Ken Kennedy Institute launches AI, data and computing seed funding initiative
The Ken Kennedy Institute, in collaboration with the Rice Synthetic Biology Institute, Smalley-Curl Institute and the Rice Advanced Materials Institute, awarded $175,000 in support of seven innovative research projects looking to establish new paradigms in AI, data and computing.
Rice doctoral alum turned Google executive wins technical Emmy
Rice doctoral alumnus and current Google executive and technical fellow Parthasarathy Ranganathan has won a technical Emmy for “design and deployment of efficient hardware video accelerators for cloud.”
Rice360 2024 graduation breakfast honors graduates, Karthik Soora and Michael Merson
Rice360 celebrated graduates of the 2024 class that completed its global health technologies minor, and it honored alumnus Karthik Soora ’11 and New York University’s Dr. Michael Merson at a breakfast and award ceremony May 3.
InterfaceRice 2024 conference convenes neuroengineering experts
The Rice Neuroengineering Initiative recently held its two-day InterfaceRice 2024 as experts in neuroscience, neuroengineering, neurotechnology and neurosurgery convened for an event that connects Rice and the Texas Medical Center with global researchers and clinicians.
Rice engineers develop innovative microbiome analysis software tools
Rice engineers have developed two new graph-based computational tools for tracking genomic variation within microbiomes.
Engineering professor Zygourakis celebrated for 44 years at Rice
Kyriacos Zygourakis, the A.J. Hartsook Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Rice, celebrated his retirement after 44 years at Rice.
Rice hosts symposium on research ethics in a global age
Rice University’s Office of Ethics, Compliance and Enterprise Risk hosted the second annual Ethics and Compliance Symposium at Farnsworth Pavilion in the Rice Memorial Center April 23.
Aligned peptide ‘noodles’ could enable lab-grown biological tissues
A team of Rice researchers and collaborators have developed peptide-based hydrogels that mimic the aligned structure of muscle and nerve tissues, which could enable the development of functional lab-grown tissue.
Rice’s Harvey, Ramesh named to National Academy of Sciences
Rice University’s Frank Reese Harvey and Ramamoorthy Ramesh are among 120 new U.S. members elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Rice hosts 2024 Workshop on Quantum Materials Synthesis
The Rice Center for Quantum Materials recently hosted the second edition of the Workshop on Quantum Materials Synthesis, an event dedicated to communicating recent developments in the field, identifying new research areas and providing a platform for theorists and experimentalists to come together for discussion and knowledge exchange.
Two Rice faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Rice professors Pedro Alvarez and Antonios Mikos have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the nation.
Underwater robot pioneers new energy-efficient buoyancy control
A remotely operated underwater robot built by a team of Rice University engineering students pioneers a new way to control buoyancy via water-splitting fuel cells.
Rice students build low-cost cold spray metal 3D printer prototype
A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to create a metal part.
Study uncovers neural mechanisms underlying foraging behavior in freely moving animals
Rice neuroscientist Valentin Dragoi and team shed light on what happens in the brain of freely-moving macaques engaged in foraging behavior.
Rice bioengineers win $1.4M ARPA-H grant for osteoarthritis research
Bioengineers at Rice University have been awarded $1.4 million as part of a multi-center consortium funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop strategies for reversing the effects of osteoarthritis.
