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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
The Office of Undergraduate Research’s 11th annual Undergraduate Research Day took place on Thursday, October 22nd in the Rockwell Pavilion, M.D. Anderson Library and the Honors College. At the event, over 175 undergraduate… PHOTOS: 2015 Undergraduate Research Day
Yanliang (Leonard) Liang, electrical and computer engineering research associate at UH Cullen College, won the Silver Nano Research Poster Award at the 10th Sino-U.S. Symposium on Nanoscale Science and Technology in June.Liang’s… Engineering Student Earns Silver Nano Research Poster Award
Ji Chen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH Cullen College, is hosting the 2015 Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, SPWLA, Resistivity SIG Meeting on Oct 23. The workshop provides a forum for… Professor to Host 2015 SPWLA Resistivity SIG Meeting
Md Masud Parvez Arnob and Hoang Nguyen, both doctoral students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, won 2nd place for their poster abstract at the 5th Annual Neuroengineering Symposium sponsored by the Gulf Coast Consortia on… Engineering Doctoral Students, Professor Honored at GCC Neuroengineering Symposium
Yashashree Kulkarni, associate professor of mechanical engineering at UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned a three-year $225,400 grant from the National Science Foundation to study mechanisms of deformation in cobalt with… Professor Explores Stacking Faults to Strengthen Cobalt
This month, four UH Cullen College of Engineering professors earned a four-year grant amounting to almost $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to pursue their nanopatterning discovery that could lead to next-… Engineers Earn $1.5 Million to Pursue Novel Nanopatterning Technology
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research (TIRR) Foundation, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the lives of patients with central nervous system damage, awarded Jose “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal, professor of electrical… Professor Earns Mission Connect Grant for Brain-Machine Interface Research
Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering
at UH Cullen College, is recipient of the 2015 Pierce Award in Affinity Technology from the International Society of Molecular Recognition… Professor Honored with ISMR Pierce Award in Affinity Technology
Patrick Cirino, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned a three-year, $300,000 National Science Foundation grant to continue developing and implementing genetic… Novel Genetic Tool Advances Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering