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Drs. Yan Yao and Harish Krishnamoorthy

$4.4 MILLION GRANT TO DEVELOP CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Yan Yao and Harish Krishnamoorthy were awarded a $4.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Project’s Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for two projects developed in the Cullen College of Engineering and Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH). The funding is part of the ARPA-E Open 2021 program aimed at strengthening the nation’s advanced energy enterprise.

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In this issue, we tell the stories of several students who are transforming our world through innovative design. We see a former active duty Marine who is improving lives based off his own experiences, students testing healthcare deliveries via drone and a student organization providing a sense of normalcy for a motor-impaired child

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FACULTY EXCELLENCE

Dr. Gül Zerze

$2 Million Grant to Innovate Computer-Aided Drug Discovery for Breast Cancer

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Dr. Wei-Chuan Shih

2022 Texas Medical Center Innovation Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics

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LATEST RESEARCH

Batteries

3D IMAGING TECHNIQUE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DENDRITES FORM IN BATTERIES

Xiaonan Shan and his team have developed a “novel in-situ” 3D microscopy to image and study  localized electrochemical environments and understand where dendrites start forming in batteries.

RAPID GLACIER RETREAT RATES OBSERVED IN WEST ANTARCTICA

Unprecedented rapid mass loss from three Antarctic glaciers could signal global climate trouble ahead, according to Pietro Milillo, who recently published his findings in Nature Geosciences.

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Drone

EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE OF SMALL DRONES TO STRENGTHEN BORDER SECURITY

To enhance security of the nation’s border, Gino Lim is proposing the use of drones with built-in wireless electrification charging systems to extend flight time and patrol U.S. borders.

POTENTIAL BIOMARKERS FOR NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS OF LUPUS

Chandra Mohan screened more than 1,100 proteins in the fluid surrounding the brains of neuropsychiatric lupus patients and identified a few proteins that could potentially be used to diagnose neuropsychiatric lupus.

Dr. Chandra Mohan
Dr. Ying Lin

RESEARCH INTO SUPERCONDUCTOR TAPE UNIFORMITY

Ying Lin has received a grant from the Advanced Manufacturing Institute at UH to improve the uniformity of long-length high temperature superconductor tapes during the manufacturing process.

STUDENT NEWS

Santiago El Awad

CEE doctoral student Santiago El Awad has earned an Eisenhower Fellowship for the third year in a row. The fellowship program provides merit-based support to students pursuing degrees in transportation-related disciplines.

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Quynh Nguyen

BME student Quynh Nguyen was awarded the 2021 Hyundai women in STEM scholarship. This isn’t the first time that Nguyen’s hard work has been recognized. Nguyen also earned a Society of Women Engineers Inspire Scholarship and the Premila Hariprasad Vyas Educational Trust Scholarship.

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Elizabeth Perry

Elizabeth Perry, a junior studying Biomedical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, completed an internship with Boston Scientific over the summer, and is now looking to transition to industry.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

April 30, 2022

EAA 2022 ALUMNI AWARD GALA NOMINATION

Submission Deadline

04.30.22

View this year's nomination packet
May 1, 2022

UH OFFSHORE INDUSTRY CRAWFISH BOIL

UH Campus, Lynn Eusan Park

05.01.22 (1:00pm-5:00pm)

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COVID-19 UPDATES

For information regarding on-campus testing, vaccination programs, campus cleaning, safety practices and more, please visit the university’s COVID-19 webpage, here.

 

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Questions should be directed to the University of Houston's official COVID-19 Response Coordinator at covid19coordinator@uh.edu.

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