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Lars Grabow's Research to Bring Chemical Production and Manufacturing Together Could Revolutionize Numerous Chemical Processes You may know little to nothing about the carbon fiber market, but products produced with carbon fibers…
Grabow engineering dynamic solutions for carbon fiber market
First Study to Validate Conflicting Theories A funny thing happened on the way to discovering how zinc impacts kidney stones - two different theories emerged, each contradicting the other. One: Zinc stops the growth of the…
Does Zinc Inhibit or Promote Growth of Kidney Stones? Well, Both.
When a mosquito begins to nibble on you, it is not merely feeding on your blood, it is also injecting its saliva into your skin. If that saliva happens to be full of parasites carrying malaria or other diseases from its last…
Examining the One-Two Punch of Malaria Drugs
Cullen College of Engineering professor Stanko R. Brankovic, Ph.D., of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is the corresponding author for a new, multi-department perspective paper on potential advancements in…
Stanko leads multi-department research into synthesis via SLRR reaction
Aromatics are major building blocks of polymers, or plastics, that turn up as everything from PET bottles for water to breathable, wrinkle-resistant polyester clothing. These petrochemicals comprise a specialized, value-added…
Improved Catalyst May Translate to Petrochemical Production Gains
A mutation that replaces a single amino acid in a potent tumor-suppressing protein turns it from saint to sinister. A new study by a coalition of Texas institutions shows why that is more damaging than previously known.  The…
Cancer ‘guardian’ breaks bad with one switch, UH, Rice researchers show
University of Houston Biomolecular Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award to Explore Cells That Defy Efforts to Kill Them Mehmet Orman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston Cullen…
UH's Orman Researching Why Antibiotic-Resistant Cells Persist
A Cullen College of Engineering professor will be furthering his research into developing small, modular reactor systems and tuning the properties of catalysts after receiving a pair of grants expected to total more than $2…
Grabow nets another $2M for research projects on small reactors, catalysts
A new paper from the Vekilov Research Group at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering is shedding light on how crystals form, and in the process, overturning a belief held for more than a century. Dr. Peter G.…
New paper from Vekilov Research Group changes fundamental thinking on crystal formation
The University of Houston has entered into an exclusive license option agreement with AuraVax Therapeutics Inc., a Houston, TX based biotech company developing novel vaccines to help patients defeat debilitating respiratory…
University of Houston Partners with AuraVax Therapeutics on COVID-19 Vaccine
A new paper and research from the Conrad Research Group of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering looks at how bacteria could be used to help with…
Faster swimming bacteria could help with spills
The development of point-of-care tests – and as of late, for COVID-19 – has been the primary focus of Dr. Katerina Kourentzi, Research Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in the William A. Brookshire…
Rapid tests for COVID-19 now, other diseases later the goal for Kourentzi
A partnership between researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Houston has continued to flourish, and expanded to another professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, after the National Science…
Grabow heading UH portion of team for $2M NSF Distributed Chemical Manufacturing Project
Thousands of chemical processes used by the energy industry and for other applications rely on the high speed of catalytic reactions, but molecules frequently are hindered by molecular traffic jams that slow them down. Now an…
Breaking Molecular Traffic Jams with Finned Nanoporous Materials
Not since the middle of the 20th century, amid the polio epidemic, have vaccines or drug treatment been so widely anticipated as those for COVID-19. In 1955 when the polio vaccine was licensed, the health outlook for millions of…
Showing Promise: UH Researchers Explore Care Options for COVID-19
The complexity and mystery of zeolites – porous aluminosilicate crystals – was what first attracted Dr. Jeffrey Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, to his current field of research. “I…
Rimer receives NSF grant for zeolite work
Shrimp, lobsters and mushrooms may not seem like great tools for the battlefield, but three engineers from the University of Houston are using chitin – a derivative of glucose found in the cellular walls of arthropods and fungi…
Researchers Take a Cue from Nature to Create Bulletproof Coatings
The Semiconductor Research Corp. awarded a three-year, $240,000 grant to University of Houston researchers to design a new electrodeposition process and solution to create a new alloy with superior qualities and broad…
UH Researchers Win Grant to Create Superior Class of Magnetic Materials
Research Has Potential for Valuable Medical and Military Applications University of Houston doctoral student Adesola Saba won a highly competitive 2019 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship. Saba is…
UH Engineering Student Wins Prestigious Department of Defense Graduate Fellowship
Cerium Oxide Catalyst Will Remove Oxygen, Reduce Processing Requirements Efforts to use biomass, including wood and agricultural products, have played an important role in the search for a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels…
New Catalyst Would Boost Biomass Conversion to Fuels, Chemicals