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Researchers Awarded Funding to Expand Nano Work Being Done at UH Center
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
UH Engineers Part of New DOE Center Focused on Plasma Science
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
Engineering Researchers Make Fuel Cell Breakthrough
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
$1M Grant To Support Meta-Materials Research
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
UH Researchers Speeding Development of New Medications
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
New Technique Could Speed Mass Production of Nanotech Devices
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
Professor Studying Scalability in Nanotechnology
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
Nanomagnetics Research Utilized for Medical Technology Development
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
UH Professor, Grad Student Make Strides in Diabetes Research
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 historic… 		UH Professor, Grad Student Make Strides in Diabetes Research