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Ganesh Thakur, director of Energy Industrial Partnerships and Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering at UH, is leading a project to demonstrate using carbon dioxide to enhance oil recovery in partnership with Oil India Ltd. UH Researchers Begin Carbon Capture Project with Oil India

Researchers from the University of Houston have begun a $1.4 million project to demonstrate using carbon dioxide captured from nearby petrochemical plants to boost oil recovery in… Read More
Michael Harold, chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will lead a $2.1 million project to find new catalytic materials for a more efficient engine. Removing the Roadblocks to a More Efficient Car Engine

UH-Led Team is Developing Next-Generation Catalytic Technology to Cut Emissions Almost 160 years after the invention of the internal combustion engine, a new type of engine –… Read More
Hanadi Rifai What’s in the Water? Hurricane Harvey Renews Attention to UH Research on Galveston Bay Pollutants

In the days after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas Gulf Coast, thousands of evacuated families returned to their homes to survey the flood damage and begin the long road to… Read More
Artificial ‘Skin’ Gives Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch Artificial ‘Skin’ Gives Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch

UH Researchers Discover New Form of Stretchable Electronics, Sensors and Skins A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable… Read More
Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Rigzone: Advice for Geotechnical Engineering Graduates from UH Civil Engineer

Geotechnical engineers toil in the mechanics of soil and rocks to design and build structures, roadways, levees and other systems that are supported by soil or rock. Career… Read More
Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, center, and co-first authors Xu Wang, left, and Kyoseung Sim, right) Breakthrough in Dissolving Electronics Holds Promise for Biomedicine

Discovery Has Applications for Eco-Friendly Disposal, Data Security and Healthcare Researchers from the University of Houston and China have reported a new type of electronic… Read More
UH Civil Engineer Provides Science Behind Hurricane Harvey Floods to National Media UH Civil Engineer Provides Science Behind Hurricane Harvey Floods to National Media

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and its devastating aftermath, many across the state of Texas were left asking how such catastrophic flooding could have occurred and what we can… Read More
Cullen College Brilliance Descending on UH as New Engineering Faculty Join the Cullen College

Throughout the Cullen College of Engineering new faces and brilliant minds are joining the faculty in the 2017-2018 school year. The Cullen College proudly welcomes them to its… Read More
Texas Hurricane Harvey Resource Guide

The University of Houston MD Anderson Library is providing a guide to help navigate through the resources available in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and its devastating aftermath.… Read More
This schematic shows the structural evolution of titanium disulfide at different stages of intercalation. Interlayers are expanded or distorted as different amounts of pillaring molecules, complex cations and solvents are intercalated into the van der Waals gap of a host material at each stage. Researchers Report Breakthrough in Magnesium Batteries

Nanostructured Cathode, Understanding of New Electrolyte Lead to Greater Efficiency Magnesium batteries offer promise for safely powering modern life – unlike traditional lithium… Read More