Division of Research News

Junior Faculty Make Strong Showing in State-Run Grant Program - 5/13/2012
The state of Texas received more than 270 proposals for its Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program. In the end, only 12 grants were awarded, two of which went to researchers with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering.

NSF Awards CAREER Grants to Two More UH Engineering Professors - 4/19/2012
Two more junior faculty members at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering have received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Awards.

Brain-Controlled Exoskeleton One Step Closer to Reality - 4/19/2012
Researchers have put in decades of hard work developing an interface that would allow the human brain to control prosthetic limbs. It’s ironic, then, that the end result may be surprisingly simple.

Catalysis Research Earns Industry Interest - 4/18/2012
It can take years for new research findings to move from the lab to commercial development – and that’s if they move at all. Recent work by a faculty member with the UH Cullen College of Engineering, though, has made the jump in a matter of weeks.

Biofilm Prevention at Heart of Latest CAREER Award - 4/6/2012
The UH Cullen College of Engineering has won its fifth National Science Foundation CAREER Award of 2012. Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Jacinta Conrad received the five-year, $400,000 grant to develop surfaces that limit bacterial motility, or movement.

ConocoPhillips Donates $1.125 Million to University of Houston Programs - 4/3/2012
April 3, 2012-Houston- ConocoPhillips is donating $1 million to the University of Houston’s growing Energy Research Park (ERP) and $125,000 to a number of engineering, science and business programs at UH.

"Experiencing Ethics" Course Blends Theory with Practical Experience - 3/21/2012
NSF Institutional Award to UH Supports Novel Science Ethics Coursework
Reaching beyond lecture and debate, the science ethics course taught through the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics provides students with the opportunity to experience ethics through involvement in peer review and human and animal research.

UH Receives ExxonMobil Grant for Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp - 3/15/2012
$80K Awarded to teachHOUSTON Program to Fund Science Experiments, Field Trips and Networking
March 15, 2012-Houston- For the third year in a row, ExxonMobil has awarded an $80,000 grant to the University of Houston (UH) teachHOUSTON math and science teacher preparation program, as it once again takes the reins of the Bernard Harris Summer Science Camp for Houston-area middle school students.

Researcher Developing Lab-Grown Heart Tissue - 3/14/2012
One day, people in need of a heart transplant won't have to wait for a donor organ to become available. Instead, hearts (and other organs) will be grown the lab, often out of the patient’s own cells.

PNAS Article Outlines Efforts to Speed Study of HIV Immune Response - 3/13/2012
A researcher with the UH Cullen College of Engineering has published an article in one of the nation's foremost scientific journals outlining successful efforts to rapidly identify and characterize immune system cells that fight HIV.