Chris Stipes

First curved data link sidesteps key 6G wireless challenge

Researchers at Rice and Brown University have demonstrated the world’s first curved data link, an achievement that could revolutionize wireless communications.

2024 Huff Engineering Design Showcase winners announced

The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice’s premier undergraduate engineering makerspace, announced the winners of its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff Engineering Design Showcase and competition, which took place April 11 at the Ion, during an award ceremony following the event.

Remembering Rice alumnus and trustee emeritus Bill Sick

Rice University trustee emeritus William “Bill” Sick ’57 passed away on Dec. 8, 2023, and was celebrated recently at a ceremony in Illinois. An accomplished engineer, leader and dedicated father and husband, Sick earned his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in electrical engineering at Rice and spent a lifetime supporting his alma mater in various capacities.

Rice to offer new master’s in energy transition and sustainability

Rice University will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) program this fall designed to equip students with the tools needed to thrive in the evolving energy industry landscape.

New Rice research explores why we remember what we remember

We’ve all been in a similar situation — you lock your front door for the umpteenth time in a given week only to panic minutes later when you’re driving to work as you struggle to remember if you actually locked the door.

Rice team demonstrates miniature brain stimulator in humans

Rice engineers have developed the smallest implantable brain stimulator demonstrated in a human patient that could revolutionize treatment for drug-resistant depression and other psychiatric or neurological disorders.

Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies

TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.

Rice, Lone Star College to sign agreement April 12 helping transfer students complete Rice degrees without losing credits

Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.

Rice engineering students convert old truck into an electrical vehicle

Four teams of Rice engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items.

Rice undergraduate engineering design showcase and competition to be held April 11

The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice University’s signature hub for undergraduate engineering innovation, will hold its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff engineering design showcase and competition on April 11 at the Ion.

Gov. Abbott to speak at Rice Baker Institute April 9 at Texas Electricity Policy Summit

Texas Governor Greg Abbott will speak at the April 9 Texas Electricity Policy Summit at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Protein ice cream company wins 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition

Ice cream company Protein Pints took home the grand prize at the 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC) April 6 as the best student ventures from top universities across the world competed for prizes in front of nearly 350 angel, venture capital and corporate investors and members of the business community.

Chemical reactions can scramble quantum information as well as black holes

A team of researchers from Rice University and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical tools from black hole physics and chemical physics and testing their theory in chemical reactions.

Harvard Divinity Dean visits Rice’s Boniuk Institute as inaugural Senior Scholar Award recipient

Marla Frederick, dean of the Harvard Divinity School, spoke at Rice University’s Fondren Library March 28 and was honored with the inaugural Senior Scholar Award by the Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.

Rice Baker Institute experts examine effect of Taiwan’s presidential election on politics, energy

Experts on Northeast Asia’s energy security, policy and environmental efforts discussed the January Taiwan election on the latest podcast episode from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.