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Rice Mechanical Engineering refurbishes lab space amid growth Tue, 05/17/2022 - 10:28
Infrastructure problems leads to equipment upgrades.

Rice senior wins best poster presentation at IEEE robotics symposium Mon, 05/09/2022 - 11:14
Doris Xu presented “A Textile-Based Approach to Wearable Haptic Devices” at the International Symposium on Medical Robotics.

Preston wins NSF Career Award Thu, 05/05/2022 - 16:08
Assistant professor is the latest of eight young researchers in Rice Engineering to receive prestigious honor.

Two seniors awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships Mon, 05/02/2022 - 09:15
Joshua Holder and Alisa Webb receive fellowships intended to develop the next generation of scientists and engineers.

Rasheed wins Rice Launch Challenge startup competition Thu, 04/28/2022 - 09:09
PhD student's venture Helix Earth Technologies helps power plant operators reduce water use and overall operating costs.

Rice honors Matthew Elliott for superior teaching Tue, 04/12/2022 - 10:19
George R. Brown Award for Superior Teaching recognizes top instructors as determined by the votes of recent alumni.

Rice mechanical engineering among nation's top 30 graduate programs for fifth year in a row Tue, 03/29/2022 - 09:34
Ranking puts Rice at No. 13 among private universities, according to U.S. News & World Report.

O'Malley elected AIMBE fellow Fri, 02/18/2022 - 08:43
Mechanical engineering professor, associate dean recognized for her 'outstanding contributions to rehabilitation robotics, haptics and robotic surgery.'

Zook brothers bring hardware and software together Mon, 02/07/2022 - 10:10
Ph.D. student Zane and undergrad Gabe focus on human-robot interactions as part of MAHI Lab.

Wehmeyer receives NSF CAREER Award Thu, 01/27/2022 - 10:19
Assistant professor awarded five-year, $535,934 grant for proposal, 'Nanoscale temperature mapping across interfaces using scanning transmission electron microscopy.'