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The sensors look like bandaids, are paper thin and allow stroke patients to recover their motor skills through play. New Hand Sensors From MAE's Ryou Turn Post-Stroke Rehab into an On-Screen Game

New paper-thin piezoelectric patch sensors designed for at-home stroke rehabilitation may soon revolutionize post-stroke care by offering potential accessible, efficient… Read More
[Left to right] Mim Rahimi, professor at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, and Ph.D. graduate Abdelrahman Refaie. CEE’s Rahimi Map Out Strategy To Use Ocean Technology to Trap Carbon Dioxide

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… Read More
A man with light skin and light brown hair smiles at the camera. He is shown from the shoulders up in front of a mottled grey background, and wears a charcoal suit jacket over a light-colored collared shirt. BME’s Shevkoplyas Inducted as AIMBE Fellow

The Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Professor Sergey Shevkoplyas was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (… Read More
The winners of the audience award for the Create@UH Spring 2026 Katy showcase were three Systems Engineering students. [Left to right] Nirathi Govindu, instructional assistant professor and Director of the Systems Engineering Program; students Vivian Pan, Andrea Guevara Guerra and Kristy Hoang; and Jamison Kovach, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success and Undergraduate Support Services. Systems Engineering students win audience award at first Create@UH Katy showcase

A team of three students from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering emerged from more than 40 other groups to win the Audience… Read More
A man with light tan skin, glasses, and short, dark hair is shown from the shoulders up in front of a grey background. He smiles at the camera and is wearing a light blue shirt. Three Papers from IST’s Luo Accepted by Top AI Conferences This Spring

The Department of Information Science Technology’s Changqing Luo, assistant professor, has seen three recent papers accepted to top AI conferences, including the IEEE/CVF… Read More
UH Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow Akash Gupta, assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar. New Approach to Cancer Vaccination From ChBE's Gupta Yields More Powerful T Cells

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… Read More
A man with light skin, dark hair, and a dark, short beard is shown from the shoulders up in front of a grey background. He is wearing a grey suit jacket over a white shirt and red tie, and he is smiling at the camera. CEE’s Kalliontzis Receives $500K in GORI Initiative to Repurpose Offshore Infrastructure

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… Read More
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 Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. BME’s Larin recognized as excelling in NIH funding

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… Read More
Xingpeng Li, associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston. New AI Model From ECE’s Li Predicts Battery Decay to Make Renewable Energy More Reliable

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:… Read More
[Left to right] UH graduates Chiamaka Anigbogu, Anita Anigbogu and Somto Anigbogu. Anita is a graduate of the Cullen College of Engineering. Cullen Triplet Among Record Graduation Class for College, UH

At the University of Houston, dreaming big isn’t just encouraged — it’s expected. From bold ideas in the classroom to impact in the community, Coogs are defined by their ambition… Read More