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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If there’s a positive outcome from remote learning during the last year, it’s that students and professors have become adept at collaborating on projects while apart. Adriana Muñoz-Soto is completing a yearlong internship with URI Assistant Professor Brennan Phillips while attending school in Puerto Rico.
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New sensors developed by URI Professor Otto Gregory and chemical engineering doctoral student Peter Ricci are so powerful that they can detect threats at the molecular level, whether it’s explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus or illegal drugs entering the country.
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By having fiber optics woven into fishing line, URI engineering professor Brennan Phillips created the smallest deep-sea system in the world that can provide a livestream video feed. The fiber optic reel system will make deep-sea exploration much more affordable and accessible.
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Through a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, Joseph Goodwill, URI assistant professor of environmental engineering, is researching a water treatment method that could be especially useful for small, rural communities.
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By combining new synthetic aperture radar images, field observations from a marine geology underwater survey, and aerial photographs taken by drones, a more accurate model has been created of the Anak Krakatau volcano before and after it collapsed.
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You could say engineering is in Michaela Bellisle’s genes. After all, her grandfather was an electrical engineer, her father is a civil engineer and her sister is a biomedical engineer.
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Elizabeth Taylor, an ocean engineering major and business minor, has been awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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The University of Rhode Island announced the establishment of the Raymond M. Wright Fast Track Master’s Engineering Endowment. The $2.5 million gift comes from anonymous donors to honor College of Engineering Dean Raymond M. Wright, who plans to retire at the end of the academic year.
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URI mechanical engineering student Raymond Turrisi has earned a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious national scholarship for undergraduate students studying the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.
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For students who wish to pursue a career in sustainable energy, the University of Rhode Island’s Energy Fellows Program provides paid experiential learning opportunities. Six of the 14 energy fellows this year are engineering students.
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