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The continued, generous giving of the Klotz family has led to the establishment of the Karen and Wayne Klotz Endowed Fellowship in Civil Engineering, which will help to fund the graduate studies of a Cullen College of Engineering graduate student. Pictured are Karen and Wayne (MSCE '76) Klotz. Klotz family establishes new fellowship for graduate students

For D. Wayne Klotz (MSCE '76), it wasn't a tough decision when it came to the specific resource he wanted a new Cullen College of Engineering fellowship to support. The 2018… Read More
Alex Ignatiev, professor emeritus of physics and Ganesh Thakur, Distinguished Professor of Petroleum Engineering and director of Energy Industry Partnership, have been elected Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Two University of Houston Inventors Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Two University of Houston professors have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Alex Ignatiev, professor emeritus of physics and Ganesh Thakur, Distinguished… Read More
Rose T. Faghih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the BRAIN Center, is senior author for a new paper about tracking the seizure state of epileptic patients in real-time.. The first author for the paper is Alexander Steele, a doctoral student of Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Cullen Distinguished Professor and Director of the NSF IUCRC BRAIN Center, and the research is a collaboration between two UH departments and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Biomed, ECE, McGovern collaboration leads to new epilepsy research

A recently published paper from a team of researchers and students from multiple departments at the Cullen College of Engineering and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth… Read More
Hadi Ghasemi, Cullen Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has pushed the limit of when water freezes and has maintained tiny droplets as liquid by putting them in contact with soft interfaces, like gels or lipids. UH Researcher Pushes Limit of When Water Will Freeze

Though it is one of the great mysteries of science, the transformation of water into ice often escapes people's minds as it is just assumed that’s what happens. But how and why it… Read More
Zhu Han, Moores Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is one of three UH researchers recognized for frequent citations during the last decade. Three UH Professors Named Highly Cited Researchers for 2021

Each year, Clarivate identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who their peers have most frequently cited over the last decade. In 2021, 6,602, or about… Read More
More than 20 Engineering faculty members were recognized for contributing to the UH 50-in-5 initiative. Engineering Faculty Celebrated As Part Of 50-in-5 Achievements

At the first in-person, 50-in-5 celebration event, 116 faculty members were honored at the Wortham House on Monday, Nov. 29. President Renu Khator, Provost Paula Myrick Short and… Read More
Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering. 'Super Cool Conductor' Developed at UH Advances in Prestigious DOE Competition

As the world embarks upon the energy transition, improved electrification will be key to powering an efficient low carbon global economy. The development of superconductors,… Read More
Jiming Bao, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has developed a new fluid that can be cut open by light with potential applications in adaptive optics, mass transport and microfluidics manufacturing and molding of micro and nanostructures. UH Researcher Develops New Fluid That Light Can Cut

** See video of scientists in the Bao lab shaping water with lasers into a familiar shape.** Jiming Bao, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of… Read More
Albert Cheng, professor of computer science and electrical & computer engineering at the University of Houston, presented his plans for real-time risk assessment at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) conference HPC (High Performance Computing) for Urgent Decision Making. UH Researcher Creates Real-Time COVID-19 Infection Risk Assessment System

In this pandemic era, have you ever wondered when the best time to go run an errand might be, maybe when your grocery store is the least crowded, so you could reduce the chance of… Read More
Nicholas Dias, who completed his undergraduate and doctoral work at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a first round of funding from the National Institutes of Health FastTrack program for research into chronic pelvic pain management, with close to $2 million potentially available as the research continues. UH alum Dias receives NIH funding for chronic pelvic pain research

A graduate from the Cullen College of Engineering has received a first round of funding from the National Institutes of Health FastTrack program for research into chronic pelvic… Read More