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A professor and three graduate students in the electrical and computer engineering department at the UH Cullen College of Engineering published the most downloaded paper of 2015 in a major scientific journal. Associate professor…
UH Engineers Author Most-Downloaded Paper on Inkjet-printed Lens for Smartphone Microscopy
Badri Roysam, chair of the department of electrical and computer engineering, has been named of editor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association’s (ECEDHA) monthly newsletter, ECE Source. The ECEDHA…
ECEDHA Newsletter Names ECE Chair as Editor
Although almost invisible to the naked eye, thin film coatings are used in millions of products that many people use in their daily lives. Found in everything from smartphone touchscreen displays to implantable medical devices,…
ECE Professor Wins Grant for Thin Film Cracking Research
The Cullen College continues to make headlines with research exploring the intersection of neuroscience, engineering and art conducted by Jose Luis “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of…
Houston Public Media Spotlights UH Research Exploring Creativity and the Brain
Aaron T. Becker, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, earned a five-year, $550,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his robotic research…
Engineer Earns NSF CAREER Award to Steer Swarms of Micro-robots
Badri Roysam, professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently elected editor-in-chief of the ECE Source, a publication of the Electrical and Computer Engineering…
ECE Chair Publishes Op-Ed on the Future of the Field in National Association Publication
Ji Chen, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UH Cullen College, is hosting the 2015 Society of Petrophysicists and Well Log Analysts, SPWLA, Resistivity SIG Meeting on Oct 23. The workshop provides a forum for…
Professor to Host 2015 SPWLA Resistivity SIG Meeting
Badri Roysam, chair of the Cullen College’s electrical and computer engineering department, was recently elected as the chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) editorial committee.…
PHOTOS: 2015 Southwest ECEDHA Conference
In laboratories and research centers across the country, new inventions and discoveries are being made each and every day. However, very few of these ideas make it out of the laboratory and into the consumer marketplace. One…
ECE Chair Highlights Benefits of I-CORPS Program in Op-Ed Article
As part of a growing scientific emphasis on understanding the brain, a UH engineering professor is studying what happens as people create and contemplate art and beauty. Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal has received a grant from the…
UH Engineer Seeks Connection Between Art and Science
A Cullen College researcher has made international news with his creation of an optical lens that can be placed on a smartphone camera to serve as a microscope. Wei-Chuan Shih, an assistant professor of electrical and computer…
International News Outlet Highlights Professor's Lens Research
If you’ve ever played the popular puzzle game “Tilt,” you’re already somewhat familiar with Aaron Becker’s research. Along with his research team, Becker, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the…
ECE Professor's Research Video Chosen for Computational Geometry Symposium
The Cullen College’s own Jose Luis “Pepe” Contreras-Vidal was recently named one of the top 35 Houston Latinos you should know by La Voz, a Spanish-language weekly newspaper distributed by the Houston Chronicle. Contreras-Vidal…
ECE Professor Named to “Top 35 Houston Latinos You Should Know”
Julius Marpaung and Jung-Uk Lim, both instructional faculty members in the Cullen College's electrical and computer engineering department, have won awards through the University of Houston's New Faculty Research Program.…
Two Professors Win Grants From UH's New Faculty Research Program
Don Wilton, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2015 Technical Field Award in Electromagnetics from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Only 35…
ECE Professor Emeritus Wins IEEE Technical Field Award
New technologies being developed by a University of Houston researcher to produce three-dimensional models of tissue and whole organ microstructures offer the promise of better diagnosis and treatment for a variety of diseases.…
Research Aims for Better Understanding of Microvascular Diseases
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has awarded electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Wei-Chuan Shih with nearly $900,000 over two years to investigate new…
Professor Developing New Technologies for Detecting Subsea Oil Spills With DOI Award
Saurabh Prasad, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has won NASA’s New Investigator Award in Earth Science. Out of over 130 proposals submitted to the New…
Electrical & Computer Engineering Researcher Wins NASA's New Investigator Award
Cancer imaging expert David Mayerich will join the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering this fall. Mayerich, who has been a Beckman Fellow at the University of…
New ECE Professor Wins $2M Recruitment Award From CPRIT
Two faculty members from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have won prestigious awards from the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Antennas and Propagation Society (APS). This marks the…
Two ECE Professors Win IEEE-APS Awards