News & Stories

Rice alumni honored by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Tue, 07/16/2024 - 08:49

Honorees acknowledged for their contributions to computational applied mathematics at annual meeting.

Senior brings first operations research student club to Rice Engineering Thu, 06/13/2024 - 16:28

Bayzhan Mukatay launches student chapter of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), the largest operations research professional organization in the world.

Rice Engineering launches new degree programs in operations research Tue, 06/11/2024 - 13:30

New major and minor offerings align with rising demand of operations research expertise in the industry.

Rice-designed computational models help children recover from heart surgery Fri, 05/10/2024 - 10:27

Undergraduate research by Chawit “Poom” Kritpracha ’23 published in Medical Engineering and Physics.

Illya Hicks awarded Blackwell-Tapia Prize Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:56

Hicks recognized for his applied mathematics research, contributions to diversity and outreach.

Richard Tapia celebrated for 50 years of service at Rice Mon, 04/08/2024 - 12:47

Y. Ping Sun Award for Outstanding Community Engagement awarded during ceremony

Finite Element Rodeo returns to Rice Tue, 03/26/2024 - 09:25

Conference brings a close-knit community of mathematicians, testing ground for new ideas.

Seven CMOR seniors honored at annual luncheon Thu, 12/14/2023 - 15:03

Recipients of the 2023 Michael Ross Franco Award, CMOR-Chevron prizes acknowledged for their achievements.

Hicks named to board of trustees of the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics Wed, 12/13/2023 - 15:16

His four-year term involves budget review, policy development, advising and fundraising.

CMOR students, postdocs present research at first NASC training workshop at Rice Wed, 10/25/2023 - 08:46

NSF-backed, department-sponsored event aims to strengthen the preparation of researchers for careers in academia and industry.

Operations research senior awarded scholarship to present paper at INFORMS Wed, 10/18/2023 - 08:27

Charlie Liu's project aims to use network optimization techniques to promote fairness in the U.S. liver transplant allocation network.

Alfant, Kirk among Rice Engineering's 2023-24 Future Faculty Fellows Thu, 10/05/2023 - 10:11

School of Engineering program prepares PhD students, postdocs to stand out in academic job market.

Rice CMOR hires two new tenure-track faculty members Tue, 08/29/2023 - 12:56

Thomas Geoffrey Anderson and Lu Zhang are among 21 faculty hires in the School of Engineering.

Operations research student wins best presentation at Google-backed poster session Wed, 08/02/2023 - 10:42

Rice junior Alex Zalles spent 10-week Research Experience for Undergrads program studying statistics and data science.

Rice alumnus receives Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation Tue, 07/11/2023 - 08:54

Chengbo Li '11 recognized for his work in CSI technology and development of core algorithms and software infrastructure.

Riviere receives NSF grant to advance Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing Tue, 05/30/2023 - 13:19

The $2.3 million in RTG NASC funding will support research conducted by graduate and undergraduate students, and postdocs in CMOR.

Schaefer receives Curriculum Innovation Award from Rice Engineering Thu, 04/27/2023 - 08:45

CMOR professor recognized for curricular innovation.

Jesse Chan elected secretary for SIAM Texas-Louisiana Section Fri, 04/14/2023 - 07:56

Rice CMOR assistant professor will also serve on section's four-person board.

CMOR junior named 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholar Tue, 04/11/2023 - 10:54

Ruofeng 'Charlie' Liu recognized with he preeminent award for undergraduates studying natural sciences, engineering or mathematics.

Three Rice students earn NDSEG Fellowship Awards Thu, 12/15/2022 - 08:37

Adrian Celaya, Dane Grundvig and Alejandro Diaz are all PhD students in the Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research.