{"id":85461,"date":"2025-08-04T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T19:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?page_id=85461"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:42:07","slug":"news-and-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/news-and-events\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-college-of-engineering-launches-new-environmental-engineering-degree\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/AdobeStock_517604055-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/AdobeStock_517604055-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/AdobeStock_517604055-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-college-of-engineering-launches-new-environmental-engineering-degree\/\">New environmental engineering degree program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 24, 2026 \u2013 The University of Rhode Island College of Engineering is now offering a Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering, adding to the wide range of engineering majors and minors available to students.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-biomedical-engineering-receives-nih-r01-award-to-advance-multimodal-neurotechnology-and-motor-brain-research\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Yalda-Neural-PC-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Yalda Shahriari demonstrates a visuospatial experimental paradigm while Alex Cerullo, a Ph.D. student in the NeuralPC Lab, wears a high-density fNIRS cap integrated with virtual reality to measure brain activity\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Yalda-Neural-PC-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Yalda-Neural-PC-2-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/uri-biomedical-engineering-receives-nih-r01-award-to-advance-multimodal-neurotechnology-and-motor-brain-research\/\">URI Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives NIH R01 Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Sept. 16, 2026 \u2013 Associate professor and biomedical engineering acting chair at the University of Rhode Island Yalda Shahriari has received a $1.015 million R01 research grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an innovative multimodal neurotechnology framework aimed at better understanding and enhancing the brain\u2019s motor networks.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-led-consortium-awarded-4-6-million-nsf-grant-to-expand-stem-education-and-workforce-opportunities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/4A8228A5-3139-46E2-8120-28338A4C7CCA_1_105_c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/4A8228A5-3139-46E2-8120-28338A4C7CCA_1_105_c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/4A8228A5-3139-46E2-8120-28338A4C7CCA_1_105_c-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-led-consortium-awarded-4-6-million-nsf-grant-to-expand-stem-education-and-workforce-opportunities\/\">URI-led consortium awarded $4.6 million NSF grant to expand STEM education and workforce opportunities<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug 31, 2026 \u2013 The University of Rhode Island will lead a $4.6 million National Science Foundation S-STEM consortium with the Community College of Rhode Island, and New England Institute of Technology that will expand engineering and engineering technology pathways for academically talented students with financial need. The project will strengthen transfer [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/2025-hollings-scholar-completes-summer-internship\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"headshot of Eleni\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Eleni-Mouyos-Headshot.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/2025-hollings-scholar-completes-summer-internship\/\">2025 Hollings Scholar completes summer internship<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug. 17, 2026 \u2013 Eleni Mouyos, of Windham, New Hampshire, has just completed a summer internship at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The internship was possible through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Ernest F. Hollings Scholarship program, a prestigious, nationally competitive award for students interested in the [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-professors-startup-team-joined-semiconductor-giant-amd\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/iStock-2236865789-1536x768-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/iStock-2236865789-1536x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/iStock-2236865789-1536x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/08\/uri-professors-startup-team-joined-semiconductor-giant-amd\/\">URI engineering professors\u2019 startup team joined semiconductor giant AMD<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug 12, 2026 \u2013 A guiding principle of the University of Rhode Island\u2019s College of Engineering is tracing a line directly from academia to real-world application. Last month that connection was made even stronger.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/studying-close-to-home-helped-this-student-go-far\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ayomide-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ayomide-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ayomide-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ayomide-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ayomide.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/studying-close-to-home-helped-this-student-go-far\/\">Studying close to home helped this student go far<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ayomide Olagundoye is a Ryan Scholar majoring in biomedical engineering and Spanish as a part of the IEP. She just returned from Guatemala, where she took part in a program that featured two months of full immersion\u00a0in culture and healthcare. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/being-involved-and-finding-community-became-invaluable-for-mechanical-engineering-student\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Piero-Navarro-rotated-e1787152419700-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Piero-Navarro-rotated-e1787152419700-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Piero-Navarro-rotated-e1787152419700.jpg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/being-involved-and-finding-community-became-invaluable-for-mechanical-engineering-student\/\">Being involved and finding community became invaluable for mechanical engineering student<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Aug. 7, 2026 \u2013 During his junior year of high school, Piero Navarro took a tour of the University of Rhode Island that would lead him to apply and attend as a student. He enrolled in the College of Engineering as a mechanical engineering major with minors in mathematics and physics. \u201cWhat [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-team-to-address-remediation-challenges-of-manganese-in-r-i-drinking-water\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Mn-Project-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Mn-Project-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Mn-Project-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uri-team-to-address-remediation-challenges-of-manganese-in-r-i-drinking-water\/\">URI team to address remediation challenges of manganese in R.I. drinking water<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 29, 2026 \u2013 A partnership between the University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island Department of Health will study manganese levels in Rhode Island\u2019s drinking water. The project, \u201cStatewide Support for Manganese Management in Rhode Island,\u201d will be funded by a grant from the Emerging Contaminants in Small and Disadvantaged Communities [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/undergraduate-research-opportunities-were-transformative-for-recent-graduate\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Tingley-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Tingley-Headshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Tingley-Headshot-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Tingley-Headshot-364x363.