URI Course Catalog 1991-1992, Vol. 87, No. 4

129 Pages·1991·5 MB·English

by  University of Rhode Island

1991-92 BULLETIN-DP
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
GRADUATE SCHOOL
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS OFFICE
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
QUINN HALL, KINGSTON, RI 02881-0809
GRADUATE ADMISSIONS: [phone]
GRADUATE OFFICE: [phone]
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CALENDAR
Contents Fall Semester 1991 December 13, 16-20
Final examinations, Kingston Campus.
4 The University August I 9-September 7
December 19, Thursday
Registration period, College of Continuing
14 Degree Requirements Final date for January candidates to submit
Education (CCE). ·
completed master's and doctoral theses in a
17 Admission and Registration
August 26-30 form acceptable for examination purposes
20 Fees and Financial Aid Registration period, Kingston Campus. along with the request for oral defense of
Deadline for international students to arrive thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL BE
24 Graduate Programs
on campus. GRANTED.T heses must be submitted at·
107 Personnel least 20 calendar days prior to the date
September 2, Monday
requested for oral qefense. Selection of date
116 Index Holiday, Labor Day.
should allow sufficient time for necessary
118 Campus Map September 4, Wednesday revisions and retyping before submission
Classes begin, Kingston Campus. in final form. See deadline below and note
119 Application Forms
at the end of this calendar regarding
September 9, Monday
scheduling examinations during the winter
Classes begin, CCE.
intersession.
September 17, Tuesday
December 21, Saturday
Final date to add Kingston courses, and for
CCE classes and examinations end.
P-F option or audit requests. Fees will not be
adjusted downward for coursesd roppeda fter December 23, Mon!fay
this date. Final grades due in the Office of the
Registrar by 4 p.m.
September 20, Friday
Final date to add CCE courses, and for P-F
option and audit requests.
Spring Semester 1992
October I, Tuesday
Final date for nominations for January
January 6-10
graduation.
Registration period, Kingston Campus.
October 14, Monday
January 6-18
Holiday, Columbus Day. Classes will not
Registration period, CCE.
meet.
January 14, Tuesday
October IS, Tuesday
Classes begin, 8 a.m., Kingston Campus.
Early registration begins for spring 1992
Final date for January degree candidates to
semester, Kingston Campus only.
submit master's and doctoral theses which
October 21, Monday have been successfully defended, in final
Midsemester, Kingston. Final date to drop form. NO EXTENSia°NSO F TIME WILL BE
Kingston courses and to change from P-F GRANTED.
option to grade.
January 20, Monday
October 25, Friday Holiday, Martin Luther King's Birthday.
Midsemester, CCE. Final date to drop ~CE Classes will not meet.
courses and to change from P-F option to
January 21, Tuesday
grade.
Classes begin, CCE.
November 11, Monday
January 28, Tuesday
Holiday, Veteran's Day. Classes will not
Monday classes meet. Final date to add
meet.
Kingston courses, and for P-F option or
November 13, Wednesday audit requests. Fees will not be adjusted down
Monday classes meet. ward for coursesd roppeda fter this date.
Volume 87, Number 4 November 27, Wednesday January 31, Friday
October 1991 Thanksgiving recess begins, 10 p.m. Final date for nominations for May gradua
tion and for submission of annual review of
Dec~mber 2, Monday
Bulletin of The University of Rhode Island Classes resume, 8 a.m. doctoral candidates. Final date for comple
(USPS0 77-740). Published four times a year tion of admissions applications for indivi
in April, August, September, and October by December 10, Tuesday duals seeking financial aid for 1992.
Programs of study due for students admitted
The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, February 4, Tuesday
for fall 1991. Classes end, Kingston Campus.
RI 02881. Second-class postage paid at Final date to add CCE courses, and for P-F
Wakefield, RI 02880. December 11-12 option or audit requests.
Reading days, Kingston Campus.
