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An improved brain chip, created in the Akay Biomedical Engineering Lab, provides large-scale assessments on the response of brain tumor cells to various concentrations and combinations of drugs. UH Biomedical Engineering Lab Creates Improved Brain Chip for Precision Medicine

Device Chooses Right Combo of Cancer Drugs in Record Time The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting an improvement on a microfluidic brain… Read More
Chemical engineers Jeffrey Rimer, left, Wenchuan Ma and Peter Vekilov have for the first time demonstrated what happens at the molecular level when two compounds known to inhibit crystal growth were combined Molecular Understanding of Drug Interactions Suggests Pathway to Better Malaria Treatments

The Work Also Has Implications for Speeding Drug Development The process of crystallization is central to drug development, petrochemical processing and other industrial actions,… Read More
Hadi Ghasemi, Cullen College Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UH, said the new understanding eliminates the “bottleneck” that has complicated predictions and simulations of processes involving evaporation. UH Researchers Solve a Scientific Mystery about Evaporation

Work Has Implications for Power Generation, Desalination, Electronics Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an important role in… Read More
Daniel Ajuzie, a biomedical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ inaugural AfroBiotech Conference 2019. UH Biomedical Engineering Student Wins NSF Grant to Present Research At AfroBiotech Conference

Daniel Ajuzie, a biomedical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ inaugural… Read More
Stanko Brankovic, a globally-renowned electrodeposition authority at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, and Robles Hernández, an associate professor at the UH College of Technology have teamed up for the Semiconductor Research Corp.– funded new materials research project. UH Researchers Win Grant to Create Superior Class of Magnetic Materials

The Semiconductor Research Corp. awarded a three-year, $240,000 grant to University of Houston researchers to design a new electrodeposition process and solution to create a new… Read More
Hamid Fekri Azgomi, an electrical engineering doctoral student the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented at the 53rd IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers. UH Engineering State-Space Estimation Course Projects Presented At Two IEEE Conferences

Dilranjan Wickramasuriya and Hamid Fekri Azgomi, doctoral students of Rose Faghih, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, made… Read More
Nhung Nguyen, a junior majoring in petroleum engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is one of 100 students chosen from around the world to attend the Education Week program of the 2020 International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC). UH Petroleum Engineering Student Selected to Attend IPTC 2020

Nhung Nguyen, a junior majoring in petroleum engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is one of 100 students chosen from around the world to attend the Education Week… Read More
Muna Naash, John S. Dunn Endowed Professor with joint appointments at the UH Cullen College of Engineering and the UH College of Optometry. UH and Harvard Researchers Join Forces For Usher Syndrome Research

NIH-funded project to explore whether gene therapy can correct genetic deafness A world-renowned authority on genetic mutations associated with hereditary retinal disorders… Read More
Adesola Saba, PhD candidate in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was awarded a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship for his work studying the metabolome of bacterial persisters in assistant professor Dr. Mehmet Orman's lab. UH Engineering Student Wins Prestigious Department of Defense Graduate Fellowship

Research Has Potential for Valuable Medical and Military Applications University of Houston doctoral student Adesola Saba won a highly competitive 2019 National Defense Science… Read More
UH Cullen College Women of PROMES is Holding an essentials drive for the holiday season. UH PROMES Scholars Give Back This Holiday Season

Engineering students address needs in the UH and Houston communities It’s the season of giving, and students who are enrolled in the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for… Read More