Ali Khater is making stronger, more flexible materials and communities Wed, 12/15/2021 - 11:50

'3D printing is revolutionary but novel materials are needed to push 3D printing forward into industry.'

Jun Lou receives Brimacombe Medal from Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Mon, 11/15/2021 - 12:15

Rice professor recognized for his 'sustained excellence and achievement' in the field.

Rice team wins Sustainable Technologies category in Create the Future contest Thu, 10/14/2021 - 08:40

Team headed by Rahman and Ajayan recognized for its Multifunctional Bionanocomposite Fruit Coatings.

Rice alumnus, astronaut describes what it's like to walk in space Tue, 06/01/2021 - 12:37

John 'Danny' Olivas '96 recently appeared on CNN to discuss what it's like to perform a spacewalk and why astronauts go on them.

Jun Lou elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry Wed, 04/28/2021 - 10:18

Rice researcher recognized for his 'outstanding contribution to the chemical sciences.'

Rice engineers receive Welch Foundation research grant Fri, 04/23/2021 - 09:34

Han proposes to investigate voltage-gated ion channels.

Tjahjono awarded NASA space tech research fellowship Fri, 04/09/2021 - 07:43

Rice PhD student aims to aid in NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon and beyond.

Rice materials up one spot in US News best graduate engineering program rankings Tue, 03/30/2021 - 08:23

Tied for 28th rank marks third year in a row in the top 30.

MSNE grad among 10 from Rice to win Fulbright grants Mon, 05/11/2020 - 14:40

Grace Wickerson '20 will head to Germany to develop infrared-emitting light devices for medical applications.

Helping engineers become storytellers Mon, 02/17/2020 - 03:02

Emily Yedinak co-chairs ComSciCon-Houston Workshop with goal of turning graduate work into a narrative.

10 Rice Engineering faculty among world’s highly cited researchers Fri, 12/06/2019 - 03:03

Ajayan, Yakobson and Lou among seven in the materials science category.

Spanos recognized with medal for China contributions Thu, 10/31/2019 - 03:05

Rice professor has recruited and supervised more than 30 visiting scholars and Ph.D. students from China.

Gaining the confidence to engineer Thu, 09/05/2019 - 03:06

Rice taught Brian Kingsley '15 what he wanted to do, leading him to a career at U.S. Bolt Manufacturing.

Why this master's student came to Houston for polymers Wed, 09/04/2019 - 08:50

Looking to working in oil and gas, Thea Xu joined Rice's professional master's program for its materials science faculty.