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Hadi Ghasemi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFSOR). He is… Professor Earns U.S. Air Force’s Young Investigator Award
Aaron T. Becker, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $550,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his robotic research… Engineer Earns NSF CAREER Award to Steer Swarms of Micro-robots
Cunjiang Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned a $500,000, five-year CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue development of his novel… NSF CAREER Award Enables Professor to Develop 3D Electronics Manufacturing Process
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects approximately 1.5 million Americans, according to the Lupus Foundation of America. In lupus patients, antibodies that are produced by the immune system’s B cells to protect the body… Engineering Professor Discovers Gene Linked to Lupus
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease without a cure and without a highly effective treatment option. Many scientists believe that genetics and environmental factors interact to cause immune cells in the human body to overreact… Engineering Research Shows Potential for Helping Lupus Patients
Haluk Ogmen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, his former doctoral student Hulusi Kafaligonul and his colleague Bruno Breitmeyer, UH professor of psychology, were invited to… Journal Invites Professor to Edit Perception Science Special Issue
Lauren Talarico, a reporter for KHOU 11 News in Houston, interviewed Yan Yao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH Cullen College of Engineering, for her report on exploding hoverboards this week. The… KHOU 11 News Interviews Professor About Exploding Hoverboards
The editor of The Oxford Handbook of Perceptual Organization invited Haluk Ogmen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH Cullen College of Engineering, and his colleague Michael Herzog, professor of psychophysics… Cullen College Expert Composes Chapter in Respected Oxford Handbook
The November inside cover of the journal Soft Matter features research conducted by Pradeep Sharma, professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, his doctoral student… Professor’s Semiconductor Research Makes Cover of Prestigious Journal
Andrew Paterson, a chemical engineering doctoral student at UH Cullen College of Engineering, won the Young Investigator Award at Affinity 2015, a conference of the International Society for Molecular Recognition. He presented… Doctoral Student Wins Young Investigator Award at Affinity 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) published an article and video online about research conducted by Jose Luis “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of electrical and computer… NSF Website Features UH Professor’s Research on Neuroaesthetics
Kirill Larin, professor and director of the biomedical engineering graduate program at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently elected a Fellow of The Optical Society, OSA. He is recognized for his exceptional… Professor Elected Optical Society Fellow
Badri Roysam, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently elected editor-in-chief of the ECE Source, a publication of the Electrical and Computer Engineering… ECE Chair Publishes Op-Ed on the Future of the Field in National Association Publication
Research on ferrofluids conducted by Hadi Ghasemi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, and his NanoTherm Research Group published today on the cover of Applied Physics Letters. “… UH Ferrofluid Research Makes the Cover of Prestigious Journal
The October cover of the Journal of Biophotonics featured molecular sensing research conducted by Wei-Chuan Shih, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The study… Journal Features Breast Cancer DNA Biomarker Sensor on Cover
Three prominent visual artists, Dario Robleto, Jo Ann Fleischhauer and Lily Cox-Richard, were recently appointed Cullen College of Engineering Artists-in-Residence in Neuroaesthetics. As part of a Brain Research through Advancing… Three Appointed as Engineering Artists-in-Residence in Neuroaesthetics
Floating in cerebral fluid inside 22 bones that form the face and skull, each of the seven billion brains belonging to Earth’s human inhabitants govern intelligence, creativity, memory, emotion, speech, movement, sensory systems… Probing Deeper: Shining Light on the Mysteries of the Brain With Optogenetics
Struggling to climb out of bed each morning after a restless night’s sleep with stiffness that, at times, slows movement to a standstill is a reality for many Americans. Compounded by uncontrollable muscle movements, basic tasks… The Gift of Movement: Improving Brain Surgery for Parkinson's Disease Patients
Prosthetic legs combine mind and muscle to travel advanced tech terrain The National Science Foundation has awarded Jose Luis "Pepe" Contreras-Vidal, electrical and computer engineering professor at UH Cullen College, with two… Prostheses on Fast Track to Improved Movement for Amputees
Intentionality is the core of human cognition and movement, and Jose Luis “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal is intent on understanding, for all intents and purposes, the neural mechanisms of intention in the human brain. The UH Cullen… A Renaissance in the Mind: Brain Research at the Crossroads of Art and Science