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[Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the University of Houston (UH) have won a multimillion-dollar grant to help increase the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers in engineering and science.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-cullen-college-industrial-engineering-paper-mass-evacuation-receives-international>

UH Industrial Engineering Chairman’s Paper on Mass Evacuation Receives International Recognition

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Latest News
[New Engineering Academy Puts UH At Katy in The Lime Light.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-cullen-college-engineering-welcomes-seven-new-faculty-members>

The UH Cullen College of Engineering is kicking off the 2019-2020 academic year by welcoming seven new faculty members to its teaching and research rosters.

Meet the team <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-cullen-college-engineering-welcomes-seven-new-faculty-members>
[New Engineering Academy Puts UH At Katy in The Lime Light.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/cullen-college-mechanical-engineering-professors-earn-867k-nsf-awards>

Three mechanical engineering professors at the UH Cullen College of Engineering won grants from the National Science foundation (NSF) totaling $867,309.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/cullen-college-mechanical-engineering-professors-earn-867k-nsf-awards>
Latest Research News
[Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UH Cullen College of Engineering, led a project to develop a multifunctional, ultra-thin wearable human-machine interface.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/researchers-report-new-way-produce-curvy-electronics>

Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his team of researchers have reported a new way to manufacture curvy, three-dimensional electronics.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/researchers-report-new-way-produce-curvy-electronics>
[Rose T. Faghih, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is reporting that a closed-loop brain stimulator, based on sweat response, can be developed for PTSD and an array of neuropsychiatric disorders.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-engineer-alamgir-karim-leads-game-changing-project-advance-copolymer-production>

Alamgir Karim, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and a team of researchers have been awarded a three-year grant totaling $399,718 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the team’s project, titled “Ordering of Block Copolymer Systems with Enhanced Molecular Interactions and Diffusional Dynamics”.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-engineer-alamgir-karim-leads-game-changing-project-advance-copolymer-production>
[Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Chandra Mohan, is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both those that promote blood clots (pro-thrombotic) and those that work to dissipate them (thrombolytic), are elevated in the urine of patients who suffer from lupus nephritis (LN).]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-engineer-leads-team-creating-point-care-test-prostate-cancer>

Dmitri Litvinov, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, is leading a team working to bring a new biosensor for detecting the recurrence of prostate cancer to the doctor’s office.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-engineer-leads-team-creating-point-care-test-prostate-cancer>

Latest Faculty News

[UH Engineering Faculty Earn International Recognition From Society of Petroleum Engineers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-startup-surfellent-raises-470k-funding>

SurfEllent, a UH startup led by Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook associate professor of mechanical engineering, that brings innovative and durable anti-icing coating technologies to the market, is hot, hot, hot! It has raised $470,000 in funding and the year is not over yet.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-startup-surfellent-raises-470k-funding>
[UH Engineering Faculty Earn International Recognition From Society of Petroleum Engineers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-startup-sensytec-builds-foundation-wins>

UH Startup Sensytec recently won the inaugural Houston MassChallenge program, received HAN investment prize money and earned recognition from the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship. Sensytec, established in 2015 is based on the groundbreaking research of UH Engineering professor of civil and environmental engineering Cumaraswamy "Vipu" Vipulanandan.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-startup-sensytec-builds-foundation-wins>
[UH Engineering Faculty Earn International Recognition From Society of Petroleum Engineers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/testing-new-treatment-epilepsy-patients>

Nuri Ince, UH Engineering  associate professor of biomedical engineering who pioneered a dramatic decrease in the time it takes to detect the seizure onset zone (SOZ) in the brain, has been awarded $2.3 million by the National Institutes of Health to expand his testing in a large number of adult and pediatric epilepsy cases.

Read more <https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/testing-new-treatment-epilepsy-patients>
[UH Engineering Faculty Earn International Recognition From Society of Petroleum Engineers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-ece-professor-jiming-bao-elected-fellow-american-physical-society>

Jiming Bao, UH electrical and computer engineering professor, has been elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society. Bao is being recognized for discovery, contributions and the development of new nanomaterials.

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[Xingpeng Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, submitted two winning proposals to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Electricity Industry Technology and Practices Innovation Challenge.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/uh-cullen-college-engineering-faculty-win-nsf-grant-water-purification-study>

Debora Rodrigues and Yandi Hu, associate professors at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, are collaborating to address water purification issues with a recent National Science Foundation (NSF) award.

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Latest Outreach News
[Undergraduates from all across the nation spent 10 weeks this summer at the Cullen College of Engineering and the BRAIN Center at the University of Houston gaining research experience, learning valuable lessons and building their academic careers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/photos-recruiting-next-generation-engineering-excellence-fall-2019-career-fair>

Photos: Recruiting the Next Generation of Engineering Excellence at the Fall 2019 Career Fair.

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[Undergraduates from all across the nation spent 10 weeks this summer at the Cullen College of Engineering and the BRAIN Center at the University of Houston gaining research experience, learning valuable lessons and building their academic careers.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201909/photos-sicsa-hosts-workshops-stem-students-japan-and-mars-city-design>

Photos: SICSA Hosts Workshops for STEM Students from Japan and Mars City Design

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Upcoming Events
[Ali Ansari, a doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers’ John B. Hawley Memorial Fellowship.]

Fellow Coogs, join us for the 2019 EAA Tailgate Series on Saturday, October 12 for the Cincinnati vs. UH football game. Tailgate starts 3 hours before kickoff at Party on the Plaza at TDECU stadium.

[Ali Ansari, a doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers’ John B. Hawley Memorial Fellowship.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/cee/alumni-luncheon>

The UH engineering department of civil and environmental engineering will be hosting its annual alumni luncheon on October 29. The luncheon will feature guest speaker, Eliza C. Paul, P.E. Deputy District Engineer, Houston District.

RSVP here <https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/cee/alumni-luncheon>
[Ali Ansari, a doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, was recently awarded the American Society of Civil Engineers’ John B. Hawley Memorial Fellowship.]<https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/ece/ece-alumni-mixer>

The UH engineering electrical and computer engineering department will host its annual alumni mixer on Thursday, November 14. Open to ECE alumni and students. Must be 21 or older to attend.

RSVP here <https://www.egr.uh.edu/forms/ece/ece-alumni-mixer>

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