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In a galaxy on UH campus, Professor Joe Francis is perfecting Jedi mind control Professor Joe Francis’ Mind is Teeming with Ways to Team with Robots

To the unfamiliar, it might seem a Jedi mind trick – the notion of controlling robots by simply thinking of what you wish for them to do. If so, then Joe Francis, associate… Read More
Zaida Hernandez Industrial Engineer Earns American Association of University Women Fellowship

Women make up less than 15 percent of professional engineers in the United States, according to a 2012 report by the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, but the American… Read More
Three outstanding UH professors win international awards Society of Petroleum Engineers Picks Three of the Best from Cullen College

Each year, the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), an international society with more than 168,000 members, recognizes the best of the best in its international awards program.… Read More
Professor Hyongki Lee is helping manage water via satellite for Indochina Hyongki Lee’s Plan to Monitor Water is Out of This World

If it has to do with water, you can bet Assistant Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Hyongki Lee has an appetite whet for it. Fresh off the success of helping Pakistani… Read More
Cullen College Professor Introduces Cougar Junior Scholars to Engineering Principles PHOTOS/VIDEO: Cullen College Professor Introduces Cougar Junior Scholars to Engineering Principles

Each year, the University of Houston’s Honors College organizes the Cougar Junior Scholars Camp to provide middle school students a chance to experience the UH campus firsthand… Read More
New Superconducting Coil Improves MRI Performance New Superconducting Coil Improves MRI Performance

A multidisciplinary research team led by University of Houston scientist Jarek Wosik has developed a high-temperature superconducting coil that allows magnetic resonance imaging (… Read More
Yuying Song Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Award for Work with Precious Metals

The International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) awarded Yuying Song, a chemical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College, the 2016 Colt Refining Student Award for… Read More
Superconductivity Two UH Engineering Students Receive Texas Center for Superconductivity Scholarships

Two students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH). Meysam Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, a materials… Read More
Texas flag Three Renowned Energy Researchers Join University of Houston

The University of Houston has recruited three renowned researchers working in the energy field – two members of the National Academy of Engineering and one member of the National… Read More
Yan Yao UH Researchers Discover Key Mechanism for Producing Solar Cells

Researchers from the University of Houston have reported the first explanation for how a class of materials changes during production to more efficiently absorb light, a critical… Read More