9/91/22M URI Publications Office
CALENDAR 3
February 14, Friday May 13, Wednesday August 31, Monday
Final date for nominations from depart Final date for all May degree candidates to Deadline for international students to arrive
ments for URI fellowships. · submit master's and doctoral theses, which on campus.
have been successfully defended, in final
February 17, Monday IMPORTANTN OTE:R equests for schedul
form. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL BE
Classes will not meet. ing examinations must be submitted to the
GRANTED. Final grades due in the Office of
Graduate School Office at least 20 calendar
February 19, Wednesday the Registrar by 4 p.m.
days prior to the date(s) requested. Theses
Monday classes meet.
.May 17, Sunday and dissertations must be distributed to
March 3, Tuesday Centennial Commencement. members of the examining committee at
Midsemester, Kingston. Final date to drop least 15 days prior to the date of the
Kingston courses and change from P-F defense. Oral and written examinations,
option to grade. including qualifying and comprehensive
Summer Session 1992
examinations and defenses of theses, will be
March 9, Monday
scheduled only at the convenience of the
Spring recess begins, 8 a.m. NOTE:A ll courses taken by graduate stu faculty members involved and depending
March 16, Monday dents during summer sessions are subject to on the availability of the candidate's pro
Classes resume, 8 a.m. the same regulations regarding inclusion in gram committee and additional qualified
programs of study and calculation of overall examiners. Such examinations will not be
March 18, Wednesday academic average, etc., as courses taken scheduled during periods when the Univer
Midsemester, CCE. Final day to drop CCE during the regular academic year. Students sity is in recess. Students wishing to take
courses and change from P-F option to wishing to take directed studies or special any examinations should first check as to
grade. problems courses during summer sessions the availability and convenience of the
March 30, Monday must obtain individual approval for these faculty members. Each faculty member
Early registration for fall 1992 semester, courses from the Summer Session Office must initial the request for scheduling the
Kingston Campus only. unless the specific offering is listed in the examination to indicate willingness to
Summer Session Bulletin for that year. serve. The faculty should be consulted well
April 1, Wednesday Students wishing to enroll for thesis or in advance for examinations being sched
Final date for nominations from depart . dissertation research during summer ses uled during the winter intersession and
ments for tuition scholarships for the sions must first determine that their major summer session. If they are not registered
1992-93 academic year. Nominations must professors and/or members of their thesis or for coursework or research during the sum
be accompanied by a statement of financial dissertation committees will be available mer sessions, students should register for
need. and are willing to provide the necessary one credit of research to defend theses and
April 15, Monday supervision. See also the important note at for continuous registration to take the other
Admissions applications deadline for fall the end of this calendar regarding schedul examinations. Please note that persons on
1992. ing of examinations, including defenses of continuous registration do not have the
theses, during summer session. See the privileges of consulting regularly with pro
April 16, Thursday Summer Session Bulletin available at the fessors on research or thesis preparation,
Final date for May degree candidates Summer Session Office. nor of using the laboratory, computer, or
to submit completed master's and doctoral
theses in a form acceptable for examination June 5, Friday other educational facilities of the University
purposes, along with the request for oral Final date for nominations for August (except for the Libraries).
defense of thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F graduation.
TIME WILL BE GRANTED. Thesis must be July 16, Thursday
submitted at least 20 calendar days prior to Final date for all August degree candidates
the date requested for the oral defense. to submit completed master's and doctoral
Selection of date should allow sufficient theses in a form acceptable for examination
time for necessary revisions and retyping purposes, along with the request for oral
before submission in final form. See dead defense of the thesis. NO EXTENSIONSO F
line below. TIME WILL BE GRANTED. Theses must be
April 29, Wednesday submitted at least 20 calendar days prior to
Classes end, Kingston Campus. Programs of the date requested for the oral defense.
study due for students admitted in January Selection of date should allow sufficient
time for necessary revisions and retyping
1992.
before submission in final form. See the
April 30-May 1 following important note.
Reading days, Kingston Campus.
August 14, Friday
May4--8, 11 Final date for all August degree candidates
Final examinations, Kingston Campus. to submit master's and doctoral theses,
May 9, Saturday which have been successfully defended, in
CCE classes and examinations end. final form. NO EXTENSIONSO F TIME WILL
BE GRANTED.
