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.'

PhD student's flash presentation wins first at International Conference on Microneedles Wednesday, Jul. 5, 2023

In the lab of Peter Lillehoj, Elizabeth Clarke Wilkirson developed a lateral flow-based skin patch to enable detection of protein biomarkers.

Kashif Liaqat places first in IEEE sustainability student poster contest Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2023

Rice mechanical engineering PhD student's paper focuses on the optimization of solar-power plant maintenance.

PhD student wins Boiling and Condensation Heat Transfer best poster Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Trevor Shimokusu's poster was titled 'Aluminum Jumping Droplet Thermal Diodes.'

Pedram Hassanzadeh promoted to associate professor Wednesday, May. 24, 2023

Having joined Rice in 2013, Hassanzadeh studies turbulent flows and chaotic dynamical systems.

MECH grad student's team wins Rice venture competition Wednesday, May. 3, 2023

Trio including Samantha Wong '23, who earned a Master of Mechanical Engineering and MBA at Rice, took home Napier Rice Launch Challenge top prize.

Higgs elected to AIMBE's 2023 Class of the College of Fellows Monday, Mar. 27, 2023

Rice professor honored for his research in hip, knee replacements.

Lillehoj awarded two NIH grants for HIV, Chagas testing Wednesday, Mar. 8, 2023

With the $1.8 million in support, Rice professor looks to develop a CRISPR-Cas13-based rapid HIV-1 test and a serological test for detecting Chagas.

Wehmeyer lab's 'inspired' thermal transistors route heat Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023

Rice research group's findings published in Nature Communications