RCEL sends team to represent Rice University at Lockheed Martin’s Sixth Annual Ethics in Engineering Competition

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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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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