STOPPING EPILEPTIC SEIZURES BEFORE THEY BEGIN
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Nuri Firat Ince received a $3.7 million grant from the BRAIN Initiative to translate his work into creating a next-generation device that can stop epileptic seizures before they begin. |
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$2.8 MILLION AWARD FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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Mario Ignacio Romero-Ortega will use the award to study naturalistic sensory feedback from robotic prosthetics. |
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NEURAL NETWORK ENERGY IMPROVEMENTS
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Xin Fu has received just shy of $500,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how to make the decision-making networks in devices like self-driving cars and medical imaging devices more efficient. |
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COVID-19 INTRANASAL SUBUNIT VACCINE DEVELOPMENT
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Navin Varadarajan and his colleagues are reporting in iScience the development of an intranasal subunit vaccine that provides durable local immunity against inhaled pathogens. |
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The Cullen College of Engineering has promoted Dan Burleson, Jiefu Chen, Sheereen Majd, Brian Metrovich, Megan Robertson and Di Yang for the Fall 2021-22 academic year. Read more |
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Jose “Pepe” Luis Contreras-Vidal has been asked to serve on the National Advisory Board on Medical Rehabilitation Research (NABMRR) for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Read more |
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Debora F. Rodrigues has been selected as a Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials by the Executive Board of the IAAM. Read more |
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Jerrod Henderson and Dan Burleson teamed up with College of Education to lead a multi-college study for engineering education. Read more |
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Nuri Firat Ince has earned a $983,513 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue his research into the complex interactions between the brain and nerves in the hand and fingers. |
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PHASE 3 OF UH-OIL INDIA PROJECT COMPLETED
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The project, led by Ganesh Thakur, has provided immense mutual benefits, including a boost in production and research opportunities and experience for both faculty and staff. |
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RESEARCH INTO HOUSTON FLOOD RESPONSE
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Hanadi Rifai is the co-PI for a $299,504 grant from the National Science Foundation to study how the community reacts to flood mitigation strategies. |
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RESEARCH OPENS POSSIBLE PATH TO TREAT ALZHEIMER’S
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Peter Vekilov and graduate student Yuechuan (Alex) Xu have identified a possible “Achilles’ heel” in the frustration of plaque formation in patients with Alzheimer’s, leading to a possible path to treatment. |
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MMP CALCULATOR DEVELOPED BY DINDORUK IN HIGH USE
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Birol Dindoruk has developed an online calculator for minimum miscibility pressure, which has already received more than 13,500 visits since being brought online in May. |
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ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR NANOTUBES FOR ELECTROCHEMCIAL DEVICES
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Mohammad Abidan published his latest development in the journal Advanced Function Materials, including new and versatile methods for the design and development of electrochemical devices. |
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Larissa Ikelle earned the NRSA for eye research. She will use the award to continue her research into mechanisms of diseases associated with vision loss and to develop therapeutic strategies to correct them. Read more |
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UH graduate student, Mina Moradnia, is one of two lead co-authors for a paper by the Ryou group that focuses on combining the best qualities of semiconductors in effort to make them cheaper and higher quality. Read more |
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UH doctoral student, Hamid Fekri Azgomi, is sharing ways to automate the administration of medicine for patients suffering from Cushing's syndrome in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. Read more |
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The UH student SPE chapter recently took third place in the PetroBowl Competition on the heels of its first-ever Presidential award distinction from the university. Read more |
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