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In the blood lab, where everything seems cast in red, are from left, Sergey Shevkoplyas, associate professor of biomedical engineering, and post doc fellows Hui Xia and Briony Strachan The Clot Thickens: UH Engineer's New Method To Help Keep Donated Blood Supply Safe

Every two seconds someone in the United States needs blood, according to America’s Blood Centers, generating a fundamental need to keep the blood supply healthy. A significant… Read More
Ferhat Alkan (L), Houston's Turkish consul general, visits with biomedical Professor Sergy Shevkoplyas Turkish Consul General Visits Cullen College’s Biomedical Engineering Department

Cullen College’s biomedical engineering department was host to Houston’s Turkish consul general on Nov. 1. Ferhat Alkan met professors and visited labs before having lunch with a… Read More
Pinar Kanlikilicer is fighting to end ovarian cancer with her discovery How Ovarian Cancer Can Kill Itself – Discovered by UH Engineer

A 2013 graduate of the UH biomedical engineering doctoral program, now completing her fellowship at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, has discovered the existence of a tumor suppressor… Read More
Assistant Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Hyongki Lee teaching in Vietnam. Photo courtesy SERVIR GLOBAL In Vietnam, UH Engineer Hyongki Lee Trains Stakeholders to use Satellite Data for Managing Water

Selected by NASA to help manage water for Indochina, Assistant Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Hyongki Lee is now teaching them how to do it without him. Lee is the… Read More
Electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Wei-Chuan Shih and his DotLens technology The Media Comes Calling: Excitement Over Invention That Turns Smartphone into a Microscope

An invention by a University of Houston engineer that turns your smartphone into a microscope, allowing it to detect whether your pond water is healthy, is getting attention in… Read More
UH Engineering Celebrates 75th Anniversary and Homecoming PHOTOS: UH Engineering Celebrates 75th Anniversary and Homecoming

Friends of the UH Cullen College of Engineering gathered for barbeque, drinks and games to celebrate the college’s 75th anniversary and gear up for the 2016 UH Football Homecoming… Read More
Always thinking, always inventing: Professor Aaron Becker in his lab Targeted Treatment Possible with UH Engineer’s Discovery

The same technology that powers MRI scanners to see inside your body may soon be used to deliver targeted treatments for a variety of diseases and conditions. Electrical and… Read More
Forbes.com Lauds University of Houston as Leader in Engineering Research and Education Forbes.com Lauds University of Houston as Leader in Engineering Research and Education

A recent article published by Forbes.com lauds the University of Houston as an epicenter of energy and engineering education and research, calling the school “increasingly a rival… Read More
NAE Member and Rockwell lecturer Michael Kavanaugh, left, accepts plaque from Roberto Ballarini, chair of civil engineering PHOTOS: Michael Kavanaugh Engineering Rockwell Lecture

There are a lot of decision-making trade-offs on the path to a sustainable future. Michael Kavanaugh, senior principal at Geosyntec Consultants Inc. and member of the National… Read More
Engineering Leadership Board Dinner and Meeting PHOTOS: Engineering Leadership Board Dinner and Meeting

Houston’s leaders in industry, academia and government who make up the UH Cullen College’s Engineering Leadership Board (ELB) gathered for the annual ELB Dinner at The Houston… Read More