In his new role, Siahkoohi plans to focus on uncertainty in AI models and building community.
She was recognized for her outstanding contributions to actuator design and technology
Fan’s transition to faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis was aided by the Future Faculty Fellows program.

Ken Kennedy Institute awards $135,000 to nine fellows Thursday, Oct 8, 2020
Program aims to attract graduate students to Rice in the fields of computational science and engineering, high performance computing and data analytics.

Construction projects helping to transform engineering facilities Monday, Oct 5, 2020
Maxfield Hall transformation under way, as Rice National Security Research Accelerator nears completion.

Ernst named inaugural Don Gaver, Jr. Early Career Award winner Monday, Sep 21, 2020
The first institute-wide early-career award from INFORMS recognizes 'outstanding research accomplishments in operations research, probability and statistics.'


Kavraki, Mikos elected to prestigious Academia Europaea Friday, Sep 11, 2020
Rice Engineering faculty members recognized for their 'sustained academic excellence'


Rice goes GRE-optional for grad programs, will grant fee waivers to graduates of Texas schools Wednesday, Sep 9, 2020
Rice is eliminating the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) standardized test requirement for its 2021 graduate programs.

Seven students, alumni named 2020 Fellows of the National GEM Consortium Thursday, Sep 3, 2020
GEM has supported more than 4,000 Fellows from underrepresented groups at the master’s and doctoral levels in engineering and science.

Eight new tenure-track faculty members join Rice Engineering in 2020-21 Friday, Aug 28, 2020
The new faculty in five departments have joined or soon will join the School of Engineering as assistant professors.

DesRoches named chair of the National Construction Safety Team Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020
NCST is the body charged with investigating building failures resulting in significant loss of life.