Dr. Shih, Wei-Chuan

National Magazine Features UH Engineer’s Smartphone Tool to Detect Lead in Drinking Water

Posted on November 14, 2018

UH professor Wei-Chuan Shih & his research team's new smartphone tool to detect lead in water made the news.

Lead poisoning has become a national concern as aging water pipes pose a threat to public health. You just have to mention Flint, Mich. for Americans to acknowledge the dangerous realities of contaminated water.

Researchers Create Smartphone System to Test for Lead in Water

Posted on September 26, 2018

UH researchers built a self-contained smartphone microscope that can operate in both fluorescence and dark-field imaging modes and paired it with an inexpensive Lumina 640 smartphone with an 8-megapixel camera.

Unlike Most Commercially Available Tests, It Can Detect Levels Below EPA Standards

The discovery of lead in Flint, Michigan’s drinking water drew renewed attention to the health risks posed by the metal. Now researchers at the University of Houston have created an inexpensive system using a smartphone and a lens made with an inkjet printer that can detect lead in tap water at levels commonly accepted as dangerous.

The Media Comes Calling: Excitement Over Invention That Turns Smartphone into a Microscope

Posted on November 16, 2016

Electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Wei-Chuan Shih and his DotLens technology

An invention by a University of Houston engineer that turns your smartphone into a microscope, allowing it to detect whether your pond water is healthy, is getting attention in the media. Houston’s CBS affiliate, KHOU-TV Channel 11 aired a story about the invention of the DotLens, which came to life in the laboratory of electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Wei-Chuan Shih.

UH Engineers Invent Glucose-Sensing Contact Lens

Posted on September 27, 2016

Blood testing is the standard option for checking glucose levels, but a new technology could allow non-invasive testing via a contact lens that samples glucose levels in tears.

UH Researcher Pursues New Applications for “Hot” Electrons

Posted on July 1, 2016

Three years after his discovery of porous gold nanoparticles – gold nanoparticles that offer a larger surface area because of their porous nature – a UH Cullen College of Engineering researcher is continuing to explore the science and potential applications.

UH Researchers Discover New Chemical Sensing Technique

Posted on June 22, 2016

UH engineers have reported a new technique to determine the chemical composition of materials using near-infrared light.

Cullen College Engineers Discover Innovative Method to Destroy Bacteria

Posted on May 11, 2016

Researchers at the Cullen College of Engineering have discovered an innovative method for destroying bacteria in a matter of seconds by using light to heat highly porous gold nanodisks. A research paper describing the method was featured on the cover of the April issue of Optical Materials Express.

UH Engineers Author Most-Downloaded Paper on Inkjet-printed Lens for Smartphone Microscopy

Posted on March 24, 2016

A professor and three graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering department at the UH Cullen College of Engineering published the most downloaded paper of 2015 in a major scientific journal.

Journal Features Breast Cancer DNA Biomarker Sensor on Cover

Posted on November 9, 2015

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

Engineering Doctoral Students, Professor Honored at GCC Neuroengineering Symposium

Posted on October 14, 2015

Md Masud Parvez Arnob, Wei-Chuan Shih and Hoang Nguyen

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 Oct. 2.

UH Engineers Win NSF I-CORPs Award to Commercialize Smartphone Microscopy Lenses

Posted on September 25, 2015

A professor in the UH Cullen College of Engineering received the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) award with a project titled “DotLens Smartphone Microscopy.” This grant will provide his team with seed funding and guidance to take one of their innovative ideas out of the laboratory and pursue commercialization.

UH Moment: Smartphone Microscope

Posted on June 29, 2015

A smartphone microscope developed by a UH Cullen College of Engineering professor and his students is the focus of a recent UH Moment, a Houston Public Media feature heard on KUHF and seen on KUHT.

UH Engineers Develop Optical Probes for Better Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Disease

Posted on May 26, 2015

Two UH engineering professors have developed novel optical probes with potential applications in improving diagnosis and treatment for patients with kidney disease.

International News Outlet Highlights Professor's Lens Research

Posted on May 5, 2015

A Cullen College researcher has made international news with his creation of an optical lens that can be placed on a smartphone camera to serve as a microscope.

Faculty Members Honored with Cullen College Teaching and Research Excellence Awards

Posted on May 5, 2015

Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of mechanical engineering

At this month’s Cullen College of Engineering faculty and staff meeting, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the recipients of the 2014–2015 faculty excellence awards, which recognize faculty members for their outstanding performance in teaching, research and service.

UH Researchers Create Lens to Turn Smartphone into Microscope

Posted on May 4, 2015

Top row shows human skin and hair follicle. a) through c) are imaged with an Olympus IX-70 microscope at a magnification of 40, 100 and 200. d) is imaged with a Nokia Lumia 520 smartphone with a PDMS lens. Bottom row shows magnified regions.

Researchers at the University of Houston have created an optical lens that can be placed on an inexpensive smartphone to amplify images by a magnitude of 120, all for just 3 cents a lens.

Novel Neural Probe Helps to Unlock Mysteries of the Brain

Posted on February 24, 2015

In April of 2013, President Obama announced the launch of the BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative, an ambitious “grand challenge” aimed at vastly increasing our understanding of the human brain.

Professor Developing New Technologies for Detecting Subsea Oil Spills With DOI Award

Posted on August 27, 2014

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has awarded electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Wei-Chuan Shih with nearly $900,000 over two years to investigate new sensing techniques for detecting oil spills and hydrocarbon leaks in subsea oil and gas operations.

Accomplished Ph.D. Student Defends Dissertation on Raman Spectroscopy

Posted on July 24, 2014

Doctoral degrees are awarded every semester in the Cullen College of Engineering, but few to students as accomplished as Ji Qi.

UH Nanofab Lab Gets Faster Thanks to NSF Grant

Posted on August 27, 2013

Researchers in UH's Nanofabrication Facility will soon be able to cut hours, even weeks, off experiments thanks to an equipment grant from the National Science Foundation.

Nanotechnology researchers at the University of Houston will soon be able to work faster than ever thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Dr. Shih, Wei-Chuan

National Magazine Features UH Engineer’s Smartphone Tool to Detect Lead in Drinking Water

Researchers Create Smartphone System to Test for Lead in Water

Unlike Most Commercially Available Tests, It Can Detect Levels Below EPA Standards

The Media Comes Calling: Excitement Over Invention That Turns Smartphone into a Microscope

UH Engineers Invent Glucose-Sensing Contact Lens

UH Researcher Pursues New Applications for “Hot” Electrons

UH Researchers Discover New Chemical Sensing Technique

Cullen College Engineers Discover Innovative Method to Destroy Bacteria

UH Engineers Author Most-Downloaded Paper on Inkjet-printed Lens for Smartphone Microscopy

Journal Features Breast Cancer DNA Biomarker Sensor on Cover

Engineering Doctoral Students, Professor Honored at GCC Neuroengineering Symposium

UH Engineers Win NSF I-CORPs Award to Commercialize Smartphone Microscopy Lenses

UH Moment: Smartphone Microscope

UH Engineers Develop Optical Probes for Better Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Disease

International News Outlet Highlights Professor's Lens Research

Faculty Members Honored with Cullen College Teaching and Research Excellence Awards

UH Researchers Create Lens to Turn Smartphone into Microscope

Novel Neural Probe Helps to Unlock Mysteries of the Brain

Professor Developing New Technologies for Detecting Subsea Oil Spills With DOI Award

Accomplished Ph.D. Student Defends Dissertation on Raman Spectroscopy

UH Nanofab Lab Gets Faster Thanks to NSF Grant

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