With the goal of helping communities worldwide improve infrastructure challenges that affect their health and safety, students at URI are attempting to form a chapter of Engineers Without Borders.
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Normally used just for clients, FM Global will bring its SimZone on Tour trailer to URI on Sept. 12. The trailer takes interactive exhibits related to fire protection, flood protection and more on the road across North America.
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Phil Parisi came to URI to pursue a master’s degree in ocean engineering so that he could work with autonomous systems and interact with nature. In his first deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, he got to do both.
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Undergraduate students from around the state presented their summer research projects at URI. The College of Engineering was well represented at the annual symposium, which attracted 450-plus students, faculty, family and friends.
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Students from all engineering majors at URI gained valuable hands-on, real-world experience this summer as interns for prestigious companies throughout the country. Several of the internships led to job offers.
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Graduate student Alexa Runyan worked with Assistant Professor Brennan Phillips to create a camera that could provide 3D images in real time to help monitor the health of coral reefs. The camera was tested in Bermuda.
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High school students had the opportunity to interact with URI engineering professors and students at the STEM Exploration Open House. The event was hosted by the Rhode Island National Guard.
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URI honors graduating seniors for their superior academic achievement with an Academic Excellence Award. The selections are based on grade point average, as well as other criteria determined by the academic departments.
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Of the record 28 University of Rhode Island students who were named Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows, 13 are enrolled in URI’s International Engineering Program.
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The New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association awarded scholarships to URI civil engineering students Logan Beattie and Carrie Ellis at the chapter’s annual awards luncheon.
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It’s common for students at URI to catch some rays on the quad toward the end of the school year. The students in the Solar Energy Systems course, however, weren’t on the quad to work on their tans. They were catching rays for academic reasons.
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The newest student organization at the College of Engineering has a new logo. The Black and Brown Women in Engineering Science Technology Sisterhood unveiled the logo at a ceremony attended by alumni, students, faculty, staff and College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese.
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Students in URI civil and environmental engineering capstone course were challenged to develop a plan for the 25-acre site of Schartner Farms in Exeter that would include a hotel, a roundabout and a solar energy field.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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