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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.

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.

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.

Rawand Rasheed secures NSF Small Business Innovation Research grant Friday, Sep. 29, 2023
His company aims to reduce energy consumption in air-conditioning systems

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.

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.

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.

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.'

Rice researchers win ASME paper award for energy sustainability Wednesday, Jul. 19, 2023
Mechanical engineering team led by Shima Soleimani studied 'CO2 Heat Pump Water Heaters Using NSGA-II.'