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Student presenting their Senior Design Projects at the 2017 Engineering Design Showcase   |   Credit: Doni Soward, Rice University

The Rice Engineering Alumni Association is seeking nominations for its 2017 Alumni Honors Awards. Rice engineering faculty, students, alumni, staff, and other school-affiliated people are eligible to nominate for these awards: Outstanding Alumna/Alumnus, Outstanding Young Engineering Alumna/Alumnus (under age 40), and Distinguished Service Medal. Find out more here.

Quick Facts

More than 60% of engineering undergrads have significant research experience by the time they graduate
Fall 2016 Enrollments: 1507 Undergrads, 934 Graduate Students
Among faculty are 10 members of the National Academies
U.S. News best colleges ranks Rice Engineering #18.
10 design teams won 12 international or national awards in 2015-16

News

Thirteen new faculty members join the School of Engineering

Thirteen new faculty members in seven departments are joining the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.


 

John Clark

John Clark Jr., a Rice fixture for 49 years, dies at age 80


John Clark Jr., professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering and a former master of Sid Richardson College, died Aug. 6 at age 80. A member of the Rice faculty since 1968 and a full professor since 1979, Clark would have completed 50 years of service next July.
Senior mechanical engineer Emma Baker in lab

A word to freshmen about leadership


Welcome fellow Owls! And congratulations on being part of the Rice University Class of 2021. We are so excited to have you here and we can’t wait to see the impact you will make at this university, and beyond.  

 
Photo of C. Herb Ward holding a copy of his book

New books detail Gulf of Mexico before the spill

Rretired Rice professor organizes assessment of the Gulf's health before Deepwater Horizon accident.

Photo of Gururaj Naik conducting an experiment

'Upconverted' light has a bright future


Rice professor developing plasmon-powered devices for medicine, security, solar cells.
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Thirteen new faculty members join the School of Engineering
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John Clark
John Clark Jr., a Rice fixture for 49 years, dies at age 80
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Ball to lead Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
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Image of diagram outlining Yakobson's research. At left, a Rice model predicts how a grain boundary would form on a steep cone and extend onto a shallow cone. Scientists at Oak Ridge confirmed the prediction when they created the material seen in an electron microscope image at right. (Credit: Rice University/Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Landscapes give latitude to 2-D material designers
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tony mikos
AIChE honors Mikos with James E. Bailey Award
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Events

Title: Real-Time Density Functional Tight Binding: A New Computational Tool...
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Thu, Aug 24 2:30 pm
Location:
210 Herzstein Hall
Title: Innovate Design-A-Thon
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Fri, Sep 1 12:00 am
Location:
Brockman Hall 101 Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK)
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Title: Automation & Robotics Workshop
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Thu, Aug 24 8:00 am
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Title: Real-Time Density Functional Tight Binding: A New Computational Tool...
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Date:
Thu, Aug 24 2:30 pm
Speaker:

Dr. Bryan Wong

University of California, Riverside

Title: Generation, Detection, and Manipulation of Light with Ultrahigh-...
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Date:
Fri, Aug 25 10:00 am
Speaker:

Ahmed Zubair
Doctoral Candidate

Title: CAAM Colloquium, TBA
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Mon, Aug 28 3:00 pm
Speaker:

David Fuentes

MD Anderson

THE RESEARCH ENTERPRISE

 

Thirteen new faculty members join the School of Engineering

Thirteen new faculty members in seven departments are joining the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.

 

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