Advanced materials – College of Engineering

URI’s Ashutosh Giri receives the Nation’s highest government award to outstanding scientists and engineers

Giri, Ashutosh, 2021

KINGSTON, R.I. – Jan. 23, 2025 – Before the peaceful transition of power, the Biden administration recognized 400 scientists and engineers with the Presidential Early Career Award for Science and Engineering. Among the honorees were two University of Rhode Island faculty members: psychology assistant professor Justin Parent and mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering professor Ashutosh […]

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ASME honors URI mechanical engineering professor

The American Society of Mechanical Engineer’s honored University of Rhode Island professor Arun Shukla at this year’s annual International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition in Portland, Oregon. The event, which attracts leaders from academia, government and industry, is one of the largest conferences for mechanical engineers. Shukla was invited as a 2024 plenary speaker to […]

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Ph.D. engineering student at URI receives ISSS Scientific Achievement Award

Part-time Ph.D. chemical engineering student Michael Jones was awarded the 2024 Scientific Achievement Award by the International System Safety Society (ISSS) for contributions to the advancement of system safety.

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URI engineering professor awarded Office of Naval Research grant to study heat transfer

The Office of Naval Research has awarded a three-year, $418,300 grant to University of Rhode Island mechanical engineering assistant professor Ashutosh Giri

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Technology for NASA’s Next-Generation Telescope

University of Rhode Island Professor Sungho Kim is developing technology that could be part of NASA’s next-generation telescope that will allow the space agency to observe and study phenomena that occurred 13.7 billion years ago.

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Engineering Professors, Business Receive $75,000 Grant from RI Commerce Corp.

URI Engineering professors Richard Vaccaro and Musa Jouneh received a $75,000 innovation grant from RI Commerce Corporation for engineering development work with a startup company, Kinesia. The grant, which runs from January to August 2024, will pay for the creation of a prototype for an aid to human rehabilitation from orthopedic and neurological injuries. Mechanical […]

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COE Welcomes New Faculty

Mehrshad Amini, Assistant Professor, CVE/OCE Dr. Mehrshad Amini will join the University of Rhode Island in Fall 2023 as an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Ocean Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Pennsylvania State University in 2021. […]

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Professor Arun Shukla Awarded ASME Drucker Medal

By Hugh Markey For the past 42 years, Prof. Arun Shukla has been a part of the URI mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering department, supervising over a hundred graduate students, conducting research, and making substantial contributions to the engineering community. Those efforts were recently recognized with the awarding of the Daniel C. Drucker Medal, given […]

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Ash Giri Published in Nature

Ash Giri in lab

Of all of the honors in science and engineering, being published in the journal Nature is at the top of the list. Congratulations to URI Engineering assistant professor Ash Giri and his student C.J. Dionne on their recent publication. Ash’s research is related to nanoscale thermal transport, energy conversion and storage, nano mechanics, condensed matter […]

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Never a Dull Day for College of Engineering’s Michael Platek

Michael Platek

As an electrical materials research engineer, there’s no such thing as a typical day for Michael Platek. Among many other responsibilities, Platek makes sure some of the most sophisticated and expensive research equipment at URI works properly.

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After 35 Years, Former Student Continues to Impress URI Engineering Professor

Occasionally a student comes along who is so extraordinary, a professor can easily envision the pupil having a remarkable career. Lisa Pruitt made such an impression on URI Professor Otto Gregory more than 35 years ago.

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Using 3D Printing as a Way to Dive Deeper

Brennan Phillips

Brennan Phillips and the students in his Undersea Robotics and Imaging Lab have produced parts using 3D printers, such as watertight camera enclosures, that enable them to explore thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface.

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Civil Engineering Graduate Students Recognized for Their Research

transportation research

URI civil and environmental engineering graduate students Andrew Pariseault, Pamela Franco, and Bolaji Oladipo, who were recognized for their research at the Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center‘s (TIDC) Student Recognition Night.

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Shimadzu Wins URI Distinguish Achievement Award

Shimadzu Scientific Instruments is this year’s winner of the URI corporate Distinguish Achievement Award. Shimadzu’s instruments are used by URI College of Engineering faculty, students, and industry partners, as well as other researchers at URI.

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Wave of the Future

submarine

Faculty and students in URI’s College of Engineering are partnering with federal defense and private industries to advance naval technology and keep the U.S. submarine fleet ahead of those from other countries.

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Daniel Roxbury Named to Providence Business News 40 Under Forty List

Daniel Roxbury at award ceremony

Daniel Roxbury, URI associate professor of chemical engineering, was named to the Providence Business News 40 Under Forty list. The list recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who have excelled in their profession.

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Brazilian Graduate Student Finds a Home Away From Home at URI

Tania Silva de Oliveira

When Tania Silva de Oliveira came to URI for an exchange program from Brazil as an undergraduate in 2013, she didn’t know she would fall in love with the University. She certainly wouldn’t have predicted that she would be on the verge of completing a doctorate in chemical engineering at URI nine years later.

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URI’s New Electron Probe Microanalyzer Is First of Its Kind In United States

A $1.3 million electron probe microanalyzer has been added to the the Shimadzu Engineering Research Core Facility at URI. This version of the high-powered microscope has been sold in Japan, but it is the only one in the United States.

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In the Field of Heat Transfer, URI’s Ashutosh Giri has Emerged as a Leading Expert

Ash Giri in lab

Ashutosh Giri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at URI, is making a name for himself in the field of heat transfer. Giri was named the 2022 recipient of the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award, presented to an engineer who has demonstrated the potential to make significant contributions to the field of heat transfer.

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Faculty Spotlight: Ryan Poling-Skutvik

Ryan Poling-Skutvik

URI chemical engineering professor Ryan Poling-Skutvik is researching ways to produce some of the biological responses we observe in living materials into synthetic and soft materials.

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Partnership with Navy and UConn Continues to Make Impact on Research and Workforce Development

President Marc Parlange, Arun Shukla, Rear Adm. Selby and Sen. Jack Reed

When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology was formed in 2017 as a partnership of URI, UConn and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development.

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Equipment and Expertise in URI’s Engineering Core Labs Available for Industry and Academic Partners

Golam Jakaria and Arijit Bose

The core research facilities in URI’s College of Engineering features some of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art equipment found anywhere. Valued at millions of dollars, the devices are available for use by researchers in industry or academia.

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Funding for Energy-Related Projects With Potential to Make Great Impact

ARPA-E, Dean Anthony Marchese

URI College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese gave a presentation to the engineering faculty on funding that is available through the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for developing new ways to generate, store and use energy. ARPA-E projects have the potential to improve economic prosperity, national security and the environment. Marchese spoke about the streamlined award process […]

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Faculty Spotlight: Ashutosh Giri

Ashutosh Giri

As we produce more energy from the sun, it is increasingly important to have an efficient way to store this energy. Assistant Professor Ashutosh Giri believes heat transfer can be more efficient at the nano level, and some energy can even be harnessed via thermoelectrics.

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Testing the Limits and Properties of Structures

Matos, Helio, 2021

Helio Matos, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at URI, conducts research on how materials and structures perform under dynamic conditions.

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