Two URI engineering alumni who work for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport have been honored with Black Engineer of the Year STEM Outstanding Achievement Awards.
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Sabrina Delva, a senior majoring in biomedical engineering at URI, received a Presentation Award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students for her eposter and lightning talk.
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The executive board of the URI chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers interviewed with some of the most prestigious companies in the country at the SHPE National Convention.
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Enrollment for the Navy STEM seminar series is open for undergraduate and graduate engineering students at URI for the spring semester. There are no prerequisites for this one-credit course (EGR201), which will provide insight into naval-related careers.
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URI President Marc B. Palange visited the NanoBio Engineering Laboratory to learn more about the research being conducted by Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and his graduate students.
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A team of undergraduate engineering students at URI have been working on a neonatal apnea detection system as a cost-effective, user-friendly method to monitor respiration and apnea in infants.
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URI engineering students from several different majors presented their research projects at the Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Showcase in URI’s Memorial Union Ballroom. Read about their research.
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The Wavemaker Fellowship program has given URI engineering graduates an added incentive to start their careers in Rhode Island.
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For many engineering students at the University of Rhode Island, learning doesn’t end when the academic year comes to a close. Here are just a few examples of internships students conducted this past summer in laboratories and at companies.
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In the 40 years Arun Shukla has been an engineering professor at URI, he’s secured more than 100 research grants totaling over $14 million, earned many prestigious awards and has been published in the most prominent journals. His success is also reflected in the impressive achievements of the 105 graduate students he has mentored.
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Brianna MacDonald earned bachelor’s degrees from URI this past spring in computer engineering and Chinese, had a job lined up before she graduated, and she beat cancer in her senior year, during a pandemic.
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Anthony J. Marchese has been named the new dean of the URI College of Engineering and Vincent and Estelle Murphy Professor of Engineering. Marchese comes to URI from Colorado State University where he has served as associate dean for academic and student affairs for the Walter L. Scott, Jr. College of Engineering. Marchese will succeed […]
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As a doctoral student in mechanical engineering at URI, Irine Neba Mforsoh studied the long-term effects seawater and ultraviolet radiation have on the materials used to coat marine structures. The 2021 graduate is now applying what she learned as an engineer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport.
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Gabriel Varga, a senior studying biomedical engineering and Spanish through URI’s International Engineering Program, and his younger brother, a kinesiology major at URI, have received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship.
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A team of URI ocean engineers received a $1.2 million federal grant to study floating offshore wind turbines. They will design and test a system for controlling the motion of the floating structures. The floating turbines would allow for electricity generation farther offshore, where winds are more favorable.
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Thomas Wenisch became interested in thermal management as an electrical and computer engineering undergraduate student in the German International Engineering Program at URI. Many years later, he’s considered one of the leading experts in the subject.
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URI Professor Ali Shafqat Akanda and a team of researchers have developed an application for smartphones called CholeraMap to serve as an early warning device for cholera, an acute diarrheal infection induced by drinking water that is contaminated with bacteria.
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David Cipoletta earned three bachelor’s degrees from URI in 2014 in electrical engineering, computer engineering and computer science. Just a few years later, he added a master’s degree in electrical engineering from URI and became a co-founder of a successful technology company in Boston.
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Seven undergraduate engineering students from URI are spending 10 weeks conducting intensive research through the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The program provides valuable hands-on experience, as well as instruction and feedback from faculty and graduate students.
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More glass is being added to the 70,550 square feet of glass already in URI’s Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering as the first of four pieces of art is being installed by Maryland artists Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack.
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In the past year, Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at URI, created the most compact deep-sea system in the world that can provide a livestream video feed. Now, Phillips will test the limits of his system, thanks to a three-year, $510,000 Young Investigator Award he received from the Office of Naval Research.
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URI Assistant Professor Ashutosh Giri is researching how to prevent heat buildup in electronic systems at the nanoscale. His research is funded through the Office of Naval Research’s Young Investigator Program. The three-year grant is for $500,000.
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Jeancarlos Nolasco has always been independent, but even the most independent individuals need help once and a while. Nolasco, who earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from URI this spring, received support when he needed it the most from the College of Engineering.
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Zachary Smith, who graduated from URI in 2020 with degrees in electrical engineering, German and Chinese, will be headed to Taiwan this September after earning a Fulbright grant to pursue a master’s degree in energy engineering.
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Not many college students secure a job in their field more than two years before they graduate. Thanks to a prestigious scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense, University of Rhode Island rising junior Griffin Melican has a job waiting for him when he graduates in 2023.
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