ECE Student Society Earns National Honor
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The University of Houston student chapter of Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) – the honors society for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) – has been selected for the 2020-21 Outstanding Chapter Award from the IEEE-HKN Board of Governors. |
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Kaushik Rajashekara Elected As CAE Foreign Member
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The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) is the highest honorary and advisory academic institution in that nation's fields of engineering sciences and technology, with prestige similar to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE). |
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Developing Cancer Tests With "Unprecedented Early Detection Power"
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Wei-Chuan Shih will use a $2.7 million award from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to detect cancer biomarkers in blood by counting exosomes. |
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From LEGO To Self-Assembling Blocks
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UH ECE associate professor, Aaron Becker, will use a $299,963 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a new type of small-scale manufacturing method via the precision of modules, the reusability of LEGO bricks and the self-assembly of DNA. |
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UH ECE Researchers Developing Clean Energies
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Yan Yao and Harish Krishnamoorthy were collectively awarded $4.4 million to develop lithium and transition metal-free batteries and gallium nitride-based miniaturized pulsed power systems. |
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Understanding How Dendrites Form In Batteries
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Xiaonan Shan and his team have developed a “novel in-situ” 3D microscopy to image and study the localized electrochemical environments and understand where dendrites start forming in batteries. |
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Spectrum and Wireless Efficiency Study
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Zhu Han received funding to improve data transmission and bandwidth efficiency for high-definition maps and earth-to-space communications. |
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UH Researcher Develops New Fluid That Light Can Cut
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Jiming Bao developed a new fluid that can be cut open by light with potential applications in adaptive optics, mass transport and microfluidics, manufacturing, and molding of micro and nanostructures. |
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Fountain Created By Lasers, Caused By Marangoni Effect
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Jiminig Bao and UH postdoctoral student Feng Lin reported in Materials Today Physics, a discovery that can create underwater, upward fountains by shining laser beams on the water’s surface. |
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Real-Time Covid-19 Infection Risk Assessment System
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Albert Cheng and a team of UH researchers developed an app designed to figure out the best times to avoid crowds and minimize the risk of COVID-19 infection. |
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New Epilepsy Research Collaboration
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UH adjunct professor, Rose Faghih, is the senior author for a new paper proposing a way to track the seizure state of epileptic patients in real-time. |
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Aaron Becker Awarded Prestigious Humboldt Fellowship
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Aaron Becker's research focus is to find out how tiny swarms of robots could be used in medicine in the future. |
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ECE Professors Among The Top 2 Percent Of Cited Papers In The World
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Fifteen engineering professors from the ECE department have been recognized as the “world’s most influential researchers” for ranking in highly cited papers. |
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Improving Real-World Prosthetics By Bridging Disciplines
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For UH doctoral student, Alex Steele, transitioning back to civilian life was hard after being discharged from the Marines. Part of what led him to pursue his degree was attempting to help his fellow servicemen who had suffered injuries. |
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