- URI Researchers Bringing Innovations from Lab Bench to Market - At the University of Rhode Island, three engineering professors have taken different paths to transform basic research into life-altering technologies—and the companies to deliver them.
The Ripple Effect of Research Funding for Better Outcomes - Daniel Roxbury, associate professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering, is the principal investigator of SIMCoast (Socio-ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems), a $7 million, four-year grant building Rhode Island’s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics (NMPs) throughout the Narragansett Bay watershed.- Engaging Students in Real World Research - The URI Plastics: Land to Sea research initiative links students with professors in engineering, oceanography, fisheries, pharmacy, textiles, and natural resources, to explore and develop methods to manage locally generated plastic waste, focusing on reducing its impact on coastal communities.
Inspiring Student Researchers Leads to Career at Adobe - Tong Sun (‘96) was recruited to URI in 1992 byProfessor Qing “Ken” Yang. Sun joined a lab studying high-performance computer systems processing massive amounts of scientific data like nuclear reactions, physics simulations and weather forecasts. Under Yang’s guidance, his student researchers aimed to make computers think and calculate faster to solve problems quicker.
Undergraduate aims to make meaningful impacts in defense engineering - KINGSTON, R.I. – May 26, 2026 – Sam Miller, of Colchester, Connecticut, graduated with his bachelor’s in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Rhode Island this May with an engineering entrepreneurship minor and a concentration in Naval science and technology. Over the past few years, he gained hands-on experience through a series of […]
Student finds the best of both worlds through IEP program - Daniel Meola, of Cranston, Rhode Island, always wanted to be an engineer. Since a young age, he also began collecting Pokémon cards and watching anime, intrigued with Japanese media and culture. “URI allowed for me to study both engineering and a language of my choice which was one of the best decisions I could ever […]
Samantha Kipper B.S. ’26 - Samantha Kipper, of Huntington Beach, California, graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor’s degree in ocean engineering and minor in sustainability before heading off to pursue graduate studies.“I was enticed by the friendly faculty, course content, and research focus of URI,” said Kipper on making the trek across the country for her […]
Engineering senior credits URI College of Engineering in her success - Sophie Plante is set to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and minors in biological sciences and mathematics next December. Plante, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, always loved learning and exploring new ideas. As a New England native, transferring to the University of Rhode Island from a small, city university was a natural and […]
Nathan Field, ’26 - As a student athlete on the URI men’s track and field team, Field remained a hardworking and determined student, earning multiple student athlete awards while maintaining a high GPA and making Dean’s List. His internship with RICON Construction led to a full time job following graduation. He successfully passed his FE Exam and will graduate […]
IEP graduate earns accelerated B.S./M.S. scholarship to pursue master’s - Katie Aaronson, of Exton, Pennsylvania, joined University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program as an ocean engineering and Spanish major. Aaronson is completing her undergraduate degrees and if she could suggest one bit of advice to anyone to make the most of their own experience, it’d be to stay dedicated, but remain open-minded. “Getting heavily […]
Rhode Island Foundation fellowships awarded to support foreign language study abroad - The foundation has named 30 students 2026 Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows and five additional fellows are recipients of the Michael P. Metcalf Memorial Fund to assist students with financial expenses, making foreign language study abroad possible.
Engineering professor awarded NSF CAREER Award to research biofilms - KINGSTON, R.I – May 06, 2026 – Assistant professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering Irene Andreu has been awarded a 2026 National Science Foundation CAREER Award, one of the most prestigious awards available to early career faculty. The award provides selected faculty with five years of funding to support their research and to lead […]
NSF CAREER awarded to engineering professor to study new class of fluidic acoustic metamaterials - KINGSTON, R.I. – May 06, 2026 — Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yang Lin has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The CAREER program is one of NSF’s most competitive and highly regarded awards for early-career faculty, recognizing those who demonstrate strong potential to serve as academic role models while advancing the mission […]
For URI undergraduate, International Engineering Program epitomized ‘German precision’ - Following graduation, with degrees in chemical engineering and German, Junge will return to Germany to pursue a Master of Science degree in the advanced materials and processes program through FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg.
College of Engineering’s 2026 Excellence Award Recipients - KINGSTON, R.I. – May 1, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island’s hosted their academic excellence award ceremony on April 30, 2026. URI proudly sponsors the University Academic Excellence Awards to recognize outstanding achievements in research and scholarship, teaching and service, and graduate education. These awards celebrate the faculty, staff, and students whose contributions advance […]
URI PEP Team Victory at 2026 National Competition - The University of Rhode Island’s Promoting Electric Propulsion (PEP) team proudly earned first place in the Budget Warriors category at the 2025–2026 PEP competition.
3 Minute Thesis Competition: mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate earns first place - KINGSTON, R.I. – April 29, 2026 – The 3MT competition challenges graduate students to distill their research into a compelling, three-minute presentation that can be easily understood by a general audience.
Engineering professor earns highly competitive DARPA Director’s Fellowship - KINGSTON, R.I. — April 23, 2026 — In 2024, Assistant Professor Yang Lin was awarded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award, a highly competitive program supporting early career researchers pursuing high-risk, high-impact research. The award provided two-year funding, mentorship, and access to Department of Defense and industry networks to support his project […]
Two engineering graduates awarded prestigious NSF graduate research fellowships - David Amirsadri and Colby Constantine, who earned bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering from URI last spring, were awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, one of the nation’s most prestigious fellowship programs, providing three years of financial support to graduate students who have demonstrated the potential to make significant contributions to scientific innovation.
Student organization builds concrete canoe to race in competition - April 17, 2026 – The University of Rhode Island American Society of Civil Engineers Student Chapter constructed a boat for the 2025–2026 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition, Northeast Symposium, a national civil engineering student competition where teams design, build, test, present, and race a canoe made primarily from concrete. The first ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition was […]
SWE gets a firsthand look at tech development and manufacturing - Eight students from the University of Rhode Island’s Society of Women Engineers were recently welcomed by the team at Cranston’s Electro Standards Laboratories for an unconventional field trip.
URI to award honorary degree to engineering alum - Daniel L. Harple Jr., chair and CEO of Context Labs, will be awarded an honorary degree by the University of Rhode Island next month.
Inclusive excellence award winners honored at URI - Samantha Meenach, professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering and biomedical & pharmaceutical sciences was awarded the Faculty Inclusive Excellence Award.
URI announces CYPHER IPT 2026 - The University of Rhode Island (URI) is excited to announce the CYPHER Integrated Project Team (IPT) Meetings 2026—an invitation-only forum designed to advance cyber-physical security and resilience for naval and defense-relevant systems by connecting U.S. Navy problem holders with solution developers across government, academia, and industry. CYPHER IPT 2026 will be held June 15–18, 2026, […]
URI hosts over 100 middle school students for underwater robotics competition - The competition was made possible through the UConn-URI Navy STEM Coalition and brought middle school students from across Rhode Island to compete.
