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People, papers and presentations for Sept. 12, 2022

September 12, 2022

Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Hopkins and civil and environmental engineer Lauren Stadler are co-authors of a commentary in Nature Medicine that issues an urgent call to scale up wastewater monitoring to detect early signs of disease.

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People, papers and presentations for Aug. 15, 2022

August 15, 2022

A paper co-authored by postdoctoral research associate Mohammad Salehi and President Reginald DesRoches, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of mechanical engineering, was selected as the featured article for a recent volume of the journal Engineering Structures.

A system to track COVID-19 through Houston’s wastewater became the basis of an epidemiology center that has now earned special designation from the U.S. government and $1 million in its first year of federal funding.

CDC names Houston Health Department, Rice a wastewater epidemiology Center of Excellence

August 5, 2022

A system to track COVID-19 through Houston’s wastewater became the basis of an epidemiology center that has now earned special designation from the U.S. government and $1 million in its first year of federal funding.

A Rice University lab tests material covered in strain-sensing smart skin. The multilayer coating contains carbon nanotubes that fluoresce when under strain, matching the strain experienced by the material underneath. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

Strain-sensing smart skin ready to deploy

July 14, 2022

Carbon nanotubes’ natural fluorescence enables a method to detect high strain concentrations, which can lead to damage that threatens the integrity of critical infrastructure like aircraft, buildings, pipelines, bridges and ships.

Artist's illustration of Galveston Bay Park storm barrier

City, county and port support Galveston Bay Park study

June 22, 2022

Houston, Harris County, Port Houston and entrepreneur Joe Swinbank have chipped in for an engineering study of Galveston Bay Park, a chain of man-made islands that Rice University experts have proposed building as both a hurricane barrier and a 10,000-acre public park.

Environmental engineers determine the economic cost of reactive nitrogen emissions from agriculture, and their significant risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.

Agriculture emissions pose risks to health and climate

June 17, 2022

Rice researchers find the economic cost of emissions from agriculture and their risks to populations through air pollution and climate change.

Phil Bedient speaking at SSPEED Center's post-Harvey conference April 28, 2022

SSPEED Center’s post-Harvey conference draws more than 150

May 2, 2022

More than 150 people attended the SSPEED Center’s April 28-29 conference on on “Post-Harvey Climate and Flood Impacts on the Built Environment.”

NSF Fellowship winners Take the Cake

NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students

April 22, 2022

The National Science Foundation has awarded 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice University students.

map of the Mississippi River and its tributaries

NSF backs study of Mississippi River’s response to climate change

April 4, 2022

Rice climate scientists and engineers are studying how climate change will impact Mississippi River flooding.

Lovett Hall at Rice University

US News grad school rankings give high marks to Rice programs

March 30, 2022

A total of 19 graduate programs at Rice University rank among the nation's top 25 in their categories in the latest edition of U.S. News and World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

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Wind, solar could replace coal power in Texas

March 21, 2022

A fraction of the wind and solar projects already proposed in Texas could eliminate the state’s remaining coal power plants and their emissions, according to Rice University engineers.

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Gas flares tied to premature deaths

February 25, 2022

Rice engineers suggest that flaring of natural gas at oil and gas fields in the United States, primarily in North Dakota and Texas, contributed to dozens of premature deaths in 2019.

Lilie lab students

Inaugural class of Rice Innovation Fellows announced

February 17, 2022

The Provost’s Office and the Liu Idea Lab for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Lilie) have announced the inaugural class of Rice Innovation Fellows, a program that will provide educational and financial support to the next generation of scientist- and engineer-led spinout ventures.

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Environmental champions win Rice grants

February 16, 2022

The Rice University Sustainable Futures Fund backs six projects to help bolster the planet’s environmental health.

Microscopic glass spheres found in coal fly ash contain rare earth elements that could be recycled rather than buried in landfills, according to Rice University scientists. Their flash Joule heating process has been adapted to recover the elements.

Rare earth elements await in waste

February 9, 2022

Rice University scientists applied their flash Joule heating process to coal fly ash and other toxic waste to safely extract rare earth elements essential to modern electronics and green technologies.

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