Division of Research News

Air Force Awards Young Investigator Program Grant to UH Mathematics Professor - 4/8/2013
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded a three-year grant to University of Houston assistant professor of mathematics Daniel Onofrei as part of their Young Investigator Program.

Scientists at UH Partner with NASA, Astronauts to Study Immune System - 4/4/2013
Fighting viruses is a regular battle for your body, one it routinely wins if it has a healthy immune system.  But compromised systems, as experienced occasionally by astronauts during space flights, can allow viruses to return.

Professor’s Crystal Formation Theories to be Tested in Space - 3/21/2013
Thanks to a recent grant from NASA, a University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering professor’s theories on crystal formation will be tested onboard the International Space Station.

Dryer Elected Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology - 3/20/2013
Stuart E. Dryer, the John and Rebecca Moores Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biology and Biochemistry, was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology (FASN).

Catalyst Paper Proposes New Method for Diagraming Research - 3/20/2013
Zeolites play an important role in the chemical and petroleum industries. These crystalline materials are used as catalysts that set in motion and/or improve chemical processes that create thousands of commercial and consumer products.

'OzoneMap' App Delivering Real-Time Air Quality Reports - 3/15/2013
Several health risks are attributed to ozone exposure. These include aggravated asthma, coughing, inflamed breathing passages and increased vulnerability to respiratory infections.

UH Chemist, Ognjen Miljanic, Selected as a Cottrell Scholar - 3/15/2013
Ognjen Miljanic, assistant professor of chemistry, strives for innovation in both his research and teaching endeavors. That trait led to his selection as a 2013 Cottrell Scholar.

ECE’s Wilton Wins Lifetime Achievement Award - 3/14/2013
The Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society has named University of Houston Cullen College Professor Emeritus Donald Wilton the recipient of its inaugural Computational Electromagnetics Award.

Video: Brain Machine Interface Conference 2013 - 3/8/2013
The University of Houston and the Methodist Hospital Research Institute hosted the 2013 International Workshop on Clinical Brain-Neural Machine Interface Systems from Feb. 24-27, 2013 at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in the Texas Medical Center.

Young Chemical Reaction Engineers gets Boost from NSF Grant - 3/8/2013
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has won a grant that will help dozens of young researchers from around the country attend an upcoming conference on chemical reaction engineering.