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Researchers led by Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of mechanical engineering at UH, have created a durable silicone polymer coating capable of repelling ice from any surface. New Thinking In Materials Development Could Affect Future Design And Fabrication

Failure Could Be the Answer to Lower Costs and Higher Efficiency While most people consider cracking, peeling, stress and other similar factors to be negatives, a group of… Read More
Retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration are both genetic disorders that can cause loss of vision and neither has a cure. Under the Lens: Link Between Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa

UH Research Team Examines Eye Disease with $2.5 Million Award Four words you never want to hear from the eye doctor are retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Both are… Read More
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently harvest solar energy and store it until it is needed, suggesting a way to deploy solar energy around-the-clock. Photo: Pexels New Hybrid Device Can Both Capture and Store Solar Energy

Device Offers a New Avenue for Capitalizing on Abundant Solar Energy Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new device that can both efficiently capture solar… Read More
UH professor Aaron Becker (red shirt) and Julien Leclerc (next to him, gray UH shirt), a UH Cullen College research associate visit with Houston-area teachers and an undergraduate REU participant in the Robotic Swarm Control Laboratory. Houston Researchers Work to Create Swarms of Tiny Robots to Attack and Remove Blood Clots

In America pulmonary embolism (PE) causes between 200,000 and 300,000 deaths annually, according to information from the National Institutes of Health. PE is the third highest… Read More
UH Cullen College students Dalia Lezzar and Madeleine Lu won big in the 3MT competition in the 2019 UH Graduate Research Showcase. Cullen College Students Shine in UH Graduate Research Showcase

UH graduate students inspire each other with accomplishments Graduate students representing the UH Cullen College of Engineering shone bright in the university-wide Graduate… Read More
Hyongki Lee, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is working on his second NASA SERVIR project. A Collaboration of Satellites and Villages: UH Professor Continues Work With NASA and Mekong River Stakeholders To Address Flooding and Other Critical Issues

Hyongki Lee, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has a lot of experience using data collected by Earth-observing… Read More
Adaptive machine has potential application in a number of different fields, including medical imaging, computer vision, self-driving cars, and speech recognition. UH Engineer’s Research on Adaptive Machine Learning Wins NSF Award

Research has broad implications for health care, self-driving cars and more. Imagine cruising down a highway in your self-driving car. Its operating system relies on algorithms… Read More
UH Cullen College Professor Rose Faghih with her students at the 2019 EMBC in Germany. Cullen College Researchers A Big Part of EMBC 2019

Featured UH Research Marries Health Care and Engineering Rose Faghih, assistant professor, and several other UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty and students were an integral… Read More
Praveen Bollini, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston, says a catalyst using bulk cerium oxide – the most abundant of the rare earth elements in the earth’s crust – can efficiently remove the excess oxygen from biomass, allowing it to be economically converted to fuels and chemicals. New Catalyst Would Boost Biomass Conversion to Fuels, Chemicals

Cerium Oxide Catalyst Will Remove Oxygen, Reduce Processing Requirements Efforts to use biomass, including wood and agricultural products, have played an important role in the… Read More
UH wearable electronics research featured as back cover article in Advanced Functional Materials. UH Wearable Electronics Research Featured in Advanced Functional Materials

New flexible biocompatible sensor targets cardiovascular diseases Wearable electronics – from smartwatches to fitness trackers – are experiencing rapid growth in recent years. New… Read More

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