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UH researchers are testing prototypes for the project in Brays Bayou. Mission: Possible — Mapping Dangerous Terrain

UH Engineers Focus on Degradable Reconnaissance Vehicles and Evasive Drone Maneuvers Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers… Read More
Lisette Montemayor, incoming freshman, is part of UH's newest Student Success Program funded by the NSF. UH Researchers Win $1M Award to Boost Student Success

National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented underserved students The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,029 grant to a… Read More
With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, UH biomedical engineer Chandra Mohan will examine why more women than men get lupus. Women and Lupus – Tackling the Debilitating Connection

With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link The chronic inflammatory disease systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus), is about nine times more common… Read More
Mohammad Joshaghani, a Ph.D. student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, wins top award with research. UH Engineering Student Wins First Place at 2018 EMI Conference

Inspired by nature, Ph.D. candidate proposes computational framework to solve life problems Real life problems are often complex and hard to resolve. So Mohammad Sarraf Joshaghani… Read More
Debora Rodrigues, left, and Stacey Louie, both faculty members in the Cullen College of Engineering, are using a reactor built to simulate the intestines of a pig to study ways to combat antibiotic resistance. Can Nanoparticles Be Used to Lower Antibiotic Resistance?

UH Engineers Are Testing a Theory with Livestock Microbiome Antibiotic resistance is one of the world’s most serious threats to public health, forcing the use of medications… Read More
Drought impacts large swathes of Texas on a regular basis creating water-stressed situations. Solving Texas Water Problems: One Project At A Time

UH Researchers Receive Grants from the Texas Hazardous Waste Research Center Texas has water issues. Massive flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey nearly drowned Houston and other… Read More
Researchers Design ‘Soft’ Robots that Can Move on Their Own Researchers Design ‘Soft’ Robots that Can Move on Their Own

Robots Could be Used in Medicine, Rescue and Defense If Star Wars’ R2-D2 is your idea of a robot, think again. Researchers led by a University of Houston engineer have reported a… Read More
Zhu Han, a UH engineering professor, is working on a $7.5 million DoD grant project using game theory to analyze and influence social behavior. UH Engineer Part of Team Awarded $7.5 Million MURI Grant to Analyze Social Behavior and Predict Outcomes

It’s no secret that data is everywhere today – endless streams of information are constantly being collected through our smartphones and mobile devices, by sensors placed on… Read More
University of Houston chemical and biomolecular engineering researcher Mehmet Orman is investigating bacterial cells, called persisters, that won’t die when antibiotics hit them. Researcher Takes New Approach to Antibiotic Tolerance

Wins National Award to Further Research With a perfect score on his research proposal, chemical and biomolecular engineering researcher Mehmet Orman received the National… Read More
Venkat Selvamanickam, MD Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston Researchers Seek to Improve Quality Control for Nanomanufacturing

New Monitoring Tool Would Be Able To Detect Imperfections Almost Instantaneously Researchers from the University of Houston are developing a new quality control tool for… Read More

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