Assistant professor of industrial engineering Na Zou, Ph.D., has received $169,982 of a collaborative research award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minority Serving…
New Eye Sensors Use Special Material That Generates Electricity When It Bends
A University of Houston engineering team has developed wearable sensors to examine eye movement to assess brain disorders or damage to the brain. Many…
As the world races to combat environmental degradation and climate challenges, transitioning to renewable energy has become a top priority. However, the inconsistent nature of wind, solar and other renewable sources poses a…
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C. Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $307,275 of a total $624,936 grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate potential methods of increasing…
Associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Ashutosh Agrawal, Ph.D., is putting a newly-awarded $334,569 grant from the National Science Foundation toward the study of "Mechanics of Optimal Biomimetic Torene…
Energy Storage Research Alliance Aims to Help the U.S. Achieve Clean and Secure Energy Future and Become Dominant in New Energy Storage Industries
The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $125 million for the creation of…
Can artificial intelligence transform the practice of structural engineering?
Imagine a future where structural engineers not only rely on their own knowledge and experience, computational tools, or evaluation equipment, but also…
David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Marzia Cescon, Ph.D., has been awarded $370,774 of a total $802,774 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a joint project with Arizona State…
A Nobel-winning Biologist, Two Engineering Schools, and a Vial of Houston Rainwater Cast New Light on the Origin of Life on Earth
One of the major unanswered questions about the origin of life is how droplets of RNA floating…
Researchers at the University of Houston unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in X-ray imaging technology that could provide significant improvements in medical diagnostics, materials and industrial imaging, transportation…
Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the amount of $522,253 for research concerning…
Team Develops Two Nasal Sprays — An Immune Activator and a New Vaccine — To Prevent Virus Transmission
A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two new ways of preventing and treating respiratory…
Overcomes Challenges Faced by Conventional Thermal Imaging, Eliminates Wavelength and Temperature Dependence
A new method to measure the continuous spectrum of light, developed in the lab of University of Houston professor of…
Unlocking Potential
Venkatesh Balan sees a climate hero in an unlikely little creature: microalgae that have proven remarkably effective at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
In the Microbiome and Genomics Lab at the…
Why it matters:
A University of Houston engineer is redesigning sleep studies, no more wires all over your body.
This new procedure requires only two wires, unlike the traditional method.
It can be performed at home, so you don’…
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering is part of a multi-million dollar research effort led by the University of Nevada that aims to decarbonize domestic iron and steel production.
Ben Xu, an assistant professor in the…
A University of Houston researcher is reporting a new method to detect cancer which could make cancer detection as simple as taking a blood test. With a 98.7% accuracy rate, the method — which combines PANORAMA imaging with…
A team of cancer researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered a new subset of T cells that may improve the outcome for patients treated with T-cell therapies.
T cell-based immunotherapy has tremendous value to…
A researcher at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a renewable grant with a total potential value of about $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand his research into improving the accuracy of…
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research proposal into liquid-liquid…
