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An engineering professor at California State University, Fresno has secured a patent for a technology designed to prevent wildfires. The development comes as California and the wider West continue to face severe fire seasons, and universities increasingly promote faculty innovations that move from research to practical tools for public safety and disaster mitigation.

Rice University's School of Engineering and Computing has appointed Karen Lozano as director of the Tapia Center for Empowerment through STEM Education. Lozano, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, will oversee the center's programs that expand access to STEM education for underrepresented students. The appointment underscores Rice's continued investment in diversity and outreach initiatives in engineering education.