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 was featured in a series highlighting Asian American women engineers by the Society of Women Engineers. Sarah graduated from URI in 2007 with bachelor’s degrees in industrial engineering and French through the International Engineering Program.
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URI students, such as Dominik Brysch, who will complete his master’s degree in industrial and systems engineering in August, have put in long hours to fabricate face shields for first responders.
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After a shoulder injury ended Power Kanga’s football career at URI, he focused his energy on his industrial and systems engineering studies and URI’s ROTC.
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First responders from the South Kingstown EMS feel safer in their battle against COVID-19 thanks to the face shields they received from the URI College of Engineering that were made with 3-D printed parts.
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A group of engineering students studied sustainability practices in India during URI’s Winter J Term. The students gained first-hand experience in five different cities.
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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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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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URI Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht and three URI students appeared before the Rhode Island Board of Elections recently to present a report on voter data that could be used in an app.
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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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Two URI engineering professors are developing a device that incorporates paper-based microfluidic valve technology. The small device could be used for pharmaceutical analysis, clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring and food testing.
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Providence Business News recently did a Q&A with URI College of Engineering Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht, who was named to the newspaper’s 2019 40 Under Forty list.
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The Providence Business News (PBN) has named University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht to its 2019 40 Under Forty list.
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Accompanied by Professor David Taggart, mechanical engineering students from the University of Rhode Island recently presented their senior capstone design projects at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport.
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Engineering students from the University of Rhode Island and UCONN recently presented their senior capstone design projects at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) in Newport.
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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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URI Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht explains why the key to building a sustainable future is to create systems informed by the human factor, which, at its core, is how we think and work.
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Rhode Island Commissioner of Postsecondary Education Dr. Brenda Dann-Messier visited the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering on March 6. She spoke with students in the mechanical engineering senior capstone program.
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By Neil Nachbar Yi Zheng, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Rhode Island, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, one of the most prestigious research awards in support of an early-career faculty member. The five-year, $503,293 award is for the “Investigation of Nanoscale Radiative Heat Transfer for Enhanced Thermal Infrared […]
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University of Rhode Island mechanical engineering alumnus Bill Patenaude was recognized for his contributions to the wastewater treatment industry by the New England Water Environment Association at the organization’s annual conference.
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Chris Capuano, who graduated from URI with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2015, works as an engineer for the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and spends his off-duty time as the keyboardist and vocalist of a local band.
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Among others, Gretchen Macht, assistant professor in the College of Engineering, spoke about the many benefits of URI’s new solar farm at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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John Babb, a mechanical engineer at Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport, was presented the Department of the Navy Superior Civilian Service Award for his years of service and technical contributions to national defense.
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Monica Black graduated in May with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering and applied mechanics from URI, which she completed as part of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Fellowship Program.
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