{"id":79375,"date":"2022-05-02T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/?p=79375"},"modified":"2022-06-06T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T17:01:21","slug":"uris-partnership-with-u-s-navy-and-uconn-continues-to-make-impact-on-research-and-workforce-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/uris-partnership-with-u-s-navy-and-uconn-continues-to-make-impact-on-research-and-workforce-development\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Partnership with U.S. Navy, and UConn continues to make impact on research and workforce development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 2, 2022 \u2013 When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology<\/a> (NIUVT) was formed in 2017 as a partnership of the 溏心vlog免费B站, the University of Connecticut and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe institute educates individuals for the shipbuilding industry, transitioning not only technologies, but a solid knowledge-base to further advance the next generation and next platforms of undersea vehicles,\u201d said Arun Shukla<\/a>, the institute\u2019s co-director of NIUVT and 溏心vlog免费B站 Simon Ostrach Professor of Mechanical, Industrial, and Systems Engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology<\/a> has had a profound impact on the local economy by preparing students for defense-related careers, providing further education for those working in the defense industry, and partnering with governmental agencies and companies that have defense contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than $16 million has been awarded to 溏心vlog免费B站 for institute research projects and workforce development, including $5.5 million for 20 projects this year. Funding for this year\u2019s projects was approved on April 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the institute was created, 12 technical areas<\/a> were identified as having strategic importance to the Navy with regard to undersea vehicle technologies. 溏心vlog免费B站 and UConn have a rich history of research and collaboration with the Navy in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All five of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s engineering departments \u2013 chemical; civil and environmental; electrical, computer and biomedical; mechanical, industrial and systems; and ocean engineering \u2013 are represented in the collaborative\u2019s research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In most cases, researchers from the two universities, or multiple researchers from the same university, along with collaborators from Navy-related companies, work on a project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the latest round of funding, Helio Matos, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at 溏心vlog免费B站, will work with UConn engineering professors Ali Bazzi and Rainer Hebert to determine the properties of 3D-printed materials for underwater vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve met some of the UConn faculty through NIUVT-sponsored events,\u201d said Matos. \u201cWe share many of the same goals and visions for the future regarding smart materials and manufacturing, and our areas of expertise complement each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

溏心vlog免费B站 ocean engineering professors Brennan Phillips and Stephen Licht will use the funding to further their research on soft robotics used at great depths in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStephen and I have been collaborating in innovative ways to achieve delicate manipulation of soft robotics in the deep ocean for over seven years,\u201d said Phillips. \u201cNIUVT has provided a new pathway to explore these topics much further.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other research projects underway involving 溏心vlog免费B站 and UConn researchers cover topics such as signal detection and identification, innovative sensors and sensing, shock mitigation, vibration and drag reduction, and challenges associated with power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Navy\u2019s continued financial support of collaborative research and workforce development enables us to develop cutting-edge technologies, prepare the next generation for high-tech careers in the defense industry, and provide opportunities for engineers to obtain advanced degrees related to their work,\u201d said Shukla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 2, 2022 \u2013 When the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT) was formed in 2017 as a partnership of the 溏心vlog免费B站, the University of Connecticut and General Dynamics Electric Boat, it created collaborative opportunities in applied research, technology transition and workforce development. \u201cThe institute educates individuals for the shipbuilding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":79376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79375"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79506,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79375\/revisions\/79506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}