About REA

REA supports, honors, and connects Rice engineers before and after graduation.

Formed in 1938, Rice Engineering Alumni (REA) is the oldest alumni affinity group at Rice and is dedicated to providing support to the George R. Brown School of Engineering. REA provides over $150,000 in awards and scholarships to outstanding students each year, recruits students for meaningful internships, and facilitates opportunities for alumni to interact with current Rice students as well as other students in their communities through programs such as:

  • Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) volunteer opportunities and OEDK Design Showcase

  • Rice Center for Engineering Leadership (RCEL), the RCEL Mentorship Program, Engineer Your Career and other George R. Brown School of Engineering programs

  • OwlSpark

  • REA Summer Engineering Experience Program

Check out REA’s 2022 Annual Report here!

Board of Directors

  • Jim Pyke

    President

    Mechanical Engineering ‘97

  • Ted Adams

    President Elect

    Mechanical Engineering ‘86

  • Marylauren Ilagan

    Immediate Past President

    Mechanical Engineering ‘04

  • George Webb

    Secretary

    Electrical Engineering ‘88, MEE ‘91

  • Ashton Duke

    Treasurer

    Mechanical Engineering ‘19

  • Rushi Bhalani

    Computer Science ‘19

  • P.V. Suryanarayana

    PhD Mechanical Engineering ‘91

  • Vidya Bala

    Chemical Engineering ‘98

  • Zaid Haque

    Bioengineering ‘15

  • Bart Sinclair

    Electrical Engineering ‘73, MS ‘74, PhD ‘78

  • Samuel Zorek

    Mechanical Engineering ‘19

  • Jim Zimmerman

    MS Civil Engineering ‘83

  • Pretta VanDible Stallworth

    Chemical Engineering ‘83, MS ‘84

  • Michael Wellman

    Electrical Engineering ‘87, Computational and Applied Math ‘88

  • Tarryl Churchwell

    Chemical Engineering ‘98

  • Félix Campos

    Mechanical Engineering ‘08

  • Richard Valdez

    Mechanical Engineering ‘01

  • Stephanie Taylor

    Civil Engineering ‘05

  • Brianna Singh

    Chemical Engineering ‘18

  • Pamela Price

    Electrical Engineering ‘78

Non-Voting Ex Officio Members

  • Wendy Hoenig

    Senior Advisor to REA
    Materials Science and Engineering ‘86

  • Katie Donovan

    Associate Director of Development for the George R. Brown School of Engineering

  • Amanda Martindale

    Associate Director of Alumni Networks for Rice University

Board of Directors Application Process

Applications to join the REA Board of Directors are currently open through March 1, 2023. Apply today!