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.

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.

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 .

Rice trio awarded Greene Prize for paper on solar energy Thu, 06/23/2022 - 13:15

Environmental engineering junior Kathryn Dale and alumni Johnathan Roberts and Hannah Vincent were students in Daniel Cohan's 'Energy and the Environment' course

Cohan appointed to EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors’ Climate Change Subcommittee Tue, 04/26/2022 - 13:34

The subcommittee is charged with “providing expert review and advice” to the EPA’s Executive Committee.

Rice environmental engineering 16th, civil 34th in national graduate program rankings Tue, 03/29/2022 - 09:41

Among private universities, environmental engineering at Rice ranked eighth and civil engineering ninth.

Cohan book looks at global warming, causes and solutions Tue, 03/22/2022 - 14:16

Rice environmental engineer believes wind and solar will form 'backbone of a clean electricity grid.'

Jamie Padgett named CEE department chair, effective July 1 Mon, 11/22/2021 - 09:26

Professor, who joined Rice in 2007, is faculty director of recently-launched Gulf Scholars Program at Rice.

Rice undergraduates win Greene Prize for environmental writing Fri, 11/12/2021 - 08:30

Winning paper written for Daniel Cohan's “Energy and the Environment” course.