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Padgett named NSF BRITE Fellow Fri, 12/09/2022 - 09:15
Rice professor and department chair receives $1 million grant to rethink disaster resilience modeling.
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Chen poster wins at Community Modeling and Analysis System conference Tue, 11/08/2022 - 08:57
Second-year PhD student's research suggests flaring of natural gas at U.S. drilling sites contributed to dozens of premature deaths.
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Civil engineering alumni honored by Rice Engineering Wed, 10/19/2022 - 10:44
Carlos Estuardo Ventura and Elle Lewis Anderson receive alumni awards.
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CDC grant backs science, innovation in wastewater-based epidemiology Fri, 10/07/2022 - 10:05
Rice Engineering team seeks to harness power of wastewater surveillance as public health tool.
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PhD students receive IASSAR best paper awards Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:20
Yi Luo won in the first-class category, while Bowen Fu won in the second-class category.
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Padgett named to IASSAR executive board Mon, 09/26/2022 - 14:54
Department chair will serve four-year term on the international board, which is chaired by Rice Engineering professor Pol Spanos.
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Environmental ranks No. 18, civil No. 31 in US News top undergraduate engineering programs Tue, 09/13/2022 - 09:57
Civil engineering undergraduate program moves up three spots in latest rankings.
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Gong, Novelino join Rice Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty Mon, 08/08/2022 - 13:36
Novellino started July 1, and Gong will join the faculty in January 2023 — both as assistant professors.
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Rice finalist for DOE's $4 million Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize Wed, 07/13/2022 - 08:53
Prize Supports Innovation to Help Secure U.S. Sources of Lithium .