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Texas flag Three Renowned Energy Researchers Join University of Houston

The University of Houston has recruited three renowned researchers working in the energy field – two members of the National Academy of Engineering and one member of the National…
Yan Yao UH Researchers Discover Key Mechanism for Producing Solar Cells

Researchers from the University of Houston have reported the first explanation for how a class of materials changes during production to more efficiently absorb light, a critical…
Kian Torabian Student Brings Sickle Cell Disease Research to France with Chateaubriand Fellowship

Kian Torabian, a biomedical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, will bring his innovative Sickle Cell Disease research to France as a 2016…
civil and environmental engineering UH Startup Makes WAVVES for the Future of Clean Water Technology

WAVVE Stream, a University of Houston startup company committed to increasing global access to clean water, recently racked up another award for their novel nano-sized water…
University of Houston UH Moves Up in Global Rankings for Issued Patents

The University of Houston is among the top 100 university systems in the world for granted U.S. utility patents in 2015. The rankings, released Tuesday by the National Academy of…
Wei-Chuan Shih UH Researcher Pursues New Applications for “Hot” Electrons

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…
Katy Olafson Chemical Doctoral Student Wins AIChE Research Award

Katy Olafson, a chemical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, received a 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Separations…
Cunjiang Yu UH Professor Receives ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award

Cunjiang Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been selected to receive an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research…