The Rising Innovator Award recognizes efforts by faculty in innovation and entrepreneurship at UH. The nominee must be a tenured associate professor with a track record of mentoring students and postdocs in innovation and entrepreneurship. The nominee must demonstrate innovation and efforts in transferring technology to practice. This award carries an honorarium of $3000.
2022
Dr. Yingchun Zhang
Department of Biomedical Engineering
2021
Dr. Hadi Ghasemi
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2019
Dr. Wei-Chuan Shih
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering