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CAAM alumna Villalobos receives mentoring award from White House Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley professor earned her M.S. and Ph.D. from Rice in 1998 and 2000.

How this SVP at Caterpillar acquired engineering fundamentals at Rice Friday, Jul. 17, 2020
Tom Pellette '86 is responsible for the company's Solar Turbines subsidiary and serves as a strategic adviser.

Lydia Kavraki receives NSF grant for COVID-19 'computational pipeline' Thursday, Jul. 16, 2020
Rice computer scientist looks to help identify fragments of SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins that could be used as targets for vaccine development.

RCEL's online camp offers high school students technical, leadership skills Wednesday, Jul. 1, 2020
The camp has leadership and technology components.

Three Rice Engineering faculty named to endowed chairs Friday, Jun. 5, 2020
Junichiro Kono, Daniel Kowel, Jamie Padgett will be promoted July 1.

Meet the alumnus in charge of NASA's pre-launch quarantine program Tuesday, Jun. 2, 2020
Rob Mulcahy is a NASA flight surgeon who helps keep astronauts healthy.

How European structures inspired Caterina Grasso Goebel's engineering education Thursday, May. 28, 2020
From the aqueduct of Segovia to Plaza de España, Spain is full of engineering feats.

12 of Rice COVID-19 research grants awarded to Rice Engineering faculty Thursday, May. 28, 2020
Fund established in April to support projects to help end the pandemic and prepare for potential future outbreaks.

How these Rice students are interning for Amazon during COVID-19 Tuesday, May. 26, 2020
Amazon made the decision to not only maintain their summer internship program but to move it remotely.