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<span style="font-size:17.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333">UH, Rice among top engineering R&D spenders<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#333333">Date: Monday, August 15, 2011, 6:30am CDT<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">The</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424"> <b>University of
Houston</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">and</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424"> <b>Rice University</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">rank
among the top 75 universities in the country for engineering research and development expenditures.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">According to a database using</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424"> <b>National
Science Foundation</b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">figures for 2009, the most recent data available, UH spent $34.4 million to rank No. 69, while Rice spent $33.2 million on engineering R&D to rank
No. 72.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">Breaking the numbers down further, Rice ranked 19th in the country for bioengineering and biomedical engineering
R&D, at $10.4 million.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">UH saw its highest ranking in chemical engineering R&D spending, ranking No. 17 nationwide with expenditures
in that category of just over $11 million.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">The data was compiled by Wichita Business Journal, an affiliate publication of</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424"> <b>Houston
Business Journal</b></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">U.S. colleges and universities spent about $54.9 billion on total R&D in 2009, up from $51.9 billion a year
earlier.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#242424">to access a searchable database for engineering R&D expenses at universities
nationwide, and a breakdown of engineering R&D expenditures at each institution.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Fritz Claydon Ph.D.<br>Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering<br>Associate Dean of Administration and Research<br>University of Houston<br>Cullen College of Engineering<br>713.743.4204<br>
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