Rice Engineering Alumni

Are you an Owl in ? Join the community in New York City for their first social of the year! 🦉🍎

📍Mark your calendars for:
- Wednesday Oct 14, 2026
- 5:30-7:30pm
- Draught 55, 245 E 55th St., New York, NY 10022

📣Preregister below by October 11 (but walk-ins are welcome)!
https://events.rice.edu/event/439938-rea-new-york-city-social

Calling all Houston-Area alumni! The REA is partnering with Rice Center for Engineering Leadership to host a for current Rice students -- and we’d love for you to be part of it! 🤝🦉💙

The event will lead students & alum volunteers through structured scenarios, such as approaching a professional at an industry conference, navigating a career fair, or engaging in conversation with a senior leader within a company. Your will help students build real-world . 🙌

📍Event Details:
- Thursday, October 15, 2026
- 6:00 - 7:30 PM CDT
- Duncan Hall, Martell Hall, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX

Note: Students will be dressed casually but respectfully.

📣 Interested in volunteering?
Please register here:
https://events.rice.edu/event/437901-rea-rcel-networking-skills-workshop

Our Houston Meet-up event was a ! ⛳️🎉 Thank you to the 20+ alumni and familymembers in the who joined us for a tee-riffic evening of at the Houston Puttery! It was great to connect with everyone and get into the competitive spirit over a few beers! 🍻🏌️‍♀️💙

📅 Interested in joining an upcoming event? Checkout & RSVP for our upcoming Fall events -- including a (October 14th) and (October 23rd)!! Register today!! https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/events

Rice Engineering Alumni is ringing in the new year!! 🦉🎉 This weekend, the REA came together for our first meeting of the 2026-2027 school year -- bringing both and together to set priorities, share ideas, and get to work on our for the year ahead.

As part of the meeting, the Board also heard from two Rice University School of Engineering and Computing students who participated in the REA's program (Paige Rennie and Tatum Thompson) who shared reflections on their summer internships, mentorship experiences, and what they gained from the program.

We’re excited about the initiatives our have planned for the year and look forward to sharing more with the community soon. There’s plenty more to come! 💙

Meet our 2026-2027 REA Board! - Félix Campos ‘08, Brianna Singh ‘18, Richard Valdez ‘01, Jim Powers '89, Lori Ding '17, Richard Harris '84, Bo Zhang PhD '10, Monique Hartemink '18, Aloysius Utomo '17, Carl Rosene '83 '87, PhD '90, Taha Toghani PhD '24, Robert Sheppard '88, John Breyer '94, Pretta VanDible Stallworth '83, David Trevas '86, '89, PhD '94, Ted Adams '86, Richard Swain '75, '76, Charlie Walker '00, Eamon Baqui '97

Interested in with the REA this year? Learn more about our upcoming and to volunteer below!

📅 Upcoming Events: https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/events
🙋 Get Involved: https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/get-involved

🎉 Meet the 2026-2027 Rice Engineering Alumni Leadership Team! 🎉

As we begin a new academic year, we’re excited to introduce the 2026–2027 leadership team and welcome our newest ! 🦉💙

This year, five Rice Engineering alumni are joining the REA Board of Directors: Eamon Baqui (ChemE '97), Charlie Walker (MechE ‘00), Taha T. (EE PhD ‘24), Aloysius Utomo (ChemE ‘17, MBA ‘26), Robert Sheppard (CEVE ‘88)

REA Executive Team:
President - Brianna Singh
Immediate Past President - Félix Campos
Secretary - Lori Ding
Treasurer - Jim Powers

Please join us in welcoming in our new board. 👏 We're looking forward to working together on that support, honor and connect Rice University School of Engineering and Computing engineers both before and after graduation! 🤝 👩‍🎓

Interested in getting involved with REA? Explore the links below to learn more:

📅 Events - https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/events
🙋 Volunteer Opportunities - https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/get-involved
👥 Meet the Board - https://www.riceengineeringalumni.org/about

Join us for the Welcome to the NeighborHOOT event in your area!

Welcome to the NeighborHOOT is our annual kickoff event that welcomes new and longtime alumni to the community.

This is a chance to reconnect with fellow Owls, expand your network, and learn more about ways to stay engaged with Rice.

We hope you can join us this year!

P.S. Houston's event will feature one of our very own: REA President Brianna Singh on the Speaker Panel!!

https://alumni.rice.edu/welcome-to-the-neighborhoot

Our REA Grant and Award winners are meant to be celebrated. So this , we're spotlighting Daziyah Sullivan, Ph.D.! 🥳

Daziyah received REA's Graduate Student Travel Grant to attend the IEEE World Haptics Conference in South Korea! This premier international conference brought together researchers and industry leaders advancing the science and application of haptics (technology that simulates touch through vibration or force feedback). This provided Daziyah with the opportunity to present her work, expand her professional network, and engage with the latest developments in the field.

Under the advisement of Dr. Marcie O'Malley, Daziyah's research explores human-centered haptics and how it can support mental health through affective haptics, virtual and augmented reality, and wearable technologies. Her work investigates how people perceive and interact with haptic feedback, with the goal of creating more meaningful and effective human-technology experiences.

👏 Congratulations, Daziyah! We're proud to support your journey and excited to see what's next for you!
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🙌 Interested in supporting more stories like Daziyah's? Learn more about how you can help with the REA Grants and Awards Program here: https://lnkd.in/gECys6NP

It takes a village (or maybe an ✨ engineering ecosystem ✨) to launch a career! We want to send a big THANK YOU to our 2026 internship host companies (and alumni mentor volunteers) who helped our students take their first steps into the professional world.

This summer, the REA connected talented Rice University School of Engineering and Computing students in engineering internships with host companies, and paired them with Rice Engineering Alumni Mentors to provide them with support and skills training to accelerate their career development. The support of our SEE Partners has been invaluable in providing our students with real-world engineering experiences and helping them kickstart their careers!

Please join us in thanking our 2026 host companies! 👏 🎉 Unified Industries Incorporated, Prana Surgical, Blade Energy Partners, Skybound Medtech, Affiliated Engineers, Inc., Piping Technology & Products, Inc., Solidec, PulseForge, Inc., DexMat, OmniScience, H&H Business Development, LLC.

--- Interested in Getting Involved? —

👨‍👩‍👦 Alumni Volunteers: We are looking for Alumni volunteers to mentor and provide our students guidance on the professional work environment, communication skills and developing resumes. See our contact info below!

🏢 Host Companies: Interested in hosting a talented Rice Engineering student? See our contact info below!

If you are an interested student, prospective host company, or engineering alumni please email [email protected] or visit the SEE website (see the link in our profile!)

Class of 2026: You made it!! 🎓🎉

Congratulations on becoming a ! As a graduate of the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing, you are automatically a member of Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) -- the oldest alumni affinity group at Rice! 💙 👐

REA , and Rice engineers before and after graduation. Formed in 1938, REA is the oldest alumni affinity group at Rice and is dedicated to supporting the George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing. REA provides over $150,000 in awards and scholarships to outstanding students each year, recruits students for meaningful internships and facilitates opportunities for alumni to interact with current Rice students and other students in their communities.

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