Solving for Greater Good
At Rice Engineering and Computing, we collaborate with scientists and scholars across campus and around the world to solve some of the most urgent issues of our time. Through our five research focus areas – Health and Well-being, Energy and Sustainability, Resilient and Adaptive Communities, Advanced Materials, and Future Computing – we are solving for greater good.
Rice research helps power safe return of astronauts in historic Orion splashdown
When NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean April 10, completing a successful Artemis II mission milestone, a critical piece of the spacecraft’s safe return traced back to research at Rice University.
The capsule’s three-parachute system was developed with key computational parachute fluid-structure interaction (FSI) analysis from Rice mechanical engineer Tayfun E. Tezduyar and longtime collaborator Kenji Takizawa, working alongside NASA Johnson Space Center.
Engineering & Computing News
The world-class forum inspired the bioengineering community to pursue moonshot goals.
Student teams successfully complete four distinct projects in the past two years
Each year, AIMBE chooses exceptional biomedical engineering researchers as fellows.
Fellowship program prepares Rice engineers and computer scientists for careers in academia.
Featured Events
Spring 2026 D2K Showcase
April 27 | 5 PM
Student teams from the D2K Capstone course will present their results in projects covering computer vision, natural language processing, data visualization, medical informatics, and more.
2026 Chevron Lecture and Symposium
May 15
Join the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for a lecture with Michael Tsapatsis, supported by Chevron, followed by a research symposium.
InterfaceNeuro 2026
May 19-20
Hosted at the BioScience Research Collaborative, InterfaceNeuro is a two-day conference that combines current topics in neuroengineering, neuroscience, neurosurgery, and related fields.