Friday, April 7, 2017 Patrick Kurp, Engineering Communications Rohan Palanki and Constantine Tzouanas, bioengineering (BIOE) undergraduates at Rice University, have been named Goldwater Scholars for the academic year 2017-2018. Both sophomores are among the 240 chosen this year from 1,286 mathematics, science and engineering students nominated by universities nationwide. Each will receive $7,500 per year […]
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RCEL End of the Year Crawfish Boil and Pizza Party
It’s been another great year at RCEL! Come out and enjoy crawfish and pizza with your fellow Certificate students! We will recognize our seniors and the new Student Leadership, as well as welcome new Certificate students to the program.
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RCEL hosts Ethics and Leadership Panel
More than 90 students, alumni, faculty, and staff crowded into McMurtry Auditorium on Monday, April 3 for the RCEL Ethics and Leadership Panel. The panelists came together to discuss the role of ethics and leadership for engineers in the real world, and how these ideals affect engineer’s decisions and innovations. The four-member panel included: Rakesh […]
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RCEL student delegation travel to Liverpool Johns Moores University
As part of an ongoing partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), a delegation of four Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) Certificate students traveled to Liverpool, England over spring break to get a new cultural perspective on leadership and university life. The trip was a follow-up to the visit to Rice previously made by […]
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Rice entrepreneurs meet successful and up-and-coming startups on Ignite 2017 Silicon Valley Trek
On the 2017 Ignite Silicon Valley Trek, 55 Rice graduate and undergraduate students met and learned from some of the most successful and up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley. Students visited over a dozen companies, including Square, Parsable, AirBNB, LendUp, Tesla, Maana, Benchmark Capital, BOX, Proteus, 23&Me, Five Prime, and 5am Ventures. The intense immersion experience included company visits […]
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RCEL sends student to Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference in Austin, Texas
In February, RCEL sponsored Eduard Danalache, a sophomore studying computer science, to attend the Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference in Austin, Texas. The Sumners Leadership Conference is coordinated by the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and focuses on developing the leadership potential of current students […]
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RCEL students experience new perspectives of leadership at US Naval Academy and West Point conferences
Above: (R-L) Rachel Nguyen, Saurabh Harohalli, and David Van Kleeck at the USNA Leadership Conference Every year, RCEL sponsors students to attend national leadership conferences to expose them to new and different perspectives of leadership. This year, students attended the United States Naval Academy (USNA) Leadership Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, as well as National Conference on […]
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RCEL students host Boba & Board Game Study Break
On Monday evening, the RCEL Student Engagement Committee hosted a Boba & Board Game Study Break for all current RCEL certificate program students. Over 40 students came together to play board games like Banana Gram and Settlers of Catan, sip boba tea, and get to know each other. “Our goal was to show people that RCEL […]
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Layton Scholarship winners combine engineering, arts
Originally posted on engineering.rice.edu Monday, February 6, 2017 Holly Beretto, Engineering Communications Donaldo Almazan and Isaac Phillips are the winners of this year’s Phil Layton Scholarships. Almazan is a junior chemical engineering major and Phillips is a senior mechanical engineer. The scholarship is awarded annually to engineering students who have made significant contributions not only […]
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RCEL Boba & Board Game Study Break
Hey RCEL! On Monday, February 13 at 7:00 P.M. we will be having a board game and boba study break in the McMurtry library. Come grab a free drink, play some board games and cards, get to know other students in RCEL!
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