Rice Engineering is continuing to invest in the school's future by growing our faculty by 30 percent across our nine departments over the next several years, investing in targeted and strategic areas that leverage our strengths so that the Brown School of Engineering can create local, national and global impact.

Strategic research focus areas leverage our strengths, location, agility and strong interdisciplinary culture to solve local and global societal challenges. Our excellent faculty continue to grow in these areas and foster research productivity and impact by providing state-of-the-art facilities and skilled staff.