New Dean Fellows program enhances research in computing, health and sustainability  Thu, 12/12/2024 - 10:48

Inaugural fellows Anastasios Kyrillidis, Omid Veiseh and Haotian Wang to begin appointment Jan. 1.

Team Chronic Outages takes first prize at D2K Fall Showcase Wed, 12/11/2024 - 22:19

Interdisciplinary team improves power outage analysis, equitable energy infrastructure.

Eight Rice materials scientists are among the world’s highly cited researchers Wed, 12/11/2024 - 17:20

Esteemed faculty named to the Web of Science group’s Highly Cited Researchers list recognized for last decade’s most influential papers.

Pulickel Ajayan to step down as chair of materials science and nanoengineering Mon, 12/09/2024 - 08:50

Achievements during his decade of leadership include faculty growth, collaborative global partnerships.

Richard Baraniuk awarded 2025 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal Tue, 12/03/2024 - 16:18

C. Sidney Burrus Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering honored for his outstanding achievements in signal processing.

Rice doctoral student designs electricity-free heating and cooling system Tue, 12/03/2024 - 15:04

Research by Lorenzo Castelli and collaborators expands passive variable insulation to multi-season capabilities.

Michael Wong named associate editor for American Chemical Society journal Tue, 11/26/2024 - 13:44

Rice professor joins the Environmental Science and Technology journal for ACS publications.

Rice Engineering and Computing faculty named to Highly Cited Researchers list Mon, 11/25/2024 - 14:59

Web of Science group‘s list recognizes researchers “who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication.”

Ross Thyer awarded BioMADE grant for sustainable biomanufacturing Mon, 11/25/2024 - 09:53

Funding will support development of genetic toolkit for environmental bacteria to manufacture materials, commodity chemicals.

Clean-tech company Helix Earth secures $5.6M in seed funding Fri, 11/22/2024 - 09:44

Startup led by Rawand Rasheed ’23 develops retrofit devices to reduce energy consumption in air-conditioning systems.