Assistant Professor Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering 401.874.2243 macht@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 387 Lab: Sustainable Innovative Solutions (SIS) Laboratory Website: URI VOTES Recent Grants1 Grant 8/1/2023. PI. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Voting in Person – White Paper” 10/4/2022. PI. US Election Assistance Commission. “US EAC Elections Resource Calculator” 9/28/2022. PI. US […]
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M. Reza Hashemi’s Research Profile
Associate Professor Ocean Engineering 401.874.6217 reza_hashemi@uri.edu Office Location: Sheets 212, Narragansett Bay Campus Lab: Wave Current Interaction Laboratory, Ocean Technology Center Recent Grants1 Grant 9/27/2921. Co-PI. Department of Energy. “Design, optimization, and control of floating offshore wind farms for optimal energy production.” 10/30/2018. Co-PI. Restore America’s Estuaries. “An Integrated Observational and Modeling Approach to […]
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Professor Research Ocean Engineering 401.874.6029 Fax: 401.874.6837 annette_grilli@uri.edu Office Location: Sheets 216, Narragansett Bay Campus Recent Grants1 Grant 5/18/2023. Co-PI. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce. “CI – Modeling, Visualizing and Communicating Nor’esters, Hurricanes Threats with Sea-Level Rise to Support Coastal Management of New England.” 9/20/2022. Co-PI. Northeast States Emergency Consortium. “United States East […]
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Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering 401.874.2784 craver@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 317 Lab Website: Water for the World Environmental Engineering Lab Lab Website: Rhode Island Water Resources Center Recent Grants1 Grant 6/14/2022. Co-PI. National Endowment for the Humanities/Natl. Fndn. on the Arts & Humanities. “A New Model for Integrated Humanities and Engineering […]
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Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering 401.874.7053 Fax: 401.874.2190 tboving@uri.edu Office Location: Woodward 314 Recent Grants1 Grant 7/23/2018. PI. Strategic Environmental Research & Develop Program. “Innovative Treatment Approach for Investigation-Derived Waste Polluted with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance.” 9/15/2017. Co-PI. RI Office of Housing & Commercial Development. “Assessment and Modeling of Saltwater Intrusion into Coastal Aquifers of […]
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Professor Civil & Environmental Engineering and Ocean Engineering 401.874.6575 Fax: 401.874.6837 cbaxter@uri.edu Office Location: Sheets, Narragansett Bay Campus Recent Grants1 Grant 2022-2024 PI. RI CRMC/ US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement “Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Pilot Structural Monitoring Project” 2019-2023 PI. RI CRMC/ US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement “Block Island Structural Monitoring […]
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Ellie Dunkle ’19 plans to start her own company to create technologies to help remote communities be self-sustaining and connected to society.
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URI researchers take part in an engineering study of the Block Island Wind Farm. The results will be utilized worldwide.
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URI civil engineering alumnus Matthew Fuller has formed a solar-powered food cart business with his friend and fellow URI alumnus Justin Bristol. Each food cart Fuller builds has a unique, creative design. The concept is taking off.
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James Miller, URI professor of ocean engineering, and a team of experts have determined that the sound from the turbines at the Block Island Wind Farm is having no detectable effect on the marine environment.
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