Normally used just for clients, FM Global will bring its SimZone on Tour trailer to the University of Rhode Island on Sept. 12. Modeled after FM Global’s warehouse-sized SimZone, the 53-foot expandable tractor trailer takes interactive exhibits related to fire protection, flood protection and more on the road across North America. From 10 a.m. to […]
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Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is a common bacterium found in the nasal cavity. It can cause severe infections and its MRSA strain is highly resistant against antimicrobial drugs. A team of researchers at the University of Rhode Island has been studying the structure and dynamics of the S. aureus cell membrane. Their work can enable more effective drugs […]
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By Neil Nachbar When Phil Parisi boarded the research vessel Atlantis this summer for an expedition to the Puerto Rico Trench, he didn’t quite know what to expect. Parisi, who is pursuing a master’s degree in ocean engineering at the University of Rhode Island, joined URI Professor Christopher Roman and a team of scientists from the Woods […]
Continue reading "Deep-Sea Research Was Eye-Opening Experience for URI Student"General URI Transfer Admission Requirements All students must meet basic college-preparatory unit requirements (typically completed in high school): 4 in English, 3 in math (Algebra I, Algebra II, and Geometry), 2 in science, 2 in history/social science, and 2 units in the same foreign language. If you have attempted fewer than 24 transferable credits you […]
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Students from all engineering majors at the University of Rhode Island gained valuable hands-on experience this summer as interns for prestigious companies throughout the country. Several of the internships led to job offers. Here are just some examples of the practical, real-world experiences the URI engineering students gained this summer. Raisa Alejandro Major: Biomedical Engineering […]
Continue reading "Summer Internships Provided Hands-on Experience for Engineering Students"Assistant Professor Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering 401.874.5849 weiwei.jia@uri.edu Office Location: Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering 405 Lab: Next-generation Computing Systems Laboratory Recent Publications1 Citation Jia W, Zhang J, Shan J, Ding X. Making Dynamic Page Coalescing Effective on Virtualized Clouds. EuroSys ‘23: Eighteen European Conference on Computer Systems, 2023. doi: 10.1145/355326.3567487 Shang X, […]
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University of Rhode Island alumnus Jean-Paul Vandeputte was among those honored recently by Providence Business News with a 40 Under Forty award. Vandeputte, who is 36, earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from URI in 2008. Since 2011, he’s been the director of engineering at RISE Engineering. The 40 Under Forty award recognizes individuals […]
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University of Rhode Island professor Daniel Roxbury has been named to the Providence Business News 40 Under Forty list. The award recognizes individuals under the age of 40 who have excelled in their profession and are involved in their communities. “I’m extremely humbled and honored to receive this award,” said Roxbury, an associate professor of […]
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By Neil Nachbar When Tania Silva de Oliveira came to the University of Rhode Island for an exchange program from Brazil as an undergraduate in 2013, she didn’t know that she would fall in love with the University. She certainly wouldn’t have predicted that she would be on the verge of completing a doctorate in […]
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By Neil Nachbar The University of Rhode Island has one of the best ocean engineering programs in the country, according to College Factual. With the engineering program’s recent acceptance into the U.S. Department of Energy’s Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research program, known as TEAMER, companies can take advantage of URI’s research facilities and […]
Continue reading "Funding Helps Marine Energy Companies Partner with URI Ocean Engineering"The URI College of Engineering congratulates the following faculty on their promotions. Read about their accomplishments by clicking on the links below. Professor Tao Wei, Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Google Scholar ResearchGate LinkedIn DigitalCommons@URI Professor Research Annette Grilli, Ocean Engineering Google Scholar ResearchGate LinkedIn DigitalCommons@URI Gopu Potty, Ocean Engineering Google Scholar ResearchGate LinkedIn DigitalCommons@URI […]
Continue reading "Eight Faculty in URI College of Engineering Earn Promotions"Monika Poonia, a chemical engineering postdoctoral researcher in Professor Geoffrey Bothun’s lab, presented her research on surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) and electrochemical sensors at an international conference on bioanalytical sensors. The conference, titled “Interconnecting Biology and Devices to Analyze Microscopic Cells to the Macroscopic World,” was held at Salve Regina University in Newport from June 26 to July […]
