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Rice undergraduate environmental engineering program ranks No. 15 in U.S. News Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020

Civil engineering program ranks at No. 31 in annual rating.


Reginald DesRoches

DesRoches named chair of the National Construction Safety Team Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020

NCST is the body charged with investigating building failures resulting in significant loss of life.


Matthew Garcia

Garcia proposes development of next-generation flood alert system Friday, Jul. 31, 2020

New system will provide specially and temporally distributed flood inundation maps in near-real time.


Padgett among engineering faculty named to endowed chairs

Padgett among engineering faculty named to endowed chairs Friday, Jun. 5, 2020

Padgett among engineering faculty named to endowed chairs


Jamie Padgett, Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio

Padgett, Dueñas-Osorio promoted to full professor Monday, May. 18, 2020

Promotion effective July 1.