At URI, our faculty in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering are recognized as world-class leaders in research areas such as experimental mechanics, structural response under extreme conditions, health monitoring, mechatronics and autonomous systems, renewable energy, heat transfer, undersea vehicle technologies, human factors, voting systems, cyber-physical security, Industry 4.0, and machine learning.
Undergraduate students work side-by-side in research laboratories with faculty and graduate students, complete internships with industry leaders both nationally and abroad, and compete in national student competitions. All students undertake a culminating, year-long senior capstone experience where they collaborate in teams to tackle real-world problems defined, funded, and mentored by industry and government partners. Additionally, students have the opportunity to pursue minors in entrepreneurship, robotics, or nuclear engineering.
Recent News
Engineering professor receives 2026 American Society for Engineering Education’s Ralph Coats Roe Award - University of Rhode Island Engineering Professor Musa Jouaneh was named the recipient of the 2026 American Society for Engineering Education’s Ralph Coats Roe Award. The award recognizes a mechanical engineering educator who is an outstanding teacher and who has made notable professional contributions.
NSF CAREER awarded to engineering professor to study new class of fluidic acoustic metamaterials - Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yang Lin has been awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award. The CAREER program is one of NSF’s most competitive and highly regarded awards for early-career faculty, recognizing those who demonstrate strong potential to serve as academic role models while advancing the mission of their institutions.
URI team creates tabletop blast device to study long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury - Molecular biologists pair with mechanical engineers for URI-built experimental model offering new way to look at TBI-related neurodegenerative disease.