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Ben Xu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow at UH. Xu Part of $5M DOD Grant to Support Defense Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded a $5 million grant to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV)-led America’s Additive Foundry Consortium, which includes the… Read More
Zhu Han, Moores Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, is part of the 2023 Fellow class for the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ECE's Han earns ACM Fellow status

Zhu Han, Moores Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, is part of the 2023 Fellow class for… Read More
Peter Vekilov, Frank Worley Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, published a study on how crystals are formed and how molecules become a part of them. ChBE Researcher Solving an Age-Old Mystery about Crystal Formation

Incorporation of Molecules Occurs in Two Steps, Divided by an Intermediate State A million years ago, the oldest known species to walk upright like a human, the Homo erectus, had… Read More
Jian Shi, an assistant professor at the Cullen College of Engineering with a dual appointment to the Engineering Technology and Electrical & Computer Engineering departments, is the latest CAREER award winner from the College. ECE, Engineering Technology's Shi earns CAREER award

Jian Shi, an assistant professor at the Cullen College of Engineering with a dual appointment to the Engineering Technology and Electrical & Computer Engineering departments,… Read More
Yisha Xiang, an associate professor in the Industrial Engineering Department, is the PI for an NSF proposal, “Integrated Framework for Cooperative 3D Printing: Uncertainty Quantification, Decision Models, and Algorithms.” The $505,789 award will cover research through 2026. IE's Xiang leading project on decision analytics to improve robotic cooperative 3D printing

A professor at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has received more than half a million in funding from the National Science Foundation to refine and… Read More
New research from Tian Chen featured on the cover of Science Advances could lead to the creation of material architecture that changes its behavior based on different temperature situations. Research by ME's Tian Chen picked for journal cover

New research by a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering could lead to the creation of material architecture that changes its… Read More
Abdul Latif Khan, assistant professor of Biotechnology, was recognized by Clarivate as one of the top 1 percent most-cited plant and animal science researchers in 2023. Biotechnology's Khan one of world's highly-cited

Online databases and digitally-accessible scientific journals afford not only the instant availability of nearly any of the world's collected knowledge at any given moment, but an… Read More
Jason Shi, a computer engineering student at the Cullen College of Engineering, is collaborating with staff at the Technology Bridge to develop his smart planters. Cullen Student Among Innovators at UH Tech Bridge

In music, perfect pitch is the innate ability to identify and recreate any note without hearing it first. It’s what musicians strive for, a rare level of excellence only a gifted… Read More
Ji Chen, Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and the Houston site director of the NSF I/UCRC Center for EMC Research, was elevated to IEE Fellow as of Jan. 1, 2024. ECE's Ji Chen earns IEEE Fellow distinction

A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has been honored by being elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the highest honors… Read More
Medhat El Nahas [center] was recognized by Galena Park Independent School District and its Board of Trustees for his outstanding dedication to and support of their district and high schools. El Nahas recognized for dedication to next generation

The Technology Division's Medhat El Nahas, instructional professor of Engineering Technology, has a keen eye for potential. Whether he's reaching out to industry colleagues to… Read More