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The Department of Engineering Technology’s Assistant Professor Gowtham Mohan has secured a three-year, $570,000 award from the BARD (Binational Agricultural Research and Development fund) to develop a new spectrally-selective… The Food-Water-Energy Nexus: ET’s Mohan Receives $570k for New Co-Located Photovoltaic-Agricultural Research
Key Takeaways The University of Houston has been selected by the Department of Energy to lead a nearly $750,000 research project using artificial intelligence to accelerate the design of next-generation nuclear and fusion energy… MAE’s Lee to Lead DOE Project Using Artificial Intelligence to Advance Next-Generation Energy Systems
Key Takeaways UH receives a $4 million NIH grant for a 10-year longitudinal study to identify the earliest biological triggers of autoimmune disease Focus on SARDs such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjogren’s syndrome and… University of Houston Awarded $4 Million NIH Grant to Study Autoimmune Disease
A University of Houston engineer has built a new safety monitor system for the operation of quadrotor drones that can keep them on course and out of danger in real time. Typically, a drone follows directions of its pilot or… New Autonomous Monitor Prevents Drone Crashes in Real Time
Tiny particles released by most human cells may be promising targets for diagnosis and treatment of an array of diseases from cancer to Alzheimer’s, but scientists have struggled to see them and study them in detail. Now, these… ECE’s Shih Developing Tech to Help Identify New Targets for Treatment of Diseases
A University of Houston engineering professor is helping cities, utilities and transportation agencies prepare for and recover from natural disasters. All these organizations face the same challenge: they know the next hurricane… New Infrastructure Model By ISE’s Lim Prioritizes Disaster Spending for Vulnerable Cities
Radiation therapy is one of the most widely used tools in cancer treatment and is designed to deliver targeted doses of radiation directly to tumors. Unfortunately, however, the effects don’t always stop there. Although the… UH, MD Anderson Partner to Develop Reduced Immune Suppression Radiation Therapy Plans
A new $900,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (CPRIT) to Wei-Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will support efforts to develop a next-generation blood test aimed at improving… ECE’s Shih hoping to detect lung cancer from a few drops of blood, thanks to CPRIT grant
New paper-thin piezoelectric patch sensors designed for at-home stroke rehabilitation may soon revolutionize post-stroke care by offering potential accessible, efficient rehabilitation and improving patient outcomes through self-… New Hand Sensors From MAE’s Ryou Turn Post-Stroke Rehab into an On-Screen Game
The motion of the ocean may be the key to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so University of Houston researchers set out to determine which U.S. coastlines are best suited for the process in a new study. Spoiler alert… CEE’s Rahimi Map Out Strategy To Use Ocean Technology to Trap Carbon Dioxide
Engineers from the University of Houston, MIT and Harvard have developed a new mRNA-based strategy that dramatically amplifies the T-cell response to vaccines — an advance that could lead to far more powerful cancer vaccines and… New Approach to Cancer Vaccination From ChBE’s Gupta Yields More Powerful T Cells
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Assistant Professor Dimitrios Kalliontzis has received a $500,000 share of $20 million awarded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) to the… CEE’s Kalliontzis Receives $500K in GORI Initiative to Repurpose Offshore Infrastructure
Kirill Larin, the Cullen Endowed Chair and a professor of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, is in the 93rd percentile of researchers when it comes to medical research, according to the… BME’s Larin recognized as excelling in NIH funding
As the global demand for reliable electricity grows, University of Houston researchers are deploying artificial intelligence to solve a critical vulnerability in the power grid: the unpredictable aging and decay of large-scale… New AI Model From ECE’s Li Predicts Battery Decay to Make Renewable Energy More Reliable
Associate Professor of Engineering Technology Lei Fan has received an NSF CAREER Award in the amount of $500,018 for his proposal, Optimal Integration of Flexible Data Centers in Power Systems via Quantum Dynamics. This project “… ET’s Fan Receives CAREER Award to Study Flexible Data Center Integration in Power Systems
KEY TAKEAWAYS Using AI, UH engineers developed a framework to extract flood hazard data from historical flood insurance maps. The team applied the framework to three case studies in Greater Houston, finding flood hazards… Cullen Researchers Use AI to Unlock Decades of Hidden Flood Risk Data
A researcher at the Cullen College of Engineering will look to the animal kingdom, to see if the natural movement of creatures can translate to technological prowess, after receiving a National Science Foundation CAREER award.… MAE’s Floryan earns CAREER award for bio-inspired locomotion research
A University of Houston engineering professor has been named to the newest class of Guggenheim Fellows by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, one of the world’s most prestigious honors for scholars in the arts,… MAE’s Ardebili Named Guggenheim Fellow
KEY TAKEAWAYS UH engineer discovers that lithium dendrites, a flaw in batteries, are unexpectedly strong and brittle allowing them to act like rigid needles inside batteries Their stiffness—enhanced by a protective coating—… Yao Exposes Structural Weakness Driving Lithium-ion Battery Failure
Lars Grabow, the Dan Luss Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2026 recipient of the Catalysis Society of New York (CSNY) Excellence in Catalysis Award. The award… ChBE’s Grabow earns Excellence in Catalysis Award