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Research Centers
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Center for Innovative Grouting Materials and Technology
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CIGMAT was established in 1994 as an industry-university consortium due to growing demand from industry for better management of information on grouts and grout applications. Ongoing research projects include rehabilitation of wastewater facilities, a new generation of deep foundations, and new pipes and materials.
http://gem1.cive.uh.edu
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Composites Engineering & Applications Center for Petroleum Exploration and Production
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The Composites Engineering and Applications Center (CEAC) for Petroleum Exploration and Production at the University of Houston was established in 1994 through a joint initiative of U.S. petroleum companies and the U.S. Minerals Management Service. Members recognize the potential enabling technical and life-cycle cost benefits of composite materials in onshore and offshore operations. Of special current interest are structural components such as risers, tethers and spoolable sub-sea flow lines for deep water applications where present materials may have performance and economic limitations.
http://www.egr.uh.edu/CEAC
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Centers for Materials Chemistry
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The Center for Materials Chemistry was established in 2002. The research program of the Center has two themes. One focuses on advanced oxide materials with technologically important applications in ionic devices including membrane and electrocatalytic reactors, fuel cells and chemical sensors. The second theme concerns controlled structures and properties of hybrid organic-inorganic nano-materials and thin films.
http://www.cmc.uh.edu
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The Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston
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The Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TCSUH) represents the largest university superconductivity research effort in the United States with over 250 faculty, research faculty, postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students from the disciplines of chemistry, physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, materials engineering, and mechanical engineering working in 15 laboratories.
http://www.tcsuh.uh.edu
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Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics
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The mission of Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics (TIMES) is to advance knowledge about, and to improve the behavioral, psychological, educational and developmental outcomes of children and adults through the application and development of advanced measurement, evaluation, and statistical research methods, the design and execution of high quality, cutting-edge research projects, and the delivery of state-of-the art research and statistical support services.
http://www.times.uh.edu
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Center for Neuro-Engineering and Cognitive Science
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The primary mission of the Center for Neuro-Engineering and Cognitive Science (CNECS) is to conduct basic and applied research in neuro-engineering and cognitive science. Other important objectives include the education of students in a multi-disciplinary approach to topics relevant to neuro-engineering and cognitive science and the continuation and fostering of research alliances with the Houston and Galveston educational institutions and medical centers.
http://www.egr.uh.edu/cnecs
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Established in 1981, the Center for Public Policy serves the Houston community as an impartial research organization in the University of Houston's College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Research topics such as economics, education, and politics are currently the primary focus of the Center. Results of the Center's research are shared with the community through conferences and symposia, educational programs, and publications.
http://www.uh.edu/cpp
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The Institute for Molecular Design
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The Institute for Molecular Design is leading the national effort to harness the power of advanced computers for the discovery of new medicines, industrial catalysts, agrochemical, and other useful materials. The IMD is a multidisciplinary unit with representation from two colleges and seven academic departments. The mission of the TCCIS is to foster and conduct collaborative interdisciplinary research, education and training and to provide the administrative and technical support and facilities required to achieve this objective.
http://www.chem.uh.edu/imd
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Center for Nanomagnetic Systems
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Center for Nanomagnetic Systems promotes and supports highly interdisciplinary research on nanomagnetic materials, devices, and systems for information storage and processing, clinical diagnostics, high throughput drug screening, microelectronics, and magnetic field sensor applications. The Center research activities encompass device physics, chemistry and surface science, materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, system integration at nanoscale, and modeling. The Center members are actively involved in graduate and undergraduate nanoengineering education. The Center for Nanomagnetic Systems is supported by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Office of Naval Research, Alliance for Nanohealth, Information Storage Industry Consortium.
http://www.uh.edu/cns
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Center for Gifted and Talented Education
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The center supports academic excellence in all subject (curriculum) areas. Graduate students participate in activities, which enrich their professional development, in the process of helping K-12 students, parents, teachers and school personnel in the public and private schools.
http://www.uh.edu/~tmonaco
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Southwest Public Safety Technology Center
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The Southwest Public Safety Technology Center (SWTC) is a collaborative effort on the part of the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston and the Sheriffs' Association of Texas (SAT). SWTC is made possible through a congressionally-mandated grant administered by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) Office of Science & Technology.
