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 The UH Cullen College of Engineering is kicking off the 2018-2019 academic year by adding six new faculty members to its teaching and research rosters. They specialize in fields ranging from reservoir engineering to neuro-engineering, and their research covers topics ranging from water resources to power and energy systems. |
Renowned Engineering Faculty Join Cullen College |
 First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens
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Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close |
 Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings
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UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal |
 Method Less Invasive, Less Expensive than Colonoscopy
University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is set to make a breakthrough in predicting and monitoring inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). With $347,490 from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, he and IBD expert Subra Kugathasan, a gastroenterologist at Emory University, are examining stool protein biomarkers that indicate the disease. |
Stool Proteins to Predict Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
 An engineering connection spanning continents and countries
Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Hasan Onur Keles (BME 2015) was recently appointed chair of the electrical and electronic engineering department at Istinye University in Istanbul. He also serves as an assistant professor in the department. |
UH Alumnus Appointed Chair of Engineering Department of Turkish University |
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Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close
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UH Students, Faculty Earn AAUW Awards For Tackling Educational Barriers
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We are engineering new strategies to grow bioartificial hearts
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We are improving disease detection methods
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We are making blood transfusions safer
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We are making groundbreaking discoveries in neuroscience
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We are promoting collaboration, interdisciplinary research and idea sharing
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Faculty Accolades
First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens
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Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close |
 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
 With $2 Million Grant, UH Researcher Unraveling the Link |
Women and Lupus – Tackling the Debilitating Connection |
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 |
Student Success
 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 |
 Research proposes computer-based assessment of Parkinson’s patients more reliable
Musa Ozturk, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the Neuromodulation Symposium at the University of Minnesota and won second place out of 120 presentations. |
UH Student’s Poster Places at Neuromodulation Symposium |
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 |
An engineering connection spanning continents and countries
Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Hasan Onur Keles (BME 2015) was recently appointed chair of the electrical and electronic engineering department at Istinye University in Istanbul. He also serves as an assistant professor in the department. |
UH Alumnus Appointed Chair of Engineering Department of Turkish University |
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