{"id":78206,"date":"2024-01-31T14:33:11","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise-draft\/?page_id=78206"},"modified":"2024-01-31T14:33:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T19:33:12","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-team-creates-tabletop-blast-device-to-study-long-term-consequences-of-traumatic-brain-injury\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/engineering-679x1024-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/engineering-679x1024-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/engineering-679x1024-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/uri-team-creates-tabletop-blast-device-to-study-long-term-consequences-of-traumatic-brain-injury\/\">URI team creates tabletop blast device to study long-term consequences of traumatic brain injury<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Molecular biologists pair with mechanical engineers for URI-built experimental model offering new way to look at TBI-related neurodegenerative disease.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"http:\/\/how-one-uri-professor-found-his-way-from-f1-to-engineering-education\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sauber-1-1024x628-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sauber-1-1024x628-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sauber-1-1024x628-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"http:\/\/how-one-uri-professor-found-his-way-from-f1-to-engineering-education\">How one URI professor found his way from F1 to Engineering Education<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Having spent years as a race engineer, Borme now brings that same sense of urgency and design precision into the classroom. He uses his real world experience with how fast parts can be produced, tested and ultimately used on race day, in the classroom.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/uri-stem-for-elections-network-launching-2025-26-workshop-series-with-fall-event\/\">URI STEM for Elections Network launching 2025-26 workshop series with fall event<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The workshop, which launches the network\u2019s 2025-26 workshop series, will be hosted by the\u00a0Engineering for Democracy Institute\u00a0based in the URI College of Engineering, with guests from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Election Data &amp; Science Lab, the Center for Civic Design, as well as state-level election officials from around the country.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/news\/2025\/05\/international-engineering-student-intends-to-be-an-emissary-for-change\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/1746058126836-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/1746058126836-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/1746058126836-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/news\/2025\/05\/international-engineering-student-intends-to-be-an-emissary-for-change\/\">International Engineering Student Intends to be an Emissary for Change<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">There is a quote from an unknown railroad engineer from India that inspired Cristian Varela, \u201926, to pursue a career in engineering \u2014 \u201cI am an Engineer. I serve mankind by making dreams come true.\u201d \u201cI really believe this,\u201d said Varela, who is majoring in industrial and systems engineering and Chinese at the University of [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/news\/dont-shy-away-from-math\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/jonah1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/jonah1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/jonah1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/jonah1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/jonah1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.math.uri.edu\/news\/dont-shy-away-from-math\/\">Don\u2019t Shy Away from Math<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Here is the story of Jonah Coppolelli, an Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering major and his relationship with mathematics in his own words.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-engineering-professor-working-to-make-voting-processes-run-smoothly\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/hero-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/hero-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/hero-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-engineering-professor-working-to-make-voting-processes-run-smoothly\/\">Industrial and Systems engineering professor working to make voting processes run smoothly<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u2018Election administrators everywhere want to make sure their system works,\u2019 says associate professor Gretchen Macht.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-off-to-successful-start-in-partnership-in-nuclear-engineering-with-australian-university\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Group-Shot-1024x650-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Group-Shot-1024x650-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Group-Shot-1024x650-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-off-to-successful-start-in-partnership-in-nuclear-engineering-with-australian-university\/\">URI off to successful start in partnership in nuclear engineering with Australian university<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island and Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, have established a groundbreaking partnership in nuclear engineering.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-mechanical-engineering-professor-awarded-nsf-department-of-defense-honors\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/select_Lin-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"professor yang lin poses with arms across chest in his lab\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/select_Lin-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/select_Lin-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/10\/uri-mechanical-engineering-professor-awarded-nsf-department-of-defense-honors\/\">URI mechanical engineering professor awarded NSF, DARPA early career honors<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">University of Rhode Island mechanical engineering assistant professor Yang Lin has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation Early Researcher Initiation and a\u00a0Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency\u00a0Young Faculty Award.