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The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering hosts The Neal R. Amundson Lecture
To be presented by Prof. Sankaran Sundaresan on Friday, January 29^th 2010 between 2:00pm and 3:30pm in room L2D2 – Parking is available in the visitor parking lot at the welcome center. The Amundson dinner will be held on Thursday, January 28^th 2010 at the J.W. Marriott for more information please contact Linda Keng at lkeng@mail.uh.edu.

Former UH Professor Passes Away: FORTH mourns the loss of its Chairman, Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes
(November 29, 2009) The Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) mourns the loss of Professor Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes, its Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, who died today after a valiant battle with cancer. Read More...

A Bright Green Future: Researchers Work to Turn Algae
Into Crude Oil
(November 4, 2009) Inside the University of Houston Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center, space is typically reserved for finding ways to clean harmful pollutants from diesel vehicle exhaust through retrofit systems attached to tailpipes.
But recently, diesel center researchers have taken on a new project intended to expand the center’s clean air focus. They are examining glass beakers filled with samples of a slimy green substance most find growing in ponds, swamps and even dirty swimming pools.
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UH Engineers Part of New DOE Center Focused on Plasma Science
(November 2, 2009) Two engineers at the University of Houston have been awarded grant funding to conduct research as part of a new U.S. Department of Energy supported Center on Plasma Science.
The center, led by researchers at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, will join Demetre Economou and Vincent Donnelly, both professors of chemical and biomolecular engineering at UH, with close to 20 scientists from universities and national laboratories across the country. Together, these researchers plan to pick apart the science behind plasmas in an effort to make them more efficient. Read More...

UH Granted $2.5 Million to Test Retrofit Devices That Clean Diesel Exhaust
(October 21, 2009) Diesel engines are the workhorses of American economy, powering everything from heavy-duty construction vehicles and buses to ships.
These engines are also one of the biggest producers of harmful pollutants, churning out more smog-causing Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and near 100 times more sooty particles than their gasoline counterparts.
As the country’s fourth largest city, Houston experiences some of the worst of these effects. Based on data collected by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, about one-third of NOx emissions produced in a three county region encompassing Houston are attributed to diesel engines. So operators of diesel fleets are retrofitting these vehicles with devices—classified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as emerging technologies—that attempt to diminish the negative impact diesel vehicles can have on the environment. Read More...

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