Latest Engineering & Computing News

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025

Rice Engineering and Computing remembers Gary Cisneros

Longtime research specialist served “with dedication and quiet strength.”

Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025

A Rice-Baylor College of Medicine study earns best paper award at the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining

The paper described a new method to identify functional gene clusters for a genetic disorder

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025

Li lab paper selected for American Chemical Society’s ES&T Engineering Best Paper Awards

The paper described a simple and effective way to reduce nitrate contamination from water sources.

Friday, Nov. 21, 2025

Rice team named as a winner of the 2025 RELX Environmental Challenge

$25,000 award will support commercial development of solar-based membrane-less modular desalination technology

Jason Adams poses with four members of his group in a lab setting. Adams wears a button down shirt; other team members wear lab coats. All of the individuals in the photo are wearing glasses and/or safety goggles.

Engineering a more sustainable chemical industry

REINVENTS faculty expert Jason Adams is pioneering room-temperature reactions in chemical production to reduce reliance on fossil fuels for combustion reactions.

Faculty Promotions

Rice Engineering and Computing promotes 11 faculty

Exemplary faculty appointed to higher ranks

Professional headshot of Dr. Barun Mahata in a button-down shirt in front of a brick background on Rice University campus

Barun Mahata joins India’s inStem following Future Faculty Fellows experience

inStem is a prestigious research institute dedicated to advancing stem cell science.

Ken Kennedy Workshops

Rice ignites innovation with two premier summits on cutting-edge technologies

The summits brought together global experts to set the vision for the future of quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI).

Side-by-side professional headshots of Peng Yang, Jimin Wu and Thiago Jose Pinheiro dos Santos

Three Future Faculty Fellows accept exciting postdoctoral appointments

The program provides support and community during a critical academic career transition.

Professional headshot of Dr. Karen Lozano smiling in a navy blazer, polka dot shirt, and glasses with her hair pulled back and a sunny green park in the background.

Karen Lozano named 2025 Higher Education Professional of the Year by Sloan Scholars Mentoring Network

This distinction celebrates Lozano’s impact as a mentor, educator and advocate for student success.

Professional headshot of Dr. Ali Siahkoohi in a blue plaid button-down shirt in front of brick background on Rice University campus.

Future Faculty Fellow Ali Siahkoohi joins University of Central Florida as assistant professor

In his new role, Siahkoohi plans to focus on uncertainty in AI models and building community.

Pothik Chatterjee serves as the new executive director for the Digital Health Institute, a joint initiative between Rice University and Houston Methodist.

Rice and Houston Methodist name Chatterjee executive director of the Digital Health Institute

Marcia O'Malley

O’Malley named a winner of the 11th Nagamori Award

She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to actuator design and technology

Headshot of Yingying Fan, PhD

Yingying Fan ’24 is engineering excellence at the intersection of circuits and medicine

Fan’s transition to faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis was aided by the Future Faculty Fellows program.