UH Cullen College’s REU Programs Focus on Materials Science, Neurotechnologies
For 10 weeks over the summer, undergraduate students from across the U.S. became bonafide engineering researchers, working alongside some of UH Cullen…
Industry Partnership Supports Faster Track to Commercialize Accessible Healthcare
Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user’s own brain activity can help patients recovering from…
Lidar Mapping Has Also Yielded Other Earth Science Discoveries
The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping is best-known for its headline-grabbing work in archeology – the 2016 discovery of previously unknown ruins of a…
Research end goal: 'improve the quality of human life.'
When it comes to dangerous natural phenomenon, most people think of events like hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes.
Hadi Ghasemi – Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of…
Three UH Cullen College chemical and biomolecular engineering professors received funding from the Welch Foundation for their contributions to basic chemical research that benefits humankind. These three-year grants extend from…
Palmer uses programming experience to crack scientific stalemate
A scientific quest, started with genuine curiosity and a passion for research, turned into a Hatfield-McCoy style feud that lasted seven years.
This legendary…
First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens
In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube, a hollow structure made of cells…
UH Researchers Receive $3.5 M to Find Best Combinations of Antibiotics
Two UH researchers have won a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to develop technology that will…
Rimer: ‘Understanding Formation Process of Zeolites is Key.’
About 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States of America is generated at nuclear power plants, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (…
Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings
Ilknur Telkes, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston last year and was a 2017 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS)…
Contreras-Vidal seeks to answer what happens in the brain as people create and enjoy art
Bringing together scientific research and artistic inquiry is a serious mission for the D.C. Art Science Evening Rendezvous (DASER). It…
Method Less Invasive, Less Expensive than Colonoscopy
University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). With $347,490 from the Crohn’s…
UH Engineers Focus on Degradable Reconnaissance Vehicles and Evasive Drone Maneuvers
Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers obvious advantages, but current methods for doing…
National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented underserved students
The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,029 grant to a team of University of Houston researchers for a new…
With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link
The chronic inflammatory disease systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus), is about nine times more common in women than men, and a University of Houston…
Inspired by nature, Ph.D. candidate proposes computational framework to solve life problems
Real life problems are often complex and hard to resolve. So Mohammad Sarraf Joshaghani, a third year Ph.D. student at the Cullen College…
UH Engineers Are Testing a Theory with Livestock Microbiome
Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most serious threats to public health, forcing the use of medications that are more toxic, more expensive and not always…
UH Researchers Receive Grants from the Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center
Texas has water issues.
Massive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey nearly drowned Houston and other coastal areas last August. Months later, many…
Robots Could be Used in Medicine, Rescue and Defense
If Star Wars’ R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a new class of soft robot, composed of ultrathin…
It’s no secret that data is everywhere today – endless streams of information are constantly being collected through our smartphones and mobile devices, by sensors placed on bridges and in buildings and even through our smart…
