Raudel Avila awarded ASME grant to research theoretical, applied mechanics Mon, 10/23/2023 - 09:01

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 Wed, 10/11/2023 - 09:58

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 Fri, 09/29/2023 - 09:04

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

Rice Mechanical Engineering hires two new tenure-track faculty members Tue, 08/29/2023 - 12:52

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

Rice doctoral student receives clean energy fellowship Fri, 08/25/2023 - 13:34

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

Rice doctoral student Castelli named IBUILD Fellow Mon, 08/14/2023 - 09:41

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

Tezduyar awarded USACM's John von Neumann Medal Thu, 07/27/2023 - 16:29

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 Wed, 07/19/2023 - 10:54

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 Wed, 07/05/2023 - 08:52

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 Tue, 06/13/2023 - 13:25

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