RCEL welcomed students, faculty, staff and industry volunteers to celebrate the year!
Leo Marek, senior in electrical and computer engineering, has been named winner of the 2026 Robert H. Parks Prize for Engineering Leadership.
By Brandon Martin. Master of Engineering Management and Leadership students focused on how Nvidia can maintain its leadership position in AI
For Rice University student-athletes Omari Porter, David Kasemervisz and Matthew Aribisala, football and engineering aren’t competing priorities — they’re complementary pursuits.
Lindsey Witte awarded RCEL’s Parks Prize
Lindsey Witte, a senior in chemical and biomolecular engineering (ChBE), has been awarded the Robert H. Parks Jr. Prize for Excellence in Engineering Leadership by the Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL).
On the Move: College recruitment and relocation opportunities abound
RCEL’s Kaz Karwowski was quoted in this article from the Houston Chronicle.
Tolulope Akinwumi honored by RCEL
Rice Owls' Tolu is honored by the Rice Center of Engineering Leadership
RCEL moves into discovery phase
The Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL) entered a new phase early in May as its founding director, Mark Embree, Ann and John Doerr Professor and professor of computational and applied mathematics, led a delegation of students and staff on a trip, to visit leadership centers at four universities in the Northeast. In the spirit of Edgar Odell Lovett, the group set out to find what made good engineering leadership programs work and what might be adapted for use by RCEL
