{"id":86136,"date":"2025-08-21T10:49:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/?p=86136"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:55:07","slug":"recent-graduate-leveraged-his-strengths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/recent-graduate-leveraged-his-strengths\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent graduate leveraged his strengths, begins Ph.D. program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carlos Fragoso Uriarte \u201925 wanted a degree that would allow him to make a difference in the world, while at the same time taking advantage of what he considered to be his academic strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think something that also impacted my decision was the influence of my parents, who are both chemical engineers who earned their degrees in Mexico, where I was born,\u201d said Fragoso Uriarte. Since he was young, they taught him about engineering. \u201cThey helped me recognize my potential in this field.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an immigrant, he was fascinated with learning another language, especially the chance to apply it and experience the culture. Ultimately, the deciding factor of his applying to the University of Rhode Island was the College of Engineering\u2019s International Engineering Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not every university offers their students the opportunity to spend a year in another country as part of their degree, particularly degrees as rigorous as engineering. \u201cI had heard from other international students that campus life at URI, and the campus in general, were something they enjoyed a lot more compared with other universities they had visited,\u201d said Fragoso Uriarte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragoso Uriarte also received the Thomas M. Ryan Scholarship<\/a>, which provides full tuition toward his degree. \u201cI was honored to be recognized as a Thomas M. Ryan Scholar upon applying to URI,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that one of my favorite memories was hanging out with the other Ryan Scholars during our freshman year. All of us were new to the environment and we were all figuring things out.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Carlos overlooking the city center of Florence while on his year abroad in Italy. Piazzale Michelangelo, where the image is taken, provides a view of the city skyline.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of them had come from far away to be here, but I felt like I\u2019d really arrived at college at that moment, and that I\u2019d found people that understood me in a way that other people hadn\u2019t in the past,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite living in the engineering living and learning community<\/a> when he started, his first two semesters were heavily affected by the pandemic. Eventually he joined the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers<\/a> and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers<\/a>, as well as spending a couple of years as a STEM tutor at the Academic Enhancement Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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One of the Ryan Scholar dinners during Carlos’ freshman year. Occasionally, typically around a major holiday, his friend Sarah\u2019s parents (Sarah is pictured in the bottom left of the picture) would send her crafts to do together. After having dinner as a group, they\u2019d all hang out for a couple of hours talking and doing the crafts that Sarah brought. A lot of his favorite memories came from these nights!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

As part of the IEP, he was able to intern at an Italian company, Graded S.p.A., in Naples, Italy. He also spent most of the summers and every semester after sophomore year working as a part of Dr. Arijit Bose<\/a>\u2019s research lab. “These experiences are the ones that I consider the most formative in preparing me for the Ph.D. program that awaits me next semester,\u201d said Fragoso Uriarte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, he has been accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society. He also received multiple scholarships during his time at URI that helped in financing his year abroad in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Group photo from Carlos’ first Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) regional conference. The group attended the conference in Albany, NY as a networking and job\/internship seeking opportunity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cCarlos is very personable and kind. He is very modest about his strong achievements,\u201d said chemical engineering associate professor Mike Greenfield<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fragoso Uriarte graduated with dual bachelor\u2019s degrees in chemical engineering<\/a> and Italian and will pursue a Ph.D. in chemical engineering at Colorado School of Mines this fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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