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Wei-Chuan Shih, Cullen College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering. New Method From ECE Researchers Has Potential to Detect Cancer at Earliest Stages

A University of Houston researcher is reporting a new method to detect cancer which could make cancer detection as simple as taking a blood test. With a 98.7% accuracy rate, the…
Alexandra Ledesma is a new graduate from the Construction Management program. An immigrant from Venezuela, she describes in her own words why she chose UH, and the professor that helped her achieve her best. Construction Management graduate shares on journey from Venezuela to UH degree

Alexandra Ledesma is a new graduate from the Construction Management program. An immigrant from Venezuela, she describes in her own words why she chose UH, and the professor that…
Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, leads the team that discovered new cancer-killing T cells. Optimal Cancer-Killing T Cells Discovered by Cullen researchers

A team of cancer researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered a new subset of T cells that may improve the outcome for patients treated with T-cell therapies. T…
University of Houston Neuroscientist Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal. Cullen's Contreras-Vidal to Speak on the Nexus of Art and Science at UN AI for Good Global Summit

University of Houston neuroscientist Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, the pioneer of brain-machine interfaces, will take the stage in Geneva Switzerland on May 31 at the United Nations…
Farzana Likhi. Cullen Grad Students Chosen for Prestigious Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has chosen three University of Houston graduate students for its prestigious graduate research program. UH Ph.D. candidates…
Rohith Reddy is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar in Cancer Research. The NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases chose his proposal, "Improving the Accuracy of Lupus Nephritis Diagnosis using Biomarkers Derived from Ultraviolet and Mid-infrared Spectroscopic Imaging," for funding. ECE's Reddy lands renewable $629k grant for kidney disease

A researcher at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a renewable grant with a total potential value of about $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to…
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research proposal into liquid-liquid interfaces for electrochemical carbon capture research. CEE's Rahimi nabs CAREER award for electrochemical carbon capture research

Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER…
[left] Xuemei Chen, instructional associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, receives the William A. Brookshire Teaching Excellence Award from Pradeep Sharma, Interim Dean of the Cullen College of Engineering and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor. College recognizes outstanding personnel at 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards

The Cullen College of Engineering recognized the hard work and efforts of its entire workforce at the 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff…
José C. Martínez, Sai Todupunoori and Peggy Lindner. Cougars shine at USITCC Nationals

The U.S. Information Technology Collegiate Conference (USITCC) 2024 Nationals were held in Louisiana last month, and the UH Cougars triumphed in both awards and accomplishments.…
A signing ceremony, with [left to right] S.J. Hwang (former NCREE Director), K.C. Chang (former NCREE director), Roberto Ballarini (CEE Chair) and Thomas Hsu (CEE Emeritus Moores Professor). CEE works with Taiwan's National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering to mitigate quake damage

On September 21, 1999, the 7.3 magnitude “Chi-Chi earthquake” struck Taiwan, killing more than 2,400 people. Chi-Chi, subsequently referred to as the “Jiji earthquake,” was the…