Research
The Rice Neuroengineering Initiative is a collaborative center where engineers, scientists, and clinicians strive to further our understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of issues with the central and peripheral nervous systems. Like the brain, these groups work together as networks that bring engineering principles to bear on everything from a basic understanding of brain science to the improvement of next-generation diagnostic tools and treatments for a variety of neurological disorders that today are the leading cause of illness and disability worldwide.
Education
With an engineering program consistently ranked as one of the top 30 graduate programs in the country, our faculty researchers are committed to the education and training of the next generation of engineers. Our faculty and students come from several areas within engineering, including electrical engineering, computing, bioengineering, mechanical engineering, material science, nanoengineering, and other disciplines. Our open lab layout in the Bioscience Research Collaborative is designed to foster internal collaboration between core labs, while our building's adjacency to the Texas Medical Center places our students within short walking distance to clinical and surgical collaborators, where they can develop and refine new tools and technologies.
Core Members of the Rice Neuroengineering Initiative are comprised of faculty, research scientists, and students from the following institutions:
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The Rice University George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing
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The Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
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The Baylor College of Medicine Department of Neuroscience
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The Houston Methodist Neurological Research Institute
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UTHealth McGovern School of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery
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The Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies
A full listing of our core and affiliate faculty can be found at neuroengineering.rice.edu/faculty
