Mechanical Engineering

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 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.

Faculty recognized with award for superior teaching

Nine faculty received the 2022 George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching, which honors top Rice instructors by votes from alumni who graduated within the past two, three and five years.

NSF awards 38 Graduate Research Fellowships to Rice students

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

Faculty set Rice record with eight CAREER Awards

Rice faculty set a record, winning eight NSF CAREER Awards in 2002

Marcia O’Malley named AIMBE fellow

Rice mechanical engineer Marcia O’Malley has been named an AIMBE fellow in recognition of her contributions to rehabilitation robotics, haptics and robotic surgery.

Inaugural class of Rice Innovation Fellows announced

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.

Clearly, this heart beats strong

In time for Valentine’s Day, engineers at Rice University and Waseda University provide a realistic view of what happens inside a beating heart.

Geoff Wehmeyer wins CAREER Award

Mechanical engineer Geoff Wehmeyer wins an NSF CAREER Award to study nanoscale heat transfer.

Now you don’t see it … and now you do

Scientists and engineers from Rice University and the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research discover fluorescence from silicon nanoparticles in cement and show how it can be used to reveal early signs of damage in concrete structures.

Rice’s Technology Development Fund backs faculty projects

Nine projects proposed by Rice researchers have been granted seed funding by Creative Ventures' Technology Development Fund.

Rice lab details conditions to decontaminate disposable masks

Researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, establish a framework for properly decontaminating disposable facemasks.

Rice expert: Medical robots poised to become smaller, softer, smarter, more autonomous and more commercializable

Robotics expert Marcia O’Malley, associate dean for research and innovation in Rice’s Brown School of Engineering, co-authored a retrospective in this week’s Science Robotics about the past decade's advances in medical robotics.