Undergraduate Advising

Advising Booklet

This Advising Booklet is intended to give first-year undergraduate engineering students an overview of the undergraduate degree programs in the School of Engineering. It includes some general advice and contact information along with degree summaries and sample degree plans for each engineering degree. The degree summaries and sample plans will help you compare majors and provide a starting point for mapping out your own course schedule.

Note: The booklet is intended as a supplement to, not a replacement for, other department advising materials. Although we have worked hard to make this booklet as accurate as possible, the information in the General Announcements is the final authority on degree requirements and academic regulations at Rice.

Download the Fall 2024 Advising Booklet →

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Major Advisors

Bioengineering

  • Sabia Abidi, sabia.z.abidi@rice.edu, B24 Ryon Engineering Laboratories
  • Bilal Ghosn, bghosn@rice.edu, 231 BioScience Research Collaborative
  • James Long, james.long@rice.edu
  • Renata Ramos, renata.ramos@rice.edu, 1016 Duncan Hall
  • Robert Raphael, rraphael@rice.edu, 719 BioScience Research Collaborative
  • Laura Segatori, segatori@rice.edu, 313 BioScience Research Collaborative

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Walter Chapman wgchap@rice.edu B07 Herman Brown Hall
  • Ken Cox krcox@rice.edu 2082 Duncan Hall
  • Amanda Marciel amanda.marciel@rice.edu 231 Space Science & Technology
  • Gerry McGlamery gerald.mcglamery@rice.edu 2087 Duncan Hall
  • Tom Senftle tsenftle@rice.edu 219 Space Science & Technology
  • Ross Thyer ross.thyer@rice.edu 617 BioScience Research Collaborative
  • Kyriacos Zygourakis kyzy@rice.edu W200J George R. Brown Hall

Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Phillip Bedient bedient@rice.edu 116 Keck Hall
  • Jamie Padgett jamie.padgett@rice.edu 213 Ryon Engineering Laboratories
  • Leonardo Duenas-Osorio leonardo.duenas-osorio@rice.edu 212 Ryon Engineering Laboratories

Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research

  • Jesse Chan jesse.chan@rice.edu 3023 Duncan Hall
  • Andrew Schaefer andrew.schaefer@rice.edu 2036 Duncan Hall

Computer Science

  • Risa Myers (Aa - Bz), risamyers@rice.edu, 2062 Duncan Hall
  • Rodrigo Ferreira (Ca - Da), rf29@rice.edu, 3052 Duncan Hall
  • Scott Cutler (Db - Gz), cutler@rice.edu, No Office
  • David B. Johnson (Ha - Ka), dbj@rice.edu, 3007 Duncan Hall
  • Tasos Kyrillidis (Kb-Le), anastasios@rice.edu, 3119 Duncan Hall
  • Rebecca Schreib (Lf - Mz), rjs@rice.edu, 2064 Duncan Hall
  • Stephen Wong (Na - Qz), swong@rice.edu, 3102 Duncan Hall
  • Todd Treangan (Ra - Si), treangan@rice.edu, 3099 Duncan Hall
  • Alan Cox (Sj - Wh), alc@rice.edu, 3009 Duncan Hall
  • Devika Subramanian (Wi - Zz), devika@rice.edu, 3094 Duncan Hall

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Joseph Cavallaro cavallar@rice.edu 3042 Duncan Hall
  • Caleb Kemere caleb.kemere@rice.edu 971 BioScience Research Collaborative
  • John Seymour seymourjp@rice.edu 876 BioScience Research Collaborative
  • Ray Simar ray.simar@rice.edu 2019 Duncan Hall
  • César Uribe cau4@rice.edu 2048 Duncan Hall
  • Gary Woods gary.woods@rice.edu 2023 Duncan Hall
  • Yuji Zhao yz175@rice.edu 338 Brockman Hall

Materials Science and NanoEngineering

  • Yimo Han yh76@rice.edu E208 George R. Brown Hall
  • Hanyu Zhu hz67@rice.edu E200J George R. Brown Hall

Mechanical Engineering

  • Peter Lillehoj lillehoj@rice.edu 675 Bioscience Research Collaborative
  • David Trevas dat7@rice.edu 3129 Duncan Hall

Statistics

  • Elizabeth McGuffey elizabeth.mcguffey@rice.edu 111 Maxfield Hall

Divisional Advisors

Divisional advisors are faculty associates of a residential college who are selected and engaged by College Magisters and the OAA to provide academic advising to students prior to declaring a major.

Visit the Office of Academic Advising website to find your divisional advisor.

Apply to Rice

All prospective undergraduate students should apply through Rice University's Office of Admission. They can also help you schedule a visit to campus.

Learn more about how to Apply to Rice University.