Latest Engineering & Computing News

Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025

Rice University's Engineers Without Borders student chapter design bridges to aid a Peruvian community

Two proposed concrete bridges, the first of their kind in the area, will provide locals with safe and reliable year-round access to healthcare and economic opportunities

Friday, Oct. 17, 2025

Ross Thyer named the T.N. Law Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Thyer was conferred this endowed position in recognition of his outstanding research accomplishments

Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

Innovation Takes Center Stage at Alumni Weekend 2025

Rice Alumni Weekend showcases AI insights, real-world engineering solutions and opportunities for alumni to reconnect

Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

ASM Launches Bioinformatics, Genomics & Big Data Conference

Rice associate professor of computer science Todd Treangen serves as Chair of the ASM BIG Program Committee.

Meny with students

Rice establishes Center for Membrane Excellence to advance separation technologies for energy and sustainability

The announcement was made during the Rice Global Paris Center Symposium held March 17-18 in Paris.

Prof. Moshe Vardi

Prof. Moshe Vardi announced as a recipient of the 2025 IEEE CS Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC

This award recognizes and honors those whose long-standing efforts have resulted in the advancement and continued vitality of the computer industry.

CS panel discussion

Rice CS faculty explore the future of AI: LLMs, Deepseek, and GenAI

Panel discussion provides an accessible introduction to recent AI innovations and challenges

Photo credit: Thels Impact Consulting

Finding sustainable environmental solutions for communities around Lake Chad in Nigeria

Prof. Viens leads a new international consortium of researchers in this effort

Santiago Segarra

Santiago Segarra wins EURASIP Early Career Award

Rice professor honored for advancements in graph signal processing and graph-based machine learning

Charlos Ward

Charlos Ward ’98 ’06 brings expertise in sustainability to alma mater

Chemical engineering alumna shares highlights from her multifaceted career and the importance of alumni connections

2025 ISSCC

Rice ECE faculty and students win prestigious awards and accolades at 2025 ISSCC

The department has an impressive showing at ISSCC for the second year in a row

Konstantin Larin (left) and Meredith Kruse (right)

Larin and Kruse win awards at HACASA

Two graduate students receive awards from the Houston chapter of American Statistical Association

Jiaming Liu (left) and Prof. Meng Li (right)

Jiaming Liu wins a prestigious student paper award from the American Statistical Association

The association’s Section on Bayesian Statistical Science selected Liu for his groundbreaking research on improving uncertainty quantification in scalable Bayesian methods.

2025 New faculty chairs

Eight Rice Engineering and Computing faculty named to endowed chairs

Faculty exemplify excellence in research across engineering and computing disciplines.