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Space Owls Luminaire Intelligent Tracking
Exciting news! Rice University's Space Owls team has won the Texas Space Grant Competition Spring 2024 Design Challenge! 🚀🦉 #SpaceOwls #Innovation Congrats to Aleix Estevadeordal (MECH), Dante Garderet (MECH), Ayaka Hoshida (MECH), Chacko Mathai (ECE), Jack Tomkiewicz (ECE) and Anthony Zheng (ECE) on this accomplishment!

Solving global problems through research and innovation
At Rice University, we've assembled a team of brilliant minds from across the country and the globe. Our faculty are at the forefront of their discipline and are solving the world's toughest problems through research and innovation. Learn more about our faculty and research in Rice Engineering: https://bit.ly/3GJ8lmJ

Robotic cup helps wheelchair-bound users stay hydrated
▶️ Rice Engineering students have designed this robotic cup that helps wheelchair-bound people living with cerebral palsy stay hydrated. Read more: https://bit.ly/48JmIUQ

New O'Connor Building for Engineering and Science tour
Rice University will debut a new, state-of-the-art engineering and science research facility with a ceremony of dedication to Ralph S. O’Connor on Sept. 14. The Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science is designed with a deliberate focus on fostering collaboration in four key research areas: advanced materials, quantum science and computing, urban research and innovation and the energy transition. Take a tour with Prof. Michael Wong from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering:

Spring 2023 D2K Showcase at Rice University
▶ Watch this fantastic video to relive the highlights from the Spring 2023 D2K Showcase at Rice, where guests explored students' end-of-semester projects sponsored partners and researchers! https://youtu.be/ibZGxYyw4II

Device helps premature babies in developing countries breathe without damaging eyesight
▶️ These Rice Engineering students have developed a new medical device to help premature babies in developing countries receive life-saving oxygen without damaging their eyesight. Read more: https://bit.ly/3NsEmnl

Annual Rice competition renamed Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase
Rice's annual Engineering Design Showcase and Poster Competition, coordinated by the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK), will now be known as the Huff OEDK Engineering Design Showcase. The OEDK faculty and staff elected to rename the showcase in honor of Harrell Huff and his late wife, alumna Carolyn Huff, who have supported dozens of teams in the competition over the years. https://bit.ly/3MWPetC

Rice engineering students aim to shed better light on surgeries
▶️ Rice Engineering students have designed an automated operating room lighting system that allows surgeons to better illuminate their workspaces. Watch the video below or read more at https://bit.ly/3o4QoZp

2022: The year in review at Rice University
Happy New Year, Owls! 🎉 2022 was quite the year at Rice University! Relive the emotional goodbyes and celebrate accomplishments of world-changing research by watching this beautiful video:

Rice lab’s catalyst could be key for hydrogen economy
▶️ Rice University researchers have engineered this key light-activated nanomaterial for the hydrogen economy: https://bit.ly/3UfBmdY

Grad student life at Rice: Njideka "Syndi" Nnorom mixes research with a purpose
▶️ Njideka "Syndi" Nnorom, a PhD student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at Rice, mixes research with a purpose. Joining the NEWT Center allowed her to be part of the forefront of research and apply her work by creating methods to remove toxic contaminants from water. https://bit.ly/3UWGOmi

Pioneers of Innovation: A Fireside Chat
“There are little niches that you can get started in, and they eventually turn into big niches. You can disrupt a whole industry.” That’s one of the lessons imparted by legendary Rice Engineering alumni Robert Maxfield ’63 ’64 and Walter Loewenstern ’58 ’59 at “Pioneers of Innovation: A Fireside Chat.” The ROLM founders engaged in a discussion about their path from Rice to Silicon Valley. https://bit.ly/3Typjca

A tribute to President Reginald DesRoches
See what shaped Reginald DesRoches into the person he is today as his closest friends, family members and colleagues reflect in this heartfelt tribute to Rice's eighth president and our former dean of engineering. ▶️ Watch:

Research Relays showcase collaborative research between social sciences and engineering
Last week Rice Engineering joined up with the Rice University School of Social Sciences for "Research Relays" — an informal setting to allow faculty to highlight collaborative research, promote informal discussions and stimulate future projects through lightning talks. ▶️ Watch:

Wearables take ‘logical’ step toward onboard control
Backed by a recent NSF CAREER Award, Rice engineers in the lab of Daniel Preston have designed fluidic logic into garments to help people with functional limitations perform tasks without electronic assistance. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3AyZAbb #RiceResearch #RiceEngineering #RiceUniversity #RiceU #NSF #CAREERAward

Powering an ‘arm’ with air could be mighty handy
▶️ Rice mechanical engineers have developed this ‘arm’ powered by air that could be mighty handy in helping those with disabilities. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3QUFyik

What if... Rice Engineering
What if you came to Rice Engineering? You'd have the unrivaled ability to work closely with our world-renowned faculty on research addressing multidisciplinary, real-world challenges! Learn more about our academic programs at https://bit.ly/3JpgPQ9

Lab manipulates deceased spiders’ legs with a puff of air to serve as grabbers
▶️ Mechanical engineers at Rice have found a way to use dead spiders' legs as a raw material for robotic grippers. Read more about their research at https://bit.ly/3vhBG23

This is Rice University
THIS is Rice University! We are a comprehensive research university dedicated to producing the next generation of leaders, creating bold research solutions and advancing tomorrow’s thinking. Our greatest asset is our people and the ideas they bring to the table to solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. ▶️ Watch as President DesRoches shares his journey to Rice — a place where excellence is more than an aspiration, it's an expectation.

Rice Master of Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation
Interested in a non-thesis graduate degree that combines engineering, business and clinical training to solve real-world medical needs? ▶️ Learn more about Rice University's Master of Bioengineering in Global Medical Innovation, which prepares students to work and innovate in a dynamic international landscape! http://bit.ly/3IdjNa9