Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical Optics Laboratory
The research activities in this laboratory concern the development of novel methods for protein biosensing (based on nanooptics) and tissue functional and structural imaging (based on Optical Coherence Tomography and Optoacoustic techniques).

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Multiphase Flow and Reaction Engineering Group

Briggs Group
Their research involves the application and development of theoretical methods for use on biological and organic molecular systems. Some current research involves AIDS, cancer, UHBD development, and arthritis.

Plasma Processing Laboratory

Fox Lab
The overall basic research goal of our group is to understand the early evolution of life. It is our contention that one of the earliest components of the genetic machinery to appear in a form bearing resemblance to its modern equivalent was the ribosome.

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering Research
The range of expertise of our faculty members covers the treatment of both soil and water using both chemical and biological methods. We also have expertise in modeling and conducting risk assessment for both air, soil and water pollutants.

Geotechnical and Materials Engineering Research
The research performed at UH CEE examines the geotechnical aspects of building foundations including instrumentation of and testing deep piles to determine new ways to sense failures and model data. Research is also being conducted to develop backfill material so that plastic pipes can be used effectively in the subsurface, and on several geotechnical aspects of road construction.

Thomas T.C. Hsu Structural Lab

Structural Engineering Research

Ocean/Water Resources

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory
The Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory specializes in Antennas and Computational Electromagnetics. Current research includes exciting topics such as Computational Electromagnetics, Electromagnetic Measurements, High-Temperature Superconductivity, Leaky-Wave Antennas, Microstrip and Printed Antennas, and Propagation on Printed-Circuit Transmission Lines.

Control and Power Systems Labs

Image Processing and Medical Imaging
The research interests of the group include image restoration, 3D reconstruction, Bayesian approaches to image restoration and reconstruction, 3D tomography, image modelling, multi-modality image registration and correlation,gated cardiac imaging, segmentation and analysis of time-varying 3-D medical images, statistical image processing, automated image analysis, segmentation and interpretation of magnetic resonance images.

Instrumentation Laboratory
The research interests of the group include process measurement and control, laboratory and industrial automation, and novel sensors.

Subsurface Sensing

Well-Logging Laboratory
The Well-Logging Lab investigates the electric properties of reservoir rocks over a wide range of frequencies. In addition, theoretical and experimental studies have been carried out to obtain a better understanding of electric tool response in complex borehole environments, such as dipping formations, thin invaded beds, and anisotropic formations.

Perceptual & Cognitive Dynamics
The broad long-term objective of our research is to elucidate the brain mechanisms underlying perception and cognition in biological systems and to apply this knowledge to the engineering of intelligent systems. Research is multi-disciplinary and combines theoretical (neural modeling) and empirical (visual psychophysics) approaches.

Wireless Networking, Signal Processing and Security Lab
The research areas of the lab can be categorized into three main areas: wireless networking, signal processing, and security. Some topics include opportunistic spectrum access and collaborative sensing for cognitive radios, physical layer security, compressed sensing, information assurance, network and distributed system security, distributed wireless networking using the game theory approach, collaborative transmission networks, wireless access in vehicular environments, dynamic wireless network resource allocation, multimedia transmission over wireless networks, ad hoc/sensor network design, ultra wide band networks, large network analysis using random matrix theory, underwater acoustic communication, smart deployment/movement of unmanned air vehicle, MIMO wireless communications, satellite communications, and biosignal processing and bioinformation processing.

Mechanical Engineering

Dynamics Systems & Control Laboratory
The Dynamic Systems and Control Laboratory at the University of Houston is involved in the analytical, numerical, and experimental aspects of Failure-Tolerant Intelligent Structural Systems (FTISS). Intelligent Structural Systems (ISS) are structures which integrate control and computational subsystems into a single structural entity. Ideally, ISS adapt their dynamic characteristics to meet performance objectives at any instant. FTISS in addition integrate the likelihood of control component and structural member failure in both the off-line and on-line control/structure design process. The need for FTISS is critical for complex and interconnected dynamic systems such as underwater vehicles, bridges and buildings, high-altitude powered platforms and satellites/space structures which are required to operate unattended for extended periods of time and/or are too intricate for human operators to discern problems.

Engine Control Research Laboratory
The Engine Control Research Laboratory (ECRL) at UH focuses on research, education and technology transfer aspects involving the optimization, control, monitoring and diagnostics of internal combustion engine and powertrain systems with the overall objective of optimizing their fuel economy, improving their reliability and minimizing the production of harmful emissions. ECRL promotes a systems approach investigating the interplay and integration of the various engine and catalyst subsystems with adaptive and multivariable monitoring and control algorithms.

Heat Transfer Laboratory
Research activities in the Heat Transfer and Phase Change Laboratory emphasize boiling heat transfer, liquid crystal thermography, highly turbulent convective heat transfer, and novel applications of solar and geothermal energy storage systems. The faculty also has long term interests in the areas of thermodynamic property prediction, moving boundary freezing/melting problems, and energy conservation.

Smart Materials & Structures Laboratory

Systems Design Laboratory