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Biomedical engineering professor Sergey Shevkoplyas is using a $1.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, to adapt microfluidic technology to enable leukapheresis in babies. UH Researcher Developing New Device to Treat Babies with Blood Disorders

With severe blood disorders, such as leukemia, doctors often rely on leukapheresis, a procedure in which large machines extract whole blood from patients to separate white blood… Read More
The vulnerability of population age group 65 and older to environmental pollution, based on ozone, PM2.5, NOx, pollutant releases, and proximity to polluted sites. Researchers' tool identifies Houston populations vulnerable to COVID-19

As the City of Houston and the state of Texas take steps to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, a trio of researchers connected to the University of Houston has developed a… Read More
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, Chandra Mohan, has found race-specific lupus nephritis biomarkers moving science closer to finding treatment. Race-Specific Lupus Nephritis Biomarkers

University of Houston Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, Chandra Mohan, and his team have discovered a difference in urinary biomarker… Read More
Dr. Stacey Louie. Louie, Berté awarded grant for water contaminant research

Dr. Stacey Louie, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a $12,000 grant to support a student and research work on how contaminants interact… Read More
COVID-19 Students provide videos to public modeling spread of COVID-19

A class of graduate students at the University of Houston has worked to create seven videos on YouTube about modeling the spread of COVID-19 among different populations, under the… Read More
Using alcohol and marijuana together has become an unforeseen consequence of normalization of marijuana, and it can be damaging to unborn children when pregnant mothers ingest both. Does Cannabis Use Amplify the Effect of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure and Vice Versa?

An unforeseen consequence of normalization of marijuana use is that adolescents and adults of childbearing age are increasingly engaged in a practice of Simultaneous Alcohol and… Read More
Harish Krishnamoorthy is leading a $2.5 million effort to develop compact electronic power systems. Harnessing the Power of Gallium Nitride and Machine Learning

Military installations, especially on ships and aircraft, require robust power electronics systems to operate radar and other equipment, but there is limited space onboard.… Read More
Olga Bannova SICSA's Bannova earns ASCE Outstanding Technical Contribution Award

For a prestigious career featuring more than two decades of research, and 60 papers and presentations, University of Houston professor Dr. Olga Bannova has been named the winner… Read More
David Mayerich, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop a software platform to produce searchable digital atlases of whole organs at the cellular level. Searchable Atlases of High-Resolution 3-D Images Would Offer New Tool for Researchers, Clinicians

Researchers at the University of Houston last year reported a new imaging method capable of producing fast and inexpensive three-dimensional images, offering the potential to more… Read More
Researchers will use a $1.89 million grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine how to reconcile images collected by drone with more precise images, allowing them to better understand how terrain has changed over time. Image: Canva UH Researchers Improving Resolution in 3D Data Collected by Drones

Drones have become a quick and relatively inexpensive way to capture on-the-ground images of geographic areas, offering valuable information to soldiers and others. But those… Read More