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An Asian man with tan skin and short, dark hair smiles at the camera in front of a grey background. He is wearing eyeglasses as well as a dark suit jacket over a light-colored collared shirt and a gold tie. UH Partners with MD Anderson for Immune-Award Radiation Treatment Plans

Radiation therapy is one of the most widely used tools in cancer treatment and is designed to deliver targeted doses of radiation directly to tumors. Unfortunately, however, the… Read More
Kaushik Rajashekara, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been elected as an international fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). ECE’s Rajashekara elected as international fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering

Kaushik Rajashekara, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been elected as an international… Read More
Participants look on during a Biomanufacturing Certificate (Microcredentialing) Program held by Cullen's Biotechnology Department in June. UH Biotechnology, UH Energy Successfully Complete Hands-On Biomanufacturing Certificate Program

UH Energy in collaboration with the Biotechnology Program in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering recently… Read More
Cullen College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering Wei-Chuan Shih. ECE’s Shih hoping to detect lung cancer from a few drops of blood, thanks to CPRIT grant

A new $900,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (CPRIT) to Wei-Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will support efforts to… Read More
A man with light tan skin and short, silver hair faces the camera. He wears a dark jacket over a blue collared shirt and stands in front of a grey background. He is shown from the shoulders up. ChBE’s Brazdil Receives SWCS Award for Excellence in Applied Catalysis

Adjunct Professor James Brazdil of the Cullen College of Engineering’s William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received the 2026 Southwest… Read More
[Second from left, to right] Cullen College of Engineering students Anna Nguyen, Alan Romero and Tom Nguyen earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition. Cullen takes 2nd place at Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition

A group of senior design course students have earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition, thanks to their analysis of a water reclamation… Read More
Jeff Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been invited to speak at the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Summit, held by the Texas Academy of Medicine, Science and Technology. ChBE’s Rimer to speak at TAMEST’s O’Donnell Awards Summit

Jeff Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been invited to speak at the Edith and Peter O’… Read More
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