In its second year, Rice ELITE Tech Summer camp increased enrollment to 360 students, with students joining from 27 states and three countries. The camp, which ran four consecutive weeks in June, also introduced scholarship opportunities to Houston-area students, with 60 students joining camp through this program.
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Congratulations 2021 Graduates!
Twelve Rice undergrads complete RCEL Certificate in Engineering Leadership! Check out where our seniors are heading after graduation!
Continue readingRice approves new Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree
The Rice University Faculty Senate has approved the creation of a new professional master’s degree program in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Master of Engineering Management and Leadership (MEML), to become available to students beginning in the fall.
Continue readingRCEL announces winners of the 2021 Parks Prize and the RCEL Award for Engineering Leadership
The virtual event was sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) and the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm, which has offices in seven cities in the United States, including Houston. Three patent attorneys and two patent agents — both Rice graduates — from the firm served as instructors.
Continue readingSPLASHDOWN returns!
After being cancelled in 2020, COVID restrictions and ever changing weather couldn’t keep teams of engineering undergrads from taking on the Splashdown challenge! Four teams worked through rain and shine to create cardboard crafts to cross the Rice Rec Center competition pool with varying success. RCEL Student Leadership worked hard to bring the spring recruiting event to life amid the ever changing COVID restrictions, and pulled off a successful event! Way to go team!
Continue readingRCEL event introduces engineering students to patent law
The virtual event was sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) and the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm, which has offices in seven cities in the United States, including Houston. Three patent attorneys and two patent agents — both Rice graduates — from the firm served as instructors.
Continue readingHow computer science taught this Navy officer to solve problems at sea
Lieutenant Junior Grade Emma Gray had no interest in computer science when she arrived at Rice University in 2013 on a Naval ROTC scholarship.
Continue readingRCEL course allows students to explore career options with industry leaders
“Our goal at the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) was to create an environment where students can learn technical and leadership skills at an elite, Rice-like, online engineering camp, one with a low student-teacher ratio,” said C. Fred Higgs III, RCEL faculty director, vice provost for academic affairs and John and Ann Doerr Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Continue readingInside look at one university’s unique Covid approach – NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
Rice University in Houston has turned five open-air tents into classrooms. Each accommodates 25 to 30 students with space to social distance, and cameras record the classes for students learning at home. The school’s positivity rate has been 0.1% since August.
Continue readingNew technology TA positions empower students to partner with professors
Based on his experience transitioning to dual-delivery classes when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in the spring, Tom Phalen — a Professor in the Practice in the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) — knew the juggling act that hybrid courses demand: delivering quality material in class while also managing the technical aspects of online learning tools like Canvas and Zoom.
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