Civic Research and Design Courses
CRD courses incorporate community-based research or design projects, which encourage faculty and students to work alongside Houston-based partners to address a variety of challenges facing our community. Course Guidelines .
Courses for Fall 2009
BIOE 451: Bioengineering Design I (Maria Oden)
Senior Bioengineering students will design devices in biotechnology or biomedicine. This project-based course covers systematic design processes, engineering economics, FDA requirements, safety, engineering ethics, design failures, research design, intellectual property rights, business planning and marketing. Students will be expected to compile concise documentation and present orally progress of their teams. It is required that students take both parts of this course in the same year. BIOE 451 and 452 must be taken the same academic year.
BIOE 461/GLHT 461: Global Health Design Challenges I (Maria Oden)
Students in this course will work on design projects to address global health disparities. Students will work in teams and partner with bioengineering students to develop solutions to particular problems in delivering healthcare in the developing world. Students must take BIOE 462 in the spring semester to complete their projects.
BIOS 310: Laboratory Research Experience, Section 2 (Dereth Phillips)
Independent research in Rice BCB faculty laboratories (section 1) or other Texas Medical Center laboratories (section 2). Students spend at least 3 hours per week in the laboratory for each semester hour of credit. If taken for 3 or more hours, counts as one required lab course but not as a Group A or Group B course. Requires a proposal abstract, weekly reports, and a research paper (fall semester) or a proposal abstract, weekly reports, and a poster presentation (spring semester). Students wishing to perform their research in an off-campus lab must submit a completed application to the Bios 310 instructor at least 2 weeks prior to the start of classes and may not register for fewer than 3 credit hours. Recommended: Students should secure research advisors and register for the class well in advance of the start of classes. Visit http://www.bioc.rice.edu/bios310/ for details.
CEVE 495/COMP 495/POLI 481: Hurricane Risk Assessment (Leonardo Duenas-Osorio, Robert Stein, & Devika Subramanian)
This course provides students with an opportunity to learn and apply tools and technologies from civil and environmental engineering, political science, and computer science to evaluate plans for Houston's response to major hurricane and flood hazards. This course includes field work to survey residential neighborhoods and visits to the state-of-the-art Emergency Management Operations Center of the City of Houston. This course may be repeated once if annual hurricane seasons justify it.
CHBE 403: Chemical Engineering Design Fundamentals (Kenneth Cox)
Product and process design fundamentals. Economic analysis. Use of modern simulation tools for chemical engineering design.
POLI 420: Campaigns & Elections (Robert Stein)
Examines the role of campaigns in determining the outcome of political races.
SOSC 321: Social Sciences Undergraduate Research Enterprise (Ipek Martinez)
SSURE fosters research partnerships between Rice social sciences majors and faculty, to enhance future employment and educational opportunities for students. The program offers research budget to conduct independent scholarly projects on topics of their choosing with the advice and mentoring of a faculty. Only students with selected research proposals qualify for enrollment. Student presents paper on campus, and possibly nationally. Department permission required. Visit http://socialsciences.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=115 for details.
Past Courses in Order by Faculty Member
Past Courses in Order by Semester