SWTC's Mission is to develop integrated technology solutions for the public safety and homeland security community in keeping with our nation’s move toward an integrated homeland security infrastructure, including, but not limited to critical infrastructure (seaport, airport and other public utilities) protection and security, interoperable communications, intelligent transportation, emergency health services, incident command, and mass evacuation.
http://www.swtc.uh.edu/
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Center for Advanced Materials
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The Center for Advanced Materials addresses research and development of new materials and their fundamental science while maintaining a strong applications focus. As a NASA Research Partnership Center, CAM develops materials that lead to technologies of importance to the nation's space program in its industry-academia-government partnership, and moves these and other materials advances into the commercial sector for economic and social benefit. CAM utilizes epitaxial growth techniques to develop new micro-engineered materials and devices while training the next generation of scientists and engineers.
Current R&D projects include high energy density capacitors for extreme environments, mid-IR LASER sensors, single chip-integrated bio-chemical sensors, as well as a number of promising next-generation energy sources.
http://www.cam.uh.edu
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Institute of Community Health
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The Institute of Community Health (ICH) was established in 2007 to address the growing gap in health disparities within communities, enhance the capability of interfaculty collaboration for state of the art research on HIV/AIDS, health services, and neoplastic disorders and provide education and training of interns and research fellows in the relevant fields of public and community health. The mission of the ICH is to conduct interdisciplinary research that addresses community health issues, thus fostering communication among researchers and dissemination of research findings to benefit the community. To achieve this mission, the focus of the ICH is to identify fundamental health issues and design studies that generate significant data that guide the understanding of these issues. The ICH research currently focuses on these areas:
• Quality assessment of medication use by patients with chronic conditions
• Health services research among populations with mental disorders
• HIV/AIDS prevention intervention research
• Cancer disparities and AIDS malignancy
• Population-based pharmaceutical care
• Health services and policy research
• Medication use and effectiveness
The ICH is directed by Dr. Ekere James Essien (ejessien@uh.edu). For further information, please visit us at: www.uh.edu/ICH.
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Center for Immigration Research
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The Center for Immigration Research seeks to study the consequences of current immigration trends in order to inform decision making concerning international and national immigration policies, as well as to disseminate information to local institutions, organizations and policy-makers involved with the settlement and incorporation of America's "new immigrants" into their communities.
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Institute for Space Systems Operations
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The Houston Partnership for Space Exploration (HPSE) was established by the state of Texas in 1992 for the University of Houston System. The general mission of HPSE is to advance the development of the aerospace community in the Houston area and Texas. Particular emphasis is directed to the academic, industrial, and government programs associated with the NASA L.B. Johnson Space Center. The Institute of Space Systems Operations (ISSO) is the operational agency of HPSE.
http://www.isso.uh.edu
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Texas Obesity Research Center
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Obesity in the industrialized world is a called an “epidemic” by scholars, policy makers and lay audiences alike, and is arguably the single most pressing public health challenge facing the US today. The Texas Obesity Research Center aims to foster and promote innovative, translational, and multidisciplinary research to prevent and control obesity. Backed by leading researchers in their fields and supported by state of the art facilities in the Department of Health and Human Performance at the University of Houston, the Texas Obesity Research Center aims to become the foremost research institute on obesity in the nation.
http://grants.hhp.coe.uh.edu/obesity/index.htm
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Texas Learning & Computation Center
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The mission of the Texas Learning and Computation Center (TLCC) is to foster and conduct collaborative interdisciplinary research, education and training and to provide the administrative and technical support and facilities required to achieve this objective. The TLCC coordinates and leads interactions with external organizations and actively stimulates education and training in the areas of Computational Sciences and Engineering; Information Management, Retrieval and Analysis; and Computer and Communication System Sciences and Technologies at the University of Houston. The TLCC organizes and conduct seminar series, workshops, symposia and conferences, and offer educational support and access to its facilities.
http://www.tlc2.uh.edu
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Center for Drug and Social Policy Research
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The Center for Drug and Social Policy Research (CDSPR) was established in 2001 to enhance the research capabilities of the Graduate College of Social Work. The overall objective of the CDSPR is the development of new knowledge relating to substance abuse and associated social problems from a multidisciplinary perspective. The CDSPR is currently conducting several National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) research projects. This includes projects investigating substance abuse among the evacuees of Hurricane Katrina in Houston, high risk behaviors among Hispanic immigrant workers in New Orleans, and health consequences of heroin use among aging Mexican American men in Houston. The CDSPR is also currently implementing the NIDA funded University of Houston Drug Abuse Research Development Program to create an interdisciplinary infrastructure to expand the capacity of the University of Houston to conduct drug abuse research in minority populations.
http://www.uh.edu/cdspr
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