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A graduate from the Cullen College of Engineering has received a first round of funding from the National Institutes of Health FastTrack program for research into chronic pelvic pain management, with close to $2 million…
UH alum Dias receives NIH funding for chronic pelvic pain research
Larissa Ikelle, a doctoral student in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award…
BME doctoral student Ikelle earns NRSA for eye research
Four students from the Cullen College of Engineering are among the winners of this year's University of Houston Graduate Research Showcase Virtual Poster Session. Held on March 22, the event showcases the breadth and depth of…
4 Cullen College graduate students honored for posters
Three graduate students from the Cullen College of Engineering have received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH), as recognition for their work inside and outside of the…
Three graduate students receive TcSUH scholarships
Arturo Velazquez, a senior at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, knows about the anxiety a medical issue can cause, and as a result, he’s attempting to make a difference by studying the field of Biomedical…
BME student’s capstone aims to help stroke, spinal cord injury patients
Six students from the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston have been honored by the Great Minds in STEM organization as 2020 scholars, and been rewarded with scholarships. For more than 30 years, GMiS has…
6 Cullen College students selected for Great Minds in STEM scholarships
A graduate of the biomedical engineering doctorate program at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has published new research about how vitamin and protein deficiencies can lead to metabolic abnormalities in…
UH graduate’s work identifies new clues behind vision loss due to impaired metabolism
New research from the Cullen College of Engineering’s Biomedical Engineering Department is shedding light on how rod and cone photoreceptors in the eye work and interact. The paper, “Syntaxin 3 is essential for photoreceptor…
UH researchers discovering unique elegance of eye’s cell biology
For the summer of 2020, the Cullen College of Engineering had seven Biomedical Engineering students selected for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. The SURF program is open to sophomores, juniors and…
Seven BME Students Surge into SURF Program
A research intern in the Rehabilitation Engineering for Improving Neuromotor Control Laboratory – REIGN – has received $4,000 from the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program, to support her work and to attend the 2020…
REIGN lab student earns SURF award
When Faheem Ershad first came to the University of Houston as a biomedical engineering undergraduate student in 2014, he had some interest in teaching in the future, but that interest has only increased as he has served as a…
Rubbery circuits lead to first place for biomed's Ershad
Daniel Ajuzie, a biomedical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ inaugural AfroBiotech Conference 2019 held in October in…
UH Biomedical Engineering Student Wins NSF Grant to Present Research At AfroBiotech Conference
The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) awarded seven of their 22 engineering scholarships this year to students attending the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The selected undergraduate and graduate…
Seven UH Engineering Students Win 2019 ASIE Scholarships
UH graduate students inspire each other with accomplishments Graduate students representing the UH Cullen College of Engineering shone bright in the university-wide Graduate Research Showcase hosted Nov. 1, 2019 by the UH…
Cullen College Students Shine in UH Graduate Research Showcase
University of Houston Researchers Report Adaptable Stimulation Treatment Researchers at the University of Houston have found neuro biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease that can help create the next generation of “smart” deep brain…
Smart Brain Stimulators: Next-Gen Parkinson’s Disease Therapy
Recipients Include Three Cullen College Coogs Seven current and former University of Houston students – three of whom represent the Cullen College of Engineering – have earned highly coveted National Science Foundation (NSF)…
UH Students and Alumni Earn Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Alumni Spotlight Megan Goh (BSBE ’18), a 2018-2019 Fulbright grant recipient, is conducting research in Germany. She is studying how and when infantile brain disorders occur in animal models using photoacoustic imaging. Her lab…
Cullen College Alumna Conducts Fulbright Research in Germany
Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings Ilknur Telkes, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston last year and was a 2017 North American Neuromodulation Society (NANS)…
UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal
An engineering connection spanning continents and countries Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Hasan Onur Keles (BME 2015) was recently appointed chair of the electrical and electronic engineering department at Istinye…
UH Alumnus Appointed Chair of Engineering Department of Turkish University
Research proposes computer-based assessment of Parkinson’s patients more reliable Musa Ozturk, a Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, presented a poster at the Neuromodulation Symposium…
UH Student’s Poster Places at Neuromodulation Symposium