The Michael Ross Franco Award was established by Franco’s family “to annually recognize one or more outstanding undergraduate juniors or seniors majoring or minoring in computational and applied mathematics who have demonstrated exemplary performance or excellence in a class and/or undergraduate research.” Applicants should contact the CAAM departmental office.
Rice University scientists create flat composite with tunable optical bandgap
NEST360°, a visionary 10-year effort to save the lives of 500,000 African babies per year, is a finalist for the MacArthur Foundation's first $100 million 100&Change grant.
Rice University civil and environmental engineers to analyze storm’s long-term impact
Rice University bioengineering graduate students Brandon Smith and Emma Watson have received Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards from the National Institutes of Health to develop new biomaterials and carriers for drug delivery that promote craniofacial bone and soft tissue regrowth with reduced risk of infection.
Jing Gu, a junior in mechanical engineering, spent her summer working as a research intern at two universities in Japan. Now she has "a deeper understanding of computational fluid dynamics, and a clearer direction for the future.”
Matthew Wettergreen, a lecturer in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University, helped feed and organzie food distribution for those left homeless by Hurricane Harvey.
Lane Toungate, a junior in chemical engineering at Rice University, bridles at “hero” and prefers to describe his rescue of a pregnant woman during Hurricane Harvey as a case of “right place, right time, right equipment.”
