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Controlling Crystal Growth Has Implications for Array of Medicines Yes, dolphins get kidney stones, too. And how did we find this out? You can thank the Navy. In fact, move over Navy SEAL – the bottlenose dolphin is another…
Dolphin Research Leads to New Method to Possibly Improve Pharmaceuticals
A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis – at home. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy test, then you’…
Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lupus Nephritis – On Your Smartphone
After contributing for several years to the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor Jerrod A. Henderson will now have a more direct role in its development following his selection as…
ChBE's Henderson picked for associate editor position
Cynthia Oliver Coleman P.E., a distinguished alumni of the Cullen College of Engineering and a longtime supporter of the university, is one of seven women that received Fellow Grade in 2022 from the Society of Women Engineers at…
Alum Coleman P.E. honored as Fellow Grade by SWE
Being elected to Fellow status as part of the 2022 class for the American Physical Society for Jacinta C. Conrad – Frank M. Tiller Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the…
ChBE's Conrad chosen as 2022 APS Fellow
If there's one thing that Cullen College of Engineering graduate Mona Setoodeh would stress to the young women entering the workforce, it would be for them to not shy away from advocating for themselves. “Know what you're worth,…
ChBE grad Setoodeh, president of CH-IV, newest board member
For Mingjian Wen, a new Assistant Professor and Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, the interplay of…
ChBE's Wen aims to address renewable energy challenges with computers
Aman Agrawal, a Ph.D. student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, was among those presenting at this year's prestigious Gordon Research Conference…
ChBE's Agrawal elected to chair Gordon Research Seminar
Megan Robertson, Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named one of the 45 Fellows of the 2022 class of the American Chemical Society. The fellows program began in…
ChBE's Robertson earns ACS Fellow status
A doctoral student in the William A. Brookshire Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been selected for a prestigious workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.…
ChBE's Singh picked for MIT Rising Stars workshop
A team from the University of Houston and the University of Michigan have received an additional grant from the National Science Foundation to further their collaborative research into improving underrepresented student…
Professors receive another grant for underrepresented student engagement in STEM
In the war against cancer, one of the most critical battles is waged on a cellular level as T cells from the immune system are altered in the lab to attack cancer cells. This form of immunotherapy, called chimeric antigen…
Technology Developed at UH Could Advance Treatment of Lymphoma
The Cullen College of Engineering is happy to announce 12 hirings in a variety of departments and roles for the 2022-23 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, all start dates are Sept. 1. Personnel is sorted alphabetically by…
Cullen adds 13 professionals to its ranks
Review Concludes Big Data Rocks, Pushing Formation of Crystals Forward If science and nature were to have a baby, it would surely be the zeolite. This special rock, with its porous structure that traps water inside, also traps…
Building the Best Zeolite
Manipulating solid particles of a few micrometers in size using an electric field has been of great interest to physicists. These controllable particles can be assembled into dynamic chains that can effectively control the flow…
Complex Coacervate Droplets as a Model Material for Studying the Electrodynamic Response and Manipulation of Biological Materials
The Cullen College of Engineering is happy to announce that the following eight members of the faculty have been promoted for the 2022-23 academic year. All promotions take effect as of Sept. 1, 2022. This listing is alphabetical…
Cullen announces 8 promotions for Fall 2022
The Cullen College of Engineering and Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair and Dean, are pleased to share the 2021-22 Faculty and Student Excellence Award winners. The initial announcement…
Cullen recognizes efforts of faculty, students with 2021-22 Excellence Awards
Four professors at the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized for their exemplary work via the 2022 Faculty and Staff Awards, administered by the University of Houston's Office of the Provost. Roberto Ballarini,…
Four Cullen professors honored with UH awards
The graduate level programs Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering improved the most year-to-year, according to the latest rankings edition of U.S. News…
ME, IE grad programs improve in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings
UH Researcher Receives $2M Grant to Innovate Computer-aided Drug Discovery for Breast Cancer With a $2 million recruitment grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), a University of Houston…
Finding Drugs for Formerly Undruggable Cancer Targets

 


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