Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
@RCELConnect
To inspire, educate, and develop, ethical leaders in technology who will excel in research, industry, non-engineering career paths, or entrepreneurship.
Rice ELITE Tech week 1 is wrapping up! It's been a great week with these campers and live instructors!
Join us for an exciting showcase of groundbreaking projects developed in Rice University's Summer Engineering Innovation Program. Come to DEMO DAY 2025 to meet the teams and hear their final project presentations. Thurs, 8/7 @6pm RSVP: qrco.de/bg9Ozl
They're easy to spot with their distinct bright orange shirts as they teach in the classrooms, guide campers across campus, and mentor high school students through various activities. We are proud of our ELITE 2025 Live Instructors! #riceELITEtech #whyRCEL
Rice ELITE Tech Camp week 2 is going strong!
They are ready! The 2025 Rice ELITE Tech Camp Live Instructors wrapped up training today and are ready for the first camp session to begin Monday morning!!
All aboard! Thank you to the South Texas Section of @ChEnected for hosting a group of Rice ELITE Tech Live Instructors for a boat tour of the Port of Houston to see the industry of this working port, with cargo ships of all types from all over the world.
#HappeningNow: Kaz Karwowski, RCEL Executive Director, and George Webb, RCEL Industry Relations Director, are speaking to the @tspehouston today as part of the June BBQ, Education Event, and Board Installation at the @bank_houston.
Let's go! Today begins Live Instructor training for Rice ELITE Tech Camp! This year's LIs represent four different universities and eight engineering majors. We are excited to have them with ELITE and excited for Rice ELITE Tech Summer 2025 to begin in a few weeks! #whyRCEL
🎉 @RiceUniversity's student-led Rice Wind Energy team soared to 🥈 2nd place at @Energy's 2025 Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC). Congrats! @RiceMECH @RiceECE @RICE_OEDK, @RiceEngineering, @RiceEngineers & @RCELConnect #SolvingforGreaterGood 🔗 news.rice.edu/news/2025/unwa…
Ignite a Future in Engineering Innovation! @RiceUniversity Summer Engineering Innovation Program is a dynamic experience for students to solve real-world challenges using AI, Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering, & other Industry 4.0 tech. qrco.de/bg0NuL
Waiting for the big moment! We are so proud of our graduating MEML students, shown here at Commencement. Congratulations, @RiceUniversity Class of 2025!
Happening today!! RCEL Faculty Director @higgsf will speak at @ME_at_UW on Tribology & Particle Flow Systems in the Midst of an Industrial Revolution. me.washington.edu/news/seminar?t…
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the Catherine Bracken Internship Assistance Scholarships! Awarded annually to female @RiceEngineering students undertaking internships in a high cost-of-living area. These scholarships are made possible by a gift from Catherine Bracken '79.
CONGRATULATIONS! @riceengineering student Emily Aspey, senior in @riceCHBE, has been named winner of the 2025 Robert H. Parks Prize for Engineering Leadership. Nathan Morriss, senior in @ricemech, has won the 2025 RCEL Award for Engineering Leadership. engineering.rice.edu/news/rcel-anno…
Rice ELITE Tech Summer Camp enrollment is live! Are you ready to build skills to lead the future pf enginereing and technology? Rice ELITE Tech Camp offers high school students an inside look at how to use and/or develop cutting-edge technologies! vimeo.com/876151462
This week MEML students stood in Rice Stadium where President John F. Kennedy gave his legendary speech, and delivered their own bold "Moonshot" speech imagining futures they want to build and lead. Leadership isn’t just about analysis - it’s ambition, courage, and storytelling.
Amazing MEML workshop last night - students gained hands-on experience in 3D printing with MEML Professor Edgar Avalos Guana. #whyMEML
¡Qué Guay! Sandro Serpone, RCEL Staff Assistant, shared this #rcelcoincameo from Puerta de Alcalá in Madrid, Spain.
Spring Break #rcelcoincameo incoming! This year, RCEL Executive Director Kaz Karwowski visited South Korea and Japan to visit family! He sent these images of the Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul, and Kaminarimon in Asakusa, Tokyo.
Today's the day! Please consider giving to RCEL during the @RiceUniversity 24 Hour Challenge! When RCEL reaches 50 donors, celebrating 50 years of @RiceEngineering and Computing, $3,000 will be unlocked. #1Day1Rice ow.ly/GvSC50Vtl0Z
