Habib Lawal (’16) wants a better way to treat seizures. The electrical engineering student is testing a novel approach in partnership with Professor Walter Besio.

Mechanical engineering student Adam Camillo (’16) is silencing critics who questioned pairing engineering with Division I soccer.

Mechanical engineering student Hicham Benjelloun (’15) traveled 3,500 miles from Morocco to study at URI and found a global education he never imagined.

Technology companies are vying to hire Orrett Douglas-Prawl (’15), a URI computer engineering student who already counts two apps, an internship and presidency of a student group to his name.

Inspired by a train ride while studying in Germany, Tabitha Koehn wants to move the United States toward energy independence.

Mechanical engineering student Eli Lamothe spent six months in Audi’s research and development lab seeing the next generation of cars take shape.

Globetrotting engineering student Erik Simpanen plans to leverage an international engineering experience to usher in a new generation of medical devices.

Cleaning up oil spills is no easy task, but chemical engineering graduate student Amitesh Saha is working on a novel approaching of using carbon black nanoparticles to stop an environmental disaster.

Mechanical engineering student Mike Pinto combines his passion for planes with cutting-edge research in composite materials that will allow the next generation of aircraft to travel farther on less fuel.

Before college, Jessica Damicis (’15) never left the country. Today the 23-year-old has traveled to six countries on three continents, lived and studied in Spain, interned in Kenya and built a wastewater treatment system in Guatemala.

Chemical engineering student Patrick Brown is developing the power systems that will help NASA reach the Red Planet.

The loss of both parents and economic disadvantage could have come between an engineering degree and Christopher Lionel Calderón. But inner drive and a vision powered him through the University of Rhode Island.

Mechanical engineering student Dave Powers looks forward to putting his tactile abilities to work in the field of ergonomics, designing consumer products with the comfort of the end user in mind.

To deliver clean water and save lives, civil and environmental engineering student Maria Briones has traveled the world and committed herself to learning everything about everything.

Civil engineering alumnus (’13) Samuel Osei applies his classroom training to a vastly important task: making sure bridges are safe for travelers.

As an ocean engineer at Navatek, ocean engineering alumna Maggie Craig (’13) is designing next-generation ships.

Charles Rushimisha arrived in America with little more than the clothes on his back. He will soon become the first in his family to earn a college degree.