The College of Engineering’s Class of 2022 came to the University of Rhode Island from all over the world to pursue a top-notch education that would lead to a successful career in engineering. Here are some facts and figures about this diverse group.
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A team of five URI engineering students won the poster competition at the New England Water Works Association Annual Spring Conference. The team’s project was titled “Emerging Technology for Determining the Speciation of Manganese Oxides.”
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The Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Department held its annual Graduate Research Showcase and Awards Day, highlighting the research projects of 25 graduate students. Each student spoke briefly about their research and then presented their posters.
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Melissa Schenck, coordinator of the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program, was named the recipient of the 2022 Staff Excellence Award from the URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement.
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The URI Society of Women Engineers won the A. Robert Rainville Team Excellence award. The Rainville awards recognize, encourage and celebrate student leadership within the URI campus community.
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URI chemical engineering professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik is researching ways to produce some of the biological responses we observe in living materials into synthetic and soft materials.
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He’s a fifth-degree black belt in taekwondo, he used to protect dignitaries while serving in the secret service for the president of South Korea, and his wife is a professional kickboxing champion. Meet one of URI’s newest engineering professors, Yeonho Jeong.
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When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology was formed in 2017 as a partnership of URI, UConn and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development.
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The URI International Engineering Program showed its support for language education at the Rhode Island State House. Students Alek Boving and Sara Hamada Mohamed spoke at a press conference for Multilingual Education Advocacy Day.
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Students in Professor K Wayne Lee’s Highway Engineering Laboratory course visited D’Ambra Construction Company’s asphalt plant to learn about their operations.
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URI College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese spoke with Providence Business News about how URI is keeping up with the engineering industry and how the engineering college will be involved in shaping the state’s blue economy.
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At the URI College of Engineering, there are loads of highly motivated students. One of the finest examples is Raymond Turrisi, who will graduate from URI this spring with dual degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, and minors in mathematics and robotics.
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The core research facilities in URI’s College of Engineering features some of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment found anywhere. Valued at millions of dollars, the devices are available for use by researchers in industry or academia.
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URI civil engineering major Logan Beattie will spend 16 days this summer removing plastic pollution from the marine environment in Costa Rica, thanks to a Metcalf Memorial Fellowship. His interest in protecting the environment started at age 5.
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Almeida decided to create a Brookside recycling outreach initiative to teach residents the proper recycling rules, and thanks to her tireless efforts, Brookside residents will now have the option to recycle. Almeida recounted her story in a recent interview with the Office of Sustainability.
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Seniors in this year’s biomedical engineering capstone design course presented their year-long projects. Most of the designs integrated technology to help individuals with disabilities perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible.
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URI College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese gave a presentation to faculty on funding that is available through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for developing new ways to generate, store and use energy.
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URI College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese gave a presentation to the engineering faculty on funding that is available through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for developing new ways to generate, store and use energy. ARPA-E projects have the potential to improve economic prosperity, national security and the environment. Marchese spoke about the streamlined award process […]
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As we produce more energy from the sun, it is increasingly important to have an efficient way to store this energy. Assistant Professor Ashutosh Giri believes heat transfer can be more efficient at the nano level, and some energy can even be harnessed via thermoelectrics.
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Imagine soft robotic systems that can be used after a natural disaster to locate survivors or enter the places that search and rescue teams can’t reach.
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URI’s Ali Akanda receives $600,000 to continue his work on Cholera By Frances Butler KINGSTON, R.I. – March 29, 2022 — Ali Akanda, Associate Professor at The University of Rhode Island and Antarpreet Jutla, Associate Professor at the University of Florida recently won a $600,000, three-year grant from NASA to help combat the spread of […]
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URI engineering professor received a six-figure grant from the National Science Foundation to help develop programs designed to disrupt cyberattacks.
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Helio Matos, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at URI, conducts research on how materials and structures perform under dynamic conditions.
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Yang Lin, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is implementing acoustofluidics to control particles as tiny as one micron. His research could help identify ocean pollutants or reveal new information on cardiovascular disease.
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Biotechnology student Sebastien Guerrier discovered his passion for biomedical engineering in Professor Kunal Mankodiya‘s lab while working on a project on Parkinson’s disease.
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