Electrical and Computer Engineering

Engineers explore the source of dreams and thoughts

Rice neuroengineers created a 3D electrode array that can identify up to 1 million potential synapses in the brain.

Halas, Nordlander honored in Rome

Italian President Sergio Mattarella presented Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander the 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award in an Oct. 3 ceremony in Rome's Quirinal Palace.

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.

Optical rule was made to be broken

Engineers at Rice University find a way to identify nanophotonic materials with the potential to improve screens for virtual reality and 3D displays along with optical technologies in general.

Three NSF grants support future of wireless

Rice engineer Ashu Sabharwal is part of three new National Science Foundation-backed projects to advance future generations of wireless communications.

NSF grant supports ballot integrity research

Rice computer scientists are part of team that is studying the robustness and security of election systems that read hand-marked paper ballots.

Biomedical, data science training wins new grant

The Rice University NLM Training Program in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science wins a $4.16 million National Library of Medicine grant.

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.

Smalley-Curl Institute rewards students’ summer research

The Smalley-Curl Institute held its annual Summer Research Colloquium Aug. 5.

Halas, Nordlander win prestigious Eni Energy Transition Award

Rice’s Naomi Halas and Peter Nordlander have won the prestigious 2022 Eni Energy Transition Award.

Wireless activation of targeted brain circuits in less than one second

Rice neuroengineers and collaborators have created wireless technology to remotely activate brain circuits.

Doctoral alumna wins prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship

Doctoral graduate Natsumi Komatsu has been awarded a prestigious Schmidt Science Fellowship

Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface

Rice engineers discovered 6G wireless “pencil beams” are vulnerable to eavesdroppers armed with DIY metasurfaces.

Rice ‘metalens’ could disrupt vacuum UV market

Rice photonics researchers have created a potentially disruptive technology for the ultraviolet optics market.

Rice U. students develop sleek, hands-free electric longboard that accelerates, brakes as riders shift weight

Inventing a hands-free electric longboard was a passion project for the graduating Rice seniors on Team “Breadboard,” all avid longboarders and skateboarders. But rolling out of this year’s George R. Brown Engineering Design Showcase with the top prize was a welcome reward for all the long nights and bumps in the road the team worked through along the way.