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Device Chooses Right Combo of Cancer Drugs in Record Time The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting an improvement on a microfluidic brain cancer chip previously developed in their lab. The…
UH Biomedical Engineering Lab Creates Improved Brain Chip for Precision Medicine
Daniel Ajuzie, a biomedical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ inaugural AfroBiotech Conference 2019 held in October in…
UH Biomedical Engineering Student Wins NSF Grant to Present Research At AfroBiotech Conference
NIH-funded project to explore whether gene therapy can correct genetic deafness A world-renowned authority on genetic mutations associated with hereditary retinal disorders from the University of Houston is working with a…
UH and Harvard Researchers Join Forces For Usher Syndrome Research
Engineering students address needs in the UH and Houston communities It’s the season of giving, and students who are enrolled in the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) are…
UH PROMES Scholars Give Back This Holiday Season
UH Research Team Examines Eye Disease with $2.5 Million Award Four words you never want to hear from the eye doctor are retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration. Both are genetic disorders that can cause loss of vision and…
Under the Lens: Link Between Macular Degeneration and Retinitis Pigmentosa
The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) awarded seven of their 22 engineering scholarships this year to students attending the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The selected undergraduate and graduate…
Seven UH Engineering Students Win 2019 ASIE Scholarships
Klotz views engineering as a 'license to change the world.' Houston civil engineer and UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus D. Wayne Klotz (MSCE ’76) was named the keynote speaker for the college’s fall 2019 commencement on…
Distinguished Alumnus Wayne Klotz To Speak At Fall 2019 UH Cullen College Commencement
UH graduate students inspire each other with accomplishments Graduate students representing the UH Cullen College of Engineering shone bright in the university-wide Graduate Research Showcase hosted Nov. 1, 2019 by the UH…
Cullen College Students Shine in UH Graduate Research Showcase
Kirill Larin Elected To AIMBE’s College of Fellow The American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) elected Kirill Larin, professor of biomedical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering to its…
UH Engineer Included Among Medical and Biological Engineering Elite
Another installment of UH Engineering’s Distinguished Rockwell Lecture Series was recently held on Friday, October 11. Gilda A. Barabino, Dean of the Grove School of Engineering at The City College of New York and a member of…
Photos: Rockwell Lecture - Cell Biomechanics: Unlocking Determinants of Human Health and Disease
Forbes, a renowned business publication, has selected seven UH Cullen College of Engineering students to participate in its 2019 Under 30 Scholars program. Last year only one engineering student, Ayoola John-Muyiwa (BSPetE ’19),…
Record Number of Cullen College Engineering Students Attend 2019 Forbes Under 30 Summit
Featured UH Research Marries Health Care and Engineering Rose Faghih, assistant professor, and several other UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty and students were an integral part of the 2019 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and…
Cullen College Researchers A Big Part of EMBC 2019
Research from the Das Laboratory for Imaging Innovations at the University of Houston was recently highlighted in Nature Reviews Physics in a feature article titled “X-ray images in full color.” The article provides an overview…
UH Research Related to Full-Color X-ray Images Highlighted
Jerrod Henderson Recognized for Diversity and Student Success Efforts Jerrod Henderson, instructional associate professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, will receive the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from his alma…
Cullen College Professor Wins Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Seizure Onset Zone Located Immediately, Dealt With University of Houston associate professor of biomedical engineering Nuri Ince, who pioneered a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to detect the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in…
Testing New Treatment for Epilepsy Patients
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is kicking off the 2019-2020 academic year by welcoming seven new faculty members to its teaching and research rosters. They bring expertise in a wide variety of fields ranging from…
The UH Cullen College of Engineering Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual meeting on August 22nd at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. This annual event furthers the EAA’s mission of championing, supporting and uniting the Cullen College’s students, faculty…
Photos: Engineering Alumni Association Hosts 2019 Annual Meeting
NSF grant to Rice, UH, Texas Southern will help future science, engineering professors HOUSTON – (Aug. 13, 2019) – Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the University of Houston (UH) have won a multimillion-dollar…
Houston universities team up to boost minorities in academia
Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both those that promote blood clots (pro-thrombotic)…
Blood Clotting Proteins Discovered as Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis
Faculty, students recognized for innovation, creative entrepreneurial spirit Innovation is the engine that drives all of humanity’s greatest achievements – from the creation of the first wheel to electricity to heart transplants…
UH Cullen College of Engineering Presents Inaugural Innovator Awards