By Neil Nachbar A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island are studying how to restore a dune at a local pond, which would alleviate flood risk and improve water quality, while protecting wildlife living in the area. The dune protects Green Hill Pond, a salt pond located mostly in South Kingstown, and […]
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One of URI’s newest engineering professors, Kaushallya Adhikari, will be conducting research that will help the Navy maximize its sonar capabilities. The research will be funded by a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
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What if a face mask could be used as much more than a mitigation strategy in the battle against COVID? A team of students at URI have developed a “smart mask” that can quantitatively monitor COVID-19 symptoms.
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Appearing on an episode of National Geographic’s series X-Ray Earth, URI Ocean Engineering Professor Stephan Grilli shared the modeling work he’s done on tsunamis and the devastation they can cause.
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Jacqui Roush, a sophomore majoring in ocean engineering and marine biology at URI, spent half the summer researching the location, concentration and movement of microplastics in Narragansett Bay.
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The discovery of sharks living in an active underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean by Brennan Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at URI, was the subject of a documentary on National Geographic.
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Navatek and the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering have been awarded a $3.8 million contract for cyber-physical systems research by the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
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URI has purchased a $2.3 million scanning-transmission electron microscope that will be used to visualize and characterize a broad variety of materials in high-resolution at sub-nanoscales.
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Professor Ying Sun will be remembered just as much for his leadership, compassion and collaborative spirit as he will for his accomplishments as a researcher and educator
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Assistant Professor of Ocean Engineering Brennan Phillips feels right at home when conducting research in the ocean.
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Akram Abbasi earned the 2020 Excellence in Doctoral Research Award from the URI Graduate School for her research on different applications for nanomaterials.
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Students from the College of Engineering’s Water for the World Environmental Engineering Lab received regional recognition for their research at the 2020 New England Water Environment Association (NEWEA) Annual Conference.
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The largest construction project in University history, The Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering opened its doors this fall, bringing all the engineering disciplines together in a space that actively supports hands-on, interdisciplinary research and defies departmental silos.
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URI ocean engineering professor Brennan Phillips has developed a deep-sea video system that is being used to record sharks in some of the most remote locations of the ocean.
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Working for a startup robotics company in France, Ian McElroy, an alumnus of URI’s International Engineering Program, is using technology to make parking at airports a stress-free experience. Ian earned bachelor’s degrees from URI in ocean engineering and French last spring.
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URI Assistant Professor Yalda Shahriari is researching a new way for patients with severe motor deficits to communicate by analyzing patterns in their brain wave activity using two non-invasive techniques.
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Brennan Phillips, URI assistant professor of ocean engineering, and two of his students, tested soft grippers and other research equipment on an expedition off the coast of Hawaii. The equipment will be used to study the world’s most delicate deep-sea species.
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Representing government, academia and industry, experts in cyber-physical systems security gathered at the University of Rhode Island on Oct. 18-19 to discuss the advancements and challenges that exist in this crucial field.
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University of Rhode Island engineering alumnus Bryan Reimer received the Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award from the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at the organization’s annual meeting on Oct. 29.
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Professor Vinka Oyanedel-Craver and Kayla Kurtz, a doctoral candidate in civil and environmental engineering, are mentoring biology major Devyn Barraza on research related to how biofilm affects monitoring of Narragansett Bay.
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Associate Professor Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering 401.874.5368 yalda_shahriari@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 393 Lab Website: Neural Processing and Control Laboratory Recent Grants1 Grant 9/7/2022. PI. National Science Foundation. “Internship and the Graduate Student is John McLinden.” 8/31/2021. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “EAGER: Towards a multimodal smart textile medical monitoring system for […]
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URI Assistant Professor Paolo Stegagno is collaborating with other engineering professors at URI and a team of scientists from other colleges to develop and deploy high-tech tools to understand where, when, and how cyanobacterial blooms form.
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University of Rhode Island Professor James Miller was hired by the town of East Greenwich to help settle a dispute between bar owners and residents over the sound level of music that is being played at the waterfront bars.
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Researchers in URI’s College of Engineering are developing a device for detecting the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in its vapor form. Their new detection system, which pairs a conductance sensor with a traditional thermodynamic sensor, confirms the presence of TATP at the level of parts per billion.
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The 32nd Annual Rhode Island Transportation Forum will take place at URI’s Fine Arts Center on Oct. 25. The theme will be “Durable Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Resilient Transportation System for Eternal Peace and Prosperity.”
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