4
THE UNIVERSITY
T
he University of Rhode Island The University has nine colleges and In addition to the Kingston Campus,
is a medium-sized state univer three schools: the Colleges of Arts and the University has three other cam
sity located in the southern Sciences, Business Administration, puses. Six miles to the east, the 165-acre
part of Rhode Island in the Continuing Education, Engineering, Narragansett Bay Campus, overlooking
village of Kingston. It was founded as a Human Science and Services, Nursing, the west passage of the Bay, is the site
land-grant college in 1892. As the insti Pharmacy, Resource Development, of the Graduate School df Oceanog
tution expanded, a wide range of edu University College, the Graduate School, raphy with academic and research
cational and scholarly programs were the Graduate School of Library and buildings, and docks for research ves
developed. In part because of its unique Information Studies, and the Graduate sels. The Rhode Island Nuclear Reactor
location near the ocean and six miles School of Oceanography. and several federal laboratories devoted
from Narragansett Bay, the University to marine sciences are also located
The Campus. The University has a
has developed strong marine programs there. The College of Continuing
spacious rural campus 30 miles south of
and has been designated one of the Education, with main offices at 199
Providence in the northeastern metro
national Sea Grant colleges. Promenade Street in Providence, offers
politan corridor between New York and
The University enrolls over 13,000 courses throughout the state. The W.
Boston. The center of the campus is a
students on its Kingston Campus, and Alton Jones Campus is in the western
quadrangle of handsome old granite
another 3,200 in credit courses through section of the state, 20 miles from
buildings surrounded by newer aca
out the state. There are about 13,000 Kingston. Its 2,300 acres of woods,
demic buildings, student residence halls,
undergraduate students, about 3,700 fields, streams, and ponds is the site of
and fraternity and sorority houses. On
graduate students, and a full-time teach environmental education, research, and
the plain below Kingston Hill are gym
ing faculty of about 750. Approximately conference facilities.
nasiums, athletic fields, tennis courts,
1,100 graduate students are in full-time
and agricultural fields.
residence.
THE UNIVERSITY 5
-1'1/
maintains files of funding agencies, The center has an IBM 4831-3 main
Graduate Study
keeps a current facilities inventory, and frame computer and a Prime 6350 mini
Graduate study at the University was is a liaison for the president, the busi computer. Several hundred terminals,
inaugurated in 1907 with the Master of ness manager, the academic deans, the personal computers, and workstations
Science degrees in chemistry and in Research Committee, and the faculty in are located in public work areas and pri
engineering. The Master of Arts degree matters pertaining to general research vate offices. These devices are connected
was first awarded in 1951, and in 1960 policy. to a MICOM data switch or the Univer
the University awarded its first Doctor sity Ethernet network which provide
of Philosophy degree. Graduate work access to the ACC systems and to re
for professional degrees was initiated in Research Resources mote independent compute.rs. Also
1962 when the degree of Master of Pub available are extensive dial-up facilities,
lic Administration was first awarded. The University Libraries. The library as well as external network access to the
Today, the master's degree is offered in collection of about 971,133 bound vol National Science Foundation Network
over 60 areas of study and the doctorate umes and 1,161,411 volume-equivalent and BITNET,t he international network
in 32 areas. microforms is housed in the University for educational centers. The mainframe
The dean of the Graduate School has Library in Kingston, at the College of uses both VM/CMS operating systems to
primary responsibility for administering Continuing Education in Providence, provide large-scale computing in both
policies and procedures relating to and at the Claiborne Pell Marine Sci interactive and batch-processing modes.
advanced study at The University of ence Library on the Narragansett Bay The minicomputer uses the PRIMOS
Rhode Island. Graduate School policy is Campus. The latter was designated the operating system to provide medium
made by graduate faculty members, National Sea Grant Depository in 1971. scale computing. A full complement of
acting through their delegate body, and The University Library, which holds programming languages and packages is
the Graduate Council, which includes the bulk of the collection, has open available on all systems. Remote job
student members. Only the dean or the stacks with direct access to books, peri entry services to the mainframe are
Graduate Council may grant exceptions odicals, documents, maps, microforms, available from Prime, TSO, and depart
to the regulations for graduate study, and audiovisual materials. The Special mental system users. Self-service printers
which are explained in detail in the Collections Department collects and are located at major terminal clusters.
