Why Camilah Powell is anxious about starting her Fulbright Tue, 03/09/2021 - 14:22

After being awarded the fellowship to research water desalinization, Israel closed its borders.

Zygourakis receives ChBE Professional Excellence Award Wed, 01/27/2021 - 11:03

Award honors a ChBE faculty member who has made outstanding contributions to undergraduate and graduate education at Rice.

ChBE alumni help prepare recruitment process Fri, 01/15/2021 - 18:47

Workshops aim to connect students with industry professionals from our alumni network.

Nnorom among recipients of AMPT Center's first Resiliency Awards Tue, 01/12/2021 - 10:01

PhD student led efforts to improve graduate recruiting, focus on inclusion.

Journal celebrates 30th anniversary of Chapman's influential models Mon, 01/11/2021 - 11:27

SAFT was developed by Rice ChBE professor and colleagues, and published in a series of highly cited articles in 1988, 1989 and 1990.

Wong, Wang research groups earn AIChE South Texas Section awards Tue, 12/15/2020 - 09:10

Wong's group receives Best Fundamental Paper Award; Wang's Best Applied Paper Award.

ACS recognizes Wong, Alvarez for work on fracking byproduct 'produced water' Mon, 11/09/2020 - 07:18

Rice pair with Shell collaborator receive Greater Houston Section's P3 Salute to Excellence Award.

Two Rice undergrads receive AIChE awards Tue, 11/03/2020 - 12:43

Minjung Kim recognized for academic excellence, Savannah Tiemann for freshman involvement.

No longer on the outside looking in Mon, 10/12/2020 - 08:05

Gilda Barabino '86 used her experience as a black female engineer to become president of Olin College of Engineering

Rice goes GRE-optional for grad programs, will grant fee waivers to graduates of Texas schools Wed, 09/09/2020 - 08:46

ChBE is eliminating the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) standardized test requirement for its 2021 graduate programs.

NSF awards Wang $2-million Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation grant Wed, 09/02/2020 - 09:55

Young researcher to explore converting CO2 into pure liquid fuels.

Shivers awarded NASA/Texas Space Grant Consortium Fellowship Thu, 07/16/2020 - 11:52

Fifth-year doctoral student works in the research group of Fred C. MacKintosh.

Meet the alumnus in charge of NASA's pre-launch quarantine program Tue, 06/02/2020 - 16:55

Rob Mulcahy is a NASA flight surgeon who helps keep astronauts healthy.

Hirasaki group earns 'Best Petrophysics Paper' Fri, 05/22/2020 - 17:01

The winning paper is titled 'NMR Evaluation of Light-Hydrocarbon Composition, Pore Size, and Tortuosity in Organic-Rich Chalks.'

Pasquali honored with Rice Presidential Award for Mentoring Tue, 05/12/2020 - 17:06

The award is given to faculty members who demonstrate strong commitment to mentoring graduate or undergraduate students.

Wang receives grant to study waste CO2 conversion Thu, 05/07/2020 - 17:08

Three-year, $240,000 research grant comes from the Houston-based Robert A. Welch Foundation.

Biswal named the William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering Wed, 03/18/2020 - 17:09

Biswal, who leads the Soft Matter Engineering Laboratory, joined the Rice faculty in 2006.

Chemical engineering graduate program moves up in U.S. News rankings Mon, 03/16/2020 - 17:10

Marks the 12th year in a row in which Rice’s chemical engineering program has placed in the top 30 in the category.

Wong receives 2019 Southwest Region American Chemical Society Award Wed, 02/05/2020 - 17:14

ACS award is the highest honor given by the regional affiliate.

How this sophomore hopes to change crude petroleum Wed, 01/29/2020 - 17:29

Patrick Aghadiuno aims to make oil production more environmentally friendly.

Imagining the possibilities of polymers Thu, 12/12/2019 - 17:46

ChBE professor Amanda Marciel aims to use her research interests to meet societal challenges.

Mohite, Wang among world’s highly-cited researchers Fri, 12/06/2019 - 17:31

The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list is a global accounting of scientists who produced decade’s most influential papers.

Li, Taylor named as Future Faculty Fellows Thu, 11/14/2019 - 17:32

New Rice Engineering program supports Ph.D. and postdoctoral students interested in pursuing academic careers.

Mikos awarded honorary doctorate from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Wed, 10/09/2019 - 17:34

Mikos graduated from the largest university in Greece in 1983.

Wong named William M. McCardell Professor in Chemical Engineering Tue, 10/01/2019 - 17:37

ChBE department chair joined Rice faculty in 2001.

Mohite, Wong awarded DOE grant Fri, 09/13/2019 - 17:40

Grant supports study of method for splitting water into its constituent parts, hydrogen and oxygen.

Rice chemical engineering ranks 18th in nation Tue, 09/10/2019 - 17:42

In U.S. News and World Report annual rating, Rice Brown School of Engineering remains in top 20.

Patchy colloids: the Velcro of building materials Mon, 09/24/2018 - 14:21

Walter Chapman sees enormous promise in these substances with so unlikely a name.