Mechanical engineering students Mary Bao, Mike Hua, Jack Kaplan, Harrison Lin and Colin Losey and electrical engineering student Lingbo Chen, have developed an automated, modular, indoor greenhouse to provide high-throughput food growth aimed at young professionals in urban settings.
An interdisciplinary group of Rice students is working to revive an art form that has nearly disappeared: making and processing 35mm motion picture film by hand.
Matthew Brake, assistant professor of mechanical engineering (MECH) at Rice University, has received the 2018 C. D. Mote Jr. Early Career Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Melbern G. (Mel) Glasscock '61 and Michelle LeRoux Williams '95 were honored for their “accomplishments and incredible impact,” in the words of Reginald DesRoches, the William and Stephanie Sick Dean of Engineering.
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.
