Stadler receives NSF CAREER Award Wed, 01/18/2023 - 16:11

With grant, Rice engineer intends to harness microbiomes to improve wastewater treatment processes.

Rice workshop examines resilience, equity in Houston Wed, 01/04/2023 - 14:36

'Steering Cities and Regions Towards Resilience and Equity' co-chaired by professors Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio and Jamie Padgett and the Kinder Institute's Daniel Potter.

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.

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.

Civil engineering alumni honored by Rice Engineering Wed, 10/19/2022 - 10:44

Carlos Estuardo Ventura and Elle Lewis Anderson receive alumni awards.

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.

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.

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.

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.