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.

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.

The Providence Business News (PBN) has named University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht to its 2019 40 Under Forty list.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]

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.

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.

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.

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.