Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Strategic planning process to be launched in January

President Reginald DesRoches shared the news with the Rice community in an email Nov. 21.

Rice refines analysis of MRI contrast agents

Simulations reveal details about the magnetic interactions between gadolinium contrast agents used in MRI scans and their environment.

ACS taps Rice, Shell for Partners in Progress & Prosperity Award

Collaborators at Rice and Shell receive the American Chemical Society Southwest Regional Partners in Progress & Prosperity Award.

Cool respite with a conscience

Rice faculty members have installed “Building Ecologies” at Post Houston to demonstrate a “circular” strategy that incorporates environmental systems into architecture.

Bacterial sensors send a jolt of electricity when triggered

Rice researchers develop programmable bacteria that sense contaminants and release an electronic signal in real time.

Rice lab advances water-splitting catalysts

Rice University engineers have developed a stable water-splitting catalyst for clean hydrogen generation that could potentially replace expensive iridium catalysts.

NSF backs bid to speed environmental tests for viruses

The NSF backs Rice University efforts to speed the analysis of wastewater for coronaviruses from hours to seconds.

Wong named fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Michael Wong has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

People, papers and presentations for Oct. 3, 2022

Casley Matthews, a senior health sciences and social policy analysis student, is lead author of a paper in the Journal of American College Health that describes how the COVID-19 pandemic negatively impacted the nutrition of Houston college students.

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Connecticut modify a gene editing tool to serve as a highly sensitive diagnostic test for the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Wehmeyer team receives $1.5 million NSF grant

A team of researchers headed by Geoff Wehmeyer, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Rice, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) program to support work on large-scale materials made from oriented carbon nanotubes.

Solvent study solves solar cell durability puzzle

Rice engineers simplify the manufacture of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells.

Rice mourns longtime engineering professor Marc Robert

Marc Robert, a professor in Rice's Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering for 38 years, died Sept. 2 at age 72.

Rice team eyes cells for sophisticated data storage

Rice University receives National Science Foundation support to turn living cells, starting with bacteria, into random-access memory devices. These will be able to store and report data about their environments.

Record 17 Rice University graduate students named GEM Fellows

A record 17 graduate students at Rice University have been named 2022 Fellows of the National Graduate Education for Minorities Consortium.