Ms. Yueying Jing graduated from MSNE in May 2019 with an Engineering Professional Master’s Degree, and will start her new job at Nanolab Technologies in late February, 2020, in Silicon Valley.
Ms. Jiawei Lai is a Ph.D. candidate from Fujian, China, who is researching 2D materials in the Ajayan Group. When she was planning her next steps after her undergraduate education, Ms. Lai asked for guidance from uncle, who is a researcher in the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
“You take a flat sheet of liquid crystal elastomers, heat it and change it into the shape you want. You can think of it like modeling clay but much more sophisticated.”
Sophomore Grace Wickerson founded a national non-profit organization and a start-up, tapping into her passion for developing new things and combining it with her desire to help people.
Assistant professor Eilaf Egap said a love of teaching and mentoring led her to a career in academia. “It’s an absolute privilege to do this job and part of that is to inspire and show students that they are the next generation of scientists and engineers.”
Rice researchers have found that graphene may work as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