GraduateS tudentM anual. maintains rare books, manuscripts, the Extensive computer graphics and text
The University graduate programs of University archives, and a variety of processing facilities are also offered.
study are listed below. Work in a com special interest materials. Service hours The ACC provides facilities manage
bination of special areas is usually pos at the other libraries vary, but the Uni ment services for campus microcom
sible. Graduate-level coursework appli versity Library provides full reference, puter laboratories featuring both IBM
cable to a number of these programs is bibliographic, and circulation services PC-compatible and Apple Macintosh
offered in several locations throughout during most of the 90 hours per week it personal computers. Numerous applica
the state by the College of Continuing is open. Terminals linked to the Aca tion software packages are available.
Education. In most cases, however, a demic Computer Center are available in The microcomputer laboratories are
portion of the coursework must be the library during the hours both facili used for faculty research and teaching
taken on the Kingston Campus. ties are open. A computer-based biblio and for student coursework. In addi
graphic system makes most books avail tion, two computer classrooms with 20
able to users one week after their terminals each are available.
receipt. Arrangements can be made to A resource room in Tyler Hall is
Research
borrow out-of-print material from other equipped with several Macintosh and
· Within Rhode Island's system of libraries through the Interlibrary Loan IBM PC microcomputer systems and an
higher education, the University has Office in the University Library. engineering scientific workstation. This
the major responsibility for graduate facility serves as a center for getting
The Academic Computer Center. The
study which is closely associated with a hands-on experience with microcom
Academic Computer Center (ACC) pro
strong program of research. Specialized puter hardware, software, and periph
vides computational resources needed
research, education, and public service eral devices. Additionally, microcom
by the University community for
projects are carried on in all depart puter vendors contribute and loan
instruction and research. Located in
ments and programs offering graduate Tyler Hall on the Kingston Campus, hardware and software on a temporary
degrees. Sponsored research throughout basis for demonstration and user
the ACC maintains central computing
the University is supported by a total of evaluation.
facilities, supports microcomputing
approximately $32 million per year. activities, provides facilities manage The Writing Center. The Writing Cen
Support comes from foundations, com ment and data communication assis ter provides assistance to anyone in the
mercial firms, and federal and state gov
tance to departmental systems, and University community who needs help
ernment. The University ranks among offers a wide variety of support services with any phase of writing a paper. The
the top five percent of the country's
in these areas. The computer network Writing Center is staffed by the Depart
colleges and universities in the amount
and related services have been expand ment of English College Writing Pro
of research funding received. ing steadily since the center opened in gram faculty, Department of English
The vice provost for research and 1959, and now a majority of the stu graduate students, and undergraduate
services signs, on behalf of the Univer
dents, faculty members, and staff use peer tutors. Tutoring is provided by
sity, applications for research grants,
the facilities. appointment on an individual basis.
6 THE UNIVERSITY
The center helps students become
Graduate Degree Programs better writers and provides an environ
ment in which writers can write with
Master of Arts Plant Science paper and pencil, or on one of the
Psychology (school) center's 10 Macintosh computers.
Audiology
Comparative Literature Resource Economics Students may use an array of software,
Speech-Language Pathology
Economics including word processing software, to
Statistics
Education produce their work with support from
Textiles, Clothing, and Related Art
• Education Research center staff. The computers and soft
Zoology
• Elementary Education ware in the Writing Center are compat
• Reading Education ible with those in other labs campus
Doctor of Philosophy
• Science Education wide.
• Secondary Education Applied Mathematical Sciences The Writing Center is open approxi
• Adult Education • Applied Mathematics mately 40 hours per week, including
English • Computer Science daytime and evening hours. Appoint
French • Operations Research
ments for tutoring may be made by
History • Statistics
calling [phone], or by visiting
Marine Affairs • Applied Probability
the center in Room 313, Independence
Philosophy Biological Sciences
Political Science • Biochemistry and Biophysics Hall.
