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 Dr. Qilin Li was interviewed by Lisa Friedersdorf, Director of the National Nanotechnology Coordination Office in October 2019. During this interview, Dr. Li "highlights the impact NEWT has had at Rice, how nanotechnology can help improve access to clean water around the world, and the importance of addressing the issue of an aging water infrastructure."...

Congratulations to ChBE graduate student Ze He, who received a cash prize as the runner up for the 2021 Archuleta Desalter Scholarship Award from the Texas Desalination Association! pic.twitter.com/7avS4nxhFC

Congratulations to the Ph.D. student Yuren Feng..., for receiving the CAPEES best poster Awards!



Application of electrothermal surface heating material has further broaden application of MD systems, as it allows easier control and higher intensity of energy input. However, existing surface heating materials face major challenges in MD: low electrochemical stability and unable for high energy input. In our group, we developed a novel electrothermal surface heating element by in situ growth of nano-thin protective coating, which provides high thermal conductivity, high electric insulation, and anti-corrosion properties, all critical for application in saline solutions.

Rice University’s Creative Ventures Funds Program has awarded grants to five Rice researchers and their colleagues through the InterDisciplinary Excellence Awards (IDEA), which support new research or academic partnerships by at least three faculty members across two schools.   This year’s winners are chemical and biomolecular engineer Xue (Sherry) Gao, civil and environmental engineer Qilin Li, theoretical physicist Andriy Nevidomskyy, bioengineer Robert Raphael and psychologist Eduardo Salas.   The awards of up to $75,000 over two years are for high-risk, high-reward initiatives that lead to proposals to generate new centers or programming with multiple principal investigators (PIs). The proposals are reviewed by Yousif Shamoo, vice provost of research, with input from the University Committee on Research.   The program supports the university’s goal to invest in faculty to achieve preeminence, as well as to elevate research achievement and reputation, both goals of Rice’s Vision for the Second Century, Second Decade.   Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and of materials science and nanoengineering, plans a pilot study of integrating resource management on the Rice campus to encourage sustainable urban food, energy and water infrastructure. Co-PIs are Laura Schaefer, the Burton J. and Ann M. McMurtry Chair in Engineering and a professor of mechanical engineering, Juan José Castellón, an assistant professor of architecture, and Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering....