A fully funded Ph.D. RA position is available from Spring 2019 or Fall 2019 in aerial robotics and multi-robot localization, estimation and coordination at the ECBE Department. Candidates should be familiar with C/C++ and Matlab. Experience with GNU/Linux and ROS is appreciated but not mandatory. Interested students are encouraged to contact Prof. Paolo Stegagno at […]
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RA in High-Frequency Electronics
Two fully funded Ph.D. RA positions are available from Spring 2019 or Fall 2019 in radio-frequency/mm-Wave integrated circuits, components, and systems with major applications to 5G/future-generation wireless communications, Internet of Things (IOT), advanced radar/imaging systems, etc. Interested students are encouraged to contact Prof. Kenle Chen at kenle_chen@uri.edu.
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Two fully funded Ph.D. positions are available from Fall/Spring 2020 in the area of hardware and computer security; deep learning modeling, hardware and security; emerging devices (e.g. non-volatile memory) based high performance circuits, systems and security; IoT and CPS security, etc. Candidates should be good at programming skills (HDL/C/C++/Python etc.). Previous experience in at least […]
Continue reading "RA in Hardware and Computer Security"Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Computer Engineering
Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in computer engineering at the rank of assistant professor beginning in Fall 2020. We are seeking candidates in computer engineering with expertise in security or privacy in cyber-physical systems, but outstanding candidates in all areas of computer engineering will be considered. This include but not limited to computer systems or architecture, networking, […]
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Not many people have the opportunity to mingle with astronauts. But when you work in a lab that is dedicated to human spaceflight, such opportunities occur. Rachel Bellisle, who graduated summa cum laude from the University of Rhode Island’s biomedical engineering program in 2018, is conducting research in bioastronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology […]
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Three interns in the Wearable Biosensing Laboratory at the University of Rhode Island’s College of Engineering won first place in the Astropreneurship, Space Medicine and the Dataverse Hackathon, held at Harvard University from June 8-9.
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University of Rhode Island College of Engineering alumnus Robert Hernandez has been named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), the nation’s highest award for scientists and engineers in the early stages of their research careers. Hernandez earned his master’s degree in electrical engineering from URI in 2010 and […]
Continue reading "URI Engineering Alumnus Earns Presidential Award for Scientists"Smart Glove for Parkinson’s Patients Featured on Channel 10
Barbara Morse Silva visited the URI College of Engineering to do a feature for Channel 10’s Health Check segment on the smart glove. The glove has been developed by Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya and students in his lab to monitor patients with Parkinson’s disease.
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More than 500 people joined URI President David M. Dooley and College of Engineering Dean Raymond Wright on Oct. 7 to officially celebrate the opening of the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering.
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Smart Glove to Help Doctors Treat Patients with Parkinson’s
According to a Parkinson’s Foundation study, 1.2 million people in the United States will have Parkinson’s disease by 2030. A smart glove that can collect data based on the movements of those living with the disease and other movement disorders is being developed by URI Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya.
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Applications are invited for a tenure-track position in Computer Engineering at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning in Fall 2020. We are seeking candidates in computer engineering with expertise in security or privacy in cyber-physical systems, but outstanding candidates in all areas of Computer Engineering will be considered. This include but not limited to computer systems or architecture, networking, […]
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Double majoring in computer engineering and computer science, rising senior HopeRose Puroll shares her love for computers.
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URI’s Graduate Commencement Address Given by Engineering Student
URI College of Engineering doctoral candidate Nick Constant has been chosen to give the student address at URI’s Graduate Commencement. Constant has worked closely with Assistant Professor Kunal Mankodiya in the Wearable Biosensing Laboratory.
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Two senior engineering students were among this year’s recipients of URI Black Scholar Awards. Tailynn McCarty was presented the award for Outstanding Scholarly Research and Nathan Ankomah-Mensah received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Science.
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Zhiqiang Wan, who is pursuing a doctorate in electrical engineering from the University of Rhode Island, was named this year’s winner of the URI Graduate Student Research and Scholarship Excellence Award in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences and Engineering. “This is a tremendous honor,” said Wan. “It motivates me to continue to work hard on my research.” Wan, who […]
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For more than three decades, Professor G. Faye Boudreaux-Bartels has served as a mentor and role model to other faculty and students at the University of Rhode Island, particularly those in the Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering. Boudreaux-Bartels was presented with the Sheila Black Grubman Faculty Outstanding Service Award for her exemplary service on May 2 by the […]
Continue reading "Prof. Boudreaux-Bartels Receives Outstanding Service Award"Designing Prostheses has Prepared URI Senior for Career in Medical Device Industry
Majoring in biomedical engineering at URI has allowed Corvah Akoiwala to combine his interests in medicine and engineering. It also enabled him to make a prosthetic arm for a 9-year-old amputee in Colombia.
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SWE Recognizes URI Engineering Student with Guiding Star Award
Sydney Robinson, a senior biomedical engineering student at the University of Rhode Island, has received the Guiding Star Award from the Society for Women Engineers (SWE).
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The 13 teams in URI’s biomedical engineering senior capstone design program presented their work at the Northeast Bioengineering Conference at Rutgers University on March 22.
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Prof. Shahriari to Host a ‘Pioneer In Neuroscience’
Prof. Walter Besio and His Colleagues Are Learning How Octopuses Think
URI College of Engineering Professor Walter Besio and his colleagues at other universities are creating the first underwater noise-canceling EEG sensors to better understand the octopus’ nervous system/brain.
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