Appearing on an episode of National Geographic’s series X-Ray Earth, URI Ocean Engineering Professor Stephan Grilli shared the modeling work he’s done on tsunamis and the devastation they can cause.
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URI Professor Gretchen Macht’s research on voting process layouts is expected to improve safety and efficiency at voting locations during the upcoming election.
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NASA legend and URI aeronautical engineering alumnus Donald D. Arabian was a NASA legend passed away on Aug. 11 at the age of 95. Arabian worked on all of the major U.S. manned space programs from Mercury through Apollo.
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URI spent the summer making sure safety measures were in place for the safest possible reopening of the campus in September.
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Featuring more than 20 live interactive sessions, round table discussions, networking opportunities and poster presentations, the 23rd Annual Colloquium on International Engineering Education will be offered online from Oct. 21-23.
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The discovery of sharks living in an active underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean by Brennan Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at URI, was the subject of a documentary on National Geographic.
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Navatek and the University of Rhode Island College of Engineering have been awarded a $3.8 million contract for cyber-physical systems research by the U.S. Office of Naval Research.
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URI has purchased a $2.3 million scanning-transmission electron microscope that will be used to visualize and characterize a broad variety of materials in high-resolution at sub-nanoscales.
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When URI switched to remote learning in March due to COVID-19, 53 students who were studying and working abroad through URI’s International Engineering Program were brought back to the United States, where research and internship opportunities were arranged for them.
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The University of Rhode Island Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has earned the URI Robert Rainville Team Excellence Award.
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Professor Ying Sun will be remembered just as much for his leadership, compassion and collaborative spirit as he will for his accomplishments as a researcher and educator
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Recent URI industrial and systems engineering graduate Power Kanga shared his inspiring story of overcoming adversity and ultimately achieving success at URI.
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Justin Hayes and Alexa Leone, who recently received bachelor’s degrees in chemical engineering and ocean engineering respectively, are two of only five URI students to earn graduate research fellowships 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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The URI College of Engineering lost a gifted teacher who was beloved by his students and colleagues. Professor Ying Sun, who joined the URI faculty 35 years ago, sadly passed away on May 9.
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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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The electrical and computer engineering students in the URI ELECOMP Capstone Program recorded YouTube videos of their presentations this year.
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With a shortage of personal protective equipment available for first responders, several students in URI’s College of Engineering have helped fabricate face shields.
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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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URI engineering clubs and organizations selected new board members for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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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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While some University of Rhode Island students have been battling COVID-19 locally, two have been taking on the pandemic in Africa – that is, in a virtual challenge.
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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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The University of Rhode Island is ranked among the 25 best biomedical engineering schools in the United States by the website GradReports, based on alumni median salary in their first year after graduation.
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Several engineering students at the University of Rhode Island are among those who have volunteered their time to fabricate face shields to protect police officers, firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, doctors, nurses and other health professionals from COVID-19.
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