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/uri-engineering-professor-awarded-office-of-naval-research-grant-to-study-heat-transfer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/P1056778-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/P1056778-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/P1056778-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/uri-engineering-professor-awarded-office-of-naval-research-grant-to-study-heat-transfer\/\"><strong>URI engineering professor awarded Office of Naval Research grant to study heat transfer<\/strong><\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">\u00a0The Office of Naval Research has awarded a three-year, $418,300 grant to University of Rhode Island mechanical engineering assistant professor Ashutosh Giri<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/06\/andrik-puentes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Andrik-Headshot-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Andrik-Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Andrik-Headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/06\/andrik-puentes\/\">Andrik Puentes strives to make meaningful impacts in engineering field<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Andrik Puentes\u2019 journey to graduation at the University of Rhode Island has been an extraordinary blend of academic rigor and leadership that significantly shaped his path to become an engineer.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/05\/malinda-fry\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Malinda-Fry-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Malinda-Fry-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Malinda-Fry-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/05\/malinda-fry\/\">Graduate with passion for sustainability discovers deeper depths of major<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Malinda Fry always enjoyed math, science and problem-solving, so it wasn\u2019t a surprise when she followed in her mother\u2019s footsteps to pursue engineering. <\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/05\/mycarthy-newton\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-364x364.jpeg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1-1280x1280.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/DSC_0481-scaled-1.jpeg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/students\/2024\/05\/mycarthy-newton\/\">Student fueled by dream to work in aerospace<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mycarthy Newton decided she wanted to be an engineer and work on rockets. It is that dream that has kept her motivated.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/departments\/mcise\/2024\/03\/manufacturing-pioneer-and-uri-professor-geoffrey-boothroyd-passes-away\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/BDIMedalofTechheader-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/BDIMedalofTechheader-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/BDIMedalofTechheader-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/departments\/mcise\/2024\/03\/manufacturing-pioneer-and-uri-professor-geoffrey-boothroyd-passes-away\/\">Manufacturing Pioneer and URI Professor Geoffrey Boothroyd Passes Away<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Professor Geoffrey Boothroyd, internationally renowned for breakthrough research in design for manufacturing assembly (DFMA), passed away peacefully on January 3 at the age of 91.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/student-led-team-receives-artificial-intelligence-award\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Emadodin-Jandaghi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Emadodin-Jandaghi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Emadodin-Jandaghi.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/student-led-team-receives-artificial-intelligence-award\/\">Student Research Paper Receives Artificial Intelligence Award<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The paper, by two mechanical engineering students, outlined a new way to train a soft robot model using machine learning called deterministic learning.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/iep-student-prints-her-career-path\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sofia-Lanzi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sofia-Lanzi-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Sofia-Lanzi.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/iep-student-prints-her-career-path\/\">IEP Student Prints Her Career Path<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mechanical engineering major Sofia Lanzi spent a year studying and working in France as an intern at Constructions-3D, a company that manufactures 3D printing machines.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet-caroline-darling-uri-engineer-headed-to-wpi\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Caroline-Downing-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Caroline-Downing-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2170\/Caroline-Downing.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/meet-caroline-darling-uri-engineer-headed-to-wpi\/\">Meet Mechanical Engineering Student Caroline Dowling<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Mechanical engineering major Caroline Dowling, who did her capstone design project for NASA, talks about her experience at URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/record-number-of-students-receive-black-scholar-award\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/record-number-of-students-receive-black-scholar-award\/\">Record Number of Students Receive Black Scholar Awards<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Thirty-four students received Black Scholar and Onyx Society awards recently, said Dr. Chris Hunter, interim Dean of University College and chair of the event. Hunter says the awards recognize a blend of academic scholarship as well as community service. \u201cIt\u2019s amazing to see what students do to contribute to the University of Rhode Island community [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/professor-arun-shukla-awarded-asce-drucker-medal\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/professor-arun-shukla-awarded-asce-drucker-medal\/\">Professor Arun Shukla Awarded ASME Drucker Medal<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Hugh Markey For the past 42 years, Prof. Arun Shukla has been a part of the URI mechanical, industrial, and systems engineering department, supervising over a hundred graduate students, conducting research, and making substantial contributions to the engineering community. Those efforts were recently recognized with the awarding of the Daniel C. Drucker Medal, given [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/student-spotlight-alexandra-barbato\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/student-spotlight-alexandra-barbato\/\">Student Spotlight: Alexandra Barbato<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">By Kat Billo &#8217;25 Tell us a little about yourself. &#8220;My name is Alex Barbato and I am from Utica, NY. I am a senior Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) major.