Continue reading "Postdoctoral Researcher Presents Work at International Conference in Newport"Dean of Engineering Mechanical, Industrial & Systems 401.874.2680 marchese@uri.edu Office Location: Dean’s Suite, 4th Floor, Bliss Hall Recent Grants1 Grant 1/19/2023. PI. Environmental Defense Fund. “Development of an Inventory of H2 Emissions from the U.S. Hydrogen Economy Infrastructure.” 2021-2022*. PI. Pacific Northwest National Laboratories. “Ultra-Low Sulfur Winterized Diesel: Analysis and Testing of Ethanol- to- […]
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URI alumna Danielle Goudreau has been named president of the Providence Engineering Society. Founded in 1894, the Providence Engineering Society is the oldest professional engineering society in the United States. Goudreau earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering through URI’s five-year accelerated engineering program. While a graduate student, Goudreau was recognized by the […]
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By Neil Nachbar As a teenager, Kevin Suggs was a big fan of Japanese animation, also known as anime. As a student in the pre-engineering program at Davies Career and Technical High School in Lincoln, he developed an interest in electronics and engineering. When Suggs realized he could continue his education in engineering, while also […]
Continue reading "Passion for Japanese Culture Takes Kevin Suggs from Pawtucket to Fukuoka"By Neil Nachbar The state-of-the-art equipment in the Shimadzu Engineering Research Core Facility at the University of Rhode Island was already impressive. The assortment of instruments became more unique and valuable with the addition of a $1.3 million electron probe microanalyzer, the EPMA-8050G. This newest version of the device has been sold and distributed in Japan by […]
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The University of Rhode Island honors graduating seniors for their superior academic achievement with an Academic Excellence Award. The selections are based on grade point average, as well as other criteria determined by the academic departments. For example, criteria might include an honors project, a research presentation, or a student’s professional promise. The following engineering students […]
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Of the record 28 University of Rhode Island students who were named Beatrice S. Demers Foreign Language Fellows, 13 are enrolled in URI’s International Engineering Program. Collectively, the 28 students received more than $330,000 in grants to pursue foreign language immersion. The engineering students include Temitope Aina, majoring in biomedical engineering and French, of Providence; […]
Continue reading "Record Number of URI Students Named Demers Foreign Language Fellows"The New England Chapter of the American Public Works Association awarded scholarships to URI civil engineering students Logan Beattie and Carrie Ellis. Beattie and Ellis, who are rising seniors, received the $2,500 Tim J. O’Leary Scholarships at the chapter’s annual awards luncheon. “I am truly honored to receive this award,” said Beattie, who is from Tiverton. […]
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By Neil Nachbar It’s common for students at the University of Rhode Island to catch some rays on the quad toward the end of the school year. The students in URI’s Solar Energy Systems course, however, weren’t on the quad recently to work on their tans. They were catching rays for academic reasons. Any of the […]
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By Neil Nachbar During a recent trip to Germany, K. Wayne Lee, University of Rhode Island professor of civil and environmental engineering, chaired an international conference, met with counterparts at the University of Braunschweig, and had a little time left over for some sightseeing. The main purpose of Lee’s visit to Germany was to chair CIVILMEET2022, the […]
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By Neil Nachbar The newest student organization at the URI College of Engineering has a new logo. The Black and Brown Women in Engineering Science Technology Sisterhood (BBWESTS) unveiled the logo at a ceremony attended by alumni, students, faculty, staff and College of Engineering Dean Anthony Marchese. After months of meetings, discussions and brainstorming, the […]
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Students in this year’s URI civil and environmental engineering capstone course were challenged to develop a plan for the 25-acre site of Schartner Farms in Exeter that would include a hotel, a roundabout and a solar energy field. The students were split into four engineering “firms,” named Kingston Consultants, Stratton Oakmont Consulting, Built to Last Engineering, […]
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“How can we take the waste out of wastewater?” That’s the question University of Rhode Island Professor Vinka Oyanedel-Craver posed in a TEDxURI talk. Oyanedel-Craver is the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Engineering and a professor of environmental engineering. In her TEDx presentation, titled “(Un)wasting Wastewater,” she challenges the audience to think of wastewater much […]
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By Neil Nachbar When Sarah Koenig was asked to host two episodes of a podcast featuring female engineers who came to the United States as international students from Asia, she jumped at the opportunity. Koenig, who earned bachelor degrees in industrial engineering and French in 2007 through the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program, didn’t […]
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