• International Relations • Botany Other Research Facilities. The Com
Spanish • Fisheries, Aquaculture, and puter Science Laboratory in the Depart
Speech-Language Pathology Pathology ment of Computer Science is used solely
• Food Science and Nutrition
to support research activities and upper
Master of Science • Microbiology
level instruction in the department. It
• Natural Resources
Accounting contains two VAX minicomputers and a
• Plant Pathology
Audiology classroom containing a network of 12
• Plant Science
Biochemistry and Biophysics • Zoology Apollo graphics workstations. Terminals
Botany
Business Administration to the minicomputers are available in
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering faculty and graduate student offices, and
Chemistry
Chemistry another 18 Apollos are dedicated to
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering research use. The Narragansett Bay Cam
Clinical Laboratory Science
Economics-Marine Resources pus has a Prime 750 and a Microvax II
Computer Science
Electrical Engineering for timesharing use, and a high-speed
Electrical Engineering
• Biomedical Engineering data link to the Academic Computer
Fisheries, Aquacuhure, and Pathology
Food Science and Nutrition English Center. The College of Engineering has a
Geology Mathematics Digital VAX 8600 minicomputer with
Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Human Development, Counseling, and terminals in all engineering buildings
Mechanics
Family Studies linked to the Academic Computer
Nursing
• Human Development and Family Center's system. The Department of
Ocean Engineering
Studies Electrical Engineering has two Data
Oceanography
• Marriage and Family Therapy General Eclipse computers and several
Pharmaceutical Sciences
• College Student Personnel microcomputer systems. A Nova 4/S
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Counseling* computer with a 16-channel A-D
• Pharmaceutics
Labor and Industrial Relations • Pharmacognosy converter, Versatec printer-plotter, a
Manufacturing Engineering
• Pharmacology and Toxicology videographic terminal, and a hard disk
Mathematics
Physics system are located in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering and Applied
Psychology Ocean Engineering. It has a micropro
Mechanics
cessor interface and a magnetic tape
Medicinal Chemistry
Professional Degrees input/output system. A Tectronix 4051
Microbiology
Natural Resources Master of Business Administration minicomputer with a digitizer and a bed
Nursing (M.B.A.) plotter, and a T.l. FS990/4 microcom
Ocean Engineering Master of Community Planning puter with a 64-channel A-D converter
Oceanography (M.C.P.) are also available. The Department of
Pharmaceutics Master of Library and Information Chemistry has a VAX 730 computer, an
Pharmacognosy Studies (M.L.l.S.) FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared Spec
Pharmacology and Toxicology Master of Marine Affairs (M.M.A.) trometer 60SX), a DEC PDP ll-34A
Pharmacy Administration Master of Music (M.M.) computer, and a Data General Eclipse
Physical Education Master of Public Administration 130 computer.
Physical Therapy (M.P.A.) Four other computer facilities are
Physics Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) available in the College of Business Ad
Plant Pathology-Entomology *A dmissions suspended. ministration. The Dennis W. Callaghan
Microcomputer Lab, housed in the Col-
THE UNIVERSITY 7
lege of Business Administration, has 40 ocean research vessel, the LaurieL ee, assessment. Functional electrical stimu
networked IBM PCs, and the Decision and a 65-foot ocean engineering vessel, lation for the spinal-cord injured and
Support Lab consists of 20 Prime termi the RV EdsonS chock,a re also part of the other neurologically impaired patients
nals linked to the University's Prime fle~t. The University fisheries school is made possible through a cooperative
super-minicomputers. The College's operates a 52-foot long training vessel, arrangement with the nonprofit organi
General Computer Facility contains a the CaptainB ert.A nUP1ber of smaller zation, Shake-A-Leg,I nc. Clinical evalu
Prime Printronix high-speed printer vessels are also available. The Graduate ation, treatment, and collaborative
and 20 terminals for accessing the IBM School of Oceanography also has a fully studies are possible in exercise science
mainframe and the Prime super-mini equipped research diving facility. through cooperation with researchers
computers. This extensive computer A research reactor and associated in the Department of Physical Educa
capability is duplicated at the College of f~cilities are available to University tion, Health, and Recreation.
