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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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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Assistant Professor Reza Abiri is researching non-invasive ways to use technology, including sensors, artificial intelligence and connected devices, to help physically disabled people become more independent.
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A team of undergraduate engineering students at URI have been working on a neonatal apnea detection system as a cost-effective, user-friendly method to monitor respiration and apnea in infants.
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In the 40 years Arun Shukla has been an engineering professor at URI, he’s secured more than 100 research grants totaling over $14 million, earned many prestigious awards and has been published in the most prominent journals. His success is also reflected in the impressive achievements of the 105 graduate students he has mentored.
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In the past year, Phillips, an assistant professor of ocean engineering at URI, created the most compact deep-sea system in the world that can provide a livestream video feed. Now, Phillips will test the limits of his system, thanks to a three-year, $510,000 Young Investigator Award he received from the Office of Naval Research.
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New sensors developed by URI Professor Otto Gregory and chemical engineering doctoral student Peter Ricci are so powerful that they can detect threats at the molecular level, whether it’s explosive materials, particles from a potentially deadly virus or illegal drugs entering the country.
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By having fiber optics woven into fishing line, URI engineering professor Brennan Phillips created the smallest deep-sea system in the world that can provide a livestream video feed. The fiber optic reel system will make deep-sea exploration much more affordable and accessible.
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A team of URI biomedical engineering students created a device for its senior capstone design project which could help physical therapists or doctors develop a more accurate assessment for patients rehabilitating from an ankle injury.
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You could say engineering is in Michaela Bellisle’s genes. After all, her grandfather was an electrical engineer, her father is a civil engineer and her sister is a biomedical engineer.
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By embedding nanosensors in the fibers of a bandage, URI Assistant Professor Daniel Roxbury and former URI graduate student Mohammad Moein Safaee have created a “smart bandage” to detect and monitor an infection in a wound.
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One of URI’s newest engineering professors, Kaushallya Adhikari, will be conducting research that will help the Navy maximize its sonar capabilities. The research will be funded by a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
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What if a face mask could be used as much more than a mitigation strategy in the battle against COVID? A team of students at URI have developed a “smart mask” that can quantitatively monitor COVID-19 symptoms.
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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 Assistant Professor Yalda Shahriari is researching a new way for patients with severe motor deficits to communicate by analyzing patterns in their brain wave activity using two non-invasive techniques.
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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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Associate Professor Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering 401.874.5368 yalda_shahriari@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 393 Lab Website: Neural Processing and Control Laboratory Recent Grants1 Grant 9/7/2022. PI. National Science Foundation. “Internship and the Graduate Student is John McLinden.” 8/31/2021. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “EAGER: Towards a multimodal smart textile medical monitoring system for […]
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URI Assistant Professor Paolo Stegagno is collaborating with other engineering professors at URI and a team of scientists from other colleges to develop and deploy high-tech tools to understand where, when, and how cyanobacterial blooms form.
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University of Rhode Island Professor James Miller was hired by the town of East Greenwich to help settle a dispute between bar owners and residents over the sound level of music that is being played at the waterfront bars.
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Researchers in URI’s College of Engineering are developing a device for detecting the explosive triacetone triperoxide (TATP) in its vapor form. Their new detection system, which pairs a conductance sensor with a traditional thermodynamic sensor, confirms the presence of TATP at the level of parts per billion.
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Barbara Morse Silva visited the URI College of Engineering to do a feature for Channel 10’s Health Check segment on the smart glove. The glove has been developed by Associate Professor Kunal Mankodiya and students in his lab to monitor patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Continue reading "Smart Glove for Parkinson’s Patients Featured on Channel 10"Professor Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering 401.874.2517 Fax: 401.874.2355 zhang@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 210 Recent Publications1 Citation Kolossa R, Abolmaaty A, Meyer D, Zonquin Z. An Inexpensive Microfluidic PDMS Chip for Visual Detection of Biofilm-forming Bacteria. Annual Research & Review in Biology, 2018; 22(3), 1-13. doi: 10.9734/ARRB/2018/37804 1view our research […]
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Associate Professor Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering 401.874.9067 cyuan@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 484 Lab: Intelligent Control and Robotics Laboratory Recent Grants1 Grant 8/24/2022. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “Advancing underwater robots in Complex environments.” 8/24/2022. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “Advancing underwater robots in Complex environments.” 8/24/2022. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “Advancing underwater […]
Continue reading "Chengzhi Yuan’s Research Profile"Distinguished Engineering Professor Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering 401.874.5880 Fax: 401.782.6422 qyang@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 407 Lab: High Performance Computing Laboratory (HPCL) Recent Grants1 Grant 8/27/2022. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “CYPHER: CISE-CCF-SHF: Introducing a New In-Sensor Computing Architecture for Intelligent 3-D Imaging Systems.” 7/29/2022. Co-PI. National Science Foundation. “CYPHER: CISE-CCF-SHF: Introducing a […]
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Associate Professor Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering 401.874.5141 Fax: 401.782.6422 fvetter@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 319 Personal Webpage Recent Publications1 Citation Agostinucci K, Manfredi TG, Cosmas AC, Vetter Fred, Engle SK. Comparison of ANP and BNP Granular Density in Atira of Rats After Physiological and Pathological Hypertrophy. Toxicologic Pathology, 2022. doi: 10.1177/01926233221097970 […]
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