The fifth annual Engineering Liftoff was a great success on Saturday, September 10 – over 170 participants, including freshmen, upperclass coaches, RCEL faculty/staff and other volunteers, crowded into the RMC Grand Hall for a day of challenges and fun. The competition designs were very creative this year, including catapults, canons and slingshots! Three student speakers […]
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Engineering Liftoff
The Engineering Liftoff is the orientation event for the School of Engineering. Test your engineering and leadership skills on a fun challenge. Learn about Rice and engineering, and hear student speakers talk about their experiences at Rice in leadership, internships and entrepreneurship.
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RCEL Alumna Lam featured by Themed Entertainment Association
Themed entertainment is the perfect triad of advanced technology, art, and hospitality: TEA NextGen Spotlight – Rebecca Lam Posted by Judy Rubin See original post here. Rebecca Lam went from young roller coaster rider, to engineering student, to her first real exposure to the industry followed by confidence that she’d found her dream career direction in […]
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C. Fred Higgs III joins MECH and RCEL
Patrick Kurp, Rice Engineering Communications C. Fred Higgs III leaves a trail of acronyms wherever he goes. There’s PFTL, his Particle Flow and Tribology Lab at Carnegie Mellon. There’s his philosophy of mentoring student researchers – the RTFS Engine, short for Research, Teaching, Funding, Service. And there’s RCEL, the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership, where […]
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Senior Spotlight 2016
Congratulations to RCEL Class of 2016! We are very thankful to these seniors for their dedication and contributions to RCEL during their time with the program, and wish them the best of luck in their careers. Teju Kishore ’16Chemical EngineeringCapital One Colin Shaw ’16StatisticsBoston Consulting Group Jesus Duran ’16Chemical Engineering
Continue readingRice Drone Camp
Rice Drone Camp students explore the engineering and science of drone technology and UAV systems, while also examining the social and cultural implications of technological advances. The program includes technical lectures from Rice faculty and professional engineers, project-based learning experiences, and hands-on training in drone operation.
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Rain Check celebrates another great year at RCEL
The rain may have washed out the RCEL End of Year party last week, but the Rain Check brought RCEL students together to celebrate the close of another great year. Current students and those entering ENGI 218/219 in the fall came out to Duncan College for pizza and desserts. Executive Director Kaz Karwowski recognized RCEL’s graduating […]
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RCEL’s Simmons-Pino awarded Rice Global E&C Forum Scholarship
Congratuatlions to RCEL senior Ciara Simmons-Pino (Civil and Environmental Engineering) for her scholarship from the Rice Global E&C Forum! ….. (from the Rice Global E&C Formal Announcement) Annually, the Forum Board of Directors vote to award tuition scholarships to deserving Rice School of Engineering students. Focus of the awards is on applicants who are in […]
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RCEL Design Challenge and Information Event 2016
If you’re curious about the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership and want to learn what it would be like to be a part of it, you can find out this Friday, 4:30-6:30pm in Rayzor Hall room 123. They’re going to have a fast-paced team challenge with current RCEL students as coaches. Talk to these students and learn what they’ve gotten out of RCEL’s certificate program. There will be plenty of pizza and cash prizes for winning teams! Find out more here.
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RCEL at the Spring Student Activities Fair
Come out to the RMC during the Spring Student Activities Fair to learn more about RCEL from current Certificate students!
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