About Rice STEM Summer Series
Register today for one of our free student webinars designed for 6th–9th grade students. These seminars are possible due to collaboration between R-STEM, the George R. Brown School of Engineering, and the Tapia Center for Excellence and Equity in Education.
Space is limited so registration is on first-come, first-served basis.
Upcoming Sessions
Currently, there are no upcoming sessions scheduled. R-STEM staff is working to expand this series and will post new seminars as they become available.
Past Sessions
Rice Student Research
Adam Farsheed studied Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern University where he studied the 3D printing of biodegradable stents. He took two years off to teach middle school in Seattle, and is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Bioengineering at Rice, where he is studying the treatment of large muscle injuries using hydrogels. Dr. Brant Gracia is a Texan native who attended Texas A&M University. for undergraduate and The University of Texas at Austin for his Ph.D. in biochemistry. Currently, he works in the department of Genetics at MD Anderson Cancer Center investigating how protein folding mutations in cancer associated genes lead to genome damage and carcinogenesis.
Date: July 8, 2020
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. CST
Presenters: Adam Farsheed and Brant Garcia
Rice Student Research
Lydia Wu grew up in Columbia, SC but her family moved to Houston, TX while she was in college. She is a Ph.D. student in the Psychological Sciences Department at Rice University studying how stress gets under the skin to impact your mental and physical health. Madeline Galbraith is from a small town in Ohio and earned her bachelors degree in Physics & Computer Science from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Currently she is in the Physics & Astronomy department trying to understand how cells decide to become a type (like brain vs muscle) and communicate with their neighbors.
Date: July 22, 2020
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. CST
Presenters: Lydia Wu and Madeline Galbraith
Rice Student Research
Christine Nguyen did her undergraduate studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey where she received a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering and conducted research on gold nanoparticles for drug delivery applications. Now she is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Materials Science and NanoEngineering Department in Dr. Jun Lou's lab focusing on laser processing of 2D materials for flexible electronics. Maria Villegas did her undergraduate studies at Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, a university specialized in life sciences research in Lima-Perú. She had the opportunity to work in many different laboratories during her undergraduate time. Now, she is doing her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Cell biology where her research is focused in then optimization of biological tools to activate genes in bacteria.
Date: July 29, 2020
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. CST
Presenters: Christine Nguyen and Maria Claudia Villegas Kcam
What is it like to be an engineer?
What is it like to be an engineer? Do you do math all day or build stuff? Hear from recent graduate of Cornell and engineer at ExxonMobil, August Longo, about the day-to-day of working as a chemical engineer. He will share his thoughts on why engineers are important, as well as his personal journey to becoming one.
Date: August 5, 2020
Time: 2:00–3:00 p.m. CST
Presenter: August Longo
Rice STEM Summer Seminar Series Administration
If you have any questions about Rice STEM Summer Seminar Series, you can contact the program lead.
Matthew Cushing, M.S.
R-STEM Executive Director
713-348-8210 | mpc3@rice.edu
*Program times, dates, locations, and compensation subject to change before the first day of the program.