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GRADE campers participate in a game of circuit Bingo, one of many activities designed to open young girls minds to science and engineering, during the final week of the UH camp. Photo by Thomas Shea. UH Camp Designed to Open Girls' Eyes to Science and Engineering

Crouching over the microscope, Janine Morgan steadied its focus just as she had done so many times prior with her toy kit at home. With her eyes trained intently on the eyepiece…
Yu ECE Researcher Unraveling the Secrets of Explosives

A University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researcher is working on a piece of technology, invisible to the naked eye, that could help protect Americans from terrorist…
Professor Richard Liu (left) works with graduate students Yu Cai and Yinan Xing on the vehicle-mounted laser device developed in the Cullen College's Subsurface Sensing Lab. Photo by Thomas Shea Engineering Researcher Set to Improve on TxDOT Road Maintenance Device

Drivers may think the only thing standing between them and a collision in rush hour traffic is their brakes, but really the friction generated as their tires move over a road’s…
Krishnamoorti Chair Selected to Participate in NAE Symposium

Ramanan Krishnamoorti will be among a select group of 88 researchers convening in California this September for the National Academy of Engineering’s 15th Annual U.S. Frontiers of…
Logan Craft, 10, is given a demonstration on smart materials by Ph.D. student Claudio Olmi during one stop on a tour of the college June 30. Photo by Thomas Shea. Youngster's Engineering Aspirations Realized at UH

Logan Craft’s summer has started off like any other grade school students'. He visited the beach in Galveston, attended camp and spent several long days getting into mischief with…
Rifai UH Researchers Part of $1.25 Million SSPEED Center Study on Ike

Hanadi Rifai hopes to leave behind some of the discomforts area residents experienced last year after Hurricane Ike should another big storm pass through Houston. A civil and…