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Joshua Genova. Genova, Cabrera, Hoskere Earn Runner-Up Best Paper Award at ASCE i3CE 2025 for Intelligent Repair-Robotics Breakthrough

An interdisciplinary team from the Cullen College of Engineering was awarded the Runner-Up Best Paper Award at the 2025 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil… Read More
Yashashree Kulkarni, Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UH and graduate student Anand Mathew. UH Research Challenges Conventional Theories of How Cells Detect Electrical Fields

The human body is a veritable cellular highway with up to 37 trillion cells traveling about and carrying out all essential life functions, from taking in nutrients and converting… Read More
Ganesh Thakur, a professor of petroleum engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has led TAMEST as its president since February, a role he hopes will bring more visibility to UH’s programs. TAMEST Names Thakur as President, A First for UH

Ganesh Thakur, a professor of petroleum engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has led TAMEST as its president since February, a role he hopes will bring more… Read More
Chandra Mohan, MD/Phd and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, is the project director. At right, Weiyi Peng, also an MD/PhD, an immunologist and associate professor of biology and biochemistry, will co-lead the CIBC. UH, Cullen Awarded $3M to Launch Cancer Biomarker Facility for Immunotherapy Research

The new University of Houston Cancer Immunotherapy Biomarker Core facility will accelerate biomarker discovery, improve immunotherapy targeting and expand research capacity across… Read More
To train the next generation of specialists and speed up hospital workflows, Hien Van Nguyen, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, is jumping in front of a radiologist's gaze, predicting where the doctor will next look. ECE’s Hien Van Nguyen Leads Team Launching New Era in Radiology Training

On a daily basis, a radiologist in the U.S. (the physician who specializes in reading and interpreting medical images) pores over 150 to 200 X-rays. Their specialty is so… Read More
A new $2.8 million grant will position the University of Houston at the forefront of redefining how military drones operate ECE’s Rajashekara, Huang Land $2.8M Grant to Power Next-Gen Military Drones

A major grant will position the University of Houston at the forefront of redefining how military drones operate. The grant, totaling $2.8 million, will fund a new induction… Read More
A flexural test of masonry wall reinforced with Grade 80 deformed bars conducted by Dimitrios Kalliontzis and his research team. Cullen Research Impacts National Code Provisions and Standards for High-Strength Steel Reinforcement

Thanks to research work from a Cullen College of Engineering professor and his students, new standards for high-strength steel have been adapted by the Masonry Society (TMS), the… Read More
Pieremanuele Canepa, Robert A. Welch Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a $300,000 grant from the Welch Foundation to support research using machine learning to improve rechargeable batteries. ECE’s Canepa Earns Welch Grant for Rechargeable Batteries

Pieremanuele Canepa, Robert A. Welch Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a $300,000 grant… Read More
Elham Morshedzadeh and Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal guide a demonstration of a pediatric “SoftExo” device. UH BRAIN, TIRR Memorial Hermann Develop First Wearable Pediatric Soft Exoskeleton Made of Smart Materials

Just one look at the next-generation lightweight, soft exoskeleton for children with cerebral palsy reveals the powerful role technology can play in solving global challenges and… Read More
Postdoc Shajedul Hoque Thakur holds the bendable ceramic origami material, developed with assistant professor Maksud Rahman as part of the team’s research into bio-inspired sustainable composites. MAE’s Rahman, Thakur Reinventing Ceramics with Origami-Inspired 3D Printing

In a breakthrough that blends ancient design with modern materials science, researchers at the University of Houston have developed a new class of ceramic structures that can bend… Read More

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