Rice ELITE Tech Camp is a premier pre-college engineering summer program at Rice University in Houston, Texas, created and managed by faculty from Rice's School of Engineering and Center for Engineering Leadership. Over the course of one week, high school students select morning and afternoon courses from offerings such as Robotic Engineering, Deep Learning and AI, and Python and C++ programming, gaining hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology. The program is available as a residential option (June 21 to July 25, 2026) or a commuter option (June 22 to July 24, 2026), making it accessible to students with different needs and schedules. For students passionate about engineering and technology, Rice ELITE Tech Camp offers a rare opportunity to learn directly from university faculty at one of the nation's top engineering schools.
Writing code to build software, automate tasks, or bring an idea to life on a screen.
Designing and building physical machines that sense, move, or respond to the world.
Modeling parts and products in 3D software before they're built for real.
Training computer models to recognize patterns and make predictions from data.
Breaking down a challenge and working through it methodically to a solution.
Planning tasks, timelines, and resources to get a project done on schedule.
Students build robotic systems with sensors and actuators through multi-day hands-on engineering projects.
Students learn Python and C++ programming to solve real engineering problems and deploy AI applications.
Dedicated biomedical engineering course covers musculoskeletal dynamics and human motion analysis.
Deep learning course teaches AI deployment for smart city applications and real-world problem solving.
3D modeling, 3D printing, and IoT projects provide hands-on exposure to mechanical design and prototyping.
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