An $800,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will help fund the purchase of a cutting edge tool expected to boost nanofabrication research taking place on campus.
The 50 keV Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) System will…
UH was one of 24 institutions that received money from the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program in April.
A competitive, peer-reviewed grant program funding science and engineering research projects by faculty members at…
Each year, the university recognizes excellence in teaching, service, research and scholarship through a variety of awards given to faculty.
Presented during the 32nd Annual University of Houston Faculty Awards Ceremony April 27…
Long seventh in college history to receive Esther Farfel Award
Behind most great leaders there is a great mentor. In Stuart Long’s case, there were four.
Each of these educators encouraged Long to dream big, and ultimately…
A few sleepless nights and some creative thinking paid off big for one University of Houston robotics team at the 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Technical, Professional and Student…
Stanko Brankovic, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has received one of the most prestigious National Science Foundation honors given to junior faculty members.
The second…
A device being developed by a University of Houston professor could boost the cure rate for lung cancer by arming doctors with the ability to more effectively target these cancer cells as a person breathes.
With a $100,000 grant…
To better understand the fundamental laws of nature, researchers worldwide utilize particle accelerators to explore high-energy interactions at the atomic level. By propelling high-velocity beams of protons, neutrons or electrons…
Calculated maneuvers and solid design earned a team of University of Houston engineering students a first place win at the Texas VEX Robotics Championship at Galena Park High School recently.
The UH group beat teams from Rice…
Schlumberger will cover the cost of attending the 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Region 5 Technical, Professional and Student Conference for two University of Houston engineering students who won a…
An assistant professor in UH’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering was recently recognized for work that could allow wireless devices to more efficiently share the radio waves with a grant from the National Science…
Inside the University of Houston Center for Integrated Nanosystems researchers are studying magnetic materials so tiny they require the aid of state-of-the-art microscopes to see.
Though the materials are miniscule—thousands of…
An equipment grant from Semitool Inc. has afforded a University of Houston researcher a sophisticated machine that could make it possible to apply what has been learned in his lab to control stress levels in the thin films used…
Expanding the information superhighway goes far beyond consumers' desire to download video to portable devices more quickly.
Popular culture has certainly created a demand for the instantaneous transfer of video and other large…
A team of University of Houston researchers is among a select few to be awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a technology that more efficiently identifies the presence of cancer in even the…
Wallace “Wally” Anderson, a former University of Houston department chair, died Tuesday in Galveston as a result of complications following a fall. He was 87.
During his 39 years with UH, Anderson was instrumental in growing the…
Wide array of profitable, rare programs offered at UH
In recent weeks Kaytie Curttright (2009 BSChE) has been settling into work as an engineer with Samsung Austin Semiconductors.
The position, which has her responsible for…
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Houston a five-year, $2 million grant to support programs for recruiting and retaining students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.
Not only…
For years, scientists have been exploring the large portions of the brain that correlate to vision.
Their efforts have led to a well-documented understanding of one portion of the visual system—the neural wiring that conveys…
A University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researcher is working on a piece of technology, invisible to the naked eye, that could help protect Americans from terrorist threats.
The minuscule thermo-sensors he is…
