Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, a leading independent, coeducational university with programs in the liberal arts and the professions, where students become community- and globally-minded citizens through project-based, experiential learning.
(see more)Located in Bristol, Rhode Island, Roger Williams University, a leading independent, coeducational university with programs in the liberal arts and the professions, where students become community- and globally-minded citizens through project-based, experiential learning.
RWU Engineering and Chemistry Students Research Microplastics in Narragansett Bay
Senior Michelle Kryl, an Environmental Engineering major from Westhampton Beach, N.Y., junior Ashlee Lewandoski, an Environmental Engineering major with minors in Mathematics and Sustainability Studies from Bristol, Conn., and Grace DiBlasio, a junior Chemistry major from North Andover, Mass., are part of a multi-year student research team, working to determine the volume and types of microplastics entering Narragansett Bay. Along with Lillian Jeznach, Associate Professor of Engineering at Roger Williams University, the students have been working on the long-term microplastic sampling campaign to develop a database of freshwater and atmospheric microplastic measurements in Rhode Island. Part of their work will also create sampling and analysis methods that are accessible to all Engineering undergraduate students in the program.
Experiential Learning -
2023 Dec 14
RWU Student Designs Robot to Study Molecular Longevity
Senior Colton Pelletier, a Biology and Applied Mathematics double major from Bristol, Conn., used his interdisciplinary education to construct a robot that documents the life span of rotifers, as part of Roger Williams University's Molecular Longevity Laboratory. Pelletier's robot, which he dubbed the Roti-bot, documents the life span of rotifers, a microscopic aquatic invertebrate that has a genome relatively similar to humans, making them ideal model organisms to study in relation to molecular longevity.
Experiential Learning -
2023 Dec 14