{"id":85098,"date":"2025-07-31T11:09:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=85098"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:37:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:37:35","slug":"graduate-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/student-resources\/current-graduate-students\/graduate-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate Students and Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/chemical-engineering-ph-d-candidate-to-complete-co-op-defend-dissertation\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Ali Rabiee Ph.D. &#8217;27<\/h2><p>Ali Rabiee is excited to build impactful, real-world applications, grow his industry experience, and ultimately launch a startup.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">READ MORE<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/ph-d-graduate-followed-his-heart-to-rhode-island\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/me-1-e1753974957603.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Jaymes Connor Dionne Ph.D. &#8217;25<\/h2><p>Jaymes Dionne worked a lot with battery material research with a focus on next-generation batteries and novel materials like covalent organic 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