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Sharma Researcher Wins $1 million Grant to Build Electricity-Generating Soft Materials

A researcher with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has won a $1 million grant to develop soft materials that combine mechanical strain and nanoscale effects…
UH STEM Center Director Bonnie Dunbar, during her time as an astronaut. City of Houston Honors UH STEM Center, Center Director

Today is UH STEM Center/Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar Day in the City of Houston. Houston Mayor Annise Parker will proclaim the honor today during a ceremony at Houston City Hall. The…
Student Industry Partnerships: Schlumberger's Support for UH Robotics Team Benefits Students, Company

Back when Jim Mayes was attending the UH Cullen College of Engineering as an electrical and computer engineering major in the early 1980’s, robotics was barely on anyone’s radar.…
Nicole Neveu and Richie Dettloff were members of the team whose undergraduate work won the Best Paper Award at a recent IEEE conference. ECE Undergrad Work Tops Ph.D.s in Paper Competition

Undergraduate student work at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering ended up winning the overall Best Paper Award at the recent IEEE International Conference on…
Zhu Han ECE Professor Zhu Han Named 2014 IEEE Fellow

Zhu Han's trophy case is getting crowded. Since 2009 he’s won a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, an Excellence in Research and Scholarship award from the University of…
Economides UH Energy Expert Michael Economides Dies During International Flight

Michael Economides, an internationally known authority on petroleum engineering and adjunct professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, died Saturday…
Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Ravi Birla (left) receives an award for his bioartificial heart research from his home country of Trinidad and Tobago. Bioartificial Heart Developer Honored, Featured in Television Interview

Trinidad and Tobago honored Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and native son Ravi Birla this past weekend as one of its top medical researchers. Birla received the…
Manvitha Katta Science and Engineering Fair of Houston Produces UH Scholar

Science fairs have come a long way from baking soda volcanoes and pet store mice in a homemade maze. What were once ill-attended exhibitions in middle school cafeterias are now…