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Tingley-Headshot.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/undergraduate-research-opportunities-were-transformative-for-recent-graduate\/\">Undergraduate research opportunities were transformative for recent graduate<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 &nbsp;July 27, 2026 \u2013 At the University of Rhode Island, Jessica Tingley, \u201926 built a uniquely interdisciplinary profile. Pursuing dual degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, with minors in mathematics and robotics, she was able to constantly connect ideas across fields. \u201cIt is something that has defined my research since,\u201d said [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/from-central-falls-to-kingston-a-first-generation-graduates-journey\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Lyneth-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Lyneth-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Lyneth-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/from-central-falls-to-kingston-a-first-generation-graduates-journey\/\">From Central Falls to Kingston: A first-generation graduate\u2019s journey<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 20, 2026 \u2013 Dreams often start in small places. For Lyneth Mendoza, who recently graduated from the University of Rhode Island with degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and applied mathematics, that place was the Ocean State\u2019s smallest city.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-prepares-for-travel-to-japan-to-mentor-japanese-high-schoolers\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ashly-Martinez-Rodriguez-Headshot-2-e1783519854867-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ashly-Martinez-Rodriguez-Headshot-2-e1783519854867-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ashly-Martinez-Rodriguez-Headshot-2-e1783519854867-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ashly-Martinez-Rodriguez-Headshot-2-e1783519854867-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Ashly-Martinez-Rodriguez-Headshot-2-e1783519854867.jpg 386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-prepares-for-travel-to-japan-to-mentor-japanese-high-schoolers\/\">URI student prepares for travel abroad to mentor Japanese high schoolers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 08, 2026 \u2013&nbsp;University of Rhode Island student Ashly Mart\u00ednez Rodr\u00edguez, of Providence, Rhode Island, is a first-generation, electrical engineering &amp; Japanese global language and area studies major through the international engineering program. She pursued an engineering degree because of her curiosity for technology from a very young age and technical experience [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/registration-open-for-uri-biomedical-engineering-symposium-aug-14\/\">URI Hosting Biomedical Engineering Symposium Aug. 14\u00a0<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The one day symposium, Advances in Translational Neurotechnologies for Healthcare and Rehabilitation Symposium, will bridge gap between academic discovery and real-world application.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-student-heads-to-france-for-international-studies-this-summer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_9215-e1782936441842.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-student-heads-to-france-for-international-studies-this-summer\/\">Engineering student heads to France for international studies this summer<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In high school, Jaymori Leonard joined his school&#8217;s four-year engineering program, where he discovered his passion for engineering. Through the program, he was exposed to design, electronics, and modern engineering technologies through a combination of classroom learning and hands-on experiences, allowing him to develop technical skills and tackle real-world challenges. \u201cI loved using those skills [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-professor-receives-2026-american-society-for-engineering-educations-ralph-coats-roe-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Jouaneh_AwardPhoto-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Jouaneh_AwardPhoto-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Jouaneh_AwardPhoto-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-professor-receives-2026-american-society-for-engineering-educations-ralph-coats-roe-award\/\">Engineering professor receives 2026 American Society for Engineering Education\u2019s Ralph Coats Roe Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 30, 2026 \u2013 University of Rhode Island Engineering Professor Musa Jouaneh was named the recipient of the 2026 American Society for Engineering Education\u2019s Ralph Coats Roe Award. The award recognizes a mechanical engineering educator who is an outstanding teacher and who has made notable professional contributions. Ralph Coats Roe was an [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/underwater-ribbon-cutting-ushers-in-new-uri-ocean-robotics-laboratory\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/underwater-ribbon-cutting-ushers-in-new-uri-ocean-robotics-laboratory\/\">Underwater ribbon cutting ushers in new URI Ocean Robotics Laboratory<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 June 26, 2026 \u2013 The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Ocean Robotics Laboratory on June 25.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/masters-graduate-receives-2026-academic-achievement-award-from-the-american-water-works-association\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Carrie-Ellis-1-e1782393775506.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/masters-graduate-receives-2026-academic-achievement-award-from-the-american-water-works-association\/\">Master&#8217;s graduate receives 2026 Academic Achievement Award from the American Water Works Association<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 June 25, 2026 \u2014 Carrie Ellis received the 2026 Academic Achievement Award at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE26) this June. The Academic Achievement Award recognizes contributions to the field of public water supply via a master\u2019s or doctoral dissertation. Ellis\u2019s thesis, \u201cElectrochemical Regeneration of Manganese Oxide (MnOx)-Coated [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/from-a-challenging-first-year-to-working-for-a-global-climate-innovator\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Juan-Zubieta-headshot-e1787236858243.