Rice mechanical engineering up two spots in US News best graduate programs Tue, 03/30/2021 - 08:31

Marks fourth year ranked in a row in top 30.

Preston reviews robots mimicking soft-bodied creatures Thu, 03/25/2021 - 09:41

Rice researchers contribute 'Focus' article on controlling soft-legged robots to Science Robotics.

Rawand Rasheed earns inaugural IBUILD Graduate Fellowship Fri, 03/12/2021 - 08:16

Preston lab PhD student's research focuses on reducing energy use in buildings.

Adam Subel's late-blooming interest in machine learning, climate dynamics is paying off Fri, 03/12/2021 - 08:06

Hassanzadeh lab undergraduate student recently published a first-authored paper in Physics of Fluids, a major journal in fluid mechanics.

How Aman Eujayl is using creativity to design useful solutions Fri, 03/05/2021 - 11:04

Preston Innovation Lab undergrad was named Top Presenter at GCURS, awarded Sustaining Excellence stipend.

SEDS to host 2021 Owls in Space Symposium virtually, on March 6 Wed, 02/24/2021 - 12:15

The event’s keynote speaker will be Vanessa Wyche, deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

Rice MECH alumnus elected president-elect of Canadian Academy of Engineering Tue, 02/09/2021 - 12:11

Soheil Asgarpour '81 serves as president of the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada.

Shimokusu receives NASA Space Technologies Graduate research fellowship Fri, 01/29/2021 - 09:36

Second-year graduate student's proposal is titled 'Jumping Droplet Thermal Diodes for Spacecraft Thermal Control.'

Graduate students earn AMPT Center's first Resiliency Awards Tue, 01/12/2021 - 13:14

Of the five recipients, four come from Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Jumet receives AATCC grant for soft wearable device fabrication Tue, 12/08/2020 - 13:17

First-year PhD student in Preston Innovation Lab will be funded for $1,100.