College-wide Organizations

• Black and Brown Women in Engineering Science Technology Sisterhood (BBWESTS)
  Advisor: Mr. Watson 
  president.bbwests.uri@gmail.com
• Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW)
  Advisor: Dr. Goodwill 
  eswuri@etal.uri.edu
• HydRobotics
  Advisor: Dr. Zhou 
  urihydrobotics@gmail.com
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
  Co-Advisor: Dr. Hunter
  Co-Advisor: Mr. Watson
  president.uri.nsbe@gmail.com
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
  Co-Advisor: Mr. Watson
  Co-Advisor: Dr. Oyanedel-Craver
  Co-Advisor: Dr. Andreu
  shpeurichapter@gmail.com 
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  Advisor: Dr. Maier-Speredelozzi
  rhodyswe@gmail.com 
• Theta Tau (Professional Engineering co-ed Fraternity)
  Advisor: Dean Anthony Marchese
  thetatauuri@gmail.com
• Rhody Racing
  Advisor: Dr. Jeong
  urisae@etal.uri.edu
• Marine Technology Society (MTS)
  Advisor: Dr. Knight
  mtsurirams@gmail.com
• Women in Engineering Mentorship Program
  Advisor: Dr. Macht 
  uricoe.wemprogram@gmail.com

Professional Chapter Student Organizations

• • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
    Advisor: Dr. Nassersharif
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 
    Advisor: Dr. Rousseau 
    Rhody.asme@gmail.com
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
    Advisor: Dr. Ljubic
    aiche.uri@gmail.com
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
    Advisor: Dr. Das
    asce.uri@gmail.com 
  • Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) 
    Advisor: Dr. Besio 
    uri.embs@gmail.com
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
    Advisor: Dr. Vaccaro 
    ieee@etal.uri.edu
  • Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
    Advisor: Dr. Sodhi
    IISEofURI@gmail.com
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
    Advisor: Dr. Joe Goodwill
    ewb@rhodysenate.org

College-Wide Honor Society

• • • Tau Beta Pi, advisors: Dr. Besio (ELE), Dr. Bothun (CHE), Dr. Nassersharif (MCE), Dr. Maier-Speredelozzi (ISE), and Dr. Vaccaro (ELE)

Honor Societies by Department

• • • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Chi Epsilon
      Advisor: Dr. Lee 
    • Department of Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering: Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
      Advisor: Dr. Sunak 
    • Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Systems Engineering: Pi Tau Sigma
      Advisor: Dr. Zhang 
    • Department of Ocean Engineering: Omega Epsilon
      Advisor: Dr. Miller 

COE Dean’s Office Funding Request Form

College of Engineering students and organizations can use this form to request funding from the Dean’s Office. Note funds should only be requested to fill gaps after exhausting other group and fundraising resources. A typical funding request would be for conference registration fees, travel for one student who may be representing URI at a regional or national conference, etc.