NSF RAPID grant supports COVID-19 'computational pipeline'
June 16, 2020
Lydia Kavraki wins a NSF Rapid Response Research grant to help identify SARS-CoV-2 viral proteins for vaccine development.
Rice's COVID-19 research fund awards final grants
May 26, 2020
The Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee funds nine more faculty teams working to mitigate the effects of the new coronavirus.
Kavraki earns top computer science honor
May 20, 2020
Rice computer scientist Lydia Kavraki has been honored for her foundational contributions to the discipline with this year’s ACM/AAAI Allen Newell Award.
Tools for space are food for thought on Earth
May 15, 2020
Rice University student teams present their 3D tool database designs to NASA and help spread the word to high schoolers about the value of a STEM education.
Rice engineer wins grant to study temperature and coronavirus
May 14, 2020
Rice mechanical engineer Daniel Preston wins a National Science Foundation grant to study the effect of varying temperatures on the lifetime of the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 research funds back six new initiatives
May 8, 2020
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
May 6, 2020
The Jones College senior will joining 75 other scholars from 26 countries pursuing Ph.D.s at Stanford University.
Rice graduate student wins Department of Energy fellowship
April 30, 2020
Justin Porter, a Rice mechanical engineering graduate student, has won a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
Rice awards first COVID-19 research grants
April 20, 2020
The Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it will support projects to develop affordable diagnostic tools, seals to maximize the efficiency of surgical masks, a system to identify signs of the coronavirus in Houston wastewater and methods to ensure voter safety this fall.
Spacecraft is designed to survive fire, surfs its own wave
April 10, 2020
Patrick Rodi's new idea for surfing is far out, fast and white hot.
March 30, 2020
As the COVID-19 crisis plays out, Rice University faculty have been proactively making the best of a difficult situation for their students.
Nagarajaiah wins ASCE’s Newmark Medal
February 20, 2020
Rice engineer Satish Nagarajaiah has been awarded the 2020 Nathan M. Newmark Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers.