Rice engineer wins grant to study temperature and coronavirus
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
Grants to Rice faculty will support diagnostic, environmental and social projects.
Mech major Cofer named Knight-Hennessy Scholar
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
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
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
Patrick Rodi's new idea for surfing is far out, fast and white hot.
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
Rice engineer Satish Nagarajaiah has been awarded the 2020 Nathan M. Newmark Medal by the American Society of Civil Engineers.
