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ECE Professor's Thought-Controlled Robotic Exoskeleton Featured on Cover of Science News ECE Professor's Thought-Controlled Robotic Exoskeleton Featured on Cover of Science News

ECE professor Jose “Pepe” Luis Contreras-Vidal, director of the University of Houston’s Laboratory for Noninvasive Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) Systems at the Cullen College of… Read More
ECE Professors Named Directors of Honors Engineering Program ECE Professors Named Directors of Honors Engineering Program

Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) professor Fritz Claydon has been appointed director of the Honors Engineering Program at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, with ECE… Read More
Badri Roysam DOR Blog Highlights ECE Chair's Research

A new blog post from the University of Houston Division of Research highlights the work of Dr. Badri Roysam, professor and chair of the department of electrical and computer… Read More
Mechanical engineering faculty member Jae-Hyun Ryou is researching ways to make LEDs more efficient at high current levels. Above is a green LED Ryou created as part of this research. Engineering Research Aims to Build a Better Light Bulb

Most people just aren’t willing to pay $30 for a light bulb. That’s the going rate for many LEDs, or light emitting diodes, which now sit on store shelves next to the compact… Read More
Chemical and biomolecular engineering faculty members Vince Donnelly (left) and Demetre Economou (right) won a $150,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a technique to etch materials with atomic layer precision. They are shown here with ECE Associate Professor Paul Ruchhoeft (center). NSF Grant Funding Atomic-Scale Patterning Research

How’s this for precision? Researchers with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering are developing technology to knock single atoms off a silicon wafer without… Read More
Rimer Catalysis Research Gets a Boost though Joint U.S./Israel Grant

It’s not unusual for scientists to take their cues from nature. In fact, Jeff Rimer is building much of his career on such cues. Rimer, Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Assistant… Read More
Ximenes and Trost UH Space Architects Help Design Houston’s Proposed Spaceport

If you live near Houston, you have probably already heard about the proposed Houston spaceport at Ellington Airport. However, what you might not have heard is that Houston’s first… Read More
Opportunities for Engineering Entrepreneurs Opportunities for Engineering Entrepreneurs You Never Knew Existed

Let’s face it: Houston is an entrepreneurial town, and the University of Houston is no different. In fact, over 3,500 UH alumni own or run a business, and 63 percent of all UH… Read More
Belarbi Civil Engineering Faculty Writing Bridge Design Specs for New Structural Material

A civil infrastructure that provides essentials like clean running water and passable roads is essential to a healthy and prosperous society. While concrete and steel remain the… Read More
Dean Tedesco and Jerry Rogers PHOTOS: Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni Luncheon

The Cullen College of Engineering's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering held their 11th annual alumni luncheon last Tuesday, October 15th at the Hess Club in Houston… Read More