Justin Hayes, who just earned bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and Spanish through URI’s International Engineering Program, is one of five URI students to attain a graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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Excellence Award Winners Biomedical Engineering Dylan Kennedy, North Kingstown, RI Dylan is receiving bachelor’s degrees in biomedical engineering and Chinese through URI’s International Engineering Program. He was named to the Dean’s List throughout his four years at URI. Dylan was a member of Tau Beta PI, Order of Omega Greek Honor Society and Phi Beta […]
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Sarah Koenig, a French IEP and industrial engineering alumna, was featured by SWE in a series highlighting Asian American women engineers with leadership experience.
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Lukas Duwe’s research an “All Solid Lithium Ion Battery for Safety and Stability” earned him the 2020 Excellence in Master’s Thesis Research Award from the URI Graduate School.
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It’s important for engineering students to have mentors to offer advice as they enter their profession. It’s especially important for female, minority students – a population sorely underrepresented in the engineering field.
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Aaron Hertzer, a German IEP and mechanical engineering senior, has helped sanitize and re-purpose c-pap and bi-pap machines into backup ventilators for local healthcare facilities to combat COVID-19.
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Liberal Education, the flagship journal of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, featured the URI International Engineering Program in a recent issue. AAC&U has 1,400 member institutions.
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An interview with Dr. Sigrid Berka, Executive Director of the International Engineering Program, on how URI’s IEP offers engineering students an edge in the international job market.
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Senior Kelly Domogala shared her experience of working and studying in Zaragoza, Spain through the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program.
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A group of URI students recently completed a J-Term in Germany through the University of Rhode Island International Engineering Program (URI IEP). Check out the videos and blogs from their time abroad.
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Jason Valdes is fully immersed in the Japanese culture through his experience in the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program.
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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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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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The wind ensemble AkaBlas, from the Technical University (TU) Braunschweig in Germany, visited URI from Sept. 25-26. TU Braunschweig is the partner university of the URI International Engineering Program.
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The Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance (SENEDIA) awarded a $1,500 scholarship to URI chemical engineering student Emma Sudduth on Aug. 26 at the SENEDIA Defense Conference in Newport.
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With both a passion for engineering and a foreign language he wanted to incorporate into his studies, Videtta enrolled as one of the first students in the Italian International Engineering Program (IEP) in 2013.
Continue reading "Niche Knowledge: Michael Videtta ‘18 on the Power of Bilingualism"All participate in URI’s Chinese Language Flagship Program, while Keara Cole and Zachary Smith also participate in the University’s International Engineering Program and Sarah Chambers studies in the International Business Program.
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Of the sixteen students, eight are participating in the International Engineering Program.
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Ellie Dunkle’s love for the ocean led her to choose the ocean engineering and oceanography through the Spanish IEP at URI, and plan a career providing ocean-generated energy to isolated communities.
Continue reading "Passion for Oceans Inspires URI IEP Student to be Renewable Energy Entrepreneur"By Sigrid Berka and Andrew Corsini Posted on April 26, 2019 In this global economy, local companies are looking for a multilingual workforce with cultural intelligence, flexibility to move across borders and the ability to solve engineering or business problems through culturally reflective approaches. Multinationals in R.I. have a global footprint in China, France, Germany, […]
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Cherish Prickett, who graduated summa cum laude from the URI’s International Engineering Program in 2018, with bachelor’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering and German, was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright award. She will pursue a master’s degree in risk, disaster and resilience at University College London’s Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction.
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“I’m grateful that I took advantage of learning French in college, because it gave my engineering career a global opportunity that I would never have imagined.”
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John M. Grandin, the founding director of URI’s International Engineering Program, will receive at honorary degree at URI commencement ceremony on May 19.
Continue reading "IEP Co-Founder John Grandin to Receive Honorary Degree from URI"German STEM Immersion Summer School in Berlin, Germany Program Dates May 24 – July 6 Application Deadline: March 1 For more information, contact Niko Tracksdorf Take Your Spanish Skills to the Next Level in Jaca, Spain Program Dates 4-week option: July 29 – Aug. 23 2-week option: July 29 – Aug. 9 or Aug. 12-23 Application Deadline: March […]
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Chris Capuano, who graduated from URI’s International Engineering Program in 2015 with bachelor’s degrees in mechanical engineering and Spanish, works as an engineer for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center during the week, but spends his off-duty time as the keyboardist and vocalist of a local band.
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