Engineering

Vicente Ordóñez joins Rice with CAREER Award

Rice computer scientist Vicente Ordóñez receives an NSF CAREER Award to advance machine-learning algorithms’ ability to recognize complex visual concepts.

Scientists seek details of cancer’s evolutionary tree

Rice University computer scientists will take full advantage of new technology to sequence the genome of a single cell to decode mysteries contained in tumors.

Soft shell makes hard ceramic less likely to shatter

Coating ceramic schwarzites, 3D-printed lattices, with a thin polymer helps keep them from shattering under pressure.

Cell-wrangling circuit simplifies genetic experiments

A Rice alumnus' work pays off with The Equalizer, a synthetic circuit that assures consistent gene expression in laboratory-bred colonies.

Keck backs Rice bid to ‘build a brain’

A $1 million Keck Foundation grant will support work by Jacob Robinson to understand neural pathways.

RAMBO speeds searches on huge DNA databases

Rice computer scientists are sending RAMBO to rescue genomic researchers who sometimes wait days or weeks for search results from enormous DNA databases.

Quantum dots keep atoms spaced to boost catalysis

Rice engineers use graphene quantum dots to trap transition metals for high atom loading in single atom catalysis.

Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium offers supportive venue for students to share ‘incredible work’

Lillian Wieland’s freshman-year presentation for the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium (RURS) “went terribly,” as she recalls it.

Study examines how breast implant surfaces affect immune response

Rice University bioengineers collaborated on a six-year study that systematically analyzed how the surface architecture of silicone breast implants influences adverse side effects.

Solar energy collectors grown from seeds

Rice University engineers have created microscopic seeds for growing remarkably uniform 2D perovskite crystals that are both stable and highly efficient at harvesting electricity from sunlight.

Juneteenth event addresses Rice's history and topics of African American life

Task force proposes competition to redesign Academic Quad, determine fate of statue.

Odd angles make for strong spin-spin coupling

HOUSTON – (May 25, 2021) – Sometimes things are a little out of whack, and it turns out to be exactly what you need.

Sickle cell advance incorporates Rice lab's tech

Rice University bioengineer Gang Bao, a pioneer in the search for a way to treat and perhaps cure sickle cell disease, is co-author of a significant step forward revealed in Science Translational Medicine and led by his colleagues at Stanford University.

Argentine officials visit Rice

A delegation of top Argentine officials visited Rice June 8 for a meeting with President David Leebron and others from the university community to explore opportunities for collaboration, such as student and faculty exchange, study abroad programs and research.

Rice lab peers inside 2D crystal synthesis

Scientific studies describing the most basic processes often have the greatest impact in the long run. A new work by Rice University engineers could be one such, and it’s a gas, gas, gas for nanomaterials.