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Elham Morshedzadeh and Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal guide a demonstration of a pediatric “SoftExo” device. UH BRAIN, TIRR Memorial Hermann Develop First Wearable Pediatric Soft Exoskeleton Made of Smart Materials

Just one look at the next-generation lightweight, soft exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy reveals the powerful role technology can play in solving global challenges and… Read More
Mohamed Ammar chose UH to earn his doctorate's degree in petroleum engineering, and he is thriving in the research group of Birol Dindoruk. Fueling the Future: The path of Petroleum Engineering’s Ammar to Sustainable Energy

Growing up in Libya, a country with some of the largest oil reserves in Africa, Mohamed Ammar was naturally drawn to pursue a career in that industry. That path has brought him to… Read More
Jacinta Conrad, Frank M. Tiller Professor in the Willam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). ChBE’s Conrad elected as AAAS Fellow

Jacinta Conrad, Frank M. Tiller Professor in the Willam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has been named a… Read More
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to four professors that have earned University of Houston Faculty Awards for the 2024-25 academic year. Cullen Professors Earn UH Faculty Awards for 2024-25 Academic Year

The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to four professors that have earned University of Houston Faculty Awards for the 2024–25 academic year. The Office of… Read More
Na Zou and Nancy J. Currie-Gregg. ISE honors alumni, faculty, staff, students at 2025 awards banquet

Friends, family and peers gathered on April 10 to celebrate honorees at the 2025 Industrial and Systems Engineering Awards Banquet, held in the O’Quinn Great Hall at the… Read More
Sofia Bustamante will graduate with her bachelor's degree in industrial engineering this spring. International Student, ISE Grad Bustamante’s Persistence Pays Off

Industrial and Systems Engineering’s Sofia Bustamante is soon to graduate and has done quite a bit in three years at the University of Houston. So much, in fact, that she doubts… Read More
Postdoc Shajedul Hoque Thakur holds the bendable ceramic origami material, developed with assistant professor Maksud Rahman as part of the team’s research into bio-inspired sustainable composites. MAE’s Rahman, Thakur Reinventing Ceramics with Origami-Inspired 3D Printing

In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend… Read More
Rami El-Haibe is graduating with his master's degree this spring. Mentor, Mentee: MAE Grad El-Haibe Reflects On Research and Involvement at UH

Rami El-Haibe, a graduate student pursuing his master’s degree in mechanical engineering, is eager to graduate this spring. El-Haibe first earned his bachelor’s degree from the… Read More
Saurabh Prasad led the first workshop on computer vision for geospatial image analysis (GeoCV) at the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). ECE’s Prasad Leads Critical Workshop at Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision

A professor in the Cullen College of Engineering hosted the first in what is expected to be a continuing series of workshops on specialized topics in computer vision at an… Read More
Mim Rahimi [center] received an award with "Honor" distinction at the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) 2025 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Competition (E3S). It was presented by David Chin [left], the president of AAEES, and Daniel B. Oerther [right], the Executive Director of AAEES. CEE’s Rahimi Receives AAEES Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Award

Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an award in the American Academy of… Read More