Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

‘Smart water’ may aid oil recovery

Rice University engineers study the mechanism that would allow “smart water" to aid oil recovery from reservoirs.

Heart nanofiber breakthrough awaits your STAT Madness vote

Joint Texas Heart Institute/Rice University research into using carbon nanotube fibers to bridge damaged areas of hearts is part of this year's STAT Madness, a competition to choose the year's best university-based bioscience project.

Mikos receives Controlled Release Society’s 2020 Founders Award

Antonios Mikos, the Louis Calder Professor of Bioengineering and of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has received the 2020 Founders Award of the Controlled Release Society

Less may be more in next-gen batteries

Rice University engineers build full lithium-ion batteries with silicon anodes and an alumina layer to protect cathodes from degrading. By limiting their energy density, the batteries promise excellent stability for transportation and grid storage use.

Rice engineers find a way to turn water pollution into valuable chemicals

Rice University researchers have identified a simpler way to rid water of cancer-causing pollutants and turn them into valuable chemicals.

People, papers and presentations Jan 13, 2020

George Abbey, senior fellow in space policy at the Baker Institute for Public Policy, was elected to the Lone Star Flight Museum's Texas Aviation Hall of Fame. He will be inducted at a luncheon May 8 at Houston's Ellington Airport.