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Determining how hearts develop in utero is critical to understanding congenital heart defects. Understanding Congenital Heart Defects To Prevent Them

UH Engineer Using Optical Equipment to Watch Heart Develop To understand cardiovascular failures, the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths in infants, UH professor of… Read More
UH Professor Gino Lim with a student and a flying drone, a technology with lot of potential to provide cost-effective healthcare to rural Americans. INFORMS Podcast Interviews UH Industrial Engineering Chairman About Drone-Aided Healthcare Possibilities

Imagine a future where drone-delivered medications or medical testing kits appear at your doorstep, just like packages ordered online. More than 100 million Americans live with… Read More
Professor Jerrod Henderson with some of his Cullen College students (L to R): Helder Mandingo, Tarami Readus, Peter Bristow and Kameron Bass. UH Professor Part of Team Researching Windows of Opportunity for Black Male Engineers

Producing graduates with STEM – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – capabilities continues to be vital issue for the future of the United States. Growth in… Read More
One of the most common forms of liver cancer in adolescents is hepatocellular carcinoma in which patient survival rates are under 30 percent. Photo courtesy: GettyImages Establishing Immunotherapy For Pediatric Liver Cancer

T-Cell Editor Creating Powerful Immunotherapy Weapon As part of a $6 million effort to establish new therapies for high-risk pediatric liver cancer, Navin Varadarajan, associate… Read More
Student researcher presented their work at the 2018 UH REU Poster Session to students and faculty Undergrads From Across the Country Work As UH Engineering Researchers Over Summer

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… Read More
While early prototypes of robotic rehabilitation systems controlled by the user's own brain required the use of skullcaps embedded with sensors, researchers are developing a simpler version that can be used at home. ‘Smart’ Robotic System Could Offer Home-Based Rehabilitation

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… Read More
Researchers with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping used the center's lidar-equipped plane to map the permafrost in Antarctica. Beyond Archaeology: NCALM Pursues New Technology, New Projects

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… Read More
Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston UH Engineering Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Ice Formation and Fight Icing

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… Read More
Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering Cullen College Professors Earn $765K Welch Awards to Continue Life-Altering Research, Investigate Chemical Conundrums

Three UH Cullen College chemical and biomolecular engineering professors received funding from the Welch Foundation for their contributions to basic chemical research that… Read More
Jeremy Palmer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, resolves water dispute. UH Professor Discovers Issue at the Root of Seven-Year Water Dispute

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… Read More

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