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rafael verdusco
Verduzco elected vice chair of Oak Ridge committee
Monday, November 6, 2017
Rafael Verduzco, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering (ChBE) at Rice University, has been elected vice chair of the User Executive Committee (UEC) of the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
 
william akers
Engineering mourns William Akers, artificial heart pioneer
Monday, November 6, 2017
William W. Akers, professor emeritus of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and of bioengineering at Rice University, and a pioneer in development of the world’s first artificial human heart, died Nov. 5 at age 94.
 
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Materials Science program ranks 29th globally
Monday, November 6, 2017
Rice's materials science program is one of four University academic subjects to be ranked among the top 100 worldwide in the 2018 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Global Universities.”
 
nishant virna
'Found in Translation' wins hackathon
Monday, November 6, 2017
Nishant Verma, a junior in bioengineering at Rice University, and his teammates won the Global Oncology Prize during Health++ 2017, an annual hackathon at Stanford University held Oct. 21-22.
 
Wrinkles give heat a jolt in pillared graphene
Friday, November 3, 2017

Rice University researchers test 3-D carbon nanostructures’ thermal transport abilities.

risa meyer
Risa Myers joins CS faculty: 'It's like coming home'
Friday, November 3, 2017
One and a half years after earning her Ph.D. in computer science (CS) at Rice University, Risa B. Myers has joined the CS faculty as a fulltime lecturer.
 
Pedro Alvarez, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University
Dioxane-chomping microbe has helpful gene
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Rice University researchers have discovered a bacteria-borne gene that helps degrade a form of dioxane, a groundwater contaminant and suspected carcinogen.

Photo of Rice University researchers Liang Hong, left, and Ming Tang study the lithium transport characteristics of batteries. They and their colleagues discovered that defects in common lithium-ion battery cathodes can potentially improve the material's performance over "perfect" electrodes. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)
Microscopic defects make batteries better
Monday, October 30, 2017

Rice University-led study reveals unknown details about common lithium-ion battery materials.

richard tapia and students
Tapia honored by AAHHE
Friday, October 27, 2017
Richard Tapia, University Professor and professor of computational and applied mathematics at Rice University, has been honored with the Outstanding Support of Hispanic Issues in Higher Education Award from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE).
 
newdl being lifted
With NEWDL, undergrads can make dirty water drinkable
Friday, October 27, 2017

Rice University NEWT now have a water purification plant housed in a steel box that can treat 5,000 liters of water per hour. It's called NEWDL and ATOM.

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