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Associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Ashutosh Agrawal, Ph.D., is putting a newly-awarded $334,569 grant from the National Science Foundation toward the study of "Mechanics of Optimal Biomimetic Torene Plates and Shells with Ultra-High Genus". MAE's Agrawal Exploring New Geometric Design with Diverse Engineering Applications

Associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Ashutosh Agrawal, Ph.D., is putting a newly-awarded $334,569 grant from the National Science Foundation toward the… Read More
Yan Yao, the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering and principal investigator at the Texas Center for Superconductivity, is the deputy lead of the soft matter scientific thrust and the principal investigator for UH’s portion of the project. University of Houston Joins DOE’s New Energy Innovation Hub to Advance Battery Technology

Energy Storage Research Alliance Aims to Help the U.S. Achieve Clean and Secure Energy Future and Become Dominant in New Energy Storage Industries The U.S. Department of Energy… Read More
Hoskere (center) discusses the applications of AI for design and evaluation of structures with PhD students Taseer Ali (left) and Deepank Kumar Singh (right). C-ViSER Sees the Future of AI in Structural Engineering

Can artificial intelligence transform the practice of structural engineering? Imagine a future where structural engineers not only rely on their own knowledge and experience,… Read More
David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Marzia Cescon, Ph.D., has been awarded $370,774 of a total $802,774 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a joint project with Arizona State University entitled "First-Principles Informed Data-Enabled Predictive Digital Twin of Human Physiology". MAE's Cescon Using NSF Grant to Investigate Digital Twins for Healthcare Applications

David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Marzia Cescon, Ph.D., has been awarded $370,774 of a total $802,774 from the National Science… Read More
University of Houston Prof. Alamgir Karim, Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, first suggested rain as a possible source of distilled water that would have existed in the era when protocells first formed. The investigator of the new research trained under Karim while at the University of Houston. Life From a Drop of Rain: New Research Suggests Rainwater Helped Form the First Protocell Walls

A Nobel-winning Biologist, Two Engineering Schools, and a Vial of Houston Rainwater Cast New Light on the Origin of Life on Earth One of the major unanswered questions about the… Read More
Researchers at the University of Houston unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in X-ray imaging technology that could provide significant improvements in medical diagnostics, materials and industrial imaging, transportation security and other applications. UH Researchers Unveil Groundbreaking Technique in X-Ray Imaging

Researchers at the University of Houston unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in X-ray imaging technology that could provide significant improvements in medical diagnostics,… Read More
Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the amount of $522,253 for research concerning congenital cardiac fibrosis and vascular cell dysfunction. BME'S Horton Receives CAREER Award for Innovative Heart-on-a-Chip Research

Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the… Read More
Researcher Ankita Leekha with a bottle of NanoSTING University of Houston Researchers Create New Treatment and Vaccine for Flu and Various Coronaviruses

Team Develops Two Nasal Sprays — An Immune Activator and a New Vaccine — To Prevent Virus Transmission A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two… Read More
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

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