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Patrick Cirino is designing microorganisms to convert natural gas liquids into useful products Designing Microorganisms to Convert Natural Gas Liquids into Useful Products

A team of researchers led by a UH chemical and biomolecular engineer will design microorganisms that can convert natural gas liquids (NGLs) into useful products more efficiently… Read More
Industry-Led Effort Designed to Cut Costs through Digital Oilfield Innovation Industry-Led Effort Designed to Cut Costs through Digital Oilfield Innovation

Unique Partnership Launches Initiative Focused on Industry Adoption Industries ranging from health care to oil refining have been radically changed by the digital revolution. A… Read More
UH, ExxonMobil Chemical Company Sign Research Agreement UH, ExxonMobil Chemical Company Sign Research Agreement

Faculty and Students Will Work to Develop Product Solutions ExxonMobil Chemical Company and the University of Houston have signed a multi-year research agreement that will focus… Read More
Andrea Prosperetti UH Launches Institute for Data Science

Institute Will Draw Partnerships to Focus on Energy, Health Care, Cybersecurity, Smart Cities The University of Houston has launched a new Institute for Data Science, naming… Read More
Irfan Bandey Biomanufacturing the Next Generation of Cancer-Killing Immune Cells

Navin Varadarajan receives National Science Foundation award to boost effectiveness of immunotherapy Back in the days when all medicines were made out of chemicals found in nature… Read More
2017 Undergraduate Research Day Engineers Make a Showing at 2017 Undergraduate Research Day

Proving that high-level research isn’t just for graduate students, roughly 250 UH undergrads presented their research findings at the 2017 Undergraduate Research Day. The event… Read More
Roberto Ballarini Roberto Ballarini Uses Online Platform to Inspire Next Generation of Civil Engineers

For Roberto Ballarini, chair of the Cullen College’s civil and environmental engineering department, the decision to become a professor was as much about inspiring the next… Read More
S.M. Farouq Ali National Academy of Engineering Member S. M. Farouq Ali Joins UH Engineering Faculty

Petroleum engineering legend and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) member S. M. Farouq Ali joins the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering this fall as a… Read More
Ned Mohan PHOTOS: Ned Mohan Engineering Rockwell Lecture

For most people the word “energy” conjures images of oil and gas operations, but the science of electric power and energy systems is gaining momentum as advances in hybrid-… Read More
Navin Varadarajan Department of Defense Awards UH Engineer for Career in Advancing Immunotherapy

For UH chemical engineer Navin Varadarajan, it isn’t enough to conduct laboratory research, publish papers, earn grants and win awards for his work in immunotherapy, which… Read More