Students Katie Hart, junior, mechanical engineering, and Jackson Hughes, junior, materials science and nanoengineering, traveled to Lockheed Martin headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, to compete in the sixth annual Ethics in Engineering Competition that took place Feb. 28 to March 3, 2023. David Van Kleeck, Professor in the Practice, and Professor George Webb traveled with the team as mentors.
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Congratulations 2022 Graduates!
Eighteen Rice undergrads complete RCEL Certificate in Engineering Leadership! Check out where our seniors are heading after graduation!
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RCEL announces winners of the 2022 Parks Prize and the RCEL Award for Engineering Leadership
Juan De La Garza, senior in chemical engineering, has won the 2022 Robert H. Parks Prize for Engineering Leadership. Jade McAdams, senior in mechanical engineering, has won the 2022 RCEL Award for Engineering Leadership. Read on to learn more about these amazing student leaders!
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From the Student Director: Start your own leadership journey here at Rice with RCEL!
Being a leader is not about being perfect from the day you step foot on Rice campus. It requires learning and growing from your mistakes, and RCEL provides the opportunity to do so. The leadership labs and role-play scenarios in the classroom allow you to take risks with creative problem solving, practice project management, and see what skills work for you.
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Virtual Rice ELITE Tech Camp 2021 sees increased enrollment, introduces scholarship opportunity to tech-minded high schoolers
In its second year, Rice ELITE Tech Summer camp increased enrollment to 360 students, with students joining from 27 states and three countries. The camp, which ran four consecutive weeks in June, also introduced scholarship opportunities to Houston-area students, with 60 students joining camp through this program.
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Congratulations 2021 Graduates!
Twelve Rice undergrads complete RCEL Certificate in Engineering Leadership! Check out where our seniors are heading after graduation!
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Rice approves new Master of Engineering Management and Leadership degree
The Rice University Faculty Senate has approved the creation of a new professional master’s degree program in the George R. Brown School of Engineering, the Master of Engineering Management and Leadership (MEML), to become available to students beginning in the fall.
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RCEL announces winners of the 2021 Parks Prize and the RCEL Award for Engineering Leadership
The virtual event was sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) and the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm, which has offices in seven cities in the United States, including Houston. Three patent attorneys and two patent agents — both Rice graduates — from the firm served as instructors.
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SPLASHDOWN returns!
After being cancelled in 2020, COVID restrictions and ever changing weather couldn’t keep teams of engineering undergrads from taking on the Splashdown challenge! Four teams worked through rain and shine to create cardboard crafts to cross the Rice Rec Center competition pool with varying success. RCEL Student Leadership worked hard to bring the spring recruiting event to life amid the ever changing COVID restrictions, and pulled off a successful event! Way to go team!
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RCEL event introduces engineering students to patent law
The virtual event was sponsored by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) and the Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease law firm, which has offices in seven cities in the United States, including Houston. Three patent attorneys and two patent agents — both Rice graduates — from the firm served as instructors.
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