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Satish Nagarajaiah named to Sigma Xi Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024

World's largest interdisciplinary scientific honor society recognizes Nagarajaiah for scholarly achievements and contributions to science and engineering.


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Rice PhD student wins Bioengineering for Global Health Conference poster contest Monday, Nov. 27, 2023

Elizabeth Clarke Wilkirson created patch that reveals a patient's tetanus vaccination status.


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Raudel Avila awarded ASME grant to research theoretical, applied mechanics Monday, Oct. 23, 2023

The Haythornthwaite Foundation support will help the Rice engineer design bioelectronic devices to respond to mechanical, electromagnetic challenges.


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O'Malley named to Women in Robotics 'need to know' list Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023

Rice engineer researches haptics and the design and control of wearable robotic devices for training and rehabilitation.


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Rawand Rasheed secures NSF Small Business Innovation Research grant Friday, Sep. 29, 2023

His company aims to reduce energy consumption in air-conditioning systems


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Rice Mechanical Engineering hires two new tenure-track faculty members Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023

Raudel Avila and Vanessa Sanchez are among 21 faculty hires in the School of Engineering.


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Rice doctoral student receives clean energy fellowship Friday, Aug. 25, 2023

Chain Reaction Innovations support to allow Rawand Rasheed to work in his Helix Earth Technologies startup.


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Rice doctoral student Castelli named IBUILD Fellow Monday, Aug. 14, 2023

Department of Energy program supports research-intensive building technologies in fields relevant to energy efficiency.


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Tezduyar awarded USACM's John von Neumann Medal Thursday, Jul. 27, 2023

Rice engineer honored with association's highest award for his 'outstanding, sustained contributions in the field of computational mechanics.'