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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Nick Thompson won first place in the undergraduate poster competition at the New England Water Environment Association Annual Conference & Exhibit. His research was on improving Narragansett Bay by limiting aluminum and phosphate from wastewater treatment plants.
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Kunal Mankodiya, associate professor of biomedical engineering at URI, will speak about “Smart Textile Sensors and Their Role in Smart Health” at the 2022 Sensors Global Summit, March 2-3.
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When the volcano near the island nation of Tonga erupted on Jan. 15, it created an opportunity for URI Professor and Fulbright Scholar Stephan Grilli and Ph.D. Ocean Engineering candidate Maryam Muhommadpour to gather new data on tsunamis.
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Modern Steel Construction Magazine published a beautiful 10-page feature on URI’s Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering. It was written by Angela Fante, principal of Ballinger, the firm that designed the building.
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Stéphan Grilli, URI professor of ocean engineering and leading tsunami expert, was interviewed by the BBC about the tsunami caused by the eruption of an underwater volcano near Tonga. The interview starts at 8:26 into the broadcast.
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Assistant Professor Reza Abiri is researching non-invasive ways to use technology, including sensors, artificial intelligence and connected devices, to help physically disabled people become more independent.
Continue reading "Using Technology to Help the Physically Disabled Gain Independence"The URI Research Foundation helps engineering researchers such as Daniel Roxbury, Tao Wei and Qing Yang by protecting their intellectual property and guiding them through the long process of commercializing an invention.
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Brennan Phillips, assistant professor of ocean engineering at URI, was a featured guest on the Ocean News & Technology magazine podcast. He spoke about his research on devices used for deep-sea ocean exploration.
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