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Venkatesh Balan holds a flask of cyanobacteria. Its bright green color is a sign of its ability to convert sunlight into energy. But more intriguing for Balan and his team of researchers is cyanobacteria’s untapped power to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Technology Division Researchers Uncover Algae’s Potential to Ease Climate Change Worries

Scientists may be on the verge of taking a big step closer to the net-zero carbon emissions goal, thanks to University of Houston research into algae. Hidden potential is being… Read More
Zheng Chen, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Gangbing Song, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Autonomous Robot for Subsea Oil and Gas Pipeline Inspection Being Developed At Cullen

With an increasing number of severe accidents in the global oil and gas industry caused by damaged pipelines, University of Houston researchers are developing an autonomous robot… Read More
Venkat Selvamanickam, head of the Selva Research Group at the University of Houston, is globally renowned for his work with superconductor wires. Selva's Research Group Wins $2 Million in DOE Funding For High Performance Superconducting Tape Project

University of Houston Transitioning Energy Innovations Into the Real World The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $10 million investment in three projects to develop… Read More
Through a HEALTH-RCMI Pilot Program Award, University of Houston’s Zhengwei Li will develop a wearable biosensor that promises to detect colorectal cancer and provide real-time health monitoring through your smartphone. BME's Li Explores Wearable Sensors to Detect Colorectal Cancer

Imagine owning a wearable sensor that can monitor your health at every moment in real-time and potentially detect certain cancers in your body before they start affecting you.… Read More
A video spotlighting the research of Tian “Tim” Chen – the Kamel Salama Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering – has accumulated nearly 1.5 million views on YouTube in less than a week. He was interviewed by Steve Mould for his popular YouTube channel. Video featuring research of ME's Chen surpasses 1M views

A video spotlighting the research of Tian “Tim” Chen – the Kamel Salama Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering – has accumulated nearly… Read More
Ying Lin [left] and Qianmei (May) Feng from the Industrial Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering have received a grant from the University of Houston's Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AMI) to use machine learning techniques to understand and improve the manufacturing process for superconductors. Lin, Feng earn AMI grant for superconductor manufacturing refinement

A pair of professors from the Industrial Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering have received a grant from the University of Houston's Advanced Manufacturing… Read More
Yisha Xiang, associate professor in the Industrial Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a grant from the University of Houston's Advanced Manufacturing Institute to apply machine learning methods to control the manufacturing process of high temperature superconductors (HTS). IE's Xiang earns AMI grant for superconductor research

Yisha Xiang, associate professor in the Industrial Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a grant from the University of Houston's Advanced… Read More
Environmental Engineering graduate student in the Shaffer Lab Marcela Strane and UH Petroleum graduate Thales Souza [pictured] spent two months as ABIP interns this summer in Argentina. Pair of Cullen students complete summer internship in Argentina

Stop us if you've heard this one before: a petroleum engineer and an environmental engineer fly to Argentina to participate in the interscholastic Argentina Business Internship… Read More
Several teams of students and professors from the Cullen College of Engineering earned distinction at this year's UH Energy Innovation Commercialization Competition. Cullen teams place in UH Energy's Innovation Commercialization Competition

The world is full of good ideas, but only some of them become viable and real. “You don’t see the full impact of a good idea until someone figures out a way to convert it to a… Read More
Craig Glennie, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of engineering defense research initiatives at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is leading the project team on the $63.5 million contract to help modernize U.S. Army decision-making. Glennie leading effort for $63.5M DoD Contract to Revolutionize Army Decision-Making

The University of Houston has been awarded a $63.5 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to help the Army make effective and timely decisions with a strong analytical… Read More

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