Rice Space Institute

Our Mission

To establish the Rice Space Institute as a world leader in space science research and space technology development by fostering interdisciplinary research and education in collaboration with academic, business, industry and government partners.

**Technology Research Areas**
Area	Faculty/Center/Institute
Aeronautics and Aviation	Andrew Meade and Patrick Rodi
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning	Moshe Vardi, Devika Subramanian, and Maarten de Hoop
Biosciences and Bioengineering	Jane Grande-Allen,Tomasz Tkacyzk, Kathleen Beckingham, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Matthew Wettergreen, and Rice360
Data Sciences	Genevera Allen, Richard Baraniuk, Anastasios Krillidis, Chris Tunnell, and D2K
Nanotechnology	Pedro Alvarez, Jim Tour, Gang Bao, NEWT, and RCQM
Power	Matteo Pasquali, Michael Wong, and Jim Tour
Robotics	Marcia O’Malley, Lydia Kavraki, and Fathi Ghorbel
Sensors	Ashutosh Sabharwal and Leinardo Duenas-Osorio
Wearable and Wireless Technologies	Ashutosh Sabharwal and Ashok Veeraraghavan

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Student Groups

Rice SEDS
AIAA
Rice Eclipse
RCEL
Rice CubeSat team

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