Projects including the detection of pathogens in the presence of contaminants and modeling the effect of antibiotics on bacterial populations gained a University of Houston graduate students and professors top honors in the…
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) announced that Cullen College of Engineering professor Dr. Dan Luss is the recipient of the 2005 Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical…
UH researchers have been awarded a homeland security grant to develop a method for identifying bacteria and viruses that could be used in bioterrorism. The Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency recently awarded the…
The government’s task of safeguarding the nation hinges in part on its ability to quickly and accurately detect toxic biological agents. Graduate student Mrinal Shah’s recent breakthrough in liquid-liquid phase separation may be…
Ramanan Krishnamoorti, associate professor of chemical engineering, recently received the Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award from UH for his research on polymers.
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Michael Economides, University of Houston chemical engineering professor, and World Energy magazine launched a new energy publication. World Energy Monthly Review debuts in April. This new publication will focus more on analysis…
William “Bill” Prengle, a founding faculty member in the Cullen College of Engineering’s chemical engineering department, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 15, at the age of 85. Prengle served on the engineering faculty for 47 years,…
Cummins, Inc., a Fortune 500 company best known for its world-class diesel engines, is donating an engine dynamometer and engine to the UH Diesel Engine Controls Research Facility in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The…
Being an engineer requires a steep learning curve and flexibility to combine previous knowledge with current practices and discoveries. And in many cases, it also requires the application of knowledge from several disciplines or…
Chemical Engineering Professor Kishore Mohanty gave the Sigma Xi lecture to the University of Houston community Sept. 30 in the UH Athletics/Alumni Center Great Hall. He covered improved oil recovery meeting the near-term energy…
Chemical Engineering Professor Kishore Mohanty will give the Sigma Xi lecture to the University of Houston community Thurs., Sept. 30 at 4:00 p.m. in the UH Athletics/Alumni Center Great Hall. He will talk about improved oil…
UH Engineering Professors Shankar Chellam and Ramanan Krishnamoorti will be making presentations at the 228th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Aug. 22-26 in Philadelphia.
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The Unveiled Facility Develops and Tests Technologies to Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions
A program to clean up diesel emissions in Houston is ready to shift into high gear as the University of Houston and the City of Houston join…
UH’s Diesel Vehicle Research and Testing Facility, initiated in advance of the Bush administration’s Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule signed by the EPA in May, will be unveiled to the public during a ribbon-cutting ceremony with…
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could simply grow new, healthy body parts in the lab whenever we needed to replace diseased or damaged ones? That is the ultimate goal of tissue engineering: to grow replacement body parts on demand,…
For a majority of the 400 chemical engineering undergraduate students, Sharon Gates is more than a familiar face. From working with the students in the classroom to academic advising, she balances her students’ needs like a pro,…
The smell of burning rubber, the roar of the crowd and the insatiable desire to win are all a part of racecar driving. While there is no pit crew for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) ChemE Car Competition, the…
UH Chemical Engineering Professor Kishore Mohanty has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award "for distinguished contributions to scientific knowledge and its applications." The award, given by…
After earning a bachelors, masters, and a doctorate in chemical engineering from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, Michael A. Ervin (1966 BSChE, 1969 MSChE, 1970 PhD ChE) began a 21-year tenure at DuPont in…
Chemical Engineering student Cinzu Czenn in the UH Department of Chemical Engineering is using a Tesla Coil to initiate a gaseous discharge in a parallel-plate plasma reactor, similar to ones used in the semiconductor industry to…
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