Eight new tenure-track faculty members join Rice Engineering in 2020-21 Fri, 08/28/2020 - 12:17

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 Tue, 08/25/2020 - 08:23

NCST is the body charged with investigating building failures resulting in significant loss of life.

CAAM alumna Villalobos receives mentoring award from White House Wed, 08/05/2020 - 14:53

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 Fri, 07/17/2020 - 08:53

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' Thu, 07/16/2020 - 08:55

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 Wed, 07/01/2020 - 14:33

The camp has leadership and technology components.

Three Rice Engineering faculty named to endowed chairs Fri, 06/05/2020 - 16:17

Junichiro Kono, Daniel Kowal, Jamie Padgett will be promoted July 1.

Meet the alumnus in charge of NASA's pre-launch quarantine program Tue, 06/02/2020 - 16:26

Rob Mulcahy '08 is a NASA flight surgeon who helps keep astronauts healthy.

How European structures inspired Caterina Grasso Goebel's engineering education Thu, 05/28/2020 - 14:26

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 Thu, 05/28/2020 - 08:46

Fund established in April to support projects to help end the pandemic and prepare for potential future outbreaks.