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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
Debora Rodrigues,associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UH Cullen College, is part of an international team studying bacteria-fungi interaction. Bacteria-fungi interaction may lead to improvements in crop production, sustainable energy

UH researcher receives DOE grant to study fundamental interactions While microorganism like bacteria and fungi have co-existed for eons, there is still much to discover about… Read More
Nature features University of Houston Professor Jose Contreras-Vidal, known for his work to improve prostheses using brain-machine interfaces. Nature Magazine Features UH Professor’s Work to Address Paralysis

Groundbreaking brain-machine interfacing with prostheses highlighted About 3.5 million people in America are living with some degree of paralysis related to stroke, multiple… Read More
Yan Yao, a University of Houston engineering professor, wins a Scialog award for his work with batteries. Battery Expert Powers Up With a Scialog Award

When it comes to batteries, UH engineer Yan Yao never runs out of award-winning ideas. Yao, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College… Read More
UH engineering researchers made Angewandte Chemie International Edition From Exploding Hoverboards to Tomorrow’s Batteries: UH engineering team lands on front cover of prestigious publication

Yan Yao Receives Scialog Award A paper about safer batteries made with organic materials written by a team of researchers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering made the cover of… Read More
Cunjiang Yu, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Houston, won a 2018 ONR Young Investigator Award UH Researcher Developing Smart Artificial Skin Inspired by Underwater Masters of Camouflage

Cunjiang Yu wins 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award Imagine U.S. Navy divers wearing camouflage ‘skin’ suits and gathering intelligence. They could swim… Read More
Qianmei (May) Feng, a UH associate professor of industrial engineering, was inspired by Deepwater Horizon to target equipment failure in the oil & gas industry. Cullen College Professor Combines Math and Engineering to Enhance Safety, Efficiency in Oil and Gas Industry

Inspired by Deepwater Horizon, researcher targets equipment failure Equipment failure in capital-intensive industries such as oil and gas, aerospace and more has serious… Read More
Alcohol Engineer Earns Millions to Explore Effects of Alcohol and Nicotine on Brain Development in Mice

Maternal exposures to alcohol and nicotine, which are sometimes abused during pregnancies, are linked to fetal growth retardation and neurotoxicity. However, the individual and… Read More
Award Allows Engineers to Pursue Technique for Assessing Systemic Sclerosis Award Allows Engineers to Pursue Technique for Assessing Systemic Sclerosis

Two professors at the UH Cullen College of Engineering earned a $200,000 Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Discovery Award from the U.S. Department of Defense to… Read More

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