Themed entertainment is the perfect triad of advanced technology, art, and hospitality: TEA NextGen Spotlight – Rebecca Lam Posted by Judy Rubin See original post here. Rebecca Lam went from young roller coaster rider, to engineering student, to her first real exposure to the industry followed by confidence that she’d found her dream career direction in […]
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C. Fred Higgs III joins MECH and RCEL
Patrick Kurp, Rice Engineering Communications C. Fred Higgs III leaves a trail of acronyms wherever he goes. There’s PFTL, his Particle Flow and Tribology Lab at Carnegie Mellon. There’s his philosophy of mentoring student researchers – the RTFS Engine, short for Research, Teaching, Funding, Service. And there’s RCEL, the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, where […]
Continue readingRCEL Design Challenge introduces students to RCEL
On Friday, April 8, a group of curious undergrads took part in a competition to find out what it’s like to be in the RCEL certificate program. Student teams were tasked with building a bridge that would hold a maximum number of “cars,” with the help of an RCEL certificate program student coach.
Continue readingRCEL’s Simmons-Pino awarded Rice Global E&C Forum Scholarship
Congratuatlions to RCEL senior Ciara Simmons-Pino (Civil and Environmental Engineering) for her scholarship from the Rice Global E&C Forum! ….. (from the Rice Global E&C Formal Announcement) Annually, the Forum Board of Directors vote to award tuition scholarships to deserving Rice School of Engineering students. Focus of the awards is on applicants who are in […]
Continue readingRCEL Design Challenge and Information Event 2016
If you’re curious about the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and want to learn what it would be like to be a part of it, you can find out this Friday, 4:30-6:30pm in Rayzor Hall room 123. They’re going to have a fast-paced team challenge with current RCEL students as coaches. Talk to these students and learn what they’ve gotten out of RCEL’s certificate program. There will be plenty of pizza and cash prizes for winning teams! Find out more here.
Continue readingRCEL Mentorship Program gives participants an edge
Anyone familiar with Rice’s School of Engineering knows that Dean Ned Thomas is a passionate believer in what he calls “The Three Ships –” internships, entrepreneurship and leadership. Now, there’s another “ship” on the horizon, mentorship, to enhance participants’ experience in the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership’s Certificate Program. True to Rice’s student-governed roots, when […]
Continue reading2016 RCEL Certificate Application is now OPEN!
Do you want to do more with your Rice engineering degree? Interested in expanding your leadership skills? Are you ready to begin your leadership development journey at Rice? The 2016 RCEL Certificate in Engineering Leadership application is now open! APPLY TO RCEL NOWInterested students must complete the application by Sunday, April 17, 2016 to be accepted into […]
Continue readingEngineer Your Career – Industry Panel Event
Join the Rice Engineering Alumni and the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership to learn more about what engineers do in the field and how your skill set can be used in the future. The panel for this event is an experienced group of engineers from industry that will discuss technology, innovation, and how you can grow your career in technical roles. (Click for panel bios.)
Continue readingGrad students run the show at Screech 2015
(originally posted by Rice Engineering)With show-biz polish and Tweet-like concision, 26 engineering graduate students at Rice University pitched their research in 90-second bursts at the fourth-annual Screech Competition, sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL).Taking first place and awarded the top prize of $500 in the highly competitive event was Sydney M. Gibson, […]
Continue readingSouthwest Node of NSF I-Corps hosts regional program
In October, the Southwest Node of NSF I-Corps hosted a regional program to develop potentially eligible teams for national I-Corps grants. Organized by Rice University and the University of Houston, seven teams from both schools spent 10 days learning and implementing best practices for linking their innovation to the right market. The opening workshop, led […]
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