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Thirteen new faculty members join the School of Engineering
Monday, August 21, 2017
Thirteen new faculty members in seven departments are joining the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University.
 
John Clark
John Clark Jr., a Rice fixture for 49 years, dies at age 80
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
John Clark Jr., professor of electrical and computer engineering and of bioengineering and a former master of Sid Richardson College, died Aug. 6 at age 80. A member of the Rice faculty since 1968 and a full professor since 1979, Clark would have completed 50 years of service next July.
Photo of Zachary Ball
Ball to lead Institute of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Ball succeeds Jane Grande-Allen, who will continue to serve as the Isabel C. Cameron Professor and chair of the Department of Bioengineering.

Image of diagram outlining Yakobson's research. At left, a Rice model predicts how a grain boundary would form on a steep cone and extend onto a shallow cone. Scientists at Oak Ridge confirmed the prediction when they created the material seen in an electron microscope image at right. (Credit: Rice University/Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
Landscapes give latitude to 2-D material designers
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
 
Rice University, Oak Ridge scientists show growing atom-thin sheets on cones allows control of defects.
tony mikos
AIChE honors Mikos with James E. Bailey Award
Tuesday, August 8, 2017

Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice University, is the recipient of the 2017 James E. Bailey Award in Biological Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).

Ashutosh Sabharwal
Sabharwal and colleagues honored by IEEE for Best Systems Paper
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Ashutosh Sabharwal,  professor of electrical and computer engineering (ECE) at Rice University, is a co-recipient of  the 2017 Jack Neubauer Memorial Award for the Best Systems Paper over the last few years published in the IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 
 
Senior mechanical engineer Emma Baker in lab
A word to freshmen about leadership
Monday, August 7, 2017
Welcome fellow Owls! And congratulations on being part of the Rice University Class of 2021. We are so excited to have you here and we can’t wait to see the impact you will make at this university, and beyond.  
 
Picture of a 3-D model of a neural network (Artwork courtesy of Xaq Pitkow)
Engineers receive $5 million in NSF funds
Thursday, August 3, 2017

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

Picture of the BiliSpec, invented at Rice University, a hand-held diagnostic device
NEST 360Ëšdevice wins grant for continued development
Wednesday, August 2, 2017

The BiliSpec jaundice diagnostic device won funding support at the 7th annual DevelopmentXChange event.

Diagram of three images showing how structural colors were printed on the same sheet of paper coated with copolymers through the application of ammonium persulfate and ethanol. Hydrogen bromide was used to neutralize the solvents and create a blank paper on which to print again. CREDIT: Rice University
Technique enables printable and rewritable color images
Tuesday, August 1, 2017

The process allows color images to be printed on specially coated paper and then erased so that different images can be printed on the same paper.

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