&#8221; Why Engineering? &#8220;I chose engineering because I can&#8217;t handle blood, but I love math and science. I am naturally &#8220;systems&#8221; minded and am constantly [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/dragsters-animatronics-featured-in-tech-competition\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/dragsters-animatronics-featured-in-tech-competition\/\">Dragsters, Animatronics Featured in Tech Competition<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">North Kingstown schools had a great day at a recent Technology Student Association (TSA) competition held at URI\u2019s College of Engineering as part of their spring conference. The event drew some 200 students and judges from schools across the state. Shannon Donovan, a teacher at Wickford Middle School and their state advisor to the TSA [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/ash-giri-published-in-nature\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/ash-giri-published-in-nature\/\">Ash Giri Published in Nature<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Of all of the honors in science and engineering, being published in the journal Nature is at the top of the list. Congratulations to URI Engineering assistant professor Ash Giri and his student C.J. Dionne on their recent publication. Ash&#8217;s research is related to nanoscale thermal transport, energy conversion and storage, nano mechanics, condensed matter [&hellip;]<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/uri-engineering-professor-available-to-discuss-nuclear-fusion-discovery\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/uri-engineering-professor-available-to-discuss-nuclear-fusion-discovery\/\">URI Professor Discusses Nuclear Fusion Discovery<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Professor Bahram Nassersharif discusses the U.S. Department of Energy&#8217;s announcement that fusion ignition has been achieved. Last year, Nassersharif&#8217;s students worked with NASA on a project involving nuclear thermal propulsion.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/uri-votes-receives-new-funding-using-engineering-tools-to-support-democracy\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/11\/uri-votes-receives-new-funding-using-engineering-tools-to-support-democracy\/\">URI VOTES Using Engineering Tools to Support Democracy<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Leading up to this year\u2019s Election Day results, University of Rhode Island engineering professor Gretchen Macht and her team were thinking about how the votes would tally \u2014 but not for the reasons you might think.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2022-cat\/wave-of-the-future\/?fbclid=IwAR3mAdPuDT_eQd2dQszsSSeGxOXD3CSPoccR9uPLDd3wiXGnmYeUmrIqT7s\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/magazine\/issues\/summer-2022-cat\/wave-of-the-future\/?fbclid=IwAR3mAdPuDT_eQd2dQszsSSeGxOXD3CSPoccR9uPLDd3wiXGnmYeUmrIqT7s\">Wave of the Future<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Faculty and students in URI&#8217;s College of Engineering are partnering with federal defense and private industries to advance naval technology and keep the U.S. submarine fleet ahead of those from other countries.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/solar-competition-demonstrates-power-generated-from-the-sun\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/solar-competition-demonstrates-power-generated-from-the-sun\/\">Solar Energy Competition Demonstrates Power Generated from the Sun<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It\u2019s common for students at URI to catch some rays on the quad toward the end of the school year.&nbsp;The students in the Solar Energy Systems course, however, weren\u2019t on the quad to work on their tans. They were catching rays for academic reasons.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/in-the-field-of-heat-transfer-uris-ashutosh-giri-has-emerged-as-a-leading-expert\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/05\/in-the-field-of-heat-transfer-uris-ashutosh-giri-has-emerged-as-a-leading-expert\/\">In the Field of Heat Transfer, URI&#8217;s Ashutosh Giri has Emerged as a Leading Expert<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Ashutosh Giri, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at URI, is making a name for himself in&nbsp;the field of heat transfer. Giri&nbsp;was named the 2022 recipient of the Bergles-Rohsenow Young Investigator Award, presented to an&nbsp;engineer who has demonstrated the potential to make significant contributions to the field of heat transfer.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/partnership-with-the-navy-and-uconn-is-making-a-big-impact-on-research-and-workforce-development\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/partnership-with-the-navy-and-uconn-is-making-a-big-impact-on-research-and-workforce-development\/\">Partnership with Navy and UConn Continues to Make Impact on Research and Workforce Development<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology was formed in 2017 as a partnership of URI, UConn and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative&nbsp;opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/where-motivation-meets-inspiration-youll-find-raymond-turrisi\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/04\/where-motivation-meets-inspiration-youll-find-raymond-turrisi\/\">Where Motivation Meets Inspiration, You\u2019ll Find URI Senior Raymond Turrisi<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">At the URI College of Engineering, there are loads of highly motivated students. One of the finest examples is Raymond Turrisi, who&nbsp;will graduate from URI this spring with dual degrees in mechanical engineering and computer science, and minors in mathematics and robotics.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sustainability\/ask-the-expert-kassia\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/sustainability\/ask-the-expert-kassia\/\">Industrial and Systems Engineering Major Engineers Recycling Plan<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Almeida decided to create a Brookside recycling outreach initiative to teach residents the proper recycling rules, and thanks to her tireless efforts, Brookside residents will now have the option to recycle. Almeida recounted her story in a recent interview with the Office of Sustainability.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/faculty-profile-helio-matos\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/faculty-profile-helio-matos\/\">Testing the Limits and Properties of Structures<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Helio Matos, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at URI, conducts research on how materials and structures perform under dynamic conditions.