CAAM majors Alexander Grant Gardner, Jonathan Stewart Celaya, and Wendy Noel Knight are the recipients of the 2017 CAAM Chevron Prizes
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CAAM majors Alexander Grant Gardner, Jonathan Stewart Celaya, and Wendy Noel Knight are the recipients of the 2017 CAAM Chevron Prizes
Rice University faculty and postdoctoral research fellows will study flooding and police services in Houston, thanks to three new awards from the Houston Solutions Lab.
When he graduated from Rice with a B.A. in 2014, Franco had a double major in CAAM and mathematics. At the start of his senior year, Franco was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. For eight months he underwent chemotherapy while completing course work and graduated on time.
Nanoscale magnets offer a new way to find faint, early traces of cancer in patients, according to CAAM students working on a method to capitalize on the magnets’ properties.
For the last three years, the summer Tapia camps have given underrepresented students a front-row seat in learning what it means to have a career in math or science. All of these students have a demonstrated interest in those subjects, but many of them don’t have the exposure to professionals or academics, outside their classroom teachers, who can show them what they can do with these STEM skills.Â
Rice University computational mathematician Richard Tapia has won the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s 2016 AAAS Public Engagement with Science Award. The honor specifically recognizes Tapia’s “remarkable career blending world-class scholarship, admirable mentoring and profound contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics education and public engagement.”
To help get students excited about computing and problem-solving, the Rice University School Mathematics Project (RUSMP) and Houston Independent School District (HISD) co-hosted an invitational round of the Bebras Computing Challenge Oct. 1 at Rice.
Rice’s Energy and Environment Initiative is reaching out to university faculty for new ideas about interdisciplinary research collaborations that could attract significant government and industry support. “The research funding environment is always challenging, and we need to do all we can to remain competitive,” said Rice Vice Provost for Research Yousif Shamoo.
Gillman is one of 126 new Sloan fellows announced today by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The prestigious fellowships, awarded annually since 1955, include a generous grant to support the work of early career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential mark them as rising stars.
The son of Mexican immigrants, Tapia was the first member of his family to attend college. Today he is University Professor, the Maxfield-Oshman Professor in Engineering and a professor of computational and applied mathematics. Moreover, his research and dedication to diversity education in the U.S. have achieved a number of distinguished honors, including the National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama.