Duke-Makerere team claims first place in Rice360 design competition
A team of undergraduate students from Duke University and Makerere University won the top prize at the Rice360 Institute’s annual Global Health Technologies Design Competition as 24 international teams representing seven countries participated in the event April 12.
Rice and LSC celebrated the renewal of a memorandum of understanding and the signing of an articulation agreement to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at LSC.
2024 Huff Engineering Design Showcase winners announced
The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice’s premier undergraduate engineering makerspace, announced the winners of its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff Engineering Design Showcase and competition, which took place April 11 at the Ion, during an award ceremony following the event.
Rice to offer new master’s in energy transition and sustainability
Rice University will launch a Master of Energy Transition and Sustainability (METS) program this fall designed to equip students with the tools needed to thrive in the evolving energy industry landscape.
Rice University and Lone Star College will celebrate the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) and signing of an articulation agreement April 12 to allow transfer students in LSC’s Take Flight Program to receive Rice credit for core science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses completed at Lone Star College. The event will take place from 2-2:30 p.m. in the Rice Founder’s Room in Lovett Hall.
Rice’s bioengineering department celebrates 25-year anniversary
The Department of Bioengineering at Rice University celebrated its 25th anniversary March 22 with an event held at the Texas Medical Center Helix Park. Around 200 guests assembled to celebrate the department’s history and accomplishments.
Luay Nakhleh elected to AIMBE College of Fellows
Rice’s Luay Nakhleh has been elected a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) for his achievements in computational biology.
Rice group helps improve support device for end-stage heart failure
Rice’s Joseph Cavallaro and his team are part of two multi-institutional projects that have won grants from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the NIH, respectively, to develop and optimize new left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
Rice research could advance soft robotics manufacturing, design
Rice engineers propose a new quantitative framework to account for and predict the impact of temperature on the curing speed of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers. The findings could maximize throughput and minimize waste in the manufacturing of components for soft robotics and wearables.
Rice’s Naomi Halas awarded Optica’s C.E.K. Mees Medal
Rice University’s Naomi Halas has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the C.E.K. Mees Medal by Optica for her “original use of optics across multiple fields.”
Night at the museum: Prospective Rice Ph.D. students experience unforgettable welcome
Prospective doctoral students enjoyed a high-energy welcome to Rice University during Night at the Museum, a signature event in the paleontology hall of the Houston Museum of Natural Science Feb. 23.
Aluminum nanoparticles make tunable green catalysts
The Rice lab of nanotechnology pioneer Naomi Halas has uncovered a transformative approach to harnessing the catalytic power of aluminum nanoparticles by annealing them in various gas atmospheres at high temperatures.
Rice’s Nai-Hui Chia wins NSF CAREER Award
Rice computer scientist Nai-Hui Chia has won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award to develop a new theoretical framework to facilitate the development of efficient quantum algorithms for a range of problems in quantum physics and computer science as well as enhance the security of quantum cryptography.
International Space University’s Space Studies Program lands at Rice University this summer
Rice University will host hundreds of space industry and research professionals for the International Space University’s 36th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) between Jun. 8 and Aug. 3.
Rice physicist earns NSF CAREER Award to revolutionize quantum technology
Yonglong Xie, assistant professor of physics at Rice University, has been awarded a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The $888,555 grant over five years will support Xie’s research into harnessing magnons, quantum mechanical wavelike objects in magnetic materials, to create synthetic matter and develop next-generation quantum devices and sensors.
