Hey RCEL! On Monday, February 13 at 7:00 P.M. we will be having a board game and boba study break in the McMurtry library. Come grab a free drink, play some board games and cards, get to know other students in RCEL!
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RCEL leads leadership training at Fort Benning in Georgia
In January, RCEL Executive Director Kaz Karwowski and David Van Kleeck, Professor in the Practice of Engineering Leadership, traveled to the US Army’s Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia to conduct a leadership training for soldiers and staff at Martin Army Community Hospital. More than 50 participants attended the two-day workshop.While on the base, Karwowski and Van Kleeck visited the parachute training jump towers that are used […]
Continue readingRice’s Fred Higgs makes leaders
Originally posted on HoustonChronicle.com Teaching engineers to see the big picture By Kyrie O’Connor December 13, 2016 C. Fred Higgs III remembers the day, in third grade, that he got an A+ in math. “It drove me, the way adults reacted,” he says now. Education was paramount in the Higgs household in Tallahassee, Fla., and both of […]
Continue readingRCEL Student Holiday Party
Come on out to the RCEL Holiday Party! We will have a “Gingerbridge” design competition, sugar cookie deocrating, holiday movie, and cherished times with friends ♥
Continue readingREA Trivia Night tests Rice student/alumni smarts!
“Baker College was established as one of the four original residential colleges at Rice University in the fall of 1957. The famous detective Sherlock Holmes lived at 221B Baker Street – name the first Sherlock Holmes novel published in 1887.”Though the evening was a bit chilly, over 45 Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) members and Rice engineering students […]
Continue readingWhy in the world should I get a PhD in Engineering?
This seminar aims to challenge the prevailing myths and opinions about the importance of considering a Ph.D. in Engineering. In under 40 minutes, the speaker will attempt to show that many of society’s game changers of tomorrow will be those among you who emerge as leaders in technology, and the clearest, most catapulting pathway to this end, is via a PhD in engineering.
Continue readingRCEL Aloha Days!
Join RCEL faculty and staff to celebrate Aloha Days by wearing your best island gear this week!
Continue readingRCEL Mentorship 2016 Kick-Off Recap
The RCEL Mentorship Program Kick-Off event took place last night in Duncan Hall on the Rice Campus. Students and mentors came out to learn more about the program, and to meet each other face-to-face, many for the first time.
Continue readingRCEL wins Rice Global E&C Forum 2016 Award for Excellence
Press release from the Rice Global Forum Rice Center for Engineering Leadership recognized for enriching engineering education HOUSTON—A program at Rice University that provides engineering students with leadership, team-participation, communication, and entrepreneurial skills not covered in traditional engineering curricula was named recipient of the 2016 Award for Excellence by the Rice Global Engineering & Construction […]
Continue readingEngineering Liftoff 2016 a success!
The fifth annual Engineering Liftoff was a great success on Saturday, September 10 – over 170 participants, including freshmen, upperclass coaches, RCEL faculty/staff and other volunteers, crowded into the RMC Grand Hall for a day of challenges and fun. The competition designs were very creative this year, including catapults, canons and slingshots! Three student speakers […]
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