Rice University - Houston, Texas Today is Sunday, May 11, 2008   DEPARTMENT INFORMATION

Department Chair Phone, Fax, and E-Mail Faculty Research Interests The George R. Brown School of Engineering Bioengineering Rebecca Richards-Kortum 116 Keck Hall Phone: 713-348-5869 Fax: 713-348-5877 Email: bioeng@rice.edu URL: http://www.bioe.rice.edu Biochemical engineering, biological systems modeling, biomaterials, biomedical lasers, cellular and molecular engineering, controlled release technologies, metabolic engineering, spectroscopy, systems engineering and instrumentation, thrombosis, tissue engineering, and transport processes Chemical & Biomolecular Eng Kyriacos Zygourakis B216 Abercrombie Lab Phone: 713-348-4902 Fax: 713-348-5478 Email: chbe@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~che/ Thermodynamics and phase equilibria, chemical kinetics and catalysis, optimization, stability and process control, theology and fluid mechanics, polymer science, biomedical engineering, enhanced oil, recovery and cleanup of ground-water aquifers, biochemical reactor engineering Civil and Environmental Engi Pedro Alvarez 203 Ryon Laboratory Phone: 713-348-2353 Fax: 713-348-5268 Email: ceve@rice.edu URL: http://www.ceve.rice.edu Structural and foundation dynamics (e.g., earthquake and offshore engineering), reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, application of probability theory to structural dynamics, experimental studies of structures, geotechnical engineering, and computer-aided engineering Comp. & Applied Mathematics Dan Sorensen 1079 Duncan Hall Phone: 713-348-4805 Fax: 713-348-5318 Email: caam@rice.edu URL: http://www.caam.rice.edu/ Operations research, mathematical programming, discrete and continuous optimization, numerical linear, algebra, inverse problems, computational seismology, optimal design, partial differential equations, numerical analysis Computer Science Keith Cooper 3121 Duncan Hall Phone: 713-348-4834 Fax: 713-348-5930 Email: comp@rice.edu URL: http://www.cs.rice.edu/ Algorithms and complexity, artificial intelligence and robotics, compilers, distributed and parallel computation, graphics and visualization, operating systems and programming languages Electrical & Comp. Engineering Behnaam Aazhang A204 Abercrombie Phone: 713-348-4020 Fax: 713-348-5686 Email: elec@rice.edu URL: http://www.ece.rice.edu Bioengineering, computer systems engineering, quantum electronics, semiconductor devices, communications, control systems, robotics Mechanical Eng. & Mat. Sci. Enrique Barrera 101 Mechanical Engineering Building Phone: 713-348-4906 Fax: 713-348-5423 Email: mems@rice.edu URL: http://www.mems.rice.edu Heat transfer, computational fluid dynamics, random vibrations, solid mechanics, computer-aided design, robotics, control, materials engineering, and optimization theory Statistics Katherine Ensor 1083 Duncan Hall Phone: 713-348-6032 Fax: 713-348-5476 Email: stat@rice.edu URL: http://www.stat.rice.edu Applied probability, biomathematics, data analysis, density estimation, epidemiology, image processing, model building, quality control, statistical computing, stochastic processes, time-series analysis The School of Architecture Architecture Lars Lerup (Dean) 111 Anderson Hall Phone: 713-348-4044 Fax: 713-348-5277 Phone: 713-348-5152 Email: arch@rice.edu URL: http://www.arch.rice.edu/ Architecture, design, urbanism, theory and practice The School of Humanities Education Meredith Skura 17 Herman Brown Hall Phone: 713-348-4826 Fax: 713-348-5459 Email: educ@rice.edu URL: http://www.education.rice.edu Secondary education English Helena Michie 225 Herring Hall Phone: 713-348-4840 Fax: 713-348-5991 Email: englgrad@rice.edu URL: http://www.english.rice.edu British and American literature and literary theory French Studies Jean-Joseph Goux 207 Rayzor Hall Phone: 713-348-4851 Fax: 713-348-5951 Email: fren@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~fren Medieval through contemporary literature, French literary theory, philosophy, French cultural history, postcolonial and gender studies, French linguistics second language acquisition Hispanic Studies Jose Aranda 307 Rayzor Hall Phone: 713-348-5451 Fax: 713-348-4863 Email: span@rice.edu URL: http://www.hispanicstudies.rice.edu Medieval, golden age, and modern peninsular Spanish literature, modern Spanish American literature, Hispanic linguistics, second language acquisition, semiotics and literary theory History Martin J. Wiener 326 Humanities Bldg. Phone: 713-348-4948 Fax: 713-348-5207 Email: hist@rice.edu URL: http://www.history.rice.edu Atlantic, British, Chinese, early modern Mediterranean, East African, European intellectual and cultural, Latin America, military, 19th and 20th century middle Easter, and U.S.; colonial, intellectual, military, post-WWII, revolutionary, and southern Linguistics Masayoshi Shibatani 212 Herring Hall Phone: 713-348-6010 Fax: 713-348-4718 Email: ling@rice.edu URL: http://www.linguistics.rice.edu General and cognitive-functional linguistics, syntax and semantics, discourse analysis, typology, language description and change, computational linguistics Philosophy Steven Crowell 244 Humanities Bldg. Phone: 713-348-4994 Fax: 713-348-5847 Email: philos@rice.edu URL: http://www.philosophy.rice.edu History of philosophy, metaphysics, ethics, medical ethics, social and political philosophy, philosophy of law, language, and science Religious Studies Jeffrey Kripal 225 Humanities Bldg. Phone: 713-348-5201 Fax: 713-348-5486 Email: reli@rice.edu URL: http://www.reli.rice.edu Theological and medical ethics, New Testament and early Christianity, Indo-Tibetan thought and