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🚀 MECH 585 Special Seminar: Guest speakers from NASA’s Johnson Space Center present on textile and materials engineering for space suits and exploration vehicles.
📅 Oct 22 | ⏰ 9:25-10:40 AM | 📍 OES 130
MECH Seminar: Dr. Dan Sameoto from the @UAlberta presents “Next-generation Applications of Bioinspired Materials from Microfluidics to Composites.”
📅 Oct 21 | ⏰ 3:30-4:30 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
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@RiceMECH Seminar: Dr. Michael Goldfarb from @VanderbiltU presents “Advances in knee prostheses: Past, present, and future.”
📅 Oct 14 | ⏰ 3:30-4:30 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
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@RiceMECH Seminar: Dr. Yuri Bazilevs from @VanderbiltU presents "Isogeometric and Meshfree Thin Shells: Methods and Applications to Architected Materials and Structures at the Structural and Nano Scales."
📅 Oct 7 | ⏰ 3:30-4:30 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
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Rice MECH is growing! We're hiring three faculty: an open-rank professor in Aerospace, a professor in Solid Mechanics, and a full-time teaching faculty member.
Priority review: Nov. 1
Learn more: mech.rice.edu
Surgineering: the engineering of surgery. Rice MECH's Farshid Alambeigi coined the term for his work with @MethodistHosp building surgical robots, AI that supports surgeons and robotic bioprinting that could one day create living tissue. news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
Rice MECH's Vanessa Sanchez is one of two Toyota Programmable System Innovation Fellows this year. Her lab is knitting sensing and movement directly into fabric for wearables, adaptive seating and soft safety systems that support human mobility.
🔗news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
MECH Seminar Series: Dr. Mohsen Taheri Andani @TAMU on "Additive Manufacturing of High-Temperature Alloys: Process-Structure-Property Relationships and Qualification Challenges."
📅 Wed, Sept 23 | ⏰ 3:30-4:30 PM | 📍 Maxfield Hall 251
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RiceMECH Seminar: Dr. Sonia Martínez Díaz from @UCSanDiego presents "Coverage Control Across Scales: Data-driven Solutions, Dynamic Scenarios, and Optimal Transport."
Sep 16 | 3:30-4:30 PM | Maxfield Hall 251
events.rice.edu/event/440040…
This past April, the Artemis II Orion capsule splashed down safely using a 3-parachute cluster that Rice MECH's Prof. Tezduyar and collaborators helped @NASAJohnson design. Their computational analysis has now been published. news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
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Dr. Keya Ghonasgi is leading a new Rice Brain Institute collaboration using a bilateral, mirror-mode exoskeleton. Instead of passive rehab, it lets a stroke patient's dominant arm guide their affected limb, actively engaging the brain and muscles.
🔗 news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
@RiceMECH engineers and @bcmhouston neurosurgeons found that simple changes to surgical retractor design could reduce strain on the esophagus during neck surgery, potentially lowering the risk of swallowing complications.
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As our department continues to grow, we welcome Dr. Farshid Alambeigi as Associate Professor of MECH. He directs the ARTS Lab, developing autonomous & flexible robotic systems to enhance surgical precision.
Learn more: profiles.rice.edu/faculty/fa…
Researchers at @RiceMECH and @NCState created moisture-driven tech that powers green batteries — and dissolves spy gear. Their stretchable, nontoxic battery runs on moisture pulled from the air, ready to power wearables and medical devices.
news.rice.edu/news/2026/rese…
@RiceMECH researchers develop shape-shifting surface for next-generation human-machine interaction, opening new possibilities for wearable devices and immersive tactile displays. Published in @ScienceAdvances
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Laura Schaefer, @RiceMECH professor, spoke with @HoustonMatters about what large-scale data centers could mean for temperatures in Houston communities and why smarter cooling alternatives already exist.
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Research led by Yong Lin Kong at @RiceMECH has produced a method for printing electronic circuits onto living tissue — a development that could lead to wireless medical implants and high-tech ingestible devices.
@TheEconomist reports:economist.com/science-and-te…
Rice engineering students turn stroke rehab into interactive gameplay — developing a modular device that lets stroke patients do therapy through real games, at home.
Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2026/rice…
Tezduyar, Takizawa, and @Waseda_Uni collaborators published a paper dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-02… on high-fidelity computational analysis of the flow from a bioprosthetic aortic valve to the aorta. The analysis can help surgeons assess the valve's effectiveness. youtube.com/watch?v=vq93fun0…
A @RiceMECH class project became a peer-reviewed publication. Students developed nacre-inspired carbon fiber composites that absorb up to 4x more energy while maintaining strength — making catastrophic failure far less likely in aerospace systems.
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