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Powering the Air and Sea: Haleh Ardebili Receives Two Grants to Store Energy August 10, 2016Imagine a battery that doesn't fit neatly into its appointed slot, one that's neither cylindrical nor square shaped, but perhaps as thin as a... |
 Imagine a battery that doesn't fit neatly into its appointed slot, one that's neither cylindrical nor square shaped, but perhaps as thin as a business card and as stretchy as Play Dough. If you can envision that, then you've just jumped into the mind of Haleh Ardebili, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor in mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. |
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A Stellar Summer: Two Cullen College Students Space Out in Moscow August 8, 2016Most of us are quite comfortable to report that over summer vacation we participated in the typical leisure activities that recharge our scholastic... |
 Most of us are quite comfortable to report that over summer vacation we participated in the typical leisure activities that recharge our scholastic batteries. Maybe we hung out at the beach, hung ten on a surfboard or hung ten knuckles over the controller of an Xbox. |
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Undergrads Engineer the Future of Research at the Cullen College August 2, 2016At the University of Houston, graduate students aren’t the only ones diving into research this summer. |
 At the University of Houston, graduate students aren’t the only ones diving into research this summer. |
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Two UH Engineering Students Receive Texas Center for Superconductivity Scholarships July 19, 2016Two students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH). |
 Two students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH). |
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Three Renowned Energy Researchers Join University of Houston July 19, 2016The University of Houston has recruited three renowned researchers working in the energy field – two members of the National Academy of Engineering... |
 The University of Houston has recruited three renowned researchers working in the energy field – two members of the National Academy of Engineering and one member of the National Academy of Sciences – as part of the Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI). Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the hires Thursday, part of an effort to recruit nationally recognized researchers to Texas institutions of higher education. |
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UH Professor Receives ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award July 1, 2016Cunjiang Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been selected to receive an American Chemical... |
 Cunjiang Yu, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been selected to receive an American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (ACS-PRF) Doctoral New Investi |
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PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 2016 Engineering Alumni Association Gala June 22, 2016 The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) hosted its annual Alumni Awards Gala on June 9 at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. |
 The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) hosted its annual Alumni Awards Gala on June 9 at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. |
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UH Engineer Improves Computer Model to Find Better Oil Spill Remediation Strategies June 22, 2016After a major oil spill, government agencies and energy companies have limited time to make decisions on how to remediate the disaster and clean up... |
 After a major oil spill, government agencies and energy companies have limited time to make decisions on how to remediate the disaster and clean up the spilled oil. Officials currently rely on computational models that predict the behavior of the oil plume in order to determine the best strategies for containing and cleaning up the oil. |
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UH Engineers Shed New Light on Behavior of Nanomaterials June 3, 2016In a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters, mechanical engineers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering describe a novel method for... |
 In a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters, mechanical engineers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering describe a novel method for characterizing and understanding the behavior of nanomaterials. |
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UH Female Engineers Help NASA’s Small Satellites Complete Bigger Missions June 1, 2016Three UH Engineering undergraduate students are improving NASA’s CubeSat missions by programming the small satellites to orient and stabilize... |
 Three UH Engineering undergraduate students are improving NASA’s CubeSat missions by programming the small satellites to orient and stabilize themselves based on the position of the sun. |