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Professor of electrical and computer engineering Jiming Bao is reporting a new method set to improve thermal imaging and infrared thermography. ECE’s Bao Develops Technique That Enhances Thermal Imaging And Infrared Thermography For Police, Medical, Military Use

Overcomes Challenges Faced by Conventional Thermal Imaging, Eliminates Wavelength and Temperature Dependence A new method to measure the continuous spectrum of light, developed in… Read More
Venkatesh Balan sees a climate hero in an unlikely little creature: microalgae that have proven remarkably effective at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Tech Division's Balan unlocking potential of microalgae with research

Unlocking Potential Venkatesh Balan sees a climate hero in an unlikely little creature: microalgae that have proven remarkably effective at removing carbon dioxide from the… Read More
Associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Bhavin R. ShethSheth, who is also a member of the UH Center for NeuroEngineering and Cognitive Systems. ECE's Sheth, student Jones' new approach to sleep study expands potential of sleep medicine

Why it matters: A University of Houston engineer is redesigning sleep studies, no more wires all over your body. This new procedure requires only two wires, unlike the… Read More
Ben Xu, an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, is co-PI on the research project “Fast Electrowinning via Rotors for Responsible Iron Creation (FERRIC).” ME's Xu part of $2M research into iron, steel production decarbonization

A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering is part of a multi-million dollar research effort led by the University of Nevada that aims to decarbonize domestic iron and steel… Read More
Wei-Chuan Shih, Cullen College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering. New Method From ECE Researchers Has Potential to Detect Cancer at Earliest Stages

A University of Houston researcher is reporting a new method to detect cancer which could make cancer detection as simple as taking a blood test. With a 98.7% accuracy rate, the… Read More
Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, leads the team that discovered new cancer-killing T cells. Optimal Cancer-Killing T Cells Discovered by Cullen researchers

A team of cancer researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered a new subset of T cells that may improve the outcome for patients treated with T-cell therapies. T… Read More
Rohith Reddy is an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Scholar in Cancer Research. The NIH's National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases chose his proposal, "Improving the Accuracy of Lupus Nephritis Diagnosis using Biomarkers Derived from Ultraviolet and Mid-infrared Spectroscopic Imaging," for funding. ECE's Reddy lands renewable $629k grant for kidney disease

A researcher at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a renewable grant with a total potential value of about $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to… Read More
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research proposal into liquid-liquid interfaces for electrochemical carbon capture research. CEE's Rahimi nabs CAREER award for electrochemical carbon capture research

Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER… Read More
A signing ceremony, with [left to right] S.J. Hwang (former NCREE Director), K.C. Chang (former NCREE director), Roberto Ballarini (CEE Chair) and Thomas Hsu (CEE Emeritus Moores Professor). CEE works with Taiwan's National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering to mitigate quake damage

On September 21, 1999, the 7.3 magnitude “Chi-Chi earthquake” struck Taiwan, killing more than 2,400 people. Chi-Chi, subsequently referred to as the “Jiji earthquake,” was the… Read More
Karolos Grigoriadis, Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program at UH, will lead the new center for aerospace engineering research. UH Opening Aerospace Engineering Research Center with $5M NASA Grant

With a multi-million-dollar grant from NASA, the University of Houston will open an aerospace engineering research center to support the space agency's strategic goal of extending… Read More

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