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 Priscella Asman fell in love online – more than 6,000 miles across the North Atlantic Ocean while sitting at a computer in Ghana – with the biomedical engineering program at the University of Houston. |
From Ghana to Houston: UH Grad Student Wins AAUW Fellowship, Continues to Follow Her Dreams |
 UH Engineer Awarded for Developing Ideal Nanosystem for Therapeutic Applications
The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Houston biomedical engineer Sheereen Majd the CAREER Award and $500,000 to improve nanoparticle drug delivery. Majd’s research is focused on tailoring nanoparticle drug carriers to target a selected group of cells affected in different diseases while sparing other cells. |
NSF CAREER Winner Sheereen Majd to Improve Drug Delivery |
 The UH Cullen College of Engineering's biannual Parameters magazine earned the American Marketing Association's (AMA) Crystal Award for best public relations/communications newsletter. Finalists in the category included UH's Bauer College of Business and Houston Methodist Hospital. |
UH Cullen College's 'Parameters' Magazine Wins Crystal Award from American Marketing Association |
 Leaders and pioneers in the biomedical engineering (BME) field gathered at the University of Houston this April for the 5th Annual "BME Day," hosted by the UH Cullen College's biomedical engineering department. |
Biomedical Engineering Leaders Converge on UH for 5th Annual "BME Day" |
 Distinguished chemical engineer and BASF executive Heidi Alderman will be the featured speaker at the UH Cullen College of Engineering 2018 commencement on Friday, May 11. |
BASF Executive Heidi Alderman to be UH Cullen College 2018 Commencement Speaker |
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From Ghana To Houston: UH Grad Student Wins AAUW Fellowship, Continues To Follow Her Dreams
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NSF CAREER Winner Sheereen Majd to Improve Drug Delivery
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Biomedical Engineering Leaders Converge on UH for 5th Annual "BME Day"
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UH Biomedical Engineering Professor Appointed By National Science Foundation As Program Director
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We are engineering new strategies to grow bioartificial hearts
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We are making groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience
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Faculty Accolades
 Tianfu Wu used to dream of the day when cancer could be detected long before it was diagnosed. Now he sees that day dawning because of a system his research group created called the ultrasensitive polymeric sensing system (UPSS), which may detect biomarkers early – well before an illness strikes. |
Finding Disease and Toxins Early: Tianfu Wu’s Laboratory Creates Ultra-Sensitive Detection Tool |
UH Engineer Awarded for Developing Ideal Nanosystem for Therapeutic Applications
The National Science Foundation has awarded University of Houston biomedical engineer Sheereen Majd the CAREER Award and $500,000 to improve nanoparticle drug delivery. Majd’s research is focused on tailoring nanoparticle drug carriers to target a selected group of cells affected in different diseases while sparing other cells. |
NSF CAREER Winner Sheereen Majd to Improve Drug Delivery |
Faculty Accolades
 Elebeoba E. May, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, received a $215,032 Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) award from the National Science Foundation. |
UH Biomedical Engineering Professor Appointed by National Science Foundation as Program Director |
 New Fabrication Technique Allows More Control Over Electrical Properties With increasing scientific and medical interest in communication with the nervous system, demand is growing for biomedical devices that can better record and stimulate the nervous system, as well as deliver drugs and biomolecules in precise dosages. |
Researchers Report Better Way to Create Organic Bioelectronics |
Student Success
 Amanda Nash, a first-generation undergraduate student at the University of Houston, likes to combine biology, engineering, research and awards. “I love learning new things and trying to understand the world around me,” Nash said about what fuels her research. “I think it is so cool to think about everyday things from a scientific point of view.” |
PROMES Scholar Wins Student Leadership Award for the 2018 BEYA STEM Conference |
 For engineering graduate students bound for careers in academia, there’s probably no better honor than to be accepted into the Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators (ISEE) Professional Development Program (PDP), a three-part series that teaches you how to teach, create a curriculum and then put it to work. |
Setting Her Sights on Teaching: Graduate Student Completes Three-Part ISEE Course |
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Priscella Asman fell in love online – more than 6,000 miles across the North Atlantic Ocean while sitting at a computer in Ghana – with the biomedical engineering program at the University of Houston. |
From Ghana to Houston: UH Grad Student Wins AAUW Fellowship, Continues to Follow Her Dreams |
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For engineering graduate students bound for careers in academia, there’s probably no better honor than to be accepted into the Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators (ISEE) Professional Development Program (PDP), a three-part series that teaches you how to teach, create a curriculum and then put it to work. |
Setting Her Sights on Teaching: Graduate Student Completes Three-Part ISEE Course |
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