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Military installations, especially on ships and aircraft, require robust power electronics systems to operate radar and other equipment, but there is limited space onboard. Researchers from the University of Houston will use a $2…
Harnessing the Power of Gallium Nitride and Machine Learning
Researchers at the University of Houston last year reported a new imaging method capable of producing fast and inexpensive three-dimensional images, offering the potential to more easily track the progress of conditions such as…
Searchable Atlases of High-Resolution 3-D Images Would Offer New Tool for Researchers, Clinicians
Han is Noted for Work in Wireless Technologies, Game Theory An engineering professor from the University of Houston has been elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, joining a select group of…
UH Engineer Zhu Han Elected as AAAS Fellow
Zhu Han Recognized for Outstanding Scientific Contributions to Computing Zhu Han, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of electrical and computing engineering at the University of Houston, was named a 2019 distinguished member of…
UH Engineering Professor Named Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery
Research has broad implications for health care, self-driving cars and more. Imagine cruising down a highway in your self-driving car. Its operating system relies on algorithms based on data collected during dry driving…
UH Engineer’s Research on Adaptive Machine Learning Wins NSF Award
Featured UH Research Marries Health Care and Engineering Rose Faghih, assistant professor, and several other UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty and students were an integral part of the 2019 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and…
Cullen College Researchers A Big Part of EMBC 2019
Researchers say $1M Project Will Improve Understanding, Optimization Solid-state lithium batteries have generated interest because they don’t carry the same risk of fire and explosion as conventional batteries with liquid…
What Happens as Solid-State Batteries Begin to Fail?
Bao recognized for discovery, contributions and the development of new nanomaterials Jiming Bao, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was elected a Fellow of the American…
UH ECE Professor Jiming Bao Elected Fellow of American Physical Society
Improving Outcomes for Prostate Cancer Patients A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the University of Pennsylvania are working to bring a new biosensor for detecting the recurrence of prostate cancer to the…
UH Engineer Leads Team Creating Point-of-Care Test for Prostate Cancer
NSF Grant Funds Collaborative Research Involving Three Universities Virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), once only existing in the realm of science fiction, are now a growing part of our daily lives. If you have ever used…
UH Engineer Helps Improve Mobile Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality User Experience
Xingpeng Li Submitted Two Winning Proposals to DOE Competition Balancing electricity supply and demand is challenging, and the prospect of blackouts carries a substantial economic risk. An engineer with the University of Houston…
UH Engineer Offers Proposals to Improve Nation’s Electric Grid
Sweat Response Can Make Stimulators Responsive For 8 million adults who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder in any given year, medication and cognitive therapy have been the treatment protocol. Now, University of Houston…
Brain Stimulation for PTSD Patients
Research Team Combines Multi-Spectral Imaging and Supercomputing Badri Roysam, chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is leading a $3.19 million project to create…
Targeting New Treatments for Concussions by Transforming Brain Pathology
Kaushik Rajashekara, distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), is the winner of the 2019 IEEE PELS Vehicle and…
National Academy of Engineering Member and UH Professor Kaushik Rajashekara Wins IEEE Achievement Award
Two UH Cullen College of Engineering professors received funding from the Welch Foundation for their contributions to basic chemical research that benefits humankind. These three-year grants extend from 2019 to 2022. Jiming Bao,…
Cullen College Professors Win Welch Awards to Explore Fundamental  Chemical Ideas
Rose T. Faghih, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, received an invitation to attend the prestigious 2019 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium. The event will be…
UH Professor Invited to NAE’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Yan Yao’s “Battery500” Award Selected for Phase II A quest for better batteries has led the U.S. Department of Energy to invest an additional $800,000 in Yan Yao’s research project titled “High-Energy Solid-State Lithium…
UH Engineer’s Battery Research Gets New Charge With Additional DOE Funding
UH Cullen College of Engineering part of the conference program The Offshore Technology Conference (OTC), one of the largest energy expositions and the world’s foremost event for the development of offshore resources, is…
Offshore Technology Conference Celebrates 50 Years
UH-Led Project Focuses on Training Robots to Observe and Make Decisions A 5K race can offer both victory and heartbreak, but capturing those moments on video requires both planning ahead and making on-the-spot decisions about…
Could Robots Make a Documentary about a 5K Race?
Yi-Lung Mo Wins Prestigious John and Rebecca Moores Professorship Each spring, the University of Houston recognizes the best and brightest faculty members, honoring them with teaching and research awards. This year four members…
UH Honors Cullen College Professors Win Awards