practice, history of Christianity, contemporary continental philosophy of religion, psychology of religion, Judaism The School of Social Sciences Anthropology James Faubion 572 Sewall Hall Phone: 713-348-4847 Fax: 713-348-5455 Email: anth@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~anth/ Archaeology, anthropological linguistics, social/cultural anthropology, theory, history, and global change Economics Herve Moulin 266 Baker Building Phone: 713-348-2289 Fax: 713-348-5278 Email: econ@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~econ/ Differential tax incidence, optimal taxation, labor economics, econometrics, industrial organization, monetary economics, state and local public finance, micro foundations of macroeconomics Political Science Rick Wilson 200b Baker Building Phone: 713-348-4842 Fax: 713-348-5273 Email: poli@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~poli/ Comparative government and political development in Western Europe and Latin America, American government including public policy, Congress, and intergovernmental relations, international relations and conflict Psychology David Lane 468 Sewall Hall Phone: 713-348-4856 Fax: 713-348-5221 Email: psyc@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~psyc/ Cognitive psychology, cognitive neuropsychology, human factors, industrial/organizational psychology The Shepherd School of Music Music Robert Yekovich 2241 Alice Pratt Brown Hall Phone: 713-348-4854 Fax: 713-348-5317 Email: musi@rice.edu URL: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~musi Orchestral studies, performance, conducting, composition, theory, music history The Wiess School of Natural Sciences Biochemistry & Cell Biology Janet Braam W100 George R. Brown Hall Phone: 713-348-4015 Fax: 713-348-5154 Email: bioc@rice.edu URL: http://www.biochem.rice.edu Biochemistry, biophysics, developmental biology, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, neurobiology, structure and function of nucleic acids and proteins, regulatory processes, biochemistry of lipids, enzymology, NMR and crystallography, cellular regulation, oxygen and electron transport, molecular genetics of plants, animals, fungi, bacteria, bacteriophage Chemistry Seiichi Matsuda 201 Space Science Phone: 713-348-5650 Fax: 713-348-5155 Email: chem@rice.edu URL: http://www.chem.rice.edu Synthesis and biosynthesis of organic natural products, synthesis of small cycloalkanes, molecular recognition and biological catalysis, bioinorganic and organometallic, chemistry, chemistry of group 13 (III) elements, high- pressure and high-temperature chemistry, fluorine chemistry, chemical vapor deposition, design of nanophase solids, molecular photo-chemistry and photophysics, infrared kinetic spectroscopy, laser and NMR spectroscopy, study of oriented molecular beams, theoretical and computational chemistry, and study of giant fullerene molecules and fullerene nanowires Earth Science Alan Levander 106 Keith-Weiss Geology Lab Phone: 713-348-4880 Fax: 713-348-5214 Email: geol@rice.edu URL: http://www.earthscience.rice.edu Stratigraphy, sedimentation, paleoclimate, geophysics, geodynamics, global plate tectonics, geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, marine geology and oceanography, structural geology, and rock mechanics Ecology & Evol. Biology Joan Strassman 135 Anderson Biology Lab Phone: 713-348-4919 Fax: 713-348-5232 Email: eeb@rice.edu URL: http://www.eeb.rice.edu Biogeochemistry, wetland ecology, plant community and population ecology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, molecular evolution, and insect diversity and community structure Mathematics Michael Wolf 220 Herman Brown Hall Phone: 713-348-4829 Fax: 713-348-5231 Email: math@rice.edu URL: http://www.math.rice.edu Differential geometry, ergodic theory, partial differential equations, probability, real analysis, mathematical physics, complex variables, geometric and algebraic topology, and combinatorics Physics and Astronomy F. Barry Dunning 105 Physics Lab Phone: 713-348-4938 Fax: 713-348-9033 Email: physics@rice.edu URL: http://www.physics.rice.edu Atomic and molecular physics, biophysics, condensed matter and surface physics, nuclear and particle physics, theoretical physics Observational astronomy of star-forming regions, nebulae, and galaxies; solar system studies, including instrumentation for planetary probes; theoretical astrophysics and space plasma physics, with emphasis on planetary magnetospheres and compact objects; and earth systems science INTERDEPARTMENTAL AND COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS Program   Degrees Offered Environmental Analysis and Decision Making 713-348-3188 profms@rice.edu MS Joint Program in Biomedical Ethics 713-348-4994 M..A., Ph.D. Computational Science & Engineering 713-348-4657 caam@rice.edu Master's, Ph.D. Joint Program in Computational Biology 713-348-4752 bioc@rice.edu Training for Ph.D. students Materials Science and Engineering 713-348-4906 mems@rice.edu Master's, Ph.D. Nanoscale Physics 713-348-3188 profms@rice.edu MS Joint Programs with Medical Colleges 713-348-5869 bioeng@rice.edu M.D./Ph.D., M.D./M.A., M.D./M.S. Applied Physics 713-348-6356 ycreed@rice.edu Master's, Ph.D. Subsurface Geoscience 713-348-3188 profms@rice.edu MS Education Certification 713-348-4826 educ@rice.edu MAT Study of Women and Gender 713-348-5784 cswgs@rice.edu Graduate Certificate Master of Liberal Studies 713-348-4767 mls@rice.edu MLS For detailed information about other Interdepartmental and Cooperative Programs, please see our web site at http://graduate.rice.edu.

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