2014 Awards
Baxter: A Humanoid Robot – 1 year award – $27,600.00
- Marcia O’Malley, Mechanical Engineer & Computer Science
- Lydia Kavraki, Computer Science
- Mark Moll, Research Science
Rice Shared Neural Data Initiative – 1 year award – $41,241.00
- Caleb Kemere, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Designing a Standard API – 1 year award – $25,000
- John Mellor-Crummey, Computer Science
NetML: A Distributed, APU-Optimized Platform for Machine Learning Over Big Data – 1 year award – $25,000
- Allan Cox, Computer Science
2013 Awards
Imagine Rio: Mapping Social, Urban and Topographic Change in 2D & 3D – 2 year award – $49,140.00
- Fares el DahDah, Anthropology
Virtual Reconstruction of Ancient Cities – 1 year award – $5,000
- Jeffrey Fleisher, Anthropology
Conference on Global Urban Institute – 1 year award – $5,000
- Paul Brace, Political Science
2012 Award(s)
Owl150: A Scalable Framework to Improve Individual Fitness
- Ashutosh Sabharwal, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rice University
- Emily Page, Director, Wellness Center, Rice University
- Robert Satcher, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center
2011 Award(s)
mobileVision: Turning the Smartphone into a Smart Optical Lab
- Ashutosh Sabharwal, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ashok Veeraraghavan, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Michael Twa, Assistant Professor, UH School of Optometry
Digital Learning
- Caroline Levander, English
2010 Award(s)
Local Elections in America Project (LEAP)
- Melissa Marchall, Professor, Political Science
- Christopher Jermaine, Associate Professor, Computer Science
- Hadley Wickham, Assistant Professor, Statistics
- Paru Shah, Political Science-Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Connecting the Dots: Non-State Actors, Security and Information Overload
- Richard Stoll, Professor, Political Science
- Devika Subramanian, Professor, Computer Science
- Chris Bronk, Information Tech Policy Fellow, Baker Institute for Public Policy
- Anthony Elam, Executive Director, Rice Center for Engineering Leadership
Increasing the Number of Women in Computer Science at Rice (P)
- Scott Rixner, Associate Professor, Computer Science
2005 Award(s)
Computational Navigation: Lessons from the Rat
- Steven Cox, Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics
- Danny Sorensen, Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics
- Jim Knierim, Associate Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- Harel Shouval, Assistant Professor, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics
- Paul Smolen, Assistant Professor, Research, Neurobiology and Anatomy, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computational and Applies Mathematics
Development of Laser-based, Dual-Detector Sensors for Measuring Rain and Wind
- James Young, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Ashutosh Sabharwal, Faculty Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Matthias Heinkenschloss, Professor, Computational and Applied Mathematics
Rice Mobile Information System
- Scott Cutler, Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lin Zhong, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chris Kelty, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Richard Baraniuk, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Jeff Frey, Manager, Web Services
SkyNET Simulations
- Stephen Wong, Lecturer, Computer Science
- Tony Elam, Associate Dean, Engineering
- Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
- Dung Nguyen, Lecturer, Computer Science
- Richard Stoll, Professor, Political Science
- James Thompson, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics
2004 Award(s)
Nano Haptic Robotic System to Enable Nanomanipulation, Nanoassembly, and Nanofabrication
- Fathi Ghorbel, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of Bioengineering
- Marcia O’Malley, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Rick Barrera, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Department Chair
Teaching Ancient Rome: City and Empire
- Michael Maas, Professor of History and Director of Rice’s Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations Program
- Caroline Quenemoen, Assistant Professor of Art History
Society and Technology: Multimedia Case Studies in Connexions
- Anthony Gorry, the Friedkin Professor of Management, Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
- Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Gaming@Rice Group Planning Grant
- Joe Warren, Professor of Computer Science
- Devika Subramanian, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering;
- Richard Stoll, Professor of Political Science
- David Lane, Associate Professor of Psychology and Statistics
- James Thompson, Noah Harding Professor of Statistics
- Patricia Seed, Professor of History
- Sarah Thal, Assistant Professor of History
- Tony Elam, Associate Dean of Engineering
- Leslie Miller, Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning
Robotics@Rice Group Planning Grant
- Marcia O’Malley, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Fathi Ghorbel, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Enrique Barrera, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
- Devika Subramanian, Professor, Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Lydia Kavraki, Professor of Computer Science
- Michael Liebschner Assistant Professor of Bioengineering
- Wade Adams, Director, Smalley Institute
2003 Award(s)
Sound Reasoning: How to Listen to and Understand Music
- Anthony Brandt, Associate Professor Shepard School of Music
- Richard Baraniuk, Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Geneva Henry, Executive Director CNX and DL
- Michael Decker, Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Cultures
- Werner Kelber, Professor Religious Studies
- Lisa Spiro, Director, Electronic Resources Center
- Geneva Henry, Executive Director CNX and DL
- Lisa Sweeney, GIS/Data Center
- Paula Sanders, Department of History
High-level Optimization of S-Plus Language Programs
- Ken Kennedy, University Professor
- Bradley Broom, Research Scientist, CS
- Rob Fowler, Research Scientist, CS
- John Mellor-Crummey, Senior Faculty Fellow, CS
Ethics and Politics in Information Technology
- Christopher Kelty, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Hannah Landecker, Assistant Professor, Anthropology
- Sherrilyn Roush, Assistant Professor, Philosophy