Recent News

Engineering design interns from Rice, Africa team up to tackle real-world global health problems

August 14, 2024

Rice’s global health engineering design internship program wrapped up its summer 2024 session with a showcase event featuring collaborative student projects.

Tanzanian officials praise NEST360 contribution to newborn care

July 25, 2024

Rice President Reginald DesRoches joined Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies Co-Director Maria Oden and Rice360 supporters on a trip to Africa marking significant milestones on the road to ending preventable newborn deaths in the sub-Saharan region.

Rice students explore ‘new perspective on problem-solving’ in Paris summer program

July 23, 2024

A group of Rice students experienced firsthand how travel can enhance education during a two-week trip to Paris as part of the international Summer Experience in Engineering Design program, or iSEED.

Rice researchers and partners in Kenya win $2.5M for innovation-focused master’s program

July 22, 2024

Rice360 and Kenya partners are establishing a first-of-its-kind graduate education program with a $2.5 million grant from the Lemelson Foundation.

Underwater robot pioneers new energy-efficient buoyancy control

April 25, 2024

A remotely operated underwater robot built by a team of Rice University engineering students pioneers a new way to control buoyancy via water-splitting fuel cells.

Rice students build low-cost cold spray metal 3D printer prototype

April 24, 2024

A team of Rice University students has developed a cold spray metal 3D printing device that relies on pressure and velocity rather than temperature to create a metal part.

2024 Huff Engineering Design Showcase winners announced

April 15, 2024

The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice’s premier undergraduate engineering makerspace, announced the winners of its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff Engineering Design Showcase and competition, which took place April 11 at the Ion, during an award ceremony following the event.

Rice engineering students’ device could make intubation safer for young babies

April 11, 2024

TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice, created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures safer for babies 1 month and older by ensuring precise placement, stable anchoring and visibility access for up to 14 days.

Rice engineering students convert old truck into an electrical vehicle

April 9, 2024

Four teams of Rice engineering students converted a 1997 Chevy P30 delivery van into a fully electric vehicle in less than a year, using a combination of parts scavenged from out-of-use vehicles, custom-built elements and off-the-shelf items.

Rice undergraduate engineering design showcase and competition to be held April 11

April 9, 2024

The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), Rice University’s signature hub for undergraduate engineering innovation, will hold its annual Harrell and Carolyn Huff engineering design showcase and competition on April 11 at the Ion.

Rice, ERDC sign educational partnership agreement

February 13, 2024

Rice and the United States Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have signed an Education Partnership Agreement in formal recognition of their collaboration as part of Improving Access to Career and Educational Development (I-ACED).

Reducing newborn deaths across Africa enters Phase 2 with $65M

January 23, 2024

The Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) international alliance launches Phase 2 of its mission to reduce newborn mortality in sub-Saharan Africa with $65 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, The ELMA Foundation, and generous individual contributions.

’Tis the season of giving . . . and engineering

December 20, 2023

The holiday season kicked off early this year for a Rice staff member who received a welcome and much-needed gift from a team of freshman engineering students.

Rice University welcomes US Navy research official on campus visit

October 16, 2023

Rice University welcomed Brett Seidle, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development, test and engineering, on a campus visit Oct.13.

Robotic cup helps wheelchair users stay hydrated

October 6, 2023

Rice undergraduate engineering students Thomas Kutcher and Rafe Neathery designed a robotic device that enables people with limited mobility to stay hydrated without caretaker help.

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