TxDOT rewards Rice engineering students

Officials from the Texas Department of Transportation visited the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen March 25 to award the TxDOT College Challenge prize to the Rice engineering students who designed a three-bike rack for METRO buses. As reported in Rice News, the team of freshmen won the challenge in January. At the presentation, from left, were Rice lecturer and team adviser Matthew Wettergreen, students Annabelle McIntire-Gavlick and Sharon Ghelman, TxDOT representative Raquelle Lewis, Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association Executive Vice President Lawrence Olsen and students Brian Barr, Kenny Groszman and Kivani Sanchez. Not pictured is student Max Hasbrouck. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow)