Welcome to Defense Research Advancement (DRA) at Rice University!
At Rice, we are committed to enhancing national security through disruptive innovation and technology acceleration. Our mission is to advance defense and civilian applications by fostering collaborations with academia, industry, and government partners.
DRA unites a diverse group of faculty and researchers dedicated to pushing the boundaries of national security and dual-use technologies. We encourage multidisciplinary partnerships to tackle specific challenges and create transformative solutions. Our vision is to be a trusted partner in defense research and innovation, recognized for our contributions to national security and technological advancement. We aim to foster a culture of excellence, creativity, and impact, addressing current and future defense needs.
Explore our website to learn more about our research projects, academic programs, and collaboration opportunities. We look forward to working with you. For more information, please contact us.
Vinod Veedu, PhD
Assistant Vice President
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Material Futures
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Networks and Cyber
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Advanced Biology
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Science of Matter
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Automation & Additive Manufacturing
- 2D and Nanomaterials
- Advanced composites
- Surface & interfacial phenomena
- Carbon materials
- Plasmonics
- Energetics
- Water and food
- Optics and Photonics
- Wireless Networking
- Sensing and Security
- Digital Health
- Neuroengineering
- Computer Engineering
- Simulation, algorithms and devices
- Transportation, communication, social,service operations and financial networks
- Synthetic Biology & Genome Engineering
- Cellular & Molecular Bioengineering
- Biomaterials and Bio-fabrication
- Smart living therapeutics
- Biomedical Imaging, Instrumentation, and Biophysics
- Drug discovery and synthesis
- Biological Sciences & Human Health
- Chemistry of Life
- Materials by Chemical Design
- Chemistry for Energy and Sustainability
- Organic Synthesis
- Theory and computation
- Nanomaterial Synthesis
- Human interaction and trust
- Dynamic systems and feedback-control
- Robotics
- Human vigilance, decision-making, and risk communication
- Additive manufacturing; materials & structures
- Tribology & tribomechadynamics
- Data driven engineering solutions
- Quantum Engineering
- Quantum simulation
- Quantum algorithms
- Quantum devices
- Quantum materials and chemistry
- Quantum Information Science
- AI, Machine Learning, Optimization & Statistics
- Data & Modeling
- Robotics & Neuroengineering
- Bioinformatics & Data sciences
- Programming & High Performance Computing
- Computer Systems & Engineering
- Planetary Habitability
- Biological Physics
- Earth Materials and Petrology
- Geochemistry, Geophysics & Seismology
- Heavy Ion Physics and the Early Universe
- Large scale weather system modeling,also for extreme events
- Materials for extreme conditions
- Energy efficiency, energy systems
- Disaster resilience and climate dynamics, impacts and adaptation
- Decarbonization
- Enhanced Geothermal
- Critical minerals
- Catalysis and Green chemistry
- Hydrogen Economy
- Numerical Mathematics & Scientific Computing
- Computational neuroscience
- Physics-based modeling & modeling for decisions
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Operations research; numerical optimization; stochastic modeling; and service operations management
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Quantum Technologies
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Artificial Intelligence & Future Computing
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Space, Earth and Environment
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Energy & Sustainability
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Computational Sciences
Material Futures
Networks and Cyber
Advanced Biology
Science of Matter
Automation & Additive Manufacturing
Quantum Technologies
Artificial Intelligence & Future Computing
Space, Earth and Environment
Energy & Sustainability
Computational Sciences
