Venue

Being the home of the faculty and students of the College of Engineering since August 2020, the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering (FCAE) is one of the most technologically advanced facilities in the United States. With the generous support of bond issues totaling $150 million from Rhode Islanders, FCAE features 190,000+ square feet of research, classroom, and student space. All-glass walls provide a showcase of the research within the building. With more than $15 million dedicated to core laboratory equipment, some of which are unique in the Northeast, FCAE embraces URIer’s boldness to “Think Big” in interdisciplinary collaboration and equipment essential to forward-looking research. The main entrance opens onto the vast, student-oriented open space that includes a café, a maker space, computer labs, and rooms for capstone projects.

Accommodation: 

Brookside Hall 

at the University of Rhode Island

Opened in 2020, the $94 million residence hall features furnished apartment style suites with six and four single-occupancy bedrooms, a full kitchen and two bathrooms. The fully air conditioned residence hall also houses conference and presentation rooms, a 125-seat multi-purpose room, a 40 seat cafe and access to a bike path. The tall walls of glass will allow generous amounts of sunlight into each room. The building has already successfully accommodated multiple conferences in the past two summers, allowing conference participants enjoy home-style stay with a small budget. 

Please click HERE for a room reservation. 

Brookside Hall introduction video:

Travel Direction:

Air Travel

The 2023 ACSIC SOFC conference is being held on the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus. This beautiful area is rural and accessible internationally via T.F. Green Airport (airport code: PVD). More information about the airport can be found on their website Passengers - Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | PVD (flyri.com).

From T.F. Green Airport it is approximately 22 miles to the URI Kingston campus. We recommend renting a car at the airport to make this 30 minute drive.

Car Rental information can be found at Car Rentals - Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | PVD (flyri.com).

Taxis, Lyft and Uber are all available from the PVD airport.

Boston Logan Airport may also be an option. It is about a 1 hour 30 minutes drive from Boston Logan Airport to URI 

Train Travel

Amtrak Train Service is available to Kingston Station (train station code: KIN), about 1 mile from URI Kingston campus. If you choose this option, you will need to use Uber or Lyft or call a taxi, Wright’s Oceanview Taxi at (401) 596-8294, to get to your hotel.

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Being the home of the faculty and students of the College of Engineering since August 2020, the Fascitelli Center for Advanced Engineering (FCAE) is one of the most technologically advanced facilities in the United States. With the generous support of bond issues totaling $150 million from Rhode Islanders, FCAE features 190,000+ square feet of research, classroom, and student space. All-glass walls provide a showcase of the research within the building. With more than $15 million dedicated to core laboratory equipment, some of which are unique in the Northeast, FCAE embraces URIer’s boldness to “Think Big” in interdisciplinary collaboration and equipment essential to forward-looking research. The main entrance opens onto the vast, student-oriented open space that includes a café, a maker space, computer labs, and rooms for capstone projects.

Accommodation: 

Brookside Hall 

at the University of Rhode Island

Opened in 2020, the $94 million residence hall features furnished apartment style suites with six and four single-occupancy bedrooms, a full kitchen and two bathrooms. The fully air conditioned residence hall also houses conference and presentation rooms, a 125-seat multi-purpose room, a 40 seat cafe and access to a bike path. The tall walls of glass will allow generous amounts of sunlight into each room. The building has already successfully accommodated multiple conferences in the past two summers, allowing conference participants enjoy home-style stay with a small budget. 

Please click HERE for a room reservation. 

Brookside Hall introduction video:

Travel Direction:

Air Travel

The 2023 ACSIC SOFC conference is being held on the University of Rhode Island Kingston campus. This beautiful area is rural and accessible internationally via T.F. Green Airport (airport code: PVD). More information about the airport can be found on their website Passengers - Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | PVD (flyri.com).

From T.F. Green Airport it is approximately 22 miles to the URI Kingston campus. We recommend renting a car at the airport to make this 30 minute drive.

Car Rental information can be found at Car Rentals - Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport | PVD (flyri.com).

Taxis, Lyft and Uber are all available from the PVD airport.

Boston Logan Airport may also be an option. It is about a 1 hour 30 minutes drive from Boston Logan Airport to URI 

Train Travel

Amtrak Train Service is available to Kingston Station (train station code: KIN), about 1 mile from URI Kingston campus. If you choose this option, you will need to use Uber or Lyft or call a taxi, Wright’s Oceanview Taxi at (401) 596-8294, to get to your hotel.

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Checking In:

Checking In: When guests arrive, they can check in directly at Brookside Hall to receive their access card and their room pin. The card will allow for access into the main doors of Brookside and each apartment and bedroom door has a specific 6 digit code that guests will use to unlock the door. Each guest will receive a card for the front door and the card will also have the code for their room on it.

Contacting Staff: Conference Staff will be available each day at the front desk of Brookside from 8am-12:30am for any questions as well as checking guests in. Between 12:30am-8am, staff can be reached at 401-641-9406 for any questions or concerns. Feel free to share this number with all of your guests and this number is also posted in the building as well as the apartment doors for quick access.

Parking/Campus Map: A campus map is attached for your guests. Brookside is located in area B2 of the map. For any guests driving, the parking lot #22 on the map is located behind Brookside and is the closest place for guests to park.

Wifi: Attached for your guests is information to get access to the URI wifi during their stay. We will also have paper copies at the desk of Brookside so guests can easily join wifi after checking in.

Apartment: Each apartment has a full kitchen with fridge, oven, and stove. However, the University does not supply any utensils. Also each bedroom will have linens provided for your guests.

Parking registration/permits are not required during the summer in URI campus. Overnight guests are advised to park in Lot 22 for their stay in Brookside Hall. 

Offsite and day guests for the conferences suggested parking is in Lot 6, although parking is open on weekends in any legal spot, between the white lines. Just no overnight parking on Flagg Road.