Rice University Applied Physics Program

Congratulations to Arman Mehzad on being elected First-Year Representative to the 2026–2027 APGSA Board! 🎉

A great evening at Children’s Museum Houston for Quantum Connections: Light, Magnetism & Motion!

As part of our NSF NRT BRIDGE C-QED Program at Rice University’s Smalley-Curl Institute, we brought hands-on spectroscopy and magnetism activities to children and families.

A big thank you to our NRT trainees Hayden Beatty and Elijah Kritzell for leading the experiments and sharing the science with our young visitors, and to Nancy Gealow and Rice R-STEM for their collaboration and support.

Thank you also to Children’s Museum Houston for welcoming us. A fun evening making science accessible, interactive, and exciting!

APP students are invited to participate in a series of professional skills workshops! See email for details and to RSVP.

Please join us on Monday as the Smalley-Curl Institute hosts Rice University's Research Experience for International Students (REIS) Japan Dinner Celebration with students from Keio University and the University of Tokyo.

SCI will serve pizza and drinks; please see email to RSVP.

This is an exciting event where our visiting researchers get to mingle with Rice students and faculty after their capstone poster session. It will be great to hear them share what their experiences were like on this inaugural REIS exchange with Japan - and to hear from the Rice undergrads who went to Tokyo during the summer!

Rice University’s Research Experience for International Students (REIS) - Japan program is hosting 11 students from the The University of Tokyo and Keio University for an 8-week program, conducting research with professors from the Rice University School of Engineering and Computing. The exchange also provided Rice students with opportunities to conduct research in Japan this summer, helping foster lasting international collaboration, academic exchange and connections between our universities.

This program is made possible through the generous support of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and the Japan Business Association of Houston (JBAH), and the Rice University School of Engineering and Computing.

Applied Physics has talent. 🎤🎸✨
The Smalley-Curl Institute at Rice University Applied Physics students traded research for the stage and showed us what they can do outside the lab. 🦉

APP students and faculty are invited to get lunch and learn more about the Lilie Innovation Fellows Programs! See email for more information. Please RSVP by September 30th.

Congratulations to APP travel award recipients for Fall 2026!

Last week, Professor Kono and John Marsh from SCI showed Japanese REIS (Research Experience for International Students) visitors how to make frozen margaritas to accompany their TexMex dinner!