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Pradeep Sharma and Matthew Zelisko ME Chairman and Student Publish Paper on World's Thinnest Piezoelectric Material in Nature Communications

There are a handful of naturally occurring materials, known as piezoelectric materials, which generate electricity if you bend, stretch, or apply another mechanical force to them… Read More
Gila Stein Chemical Engineering Researcher Makes Device Fabrication Easier, Thanks to NSF Grant

Have you ever wondered how the tiny components and devices inside of your cell phone are made? The devices inside of your phone and computer – like the integrated circuits,… Read More
Civil & Environmental Engineering Researcher Wins NASA's New Investigator Award

Hyongki Lee, assistant professor in the Cullen College’s department of civil and environmental engineering, has won NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science.… Read More
Shankar Chellam CEE Professor Co-Chairs Membrane Society Conference

More than 400 people are registered for the 24th annual meeting of the North American Membrane Society, set for May 31-June 4 in a Houston suburb. The meeting, to be held in the… Read More
Haleh Ardebili Mechanical Engineering Professor Wins New Investigator Award From NASA Texas Space Center Grant Consortium

Haleh Ardebili, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has won a one-year, $10,000 New Investigator Award from the NASA Texas Space… Read More
Jeff Rimer Chemical Engineering Professor Publishes Definitive Evidence on Zeolite Growth in Science Magazine

Zeolites play an important role in your day to day life. These crystalline materials are used as adsorbents and catalysts in a variety of chemical processes, spanning applications… Read More
Lars Grabow UH Chemical Engineering Faculty Wins Department of Energy Early Career Award

Researchers across the world are looking into various sources of sustainable feedstock for energy and chemicals production with the hope that these cleaner sources will… Read More
Dawood International Team Using Shape Memory Alloys to Rehab Concrete Structures

A team of researchers from University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering and Qatar University has won a $779,000 grant to develop a new way to rehabilitate deteriorating… Read More
The cover of the 60th anniversary issue of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. Plasma Etching Article Tops Journal’s “Most Read” List for Months

A paper co-written by a University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering professor has stayed at or near the top of the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology’s “Most Read”… Read More
Cullen College researchers are developing a low-cost system that can send out warnings when an excavator is digging to close to a pipeline. Researchers Win $700k Grant to Develop Pipeline Safety System

Damage to natural gas pipelines is both dangerous and expensive to repair. Much of it is also entirely avoidable. Excavators cause about 30 percent of pipeline damage incidents.… Read More

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