Engineering

Eavesdroppers can hack 6G frequency with DIY metasurface

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

Sophisticated fluid mechanics model is on a roll

Engineers at Rice and Waseda universities produce a video simulation to illustrate the complex aerodynamics around a moving car and its tires.

Daniel Preston wins NSF CAREER Award

Daniel Preston wins a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop textile-based wearable robots.

Rice ‘metalens’ could disrupt vacuum UV market

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

Rice creates major in sport analytics to offer training in rapidly expanding field

Sport analytics, the subject of the hit movie “Moneyball” and the book of the same name , has transformed the way professional and college teams scout and evaluate potential players.

Rice process aims to strip ammonia from wastewater

Engineers develop a high-performance nanowire catalyst that pulls ammonia and solid ammonia (fertilizer) from nitrate in wastewater.

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.

Rice U. students reverse engineer drug-smuggling drone for US Coast Guard

An award-winning team of Rice University engineering students that includes three Rice football players has reverse engineered a robotic drug-smuggling semi-submersible to help the U.S. Coast Guard fight foreign drug cartels.

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

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.”

‘Awesome in every possible way’

To understand why Statistics’ Philip Ernst won this year’s George R. Brown Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Rice’s top teaching award, one need only read a few of the student comments in anonymous evaluations of his STAT 310 course.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw hosts health care summit

Neuroengineer Jacob Robinson discussed research at U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw’s fourth annual health care summit at Rice.

NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students

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

Tangle no more, nanotubes

Rice scientists have developed an acid-based solvent that simplifies carbon nanotube processing.

Rice trains postdocs for nano-cancer future

The National Institutes of Health extend a grant to help future medical professionals understand nanotechnology-enabled tools to treat cancer.

Stroke analysis project wins Spring D2K Showcase

Deep learning can be a tool to help those who suffer strokes discover their risk of having another. That idea won the top capstone prize in the Spring D2K Showcase.