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Dr. Navin Varadarajan

MAPPING THE COMPLEXITY OF T CELLS TO IMPROVE IMMUNOTHERAPY

FROM LEGO TO SELF-ASSEMBLING BLOCKS

Aaron T. Becker received a $299,963 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop a new type of small-scale manufacturing method via the precision of modules, the reusability of LEGOs and the self-assembly of DNA.

Dr. Aaron T. Becker

FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Dr. Vemuri Balakotaiah

Vemuri Balakotaiah has been selected for a Shell-led consortium that will demonstrate the feasibility of large-scale liquid hydrogen storage.
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Dr. Anil K. Bhowmick

Anil K. Bhowmick will be the recipient of the 2022 Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award.

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Dr. Dan W. Burleson

Dan W. Burleson is spearheading the college's effort to establish the NAE's Grand Challenges Scholars Program at the Cullen College of Engineering.

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LATEST RESEARCH

Electroceutical research

GROUNDBREAKING ELECTROCEUTICAL RESEARCH ON SPLEEN FUNCTION

An international team of researchers led by Mario Romero-Ortega has advanced electroceutical research for treatment of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and sepsis.

RE-CONCEPTUALIZING EARLY MESOAMERICA

Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz is part of an international research team that identified 478 ceremonial centers in the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz.

Dr. Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz
Dr. Yashashree Kulkarni

NEW METHODS FOR INTERMETALLIC STRENGTH

In a paper published recently in Science Advances, Yashashree Kulkarni (pictured) and recent doctoral graduate Dajla Neffati offer a novel solution to brittle intermetallics in collaboration with Purdue University.

RAPID CANCER DETECTION AND MONITORING

Wei-Chuan Shih has reported, in the IEEE Sensors Journal, a process using biosensors that allows for a fast and cost-effective way to detect often missed, minute cancer cells.

Dr. Wei-Chuan Shih

STUDENT NEWS

UH students Ted Kim and Aman Agrawal

UH students Ted Kim and Aman Agrawal have been recognized for their work by the Axalta Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
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UH graduate student Omar Khalid

UH graduate student Omar Khalid is the 2021 recipient of the Paul and Helen Lenchuck Scholarship Program, administered by the National Concrete Masonry Association.
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ALUMNI NEWS

UH doctoral student Cynthia V. Castro

UH doctoral graduate Cynthia V. Castro's proposal, “Green infrastructure scaling from local observations to regional applications as a coupled human-water system,” was selected for a $174,000 fellowship from the National Science Foundation.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

December 18, 2021

FALL 2021 CULLEN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY

Fertitta Center

12.18.21 (2:00pm)

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COVID-19 UPDATES

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