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Cullen College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering Wei-Chuan Shih. ECE’s Shih hoping to detect lung cancer from a few drops of blood, thanks to CPRIT grant

A new $900,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (CPRIT) to Wei-Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will support efforts to… Read More
A man with light tan skin and short, silver hair faces the camera. He wears a dark jacket over a blue collared shirt and stands in front of a grey background. He is shown from the shoulders up. ChBE’s Brazdil Receives SWCS Award for Excellence in Applied Catalysis

Adjunct Professor James Brazdil of the Cullen College of Engineering’s William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received the 2026 Southwest… Read More
[Second from left, to right] Cullen College of Engineering students Anna Nguyen, Alan Romero and Tom Nguyen earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition. Cullen takes 2nd place at Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition

A group of senior design course students have earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition, thanks to their analysis of a water reclamation… Read More
Jeff Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been invited to speak at the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Summit, held by the Texas Academy of Medicine, Science and Technology. ChBE’s Rimer to speak at TAMEST’s O’Donnell Awards Summit

Jeff Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been invited to speak at the Edith and Peter O’… Read More
The sensors look like bandaids, are paper thin and allow stroke patients to recover their motor skills through play. New Hand Sensors From MAE’s Ryou Turn Post-Stroke Rehab into an On-Screen Game

New paper-thin piezoelectric patch sensors designed for at-home stroke rehabilitation may soon revolutionize post-stroke care by offering potential accessible, efficient… Read More
[Left to right] Mim Rahimi, professor at the Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, and Ph.D. graduate Abdelrahman Refaie. CEE’s Rahimi Map Out Strategy To Use Ocean Technology to Trap Carbon Dioxide

The motion of the ocean may be the key to removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, so University of Houston researchers set out to determine which U.S. coastlines are best… Read More
A man with light skin and light brown hair smiles at the camera. He is shown from the shoulders up in front of a mottled grey background, and wears a charcoal suit jacket over a light-colored collared shirt. BME’s Shevkoplyas Inducted as AIMBE Fellow

The Department of Biomedical Engineering’s Professor Sergey Shevkoplyas was inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (… Read More
The winners of the audience award for the Create@UH Spring 2026 Katy showcase were three Systems Engineering students. [Left to right] Nirathi Govindu, instructional assistant professor and Director of the Systems Engineering Program; students Vivian Pan, Andrea Guevara Guerra and Kristy Hoang; and Jamison Kovach, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Success and Undergraduate Support Services. Systems Engineering students win audience award at first Create@UH Katy showcase

A team of three students from the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering emerged from more than 40 other groups to win the Audience… Read More
A man with light tan skin, glasses, and short, dark hair is shown from the shoulders up in front of a grey background. He smiles at the camera and is wearing a light blue shirt. Three Papers from IST’s Luo Accepted by Top AI Conferences This Spring

The Department of Information Science Technology’s Changqing Luo, assistant professor, has seen three recent papers accepted to top AI conferences, including the IEEE/CVF… Read More
UH Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow Akash Gupta, assistant professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Scholar. New Approach to Cancer Vaccination From ChBE's Gupta Yields More Powerful T Cells

Engineers from the University of Houston, MIT and Harvard have developed a new mRNA-based strategy that dramatically amplifies the T-cell response to vaccines — an advance that… Read More