URI student travels the world en route to engineering degree
May 6, 2008
Judging by New Britain, Conn., resident Aaron Hebenstreit’s passport, it appears that he spent much of his college education traveling abroad. And that is exactly why he chose to enroll in the University of Rhode Island’s International Engineering Program (IEP).
Barrington resident to graduate URI as top biomedical engineering student
May 8, 2008
Barrington resident Alison O’Malley wasn’t entirely sure what biomedical engineering was before she decided to study it at the University of Rhode Island, but she made a good choice.
URI student to start computer engineering career in Germany
Johnston resident Joey Micheli describes himself as “the kid on the block who loved computers and helped all my neighbors with their computer problems.” Those experiences drove him to study computer engineering at the University of Rhode Island, from which he will graduate on May 18.
URI’s Sigma Xi Chapter inducts 21 research scientists, engineers
May 7, 2008
Twenty-one undergraduate and graduate students along with some of their professors were inducted into the University of Rhode Island’s chapter of Sigma Xi, the oldest and largest society of research scientists and engineers in the world. Induction ceremonies were held during a banquet last month.
URI Foundation announces 2008 Excellence Award winners
May 5, 2008
Glen R. Kerkian, President of the University of Rhode Island Foundation today announced the winners of the Foundation’s 2008 Excellence Awards. The awards were established in 1974 to recognize members of the staff or faculty of the University who go above and beyond their responsibilities to enhance the objectives of a particular department as well as the University as a whole.
Winners, who were chosen for each of the four categories of awards, will be recognized at an official ceremony in the fall and will also receive a framed citation and a $2,000 cash award.
Mohammad Faghri, of East Greenwich, professor of engineering, is the winner of the 2008 URI Foundation Scholarly Excellence Award.
Kingston resident taking URI engineering degree to med school
May 7, 2007
University of Rhode Island senior Suchismita Datta, who had taken a seemingly endless number of engineering classes, was looking for something else to satisfy her growing intellectual appetite. After seeing a flyer for the International Engineering Program (IEP), she decided to investigate.
URI engineer challenges computer users to 'attack' program designed to combat manipulation of product rating systems
April 23, 2007
To detect manipulated or unfair ratings, Sun and URI colleagues Qing Yang and Yafei Yang have developed an algorithm that can detect suspicious ratings for vendors like Amazon. A $1,000 prize is offered to the individual or team that can introduce the largest bias in the rating system, testing its effectiveness.
Globalization of engineering topic of URI Engineering Entrepreneurship Lecture
CEO of Northeast Engineers & Consultants to discuss globalization of engineering as part of URI's Engineering Entrepreneurship Lecture series
URI engineering students to benefit from $160,000 gift from turf industry leader
April 13, 2007
"Education is the most important thing you can have, because nobody can take it away from you," H. Winfield Tucker said. The Tuckers have backed up that advice with a $160,000 donation to URI to enhance the H. Winfield Tucker Jr. Engineering Scholarship Endowment to support undergraduate engineering students from South County.
Black Scholar Awards
The University of Rhode Island's 10th Annual Black Scholar awards program, " Celebrating a Decade of Young, Gifted and Black" will feature D. Crystal Byndloss of Temple University as the keynote speaker.
NUWC Newport establishes Center of Excellence in Undersea Technology with URI
The Center's mission will be to establish cooperative research, product development, technology transfer, and science and technology training and educational alliances between NUWC and other center partners. In addition to granting this award to the University of Rhode Island, NUWC is also providing $150,000 to assist in the creation of this new center
Engineering professor awarded $400,000 NSF 'early career' grant
URI researcher Yan Sun awarded a $400,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a systematic plan to build "trust infrastructure" in computer networks.
URI Launches New Program in Pharmaceutical Engineering
Thursday, July 12, 2007
Students interested in pursuing careers in the biopharmaceutical industry have a unique new educational option at the University of Rhode Island - one of the nation's first undergraduate programs in pharmaceutical engineering.
American Biophysics (Mosquito MagnetTM) - The Early Days
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
American Biophysics is the Rhode Island company that invented the Mosquito Magnet, propane powered mosquito trap. This is the story of the company's beginnings, the early research and discoveries
