Rice University Civil & Environmental Engineering

Congrats to our CEE seniors for successfully wrapping up their senior/capstone design course. An immense thank you to our phenomenal industry partners who served as mentors & a special thank you to Dr. Kalil Erazo for creating an enriching educational experience for our seniors!

"Every minute counts during storms—we're modeling how water moves through watersheds & puts communities at risk."- Prof. Phil Bedient, FIRST designer. Rice SSPEED Center's FIRST system provides flood warnings hours before disasters strike. ➡️ Learn more: bit.ly/3GWay1C

🎉 Congrats to Lily Lee, Rice '25 BS Civil & Environmental Engineering graduate, for earning 2nd place at the ASME SB3C Summer Bioengineering Conference! 👏 Proud of our students making a real healthcare impact! 👉 Read full story: bit.ly/4eJt4H3

🎓 Join us for virtual info sessions about our Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering! Learn about our comprehensive MCEE curriculum, connect with faculty, discover funding opportunities and more. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3hxtPq7

🎉 Congratulations to our @RiceCEVE student Raul Rincon for receiving the IASSAR Best Student Paper Award (Infrastructure Analysis theme) at #ICOSSAR25! Paper: "Attributed Graphs Preserve User Impacts on Network Performance Computation" with Dr. Padgett and Dr. Dueñas-Osorio.

🎉 Congratulations to Carol Haddock, Rice alumna and professor-in-practice, on being elected 2027 president of @ASCETweets! With 30+ years of ASCE leadership, Carol will help shape America's infrastructure future. Proud to have such exceptional leadership in @RiceCEVE!

🎉 Congratulations to our @RiceCEVE recent graduates Isabelle Chang, Raphael Dela Cruz, and Tina Nguyen for winning the 2025 Greene Prize for Environmental Writing for their project "Sewer Heat Recovery for the BRC". 👏 Special thanks to Dr. Dan Cohan & Dan Weisser.

Rice's SSPEED Center unveils Galveston Bay Park Plan: A comprehensive solution to hurricane storm surge threats 👉 Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

🎉 Celebrating Dr. Philip Bedient's incredible 50-year journey at @RiceUniversity! 👏 Join us in congratulating Dr. Bedient on this remarkable milestone: cee.rice.edu/news/philip-be…

🌀 Forecasters are predicting 17 named storms in the Atlantic this hurricane season. @RiceCEVE faculty are available to discuss hurricane and storm-related topics. 🎤 Schedule an interview with Rice’s experts: news.rice.edu/news/2025/fore…

Congratulations to our department chair, Dr. Jamie Padgett, on being named Fellow of @ASCETweets! This prestigious distinction recognizes her significant contributions to infrastructure resilience research. 👉 Read the full story here: cee.rice.edu/news/padgett-n…

🎓 Congratulations to our outstanding @RiceCEVE graduates! We continue to celebrate our exceptional Master's graduates who walked the stage at the advanced degree commencement ceremony on May 10th. 🎥 Watch recap: news.rice.edu/news/2025/owl-…

The Department @RiceCEVE congratulates President @RegDesRoches on his election as @ASCETweets Distinguished Member. This prestigious recognition honors his contributions to disaster mitigation policy and engineering education excellence. 👉 Read more: bit.ly/431kk9O

PFAS — used in foams, cookware & more — have polluted water worldwide. @RiceUniversity researchers propose catalytic solutions to break them down. 👉 Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/new-…

⛈️ Rice experts are available to discuss the omega block weather pattern causing widespread flooding threats from New Mexico to Massachusetts. 🎤 Schedule an interview with Rice’s experts:bit.ly/452EGlB

🎉 Congrats to PhD candidate Sara Denison on receiving the 2025 Sallyport Award! Sara's research on oil-contaminated soil remediation and her commitment to diversity in STEM exemplify excellence @RiceCEVE 👉 Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/sara…

🎉 Congratulations to Professor Menachem Elimelech on receiving the prestigious Sidney Loeb Award for his groundbreaking work in water purification! 👉 Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/rice…

🎉 We're continuing to celebrate Dr. Satish Nagarajaiah's exceptional achievement! @ASCE and Engineering Mechanics Institute have named him recipient of the prestigious 2025 George W. Housner Structural Monitoring & Control Medal. Learn more: engineering.rice.edu/news/satish-na…

🎉 Congrats to Rice CEE professors Jamie Padgett on the Provost's Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement and Lauren Stadler on the Charles W. Duncan Jr. Achievement Award for Outstanding Faculty, honors they received last week. Read more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/facu…

🎉 Celebrating our CEE faculty! Congratulations to Prof. Qilin Li- Outstanding Faculty Research Award and Prof. Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio - Teaching & Research Excellence Award. Read more: engineering.rice.edu/news/rice-engi…