Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen

Masks on, then hands-on

For one Rice University classroom that is all about the hands-on experience, the fall of 2020 was a test. It appears to have passed.

Rice team tops Collegiate Inventors Competition

'It takes more than science': Medical Humanities Program flourishes at Rice

Program’s popularity grows as more medical schools recognize need for humanity in health care.

People, papers and presentations October 5, 2020

Rice alumnae Elisa Arango, Susannah Dittmar, Lauren Payne and Sanika Rane are finalists in the Collegiate Inventors Competition sponsored by the National Inventors Hall of Fame for their Universally Friendly Obturator, a customizable device developed at the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen that simplifies radiation therapy for patients with cervical cancer.

Oden named Biomedical Engineering Society fellow

Professor Oden is director of the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen and co-director of the Rice 360˚ Institute for Global Health.

FDA OKs manufacturer’s version of Rice ventilator

An enhanced version of the ApolloBVM designed by Rice University engineers has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an emergency resuscitator for use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rice team’s cancer-treatment device scores major award

Rice engineering students won a grand prize at the Design of Medical Devices Conference for their invention to simplify treatment of late-stage cervical cancer

Tools for space are food for thought on Earth

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.

Manufacturer signs on to mass-produce Rice ventilator

HOUSTON – (April 23, 2020) – Rolling back environmental regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic will cause more respiratory illness, according to a blog published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online

Ventilator costing less than $300 developed by Rice University and Metric Technologies

Rice staff, students and partners have developed an automated bag valve mask ventilator unit that can be built for less than $300 worth of parts and helps critically ill COVID-19 patients.

A trophy made for traveling

OEDK has designed a lightweight replica trophy for Rice’s own Terlingua chili champ, Kathryn Cavender.

Rice satellite OwlSat set to launch in 2022

OwlSat, a small research satellite designed by Rice University students to monitor ultraviolet radiation, is set to launch into orbit in 2022.  

Rice hosts middle schoolers for Engineers Week

Houston middle-school students visit Rice to take part in Engineers Week.