To celebrate the holidays and to procrastinate studying for finals just a bit, RCEL Student Leadership and the Rice Chapter of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) co-sponsored a Holiday party for members, RCEL Certificate students and guests. Over 50 ASME and RCEL students braved the day’s rain to fill Duncan College classroom for […]
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RCEL launches student mentorship program
By Holly Beretto Engineering Communications December 1, 2017 Thanks in part to the success of its industry mentorship program, which matches Rice Center for Engineering Leadership students with professional engineers, RCEL begins accepting applications this week for its student mentorship program. The goal is to connect freshman and sophomore engineering students with juniors and seniors. […]
Continue readingASME & RCEL Holiday Party
Hey RCEL and ASME! Looking for a way to procrastinate studying for finals? Want to engage in holiday activities with the other engineering students on campus? Come on out to the ASME & RCEL Holiday Party! We will have a “Gingerbridge” design competition, sugar cookie decorating, a hot-chocolate bar, and cherished times with friends ♥ […]
Continue readingHealth sciences dominate winning Screech pitches
By Patrick Kurp, Engineering Communications November 13, 2017 Originally Posted to Rice Engineering Research rooted in health and medicine dominated the winning pitches at the sixth annual Screech Competition, sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL). Nineteen graduate students from eight of the nine engineering departments at Rice University participated in the event, […]
Continue readingCS + 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 […]
Continue readingRCEL Shirt/Polo Day!
The RCEL Student Leadership is asking everyone in the RCEL Community to wear an RCEL t-shirt or polo shirt on Monday, October 23.
Continue readingFrom the Student Director: A word to freshmen about leadership
Welcome fellow Owls! And congratulations on being part of the Rice University Class of 2021. We are so excited to have you here and can’t wait to see the impact you will make at this university, and beyond. Many students come into Rice aspiring to change the world through engineering. I want to introduce you […]
Continue readingRCEL alumni win 2017 ASME iShow People’s Choice Award
Rice University senior design team Sixth Sense was named the People’s Choice at the 2017 ASME iShow on June 22. According to the ASME, the ASME Innovation showcase (ISHOW) is “a global competition for hardware led ventures. We focus on the design & engineering journey of taking physical products to market. We care about “social innovation”, […]
Continue readingSenior Spotlight 2017
Congratulations to RCEL Class of 2017! Thank you for your dedication and contributions to RCEL during your time in the program! Manuel Arenas Ruenes ’17Chemical EngineeringDallas, Texas Aida Castillo ’17Material Science and NanoEngineering Andrew Elsey ’17Mechanical EngineeringHP, Inc.Houston, Texas
Continue readingRCEL 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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