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Birol Dindoruk, the American Association of Drilling Engineers Endowed Professor in Petroleum, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston. Petro's Dindoruk Part of Seminal Study About Geothermal Energy in Texas

Experts Offer Insight for Future Development & Decarbonization Researchers from five Texas universities, the University Land Office and the International Energy Agency jointly… Read More
Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor of Chemical Engineering, known globally for his seminal breakthroughs using innovative methods to control crystals to help treat malaria and kidney stones, is reporting a new method to control the growth of ammonium urate crystals, the substance known to cause kidney stones in dolphins, with implications in the pharmaceutical industry. Dolphin Research Leads to New Method to Possibly Improve Pharmaceuticals

Controlling Crystal Growth Has Implications for Array of Medicines Yes, dolphins get kidney stones, too. And how did we find this out? You can thank the Navy. In fact, move over… Read More
In the lab, Chandra Mohan, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering and Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of biochemical and biophysical sciences. The pair is pioneering the smartphone-based app and test kit for lupus nephritis based on the technology underlying home pregnancy tests. Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lupus Nephritis – On Your Smartphone

A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis – at home. If you’ve… Read More
Muna Naash, John S. Dunn Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering, is expanding a method of gene therapy with the hopes it will restore vision loss in Usher Syndrome Type 2A. BME's Naash Researching Expanded Gene Therapy for Rare Blindness Disease

A University of Houston researcher is expanding a method of gene therapy with the hopes it will restore vision loss in Usher Syndrome Type 2A (USH2A), a rare genetic disease. The… Read More
Stanko R. Brankovic, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a $300,000 grant to continue his research into creating a new magnetic alloys with superior properties for induction application. ECE's Brankovic earns $300k grant for ferromagnetic alloy research

Stanko R. Brankovic, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a $300,000 grant to continue his research into creating a… Read More
Jiefu Chen ECE's Chen, Shan part of new research on converting methane to hydrogen

A pair of professors from the Cullen College of Engineering are partnering with a colleague from Howard University to spur clean energy development via the use electromagnetic… Read More
Bo Zhao, Kalsi Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, and his doctoral student, Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh, have created new architecture that improves the efficiency of solar energy harvesting to the thermodynamic limit. ME Professor, Student's Solar Harvesting System has Potential to Generate Power 24/7

Thomas Edison once said, “So long as the sun shines, man will be able to develop power in abundance.” His wasn’t the first great mind to marvel at the notion of harnessing the… Read More
Jerrod Henderson, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the PI for a team from the University of Houston and the University of Michigan that has received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation to further their collaborative research into improving underrepresented student engagement in STEM. Professors receive another grant for underrepresented student engagement in STEM

A team from the University of Houston and the University of Michigan have received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation to further their collaborative research… Read More
Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, studied the dynamic interactions between T cells and tumor cells to determine which patients are likely to respond to CAR T-cell therapy to treat lymphoma. Technology Developed at UH Could Advance Treatment of Lymphoma

In the war against cancer, one of the most critical battles is waged on a cellular level as T cells from the immune system are altered in the lab to attack cancer cells. This form… Read More
Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, has summarized methods of making zeolites in the lab and examined how the emergence of data analytics and machine learning are aiding zeolite design. Building the Best Zeolite

Review Concludes Big Data Rocks, Pushing Formation of Crystals Forward If science and nature were to have a baby, it would surely be the zeolite. This special rock, with its… Read More

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