Continuing Education in Providence students at the Rhode Island Nuclear The Speech and Hearing Center has
on a somewhat smaller scale so that Science Center, located on the Narra one-way vision and listening facilities
both day and evening students can gansett Bay Campus. Constructed and and diagnostic equipment for speech
avail themselves of the latest in com- operated by the state of Rhode Island, and language testing. Sound-treated
puter technology. ,. this critical reactor is extensively used testing rooms meeting ANSI standards
Other equipment includes major lab for research by many departments of and audiometric equipment provide for
oratories for digital pattern recognition the University. The reactor, designed audiologic evaluation and research.
and digital image processing, computer for 5MW, is now operating at 2MW.
automation ("robotics"), optical proper Hot laboratories, counting equipment,
ties of materials anp microelectronics, neutron spectrometers (including a Research Units
and materjals research, a mechanical unique polarized-beam, small-angle
properties testing facility, including an instrument), and multichannel ana In addition to the research in various
Instron 1125 and a MTS Series 810 test lyzers are also available. departments, the following special
ing machine and a NETZSCH4 0916 The College of Nursing has practice research agencies have been established.
thermal analyzfr, a fielq station for laboratories equipped with a heart
Agricultural Experiment Station. This
radiopropagation research, reverberant sound simulator us~d by students in
station within the College of Resource
and anechoic rooms for airborne acous primary health care. The media center
Development is the designated Rhode
tics work, a low-speed wind tunnel for at White Hall qmtains various types of
Island/USDA partnership organization
fluid mechanics studies, a zoom transfer learning modules and microcomputers
for research in the agricultural sciences.
scope, a digital planimeter and radial for research and instruction.
Basic and applied investigations in
plotter for applied remote sensing, and Housed in the Morrill' Science Build
natural and human resources are car
instrumentation including atomic ing, the URI Central Electron Micro
ried out by 54 senior scientists assigned
absorption, emission, infrared, mass, scope Facility has a JEOL 1200 EX scan
to college departments. Their research
nuclear magnetic resonance (H-1, C-13), ning-transmission electron microscope
promotes conservation and manage
Raman X-ray diffraction/fluorescence (STEM).T his is a high-resolution micro
ment of resources, improvement of the
and ultraviolet spectrometers, gas and scope with transmission, scanning,
quality of environment, enhancement
liquid chromatographs, gas chromato scanning transmission, and diffraction
of home life, and support of resource
graph-mass spectrograph, electron capabilities. Ultramicrotomes, carbon
using business an<l ind4stry. A strong
microscopes, scannjng electron micro evaporators, parkroom facilities, and .
orientation toward estuarine and
scopes, metallographs, nuclear-counting other equipment for specimen prepara
marine issues and an interdisciplinary
equipment, and multichannel analyzers. tion are also available. The facility is
approach to resource research are
Equipment available for marine available for use by graduate students
station characteristics. The progress of
research includes chambers for leak and other University personnel, and for
research and complete results of indi
testing equipment prior to deep-sea use, research projects and instruction. The
vidual projects are published in station
marine geotechnical labpratory facili facility is staffed by a director and a
bulletins, which are available to Rhode
ties for sediment testing, X-ray radio technical specialist who maintains the
Island residents upon request.
graphs, a gamma-ray core scanner, a facility and assists and trains users.
wave and towing tank, µnderwater Advice in project design is also pro The Biotechnology Center. This center
acoustics test facilities, a marine experi vided, and assistance with biological was established to coordinate anq foster
mental aquarium, a marine ecosystem preparation is available by special interdisciplinary research in the agricul
labora,tory, and an oceanographic arrangement. The facility welcomes tural, medical, marine, and food sci
remote sensing laboratory which pro projects of all sorts, in both the biologi ences and their supporting basic science
cesses sea surface data. The University cal and physical sciences. disciplines. It provides a structure to en
also operates a SEABEAMfa cility for The Physical Therapy Program in the courage interaction between the aca
mapping the sea floor. Keaney-Tootell complex has established demic, governmental, and industrial
The University's research vessel, a clinical research unit which includes a sectors of the state economy. The cen
Endeavor,o perated by the Graduate computerized BIODEXm uscle perfor ter identifies new research opportuni
School of Oceanography, is a 177-foot mance testing dynamometry system, a ties in biotechnology and organizes
ship capable of working in all parts of METRECOMp ostural analysis system, seminars and workshops on topics in
the world's oceans. It can carry a scien and an ARIELb iomechanical analysis biotechnology. All members of the
tific party of 16. A 59-foot, high-speed system for human motor performance University community whose research
8 THE UNIVERSITY
touches upon biotechnology may par and draws its professional staff from all fibers, investigations of two-and three
ticipate in the center's activities. While departments of the college. The institute dimensional flows about cylinder arrays,
the center is not an academic unit of maintains a close liaison with human and the development of a rational
the University, it identifies topics in service agencies such as the Rhode theory of flow and particle extraction in
biotechnology for study in the various Island Department of Education, Rhode porous media.
