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Research from a Cullen College of Engineering professor has made the cover of one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. The research by Jeff Rimer, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular…
Cullen College Professor’s Work on Cover of Science
Discovery featured in October 8 issue of Science Sometimes, the smallest things can make a huge difference. Take something as seemingly minor as the way bacteria move. Research from UH Cullen College of Engineering Assistant…
Researcher Uncovers ‘Walking’ Bacteria
Researchers at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have received a grant to develop a method for mass-producing devices less than 10 nanometers in size, addressing one of the most significant barriers to their…
UH Researchers Developing Nanoscale Manufacturing Technique
Using a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston will retrofit school buses with a system that attempts to diminish the negative…
Diesel Center Researchers Earn EPA Grant to Retrofit School Buses
Researchers to develop, test large wind turbine blades for offshore use Efforts by the University of Houston to become a national leader in offshore wind technology received a huge boost from the U.S. Department of Energy, which…
DOE Grant to Establish Wind Facility
As part of an annual contribution to the University of Houston, BP representatives presented a $85,500 check to Dean Joseph Tedesco last week in support of Cullen College of Engineering educational initiatives. The largest…
BP Annual Gift to Support Wind Lab, Students
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…
Researchers Awarded Funding to Expand Nano Work Being Done at UH Center
Two engineers at the University of Houston have been awarded grant funding to conduct research as part of a new U.S. Department of Energy supported Center on Plasma Science. The center, led by researchers at the University of…
UH Engineers Part of New DOE Center Focused on Plasma Science
Research could cut thousands off the cost of fuel cell-powered vehicles The days of gasoline and diesel fuel are one step closer to ending thanks to new findings from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. A…
Engineering Researchers Make Fuel Cell Breakthrough
Interdisciplinary team from three universities will seek to create “piezoelectrics on steroids.” Artificial limbs that can perform a variety of complex tasks by more closely mimicking natural movement and levels of strength and…
$1M Grant To Support Meta-Materials Research
The efforts of Mike Nikolaou and Vincent Tam could cut years of the time needed to make new antibiotics available. The recent case of the Atlanta man who traveled overseas while infected with a form of drug-resistant tuberculosis…
UH Researchers Speeding Development of New Medications
Nanopantography technique to create billions of nanotech devices in a matter of hours. A team of researchers with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has filed a patent for new technology that could take…
New Technique Could Speed Mass Production of Nanotech Devices
Dmitri Litvinov’s second project with the U.S. Navy will establish guidelines for nanoscale magnetic device design and production. A professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has received a grant from…
Professor Studying Scalability in Nanotechnology
A tabletop system capable of screening tens of thousands of drug candidates in an hour and a tool that can provide a foolproof cancer diagnosis with miniscule quantities of tissue obtained through non-invasive means are just two…
Nanomagnetics Research Utilized for Medical Technology Development
Discovery of insulin-production method could impact multiple fields Researchers with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have made a major discovery in the field of diabetes research that is also an…
UH Professor, Grad Student Make Strides in Diabetes Research