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EERI names DesRoches `Distinguished Lecturer'

Reginald DesRoches, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of the George R. Brown School of Engineering, and professor of civil and environmental engineering, and of mechanical engineering at Rice University, has been honored with the prestigious 2018 Distinguished Lecturer Award by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.
 

Stadler funded to study antibiotic resistance in water treatment

Lauren Stadler, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, is one of six inaugural winners of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D Scholars Award, intended to “support women at significant points in their research careers.”
 

Kim wins best paper award

Jun Kim, graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, has won a Best Student Paper Award at the annual meeting of the Southeast Chapter of the Texas American Water Works Association, or AWWA. One of two winners, he received a $1,000 scholarship and a certificate.
 

'Sweet spot' in material for hydrogen storage

Rice study identifiess 'white graphene' architecture with unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity. 

Shahsavari shares 'best paper' award from American Ceramics Society

Rouzbeh Shahsavari, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, and of materials science and nanoengineering, and principle investigator of the Multiscale Materials Modeling Lab at Rice University, is co-recipient of the best paper award given by the Journal of the American Ceramics Society).
 
 

Pedro Alvarez elected to National Academy of Engineering

http://www.newtcenter.org/Pedro J. J. Alvarez, the George R. Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Rice University and director of the National Science Foundation’s Energy Research Center for Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment at Rice, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
 
 

Weak hydrogen bonds key to strong, tough infrastructure

Rice University lab simulates polymer-cement composites to find strongest, toughest materials.

Fangzhou Guo receives AMS Outstanding Paper Award

American Meteorological Society gives graduate student Outstanding Student Paper Award at its the 20th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry.

White graphene makes ceramics multifunctional

Rice University study shows 2-D layers of boron nitride could aid strength, toughness and thermal conductivity of ceramics.

Dioxane-chomping microbe has helpful gene

Rice University researchers have discovered a bacteria-borne gene that helps degrade a form of dioxane, a groundwater contaminant and suspected carcinogen.

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