Edward Ratner, a computer information systems lecturer in the Department of Information Science Technology at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors…
An assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been recognized as a rising star in environmental engineering and science, thanks to his research on…
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy launched an ARPA-E Program called GOPHURRS, which stands for Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security, and it has allocated $34…
Cullen College of Engineering Ph.D. student Zhaoyang Chen’s research article, “Manipulating Hardness to Construct Favorable Electrode Microstructures for All-Solid-State Batteries,” was not only published in the highly-respected…
The Cullen College of Engineering’s Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) and its space architecture degree program might be the University of Houston’s unintentionally-best-kept secret.
“Houston is…
The naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth might need to stand down. That’s what science is telling us in a new report in the journal Human Resource Development International from Melika…
A University of Houston-affiliated project that has the potential to transform sustainable fuel production was selected to receive $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
Led by…
Electrical and Computer Engineering senior Ph.D. candidate Akash Awasthi is making a name for himself. With a paper nominated for the 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering’s Best Poster Award, a second paper…
Researchers Find Reducing International Flights in Western Europe Results in Fewer Global COVID-19 Cases
A team of engineers at the University of Houston has published a study in the journal Nature on how international air travel…
A paper recently co-authored by Md Murad Hossain Khondaker, a civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Houston, may hold key insights that allow for better predictions of catastrophic flooding…
Five takeaways from UH Energy researchers, based on a whitepaper co-authored by Aparajita Datta and Ramanan Krishnamoorti.
The federal government has set an ambitious clean energy agenda aimed at achieving net-zero greenhouse gas…
A three-year National Science Foundation program is underway at the University of Houston’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology Center. The Research…
University of Houston researchers make significant strides in automating Antarctic glacier monitoring using advanced satellite radar techniques.
University of Houston researchers have validated a method that uses deep learning to…
$2.5 Million Fast-Track Grant to Develop Analysis of Single Cells
University of Houston researchers and their students are developing a new software technology, based on artificial intelligence, for advancing cell-based…
NASA is awarding the University of Houston $1.2 million to grow diversity initiatives in STEM and aerospace-related engineering fields and address barriers to access and success for historically underserved and underrepresented…
Assistant professor of biomedical engineering Renita Horton, Ph.D., has been awarded the Lupus Research Alliance’s (LRA) Diversity in Lupus Research (DLR) Career Development Award.
Lupus is a potentially debilitating autoimmune…
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…