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/faculty-spotlight-yang-lin\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/faculty-spotlight-yang-lin\/\">Microparticles Could Provide Insight on Environmental Pollution and Heart Disease<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Yang Lin,&nbsp;assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is implementing acoustofluidics to control particles as tiny as one micron. His research could help&nbsp;identify ocean pollutants or reveal new information on cardiovascular disease.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/after-four-decades-uri-professors-legacy-extends-well-beyond-his-lab\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/after-four-decades-uri-professors-legacy-extends-well-beyond-his-lab\/\">After Four Decades, Arun Shukla&#8217;s Legacy Extends Well Beyond His Lab<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In the 40 years Arun Shukla has been an engineering professor at URI, he&#8217;s secured more than 100 research grants totaling over&nbsp;$14 million, earned many prestigious awards and has been published in the most prominent journals. His success is also reflected in the impressive achievements of the 105 graduate students he has mentored.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/keeping-it-cool-uri-researcher-using-young-investigator-award-to-study-how-to-prevent-heat-buildup-in-electronics\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/uncategorized\/2021\/06\/keeping-it-cool-uri-researcher-using-young-investigator-award-to-study-how-to-prevent-heat-buildup-in-electronics\/\">Keeping It Cool: URI Researcher Using Young Investigator Award to Study How to Prevent Heat Buildup in Electronics<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Assistant Professor Ashutosh&nbsp;Giri is&nbsp;researching how to prevent heat buildup in&nbsp;electronic systems at the nanoscale. His research&nbsp;is funded through the Office of Naval Research&#8217;s Young Investigator Program. The three-year grant is for $500,000.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/two-uri-juniors-win-prestigious-goldwater-scholarships\/?fbclid=IwAR0TDm8UdN-UqV3fQTfSl_ssT2OmEf-gNdmzgExlowkf9QHJeD5to-W_khI\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/two-uri-juniors-win-prestigious-goldwater-scholarships\/?fbclid=IwAR0TDm8UdN-UqV3fQTfSl_ssT2OmEf-gNdmzgExlowkf9QHJeD5to-W_khI\">Goldwater Scholarship Earned by Mechanical Engineering Student<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI mechanical engineering student&nbsp;Raymond Turrisi has earned a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious national scholarship for undergraduate students studying the natural sciences, mathematics or engineering.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/a-bright-future\/?fbclid=IwAR1H96P0Op6rNqVZvQ9k7nGxU2pwQgl_uxp905_X5SGNGVUWzZL40QTe3qU\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/a-bright-future\/?fbclid=IwAR1H96P0Op6rNqVZvQ9k7nGxU2pwQgl_uxp905_X5SGNGVUWzZL40QTe3qU\">A Bright Future for Student Studying Solar Energy Systems<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Losing electricity was a daily event in Jesse Duroha\u2019s home in Lagos, Nigeria. That was part of his motivation for pursuing a doctorate in industrial and systems engineering with a focus on solar energy systems at URI.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-college-of-engineering-partners-with-401-tech-bridge-to-assist-rhode-island-advanced-materials-manufacturers\/?fbclid=IwAR20YrmcrXLgHh32PepjpMCoMnxom0I54txz5yY5s49jh9vYTGiMNMwLWto\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/today.uri.edu\/news\/uri-college-of-engineering-partners-with-401-tech-bridge-to-assist-rhode-island-advanced-materials-manufacturers\/?fbclid=IwAR20YrmcrXLgHh32PepjpMCoMnxom0I54txz5yY5s49jh9vYTGiMNMwLWto\">401 Tech Bridge Partners With URI College of Engineering to Assist Manufacturers<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Three Rhode Island companies will benefit from faculty expertise at the URI College of Engineering as part of the 401 Tech Bridge Materials Innovation Challenge.&nbsp;Professors and students from two engineering labs will collaborate with the companies by offering modeling, research, testing and validation assistance.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navsea.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/SavedNewsModule\/Article\/2356381\/nuwc-division-newport-oceanographers-biologists-engineers-collaborate-on-mammal\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.navsea.navy.mil\/Media\/News\/SavedNewsModule\/Article\/2356381\/nuwc-division-newport-oceanographers-biologists-engineers-collaborate-on-mammal\/\">Student Studies Effects of Noise and Shock Loads on Marine Mammals<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Irine Chenwi, a&nbsp;mechanical engineering doctoral student at URI,&nbsp;joined a&nbsp;team of oceanographers, marine biologists and engineers at NUWC this summer to study the effects noise and shock loads have on marine mammals.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/engage-with-the-world\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/engage-with-the-world\/\">Students Study Sustainability In India During Winter J Term<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">A group of engineering students studied sustainability practices in India during URI&#8217;s Winter J Term. The students gained&nbsp;first-hand experience in five different cities.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/gretchen-macht-named-to-pbns-40-under-forty-list\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/gretchen-macht-named-to-pbns-40-under-forty-list\/\">Gretchen Macht Named to PBN&#8217;s 40 Under Forty List<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The Providence Business News (PBN) has named University of Rhode Island Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht to\u00a0its 2019 40 Under Forty list.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/the-human-factor\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/features\/the-human-factor\/\">Considering &#8216;The Human Factor&#8217; In Engineering<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">URI Assistant Professor Gretchen Macht explains why\u00a0the key to building a sustainable future is to create systems informed by the human factor, which, at its core, is how we think and work.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-78206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78207,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/78206\/revisions\/78207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/mcise\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}