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Engineering hires two new data science faculty

Rice University has undertaken a university-wide initiative to increase the quantity and quality of data-driven knowledge and discovery. The Data Science Initiative, funded at roughly $45 million, is part of the university’s recently announced $150 million investment in research excellence.

STAT's Emma Zohner named Computational and Data Science Fellow

Emma Zohner, a second-year doctoral student in statistics at Rice University, is one of 12 recipients of the ACM SIGHPC/Intel Computational and Data Science Fellowships for 2017. The fellowship was established to increase the diversity of students pursuing graduate degrees in data science and computational science.

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.
 

Engineers receive $5 million in NSF funds

Rice engineers are part of two Houston-based teams to receive funding to use math, statistics, AI and neuroscience to better understand the brain.

James Thompson retires

“We are very empirical,” said James R. Thompson, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics    of the Department of Statistics at Rice University. “We have always been data-oriented. We deal with the real world.”
 

Data Science Initiative launched with two new faculty members

Rice University's Data Science Initiative, funded at roughly $45 million, is part of the university’s recently announced $150 million investment in research excellence.

NIH grant funds Center for Engineering Complex Tissues at Rice

Rice bioengineers have received a $6.25 million National Institutes of Health grant to establish the Center for Engineering Complex Tissues to help move tissue engineering from the lab to the clinic by developing new technologies and serving as a collaborative hub for the fast-growing community of surgeons, biomaterials experts and engineers focused on regenerative medicine.
 

Five engineering professors earn promotions

One faculty member has been promoted from associate to full professor, and four from assistant to associate professor, in the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, effective July 1.

Philip Ernst named `Distinguished Teacher'

Philip Ernst, assistant professor of statistics, is the 2017 recipient of the Nicolas Salgo Distinguished Teacher Award, the oldest award given to faculty members at Rice University.  
 

Allen, Padgett win Teaching and Research Excellence Awards

Genevera I. Allen, assistant professor of statistics (STAT), and Jamie E. Padgett, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering (CEE), are the winners of the third annual Teaching and Research Excellence Awards presented by the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.

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