Facility

What is the OEDK?

Undergraduate Engineering INNOVATION Lab
The Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK) is a 20,000 sq. ft. space for undergraduate students which provides ready access to design tools, prototyping equipment, computational facilities, meeting rooms, and ample space for prototype design and development. The OEDK it is also a hub of activity and a social center that emphasizes experimentation. At a deeper level, the OEDK represents a shift in the culture of engineering design at Rice, bringing together students with various perspectives to collaborate on multidisciplinary teams. Modeling real-world working groups, these teams conceive, design and test prototypes to solve unique design challenges, many of which are civic-oriented and have the potential to impact the community. Design projects range across a wide variety of topics such as sustainable energy, oil field operations, medical devices, community water delivery systems, chemical process design, image analysis, global health technologies and electronic technology innovations.