave, current hazards

University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Che-Wei Chang was recently awarded a National Science Foundation grant for his project titled Experimental Investigation of Vegetation Effects on Coastal Wave and Current Dynamics.

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URI awarded $7 million NSF grant to boost research excellence in environmental microplastics

National Science Foundation announced associate professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering, Daniel Roxbury and his team have been awarded a $7 million grant through the EPSCoR E-RISE Program.

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While battling back from paralyzing accident, URI student searches for shipwrecks

Jake Bonney looks forward to continuing his doctoral studies in ocean engineering while rehabilitating from devastating ski accident.

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NSF CAREER Award for assistive and rehabilitative robotics research

Professor Reza Abiri’s work aims to help people with severe motor impairment to interact with their environment naturally and independently

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Graduate took on challenge of an engineering program and a full-time job

After high school, David O’Connor realized that if he wanted to pursue his dream of becoming an engineer, he had to do it on his own. The college had to be affordable and close to work because he would need to not only pay tuition, but all living expenses too. Balancing an engineering program and […]

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