Calculated maneuvers and solid design earned a team of University of Houston engineering students a first place win at the Texas VEX Robotics Championship at Galena Park High School recently.
The UH group beat teams from Rice…
Schlumberger will cover the cost of attending the 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Technical, Professional and Student Conference for two University of Houston engineering students who won a…
An assistant professor in UH’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was recently recognized for work that could allow wireless devices to more efficiently share the radio waves with a grant from the National Science…
Inside the University of Houston Center for Integrated Nanosystems researchers are studying magnetic materials so tiny they require the aid of state-of-the-art microscopes to see.
Though the materials are miniscule—thousands of…
An equipment grant from Semitool Inc. has afforded a University of Houston researcher a sophisticated machine that could make it possible to apply what has been learned in his lab to control stress levels in the thin films used…
Expanding the information superhighway goes far beyond consumers' desire to download video to portable devices more quickly.
Popular culture has certainly created a demand for the instantaneous transfer of video and other large…
A team of University of Houston researchers is among a select few to be awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a technology that more efficiently identifies the presence of cancer in even the…
Wallace “Wally” Anderson, a former University of Houston department chair, died Tuesday in Galveston as a result of complications following a fall. He was 87.
During his 39 years with UH, Anderson was instrumental in growing the…
Wide array of profitable, rare programs offered at UH
In recent weeks Kaytie Curttright (2009 BSChE) has been settling into work as an engineer with Samsung Austin Semiconductors.
The position, which has her responsible for…
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Houston a five-year, $2 million grant to support programs for recruiting and retaining students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Not only…
For years, scientists have been exploring the large portions of the brain that correlate to vision.
Their efforts have led to a well-documented understanding of one portion of the visual system—the neural wiring that conveys…
A University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researcher is working on a piece of technology, invisible to the naked eye, that could help protect Americans from terrorist threats.
The minuscule thermo-sensors he is…
Drivers may think the only thing standing between them and a collision in rush hour traffic is their brakes, but really the friction generated as their tires move over a road’s surface has a lot to do with stopping ability.
It is…
Study could expand device capabilities
On a bright day, every 10 square feet of the earth’s surface is exposed to near 1,000 watts of energy from the sun. That translates to about 1 kilowatt an hour—easily enough to power our…
Neuroscience research being conducted by an assistant professor in the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering was recently featured in an issue of The Economist.
The article spotlights Bhavin Sheth’s work with London…
One University of Houston robotics team won a lot more than a competition at the 2009 IEEE Region 5 Technical, Professional and Student Conference Saturday.
A successful 67-second final run by their light sensing, autonomous…
Using narratives from his own industry experience, Stuart Long helps his students understand the practical applications of theoretical concepts. He strives to give them a deep understanding of his coursework through objects…
A duo from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering relied on problem solving skills and classroom instruction to secure the first place title at a regional circuit design competition last weekend.
John Hemmick and…
In an effort to reduce electromagnetic interference in electronic devices, engineering professors at the University of Houston and the Missouri University of Science and Technology are launching the Center for Electromagnetic…
A brave professor holding down the dunking booth was not the only wet one at the UH Chapter of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Chili Cook Off Thursday night.
But the showers drizzling down on the…
