Inspired and a little impatient, Callia Bast, a high-school senior from Miami, Fla., collected her team’s supply of polystyrene foam, moved to another table and assembled a box with the aid of a hot-glue gun.
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Higgs appointed vice provost for academic affairs
B.J. ALMOND – MAY 2, 2018 Rice University News & Media Professor C. Fred Higgs III has been appointed vice provost for academic affairs. His five-year term in this role will begin July 1 when he completes his year as interim vice provost. “I am delighted that Fred Higgs has accepted our offer to become […]
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CS + Harvey: The Provost’s “Nerd Pack”
By Adam Smalls Originally posted by Rice University Department of Computer Science Shortly after Hurricane Harvey dropped more than 51 inches of rain on Houston and Southeast Texas, a team of five Rice University students and alumni leaped into action. “There was a post on Facebook saying the Provost needed quantitatively minded volunteers,” said Max […]
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Upcoming Southwest I-Corps Regional Program
Want to build a business around your research or innovation? Apply for the NSF I-Corps Regional Program! ABOUT THE PROGRAM Southwest I-Corps is offering a FREE Regional NSF I-Corps Program to facilitate commercial evaluation of academic research and innovation, and develop potentially eligible teams for a $50,000 NSF I-Corps team grant. Teams will explore the potential value of […]
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RCEL Students in Action: Algorithm predicts epileptic seizures in real-time
Randy Zhang is a senior electrical engineering major and RCEL Certificate student. His senior design team developed an algorithm to create a digital cure for epilepsy in the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen at Rice University. The team was featured by Futurity, a source of research news for top universities.Original article can be found here. David Ruth-Rice April […]
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Unconventional students at Rice 2017: Senthil Natarajan
Senthil Natarajan is a 2017 senior at Rice University majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He will also receive the RCEL Certificate in Engineering Leadership upon graduation. April 23, 2017 – Brandon Martin, Rice University News Senthil Natarajan, a Will Rice College senior majoring in electrical engineering, used his four years at Rice to explore his […]
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Palanki, Tzouanas named Goldwater Scholars
Friday, April 7, 2017 Patrick Kurp, Engineering Communications Rohan Palanki and Constantine Tzouanas, bioengineering (BIOE) undergraduates at Rice University, have been named Goldwater Scholars for the academic year 2017-2018. Both sophomores are among the 240 chosen this year from 1,286 mathematics, science and engineering students nominated by universities nationwide. Each will receive $7,500 per year […]
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RCEL Ethics and Leadership Panel
Join RCEL and a special guest panel to discuss the role of ethics and leadership for engineers in the real world. Attendees will be able to ask questions of the panel and participate in the discussion.
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Layton Scholarship winners combine engineering, arts
Originally posted on engineering.rice.edu Monday, February 6, 2017 Holly Beretto, Engineering Communications Donaldo Almazan and Isaac Phillips are the winners of this year’s Phil Layton Scholarships. Almazan is a junior chemical engineering major and Phillips is a senior mechanical engineer. The scholarship is awarded annually to engineering students who have made significant contributions not only […]
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