ResearchFocus Areas

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Research Focus Areas

Rice Engineering and Computing's strategic research focus areas leverage our strengths, location, agility, and strong interdisciplinary culture to solve local and global societal challenges.

Health and Well-being

Rice engineers are developing new technologies and materials to prevent, diagnose and treat complex illnesses to improve human health and well-being. Close partnerships with institutions in the Texas Medical Center are at the heart of our research.

Energy and Sustainability

As the world's energy needs grow, Rice engineers are developing disruptive approaches to energy generation, storage and sustainability to steer us towards a greener future.

Resilient and Adaptive Communities

Rice engineers are developing technologies and materials to strengthen urban infrastructure and mitigate climate change impacts for communities around the world.

Advanced Materials

Rice engineers are developing sustainable metamaterials, phase-changing materials, and smart fibers and fabrics with diverse applications in energy systems, healthcare, space exploration and more.

Future Computing

Rice engineers are discovering new frontiers in artificial intelligence, machine learning, quantum computing and other computing technologies. Innovative computing solutions have diverse applications in energy, healthcare, economics and more.