Mechanical Engineering professor C. Fred Higgs III has been appointed vice provost for academic affairs. "The VPAA works to create an environment where all of our faculty members thrive and embrace our common mission of providing the highest-quality education for Rice students,” he said.
Fred Higgs is predicting a surge in demand for engineers as emerging technologies open new paths for eager problem-solvers.
“In engineering, it’s always the little things that can make or break a project. But I could not be more proud of the way this team was able to push through some difficult challenges.”
The team's schematics and code are open-source and will be online and free to anyone who wants to replicate or improve upon their design.
Mechanical engineers Grant Boggess and Nathan Dunkelberger, have been named recipients of awards from the National Science Foundation’s 2018 Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Capstone design team Designated Splitters has come up with a solution that can provide low-cost, accurate oxygen therapy to children in low-resource settings.
“It’s wonderful to have the support of a professional society,” Britt said. “I’m working while going to school, so this brings me a step closer to being able to devote myself to my studies full-time.”
Patients with diabetes are often at risk of cuts or other injuries to their extremities that they may not be able to feel or easily check. Rice University students have developed a device to help them find early signs of ulceration that, left untreated, could endanger their health and even lead to amputation.
MECH student Savannah Cofer has been named a 2018 Goldwater Scholar. The scholarship program was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.
During the competition, 10 graduate students, including MECH's Andrew Erwin and Arti Qormemeti, had just three minutes and a single slide to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance.