departments of the University at the Island Social and Rehabilitative Services,
Design for Manufacture Research
graduate and undergraduate level. It is and the Rhode Island Institute of Mental
Center. The center is based in the
administered in the College of Resource Health, Rehabilitation, and Hospitals.
Department of Industrial and Manufac
Development by a steering committee
Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic. turing Engineering. It involves four
with a chairman selected from the
This is an integral part of the graduate faculty members and graduate research
college.
training program in marriage and family assistants, at both the master's and
Center for Atmospheric Chemistry therapy in the Department of Human doctoral levels. Center research is con
Studies (CACS). The center is a focal Development, Counseling, and Family cerned with the relationships between
point for the development of a broad Studies. Established in 1982, it is located product design decisions and manufac
scale research effort in atmospheric at the Transition Center on Lower turing efficiency. Topics considered
sciences at the University, provides a College Road. The Marriage and Family include product structure analysis, com
resource in atmospheric chemistry and Therapy Clinic provides counseling parison of material and process selec
air pollution research for the state of services to families and clinical super tions, and product design for manufac
Rhode Island, and provides direction vision to graduate students. It creates turing automation. The center's goal is
and leadership for several multi-institu research opportunities for both graduate to produce database analysis tools
tional, multinational research programs students and faculty members in family which can be used by product develop
examining global-scale problems in interaction and family systems. Various ment teams. Funding is provided by the
atmosph~ric chemistry. data-gathering devices are used to give National Science Foundation and vari
feedback to families served and to gradu ous industries in the United States.
Child Development Center. The cen
ate student therapists, and to produce a
ter does qualitative and quantitative Environmental Data Center (EDC).
database for ongoing research. The clinic
research with preschool children in a The Environmental Data Center is a
promotes the use of its facilities by local
specially designed, campus-based day cooperative effort between the Rhode
families and accepts referrals from the
care facility. Graduate students and fac Island Department of Environmental
Rhode Island Family Court, school sys
ulty are involved with the children and Management and the URI Department
tems, clergy, and health personnel.
their parents during the calendar year. of Natural Resources Science. The pur
Ail aspects of child development are The Chester H. Kirk Applied Engineer pose of the project is to develop a state
available for investigation, with a par ing Laboratory. The filtration research wide database of essential natural
ticular opportunity to observe socializa laboratory at The University of Rhode resource information using Geographic
tion skills and processes. Island is one of a few laboratories na Information System (GIS) computer
tionwide studying filtration processes technology. The EDC is the primary
Core Facility. The Core Facility is a
from a fundamental point of view. At focus of data entry, analysis, and map
center of expertise in the design and
the heart of this center is a generous output production for the state GIS
fielding of new deep-ocean sampling
donation of equipment made by the program. Online data sets can be made
technology. It provides a wide range
Fram Corporation, a division of the available for teaching and research pur
of services to an international user
Allied Corporation. This includes a two poses through the URI Academic Com
community in the area of equipment
channel, computer-controlled laser puter Center. Integration of diverse
development, as well as supporting the
anemometer system, a PDP 1134 com data layers such as soils, landcover,
traditional geological sampling require
puter and two Apollo computers, a low hydrology, geology, zoning, and politi
ments of the marine community. It
turbulence level wind tunnel, a water cal boundaries plays a significant role
maintains a collection of historical geo
channel, extensive instrumentation for in managing Rhode Island's rapidly
logical samples, accessible to qualified
the generation and analysis of aerosols, changing landscape.
investigators.
