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.
Accelerating into history: Rhody Racing team set to compete - URI engineering students to race at Michigan International Speedway in May, thanks to partners in the College of Business’ Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design Department for support in their new race suits.
$1.6 million gift from trustee for new engineering scholarship program - Joseph F. Matthews ’80, a member of the University of Rhode Island Board of Trustees and a URI alumnus, has made a $1.6 million gift to the state’s land- and sea-grant institution to establish a permanent endowment fund to expand access to engineering education.
University of Rhode Island launches updated, online Blue MBA program - The program is designed to be a signature offering from the Ocean State’s premier public university. Students will gain valuable access to the latest research, technology, and tools needed to excel in the ocean economy space. Additionally, students will have an experience that blends business expertise with ocean and sustainability efforts.
URI students organize and host large-scale, multi-track hackathon - Held recently in the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering, Hack@URI attracted more than 200 students from 60 colleges and universities.
URI named top producer of Gilman Scholars as program celebrates its 25th year - The University of Rhode Island has been recognized by the U.S. Department of State for being a top producer of Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship recipients among mid-sized colleges and universities in the country over the past 25 years.
URI Japanese program students share Japanese wisdom, camaraderie during Davisville Middle School visit - Ashly Martinez Rodriguez, a URI International Engineering Program student from Providence—originally from the Dominican Republic— is double-majoring in computer engineering and Japanese. On Jan. 28, Martinez Rodriguez in part played the role of teacher and worked with students one on one on how to speak Japanese.
Engineering student sails past the start of the semester - The captain of URI’s Sailing Team, Olin Guck, took his talents to Perth where he competed in the F18 World Championships, the premier annual international sailing competition for Formula 18 catamarans.
Engineering sophomore awarded an IEEE Power and Energy Society scholarship - University of Rhode Island computer and electrical engineering sophomore Helen Ly ’28, of Providence, Rhode Island, was awarded an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Power and Energy Society scholarship for 2026. Two hundred forty-four PES scholars were selected this year across the U.S., Canada and Latin America. These undergraduate students are majoring in one […]
URI students and faculty recognized for peace work at MLK Unity Luncheon - Christopher Hunter, a civil and environmental engineering professor, was presented with this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peacemaker Award at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Luncheon this year.- URI program aids election workers with analytical tools - The Engineering for Democracy Institute supports 35 election jurisdictions in 18 states, reaching more than 26 million registered voters, according to the EDI website. Its research has informed state agencies in 22 counties across 12 states since 2022.
Competing race teams display true definition of sportsmanship amid tragedy - KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 03, 2026- Last summer, Rhody Racing, University of Rhode Island’s Society of Automotive Engineers, reached out to the Formula SAE team at Brown University in preparation for their first ever race in the Formula Student Program later this year. “As a newer SAE team, we wanted to learn from experienced schools […]
URI alum leads way in fusion energy breakthroughs - Jan. 27, 2026- Fusion energy is the pinnacle of clean energy and is in escalating demand as we face energy challenges of an increasingly internet-connected world with power-guzzling AI data centers popping up at an exponential rate. Fusion energy would provide abundant, carbon-free energy that essentially mimics the sun with no hazardous or radioactive waste. […]
Mechanical engineering student awarded DOE’s University Nuclear Leadership Program scholarship - Over the past two years, University of Rhode Island student Max Richardson has earned $15,000 in competitive federal support for his studies—most recently through the U.S. Department of Energy’s University Nuclear Leadership Program scholarship for $10,000. Jan. 20, 2026- As a high school student, Max Richardson, of Groton, Connecticut, was introduced to mechanical principles and computer-aided design […]
URI and NUWC mutually boost Rhode Island’s undersea blue economy - In the natural world, the most resilient ecosystems are based on intricate networks in which each element strengthens the other by capitalizing on their mutual purposes. The University of Rhode Island and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Division Newport (NUWC) have created an ecosystem that operates on the same principle.- Two recent URI graduates take home awards at transportation forum - Congratulations to URI grads Rakesh Paswan, Ph.D. ’25, and Emma Pensky, M.Sc. ’25, for earning the Best Dissertation and Best Thesis awards at the Rhode Island Transportation Forum! Their work is helping shape the future of resilient and equitable transportation.
URI engineering ‘07 alumnus returns to campus to announce a partnership with his startup - Christian Apollon, ‘o7, announced a new collaboration between the University of Rhode Island and Cranium Inc., a startup he co-founded.
Chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate to complete co-op, defend dissertation - Dec. 15, 2025 – Mechanical engineering, chemistry and physics may seem like three separate areas of study, but they overlap in more ways than one. Elnaz Nikoumanesh, a fifth-year Ph.D. chemical engineering candidate, knows that well. She studied mechanical engineering during her undergraduate and master’s studies, but became very interested in experimental work with biological […]
URI receives $500,000 from The Champlin Foundation for hands-on learning technologies - The Champlin Foundation recently supported three interdisciplinary proposals submitted by faculty from URI’s Colleges of the Environment and Life Sciences, Engineering, and Pharmacy.
URI taps geothermal energy for Bay Campus - The University of Rhode Island is taking a multi-pronged approach in its efforts to work toward net-zero carbon emissions—including looking to sources of renewable energy.
2025 Biannual IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Workshop - The University of Rhode Island held the biannual IEEE Underwater Acoustic Signal Processing Workshop last month. The workshop has been hosted at University of Rhode Island every other year since 1985. Formed as a collaboration between Naval Undersea Warfare Center, formerly Naval Underwater Systems Center, and electrical engineering faculty at URI’s College of Engineering. NUWC […]
