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While early prototypes of robotic rehabilitation systems controlled by the user's own brain required the use of skullcaps embedded with sensors, researchers are developing a simpler version that can be used at home. ‘Smart’ Robotic System Could Offer Home-Based Rehabilitation

Industry Partnership Supports Faster Track to Commercialize Accessible Healthcare Researchers in Houston and elsewhere have shown that robotic systems controlled by the user’s own… Read More
Researchers with the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping used the center's lidar-equipped plane to map the permafrost in Antarctica. Beyond Archaeology: NCALM Pursues New Technology, New Projects

Lidar Mapping Has Also Yielded Other Earth Science Discoveries The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping is best-known for its headline-grabbing work in archeology – the 2016… Read More
Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston UH Engineering Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Ice Formation and Fight Icing

Research end goal: 'improve the quality of human life.' When it comes to dangerous natural phenomenon, most people think of events like hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. Hadi… Read More
Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering Cullen College Professors Earn $765K Welch Awards to Continue Life-Altering Research, Investigate Chemical Conundrums

Three UH Cullen College chemical and biomolecular engineering professors received funding from the Welch Foundation for their contributions to basic chemical research that… Read More
Jeremy Palmer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, resolves water dispute. UH Professor Discovers Issue at the Root of Seven-Year Water Dispute

Palmer uses programming experience to crack scientific stalemate A scientific quest, started with genuine curiosity and a passion for research, turned into a Hatfield-McCoy style… Read More
Before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube. Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close

First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already… Read More
Bacteria - time and again - have come up with ways to fight back against antibiotics and survive A New Take on Fighting Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

UH Researchers Receive $3.5 M to Find Best Combinations of Antibiotics Two UH researchers have won a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and… Read More
UH Researcher Working on DOE Project For Safer Storage of Nuclear Waste UH Engineer Part of $800K DOE Study Targeting Safer Storage for Nuclear Waste

Rimer: ‘Understanding Formation Process of Zeolites is Key.’ About 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States of America is generated at nuclear power plants,… Read More
Ilknur Telkes (Ph.D. BME 2017) published in prestigious PNAS journal with paper on research conducted at UH. UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal

Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings Ilknur Telkes, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston last year and was a… Read More
Jose Contreras-Vidal, a UH researcher, in discussion with a dancer for his "Brain on Art" research. UH Professor Part of National Event on the Interworking of Art and the Brain

Contreras-Vidal seeks to answer what happens in the brain as people create and enjoy art Bringing together scientific research and artistic inquiry is a serious mission for the D.… Read More

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