and a variety of other instrumentation
Food Science and Nutrition Research
The Institute of Human Science and equipment. The laboratory is
Center (FSNC). The FSNC has been
and Services. The institute sponsors housed in the Kirk Building, has associ
designed to house all the graduate edu
research and support activities in the ated faculty from the Departments of
cation and research programs in food
human sciences and services, particu Mechanical and Chemical Engineering,
science and nutritional science. The
larly in the areas of evaluation, measure and has access to other expertise within
center is administered by the College of
ment, survey research, curriculum devel the College of Engineering and the Uni
Resource Development and located in
opment, training, and human services versity, as needed. The laboratory excels
West Kingston. In addition to its own
policy and management. Institute activi in its focus on developing a basic scien
microcomputer facilities, the center has
ties focus on areas t~cluding education, tific understanding of filtration and
16 fully equipped research laboratories
human development, the family, geron separation processes, and in its intention
including those dedicated to carotenoid
tology, exercise science, consumer to maintain close ties with the industrial
chemistry, vitamin A, nutrient interac
affairs, counseling, and public policy. applications for its work. Planned re
tion, food bioprocessing, physical prop
The institute is an integral part of the search projects include detailed studies
erties of food, industrial microbiology,
College of Human Science and Services of the physics of particle capture by
food chemistry, and food safety. There
THE UNIVERSITY 9
cal examinations, chemical analyses of
expired and blood gases, lectures, and
demonstrations.
Institute for International Business.
The mission of URI's Institute for Inter
national Business is to strengthen,
enlarge, and sustain research, teaching,
and training in the field of interna
tional business.
Intergovernmental Policy Analysis
Program (IPAP). Created by The Uni
versity of Rhode Island in February
1978 as a means to improve the respon
siveness of the University to the needs
of state government, IPAP is currently
organized as an office under the pro
vost. As a research unit at the Univer
sity, IPAP works to provide an innova
tive program that can meet many of
state government's critical and short
term needs as well as long-term require
ments. Since its inception, IPAP has
received grants from state government
agencies to assist in research design,
resource development, and policy
analysis, and has coordinated the
state's Executive and Legislative State
Science, Engineering, and Technology
Programs with funding from the
National Science Foundation. In
addition, other grant projects have
been funded by regional and federal
governments, and by private research
organizations.
International Center for Marine
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Resource Development (ICMRD).
Founded in 1969, ICMRD serves devel
optng countries in the field of interna
tional marine sciences. Responding to
the needs of these developing countries,
the center has implemented research
is a research winery with its own walk quilts, shawls, and many international
and training programs utilizing an inte
in cold room and incubators. The Ani costumes. A full-time curator and fac
grated approach to technical assistance
mal Laboratory conforms to all federal ulty are available to assist scholars and
considering the social, cultural, eco
codes for animal research with separate museum professionals with problems of
nomic, and technical aspects of fishery
rooms available for toxicological, radio classification, identification, conserva
development and coastal resource man
active, and growth studies. The FSNC tion, and storage of textile items.
agement. ICMRD serves_a s the catalyst
also has both food processing and sea
Human Performance Laboratory. The for University-wide international devel
food processing pilot plants. The center
Human Performance Laboratory in the opment programs as well as a center for
has the facilities and equipment to pro
Department of Physical Education, the transfer of appropriate technology.
vide instruction, research, and service
Health, and Recreation offers measure The center draws on the expertise of
in the fields of food science and nutri
ment and exercise counseling services faculty and staff to develop comprehen
tional science.
to local, state, and regional agencies, sive solutions to the needs of develop
Historic Costume and Textiles Collec industrial corporations, established ing countries and to requests made by
tion. A historic costume and textile col exercise programs, athletic teams, and its principal funding source, the Agency
lection of over 16,000 items is housed individuals with medical referrals. It is for International Development (AID).
in the Department of Textiles, Fashion concerned with the total person and
Labor Research Center. the Labor
Merchandising, and Design. The collec with the individual's response to the
Research Center is a tripartite, indepen
tion, of national significance, features demands of physical evaluation and
dent, multidisciplinary unit devoted to
18th and 19th century costumes, the participation. The laboratory has facili
the study and teaching of subjects
Weaver Rose Collection, early American ties for exercise stress evaluation, medi-