
Michael Wong named associate editor for American Chemical Society journal Tuesday, Nov 26, 2024
Rice professor joins the Environmental Science and Technology journal for ACS publications.

Rice Engineering and Computing faculty named to Highly Cited Researchers list Monday, Nov 25, 2024
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 Monday, Nov 25, 2024
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 Friday, Nov 22, 2024
Startup led by Rawand Rasheed ’23 develops retrofit devices to reduce energy consumption in air-conditioning systems.

Sandra Johnson ’88 to speak at Engineers in the C-Suite Speaker Series Monday, Nov 18, 2024
The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership hosts high-tech trailblazer and business leader on Nov. 21.

Antonio Mendoza honored for paper at IEEE-EMBS international conference Friday, Nov 15, 2024
Electrical and computer engineering graduate student wins Best Paper Award: Runner Up for research in pediatric cardiology.

Rice graduate students place first in ASEM Student Case Competition Friday, Nov 15, 2024
Team is recognized for developing strategies and solutions to a Microsoft engineering management challenge.

Rice student wins first place in Mouser Electronics’ Circuit Showdown Design Contest Thursday, Nov 14, 2024
Electrical and computer engineering junior recognized for indoor air-quality monitor, beehive monitoring system.

José-Miguel Yamal to give 2024 Hispanic/Latino Heritage Statistics Colloquium lecture Thursday, Nov 7, 2024
Rice alumnus, biostatistician and data scientist to deliver talk titled, “Diverse Data: A Hispanic Biostatistician’s Perspective in Academia.”

Rice INFORMS Student Chapter receives Magna Cum Laude Award Thursday, Nov 7, 2024
World’s largest operations research society recognizes achievements of the new undergraduate-led student chapter.

Naomi Halas honored with 2024 Houston Inventor of the Year Award Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024
Houston Intellectual Property Law Association recognizes University Professor as “an undisputed world pioneer in the field of nanophotonics.”

Alina Stavroula Kampouri receives Petroleum Research Fund grant Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024
Funding from the American Chemical Society to support research in metal-organic frameworks for semiconductor technologies.

Vivas Kumar ’14 receives Rice University's Builders Award Monday, Nov 4, 2024
Association of Rice Alumni honors Mitra Chem co-founder for innovations in lithium-ion battery production.

What Makes a Great PhD Mentor? Monday, Nov 4, 2024
Message from the Dean, November 4, 2024.

Haotian Wang receives AAASE Rising Star Award Monday, Oct 28, 2024
Associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering recognized for contributions to decarbonization and sustainable chemical production.

Rice team develops blood-free, point-of-care diagnostic test Monday, Oct 28, 2024
Microfluid skin patch, microneedles detect protein biomarkers in dermal interstitial fluid.

Shiqian Ma receives INFORMS Computing Society Prize Tuesday, Oct 22, 2024
Rice Engineering and Computing professor recognized for work in Riemannian optimization.

Rice-led team places third at International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Monday, Oct 21, 2024
Graduate student Adrian Celaya and team from Rice, the MD Anderson Cancer Center and New York University recognized for segmentation and analysis of tumors.

Rice Engineering and Computing welcomes 32 new faculty members Monday, Oct 21, 2024
New hires enhance Rice Engineering and Computing’s focus on key research areas, excellence in teaching

Rice graduate students help open doors for future leaders in engineering Friday, Oct 18, 2024
Campos, Durán-Chaves and Garcia promote opportunities for underrepresented students through STEM outreach.