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UH Study to Focus on Reducing Pollutants in Vehicle Exhaust
A study led by researchers at UH Cullen College of Engineering is centered on cleaning up our air by replacing a component in vehicle exhaust systems with a piece of technology that could get rid of more than 80 percent of the smog-causing toxin known at NOx, or nitrogen oxide. With a roughly $3.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's Vehicle Technologies Program, Professor Michael Harold and his team will partner with researchers from the University of Kentucky, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Ford Motor Company and the chemical company BASF to further study the feasibility of this technology. Read More...

UH Diesel Testing Center Teams with TxDOT to Reduce Emissions
The UH Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center, in partnership with the Texas Department of Transportation, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to test a system designed to reduce emissions produced by construction vehicles. Engineering researchers will supervise the installation of Nett Technologies' BlueMAX™ selective catalytic reduction system on five TxDOT nonroad vehicles and then test and analyze its ability to reduce emissions, which will provide the EPA with real-world performance data. Read More...

» ChE Professor Captures Top University Honor
Demetre Economou, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was named the 31st recipient of the Esther Farfel Award. The highest honor given by the University of Houston, it is a symbol of overall career excellence. An internationally known researcher, Economou is a leader in atomic layer etching and has developed a promising nanofabrication technique expected to give researchers the ability to mass-produce nanotech devices. As an educator, he has gone above and beyond to help his students succeed during his 23-year career at UH. Read more…

» College to Launch New Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Degree
Responding to the energy industry's demand for more petroleum engineers, the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is launching a new petroleum undergraduate program this fall. Just approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the bachelor's degree program will focus on petroleum engineering and geosciences, combining these fundamentals with economics, energy law and business. Read More…

» UH Fuel Cell Research Highlight by NSF
The National Science Foundation recently highlighted fuel cell catalyst research being conducted by Peter Strasser, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. His research was among less than a dozen showcased by NSF as a“CBET Nugget" — used to publicize important contributions from CBET principal investigators within the foundation. Strasser and his team have been working to create a less expensive, more efficient fuel cell catalyst. Read more…

» Engineering the Future of Transportation
Peter Strasser, assistant professor of chemical engineering, along with collaborators at Stanford University and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, received a $2 million grant from the Department of Energy to provide continued support for their fuel cell catalyst research. The team is attempting to create a cheaper, more efficient polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell that could be used in electricity-powered vehicles. Read more…

» Energy Industry Leaders Commit $1.6M to UH Petroleum Program
Devon Energy Corp. and Marathon Oil Corp. have committed major funding to the UH Cullen College of Engineering in support of its developing undergraduate program in petroleum engineering. Marathon pledged $600,000 in unrestricted funds to the program, while Devon pledged $1 million to support student scholarships, the renovation of a student research laboratory and other needs of the program. The new program is expected to be approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board this fall. Read more…

Accolades

Demetri Economou was awarded the Plasma Prize from the Plasma Science and Technology Division of the American Vaccuum Society. (2/09)
Ramanan Krishnamoorti was named a fellow of the American Physical Society. (1/09)

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