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/from-a-challenging-first-year-to-working-for-a-global-climate-innovator\/\">From a challenging first year to working for a global climate innovator<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">From a challenging first year in college to working for a global climate innovator, Juan Zubieta, \u201926, made the most of every opportunity at the University of Rhode Island to set himself up for success. Zubieta, of Ibague, Colombia, knew he wanted to pursue a degree in industrial and systems engineering because of the broad [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/uri-researchers-bringing-innovations-from-lab-bench-to-market\/\">URI Researchers Bringing Innovations from Lab Bench to Market<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">At the University of Rhode Island, three engineering professors have taken different paths to transform basic research into life-altering technologies\u2014and the companies to deliver them.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/the-ripple-effect-of-research-funding-for-better-outcomes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/aerial-jamestown_edited-364x242-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/the-ripple-effect-of-research-funding-for-better-outcomes\/\">The Ripple Effect of Research Funding for Better Outcomes<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Daniel Roxbury, associate professor of chemical, biomolecular, and materials engineering, is the principal investigator of SIMCoast (Socio-ecological Impact of Microplastics in Coastal Ecosystems), a $7 million, four-year grant building Rhode Island\u2019s research capabilities to measure and study the impacts of nano- and microplastics (NMPs) throughout the Narragansett Bay watershed.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/engaging-students-in-real-world-research-2\/\">Engaging Students in Real World Research<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The URI Plastics: Land to Sea research initiative links students with professors in engineering, oceanography, fisheries, pharmacy, textiles, and natural resources, to explore and develop methods to manage locally generated plastic waste, focusing on reducing its impact on coastal communities.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/inspiring-student-researchers-leads-to-career-at-adobe\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/adobe-img-1-1024x576-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/adobe-img-1-1024x576-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/adobe-img-1-1024x576-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/momentum\/inspiring-student-researchers-leads-to-career-at-adobe\/\">Inspiring Student Researchers Leads to Career at Adobe<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Tong Sun (\u201896) was recruited to URI in 1992 byProfessor Qing \u201cKen\u201d Yang. Sun joined a lab studying high-performance computer systems processing massive amounts of scientific data like nuclear reactions, physics simulations and weather forecasts. Under Yang\u2019s guidance, his student researchers aimed to make computers think and calculate faster to solve problems quicker.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/undergraduate-aims-to-make-meaningful-impacts-in-defense-engineering\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Sam-Miller-500x500-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Sam-Miller-500x500-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Sam-Miller-500x500-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Sam-Miller-500x500-1-364x365.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Sam-Miller-500x500-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/undergraduate-aims-to-make-meaningful-impacts-in-defense-engineering\/\">Undergraduate aims to make meaningful impacts in defense engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 26, 2026 \u2013 Sam Miller, of Colchester, Connecticut, graduated with his bachelor\u2019s in industrial and systems engineering from the University of Rhode Island this May with an engineering entrepreneurship minor and a concentration in Naval science and technology. Over the past few years, he gained hands-on experience through a series of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/student-finds-the-best-of-both-worlds-through-iep-program\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Dan-Meola-e1785162996863-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Dan-Meola-e1785162996863-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Dan-Meola-e1785162996863-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/Dan-Meola-e1785162996863-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/student-finds-the-best-of-both-worlds-through-iep-program\/\">Student finds the best of both worlds through IEP program<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Daniel Meola, of Cranston, Rhode Island, always wanted to be an engineer. Since a young age, he also began collecting Pok\u00e9mon cards and watching anime, intrigued with Japanese media and culture. \u201cURI allowed for me to study both engineering and a language of my choice which was one of the best decisions I could ever [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/samantha-kipper-b-s-26\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_2493-Sam-Kipper-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_2493-Sam-Kipper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/IMG_2493-Sam-Kipper-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/samantha-kipper-b-s-26\/\">Samantha Kipper B.S. &#8217;26<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Samantha Kipper, of Huntington Beach, California, graduated from the University of Rhode Island with a bachelor\u2019s degree in ocean engineering and minor in sustainability before heading off to pursue graduate studies.\u201cI was enticed by the friendly faculty, course content, and research focus of URI,\u201d said Kipper on making the trek across the country for her [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-senior-credits-uri-college-of-engineering-in-her-success\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/sophie-plante-headshot-Sophie-Plante-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/sophie-plante-headshot-Sophie-Plante-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/sophie-plante-headshot-Sophie-Plante-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/sophie-plante-headshot-Sophie-Plante-1-364x365.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2168\/sophie-plante-headshot-Sophie-Plante-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-senior-credits-uri-college-of-engineering-in-her-success\/\">Engineering senior credits URI College of Engineering in her success<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Sophie Plante is set to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering and minors in biological sciences and mathematics next December. Plante, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, always loved learning and exploring new ideas. 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