Treangen was honored for strengthening Rice Engineering’s ties with the TMC, for his COVID-19 research, and teaching excellence.
The Center for Teaching Excellence recognizes top Rice instructors as determined by alumni votes
Parthasarathy Ranganathan recognized for ‘design and deployment of efficient hardware video accelerators for cloud’
Six CS faculty members have received awards via the AI, Data, and Computing Seed Funding Initiative
![Rice University MCS alumnus Qi Xin earned his PhD at Brown Unviersity.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/QiXin-layered.png.jpeg?itok=yMofLbSD)
Qi Xin: CS Research and Results Thu, 05/30/2019 - 10:46
“Using what you learn in class is more important than the grades you get on tests, mid-terms, and finals,” said Rice University alumnus Qi Xin (M.C.S. ’12), who is now a postdoc at Georgia Tech.
![Ryan Aipperspach, Rice CS alumnus and entrepreneur.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/RyanAipperspach-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=k7owC2Il)
Ryan Aipperspach: CS and Building Companies Tue, 05/28/2019 - 11:24
Ryan Aipperspach, entrepreneur and Computer Science alumnus (B.S. ’04) said Rice’s multi-disciplinary undergraduate program helped him develop a set of skills beyond CS.
![Rice CS alumna Laurie Watts is a senior software engineer at Siemens.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/LaurieWatts-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=F1Xg6iET)
Laurie Watts: Hungry to Learn Thu, 05/23/2019 - 11:29
Watts has worked in various aspects of software engineering for three decades and said her Rice skills were just as relevant at IBM and Siemens as at an Austin startup.
![Rice University Computer Science alumnus Frank Zhang is an indie VR developer.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/FrankZhang-844x473.jpg.jpeg?itok=NZd_7VWm)
Frank Zhang: Indie VR developer Tue, 05/21/2019 - 11:55
“I’ve always been a hacker at heart, so I went to all the local hackathons and a lot Startup Weekend events,” said entrepreneur and indie VR developer Frank Zhang (B.A. in CS '14).
![Rice CS Alumnus Eric Carlson is a product manager at FlightAware.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/EricCarlson-FAVE1-3333-headshot-1920x1080.jpg.jpeg?itok=D4Uxmoll)
Eric Carlson: CS, Management, and Aviation Fri, 05/17/2019 - 11:36
“This might be my most enjoyable role yet,” said FlightAware product manager and Rice CS alumnus Eric Carlson. “It leverages my consulting experience, and allows me to talk business and talk tech at the same time."
![Rice CS alumna Leslie Ann Goldberg is a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/Goldberg-LeslieAnn844x473.jpg.jpeg?itok=FnoVWFn9)
Leslie Ann Goldberg's Side Job Tue, 05/14/2019 - 11:50
Leslie Ann Goldberg (B.A. ’87) discovered her love of research at Rice. “Standing at the board with students and other research colleagues and finally solving a problem – especially after many months of trying – that’s a great day,” she said.
![Rice CS alumna Santiago Mejia is a program specialist at the VA.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/SantiagoMejia-parkpanorama-844x473.jpg.jpeg?itok=vhqk5ngY)
Santiago Mejia: from Paper to Privacy Tue, 05/07/2019 - 12:10
Rice University alumnus Santiago Mejia (B.A. ’91) began his computer science journey the hard way – without a computer.
![CS graduates biggest class in history](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-07/grads.jpg.jpeg?itok=jk2JWxMT)
CS graduates biggest class in history Fri, 05/03/2019 - 18:53
209 students from the Department of Computer Science are part of the largest graduating class in the history of the university.
![MedTech entrepreneur and Rice CS alumnus Mohammad Ovais.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/MohammadOvais-Arch-844x473.jpg.jpeg?itok=N21sGveV)
Mohammad Ovais: Startups and MedTech Thu, 05/02/2019 - 12:54
Medtech entrepreneur Mohammad Ovais views his employees as family. He said, "l feel the relationship between employer and employee should be forever.”
![PROS senior software engineer and Rice CS alumnus Jarred Payne.](/sites/g/files/bxs4941/files/styles/thu/public/2020-08/JarredPayne-TreeKneel-2086-844x473%20%281%29.jpg.jpeg?itok=HOG-IUjl)
Jarred Payne: “Think before you Code” Tue, 04/30/2019 - 10:47
Rice CS alumnus Jarred Payne said,“The biggest take-away from COMP 410 was ‘think before you code’. When you jump in and code first, you will get to a point where you are stuck. No amount of coding will fix a bad plan."