Reducing newborn deaths across Africa enters Phase 2 with $65M
The Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) international alliance launches Phase 2 of its mission to reduce newborn mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with $65 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, The ELMA Foundation, and generous individual contributions.
’Tis the season of giving . . . and engineering
The holiday season kicked off early this year for a Rice staff member who received a welcome and much-needed gift from a team of freshman engineering students.
Rice University welcomes US Navy research official on campus visit
Rice University welcomed Brett Seidle, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, test and engineering, on a campus visit Oct.13.
Robotic cup helps wheelchair users stay hydrated
Rice undergraduate engineering students Thomas Kutcher and Rafe Neathery designed a robotic device that enables people with limited mobility to stay hydrated without caretaker help.
Rice U. students design congenital hypothyroidism test for newborns
A team of Rice University students developed a low-cost, point-of-care screening tool that can diagnose congenital hypothyroidism in low-resource areas.
A new medical device developed by Rice University students will help premature babies in developing countries receive life-saving oxygen without damaging their eyesight.
Self-navigating catamaran can carry cargo into war zones
A self-navigating, cargo-carrying sailboat designed by Rice University engineering students could be a sustaining link for Marines hunkered down on shore during war.
Team OR Lights wins Rice’s 2023 Engineering Design Showcase
Team OR Lights captured the top prize at this year’s Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase, presented annually by Rice University’s George R. Brown School of Engineering and Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK).
Annual Rice competition renamed Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
The George R. Brown School of Engineering Design Showcase and Poster Competition, coordinated by Rice’s Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), kicked off April 13 with remarks from President Reginald DesRoches — in which he announced the event will now be known as the Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
Sensor system could decrease fall risk for older adults
A team of Rice University engineering students designed a fall-risk assessment system that enables doctors to create personalized risk-management strategies for patients based on their individual movement patterns at home.
Rice U. engineering students’ brace puts patients first
For those suffering from rib flaring associated with congenital deformations of the chest wall that cause it to jut out or cave in, a team of Rice University engineering students has come up with a potential solution.
Rice U. students engineer socks for on-the-go neuropathy treatment
A wearable electrical-stimulation and vibration-therapy system designed by Rice University engineering students might be just what the doctor ordered for people experiencing foot pain and balance loss due to diabetic neuropathy.
Rice U. engineering students aim to shed better light on surgeries
A team of Rice University engineering students designed a tunable lighting system that would allow surgeons to better illuminate their working area without having to handle equipment or wear headlamps.
IEEE honors Kavraki, Richards-Kortum, Truchard
Two renowned Rice University professors and a longtime backer have won prestigious honors in the 2023 IEEE Awards.
People, papers and presentations for Sept. 12, 2022
Rice statisticians Katherine Ensor and Loren Hopkins and civil and environmental engineer Lauren Stadler are co-authors of a commentary in Nature Medicine that issues an urgent call to scale up wastewater monitoring to detect early signs of disease.
