(August 2020)
- Our group’s patent application “Multi-filament superconducting composites” was granted U.S. patent 10,734,138, by USPTO.
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Group receives funding from Microsoft
(June 2020)
- Our group received funding from Microsoft to develop Low Thermal Conductivity Superconducting Microwave Transmission Lines to Enable Quantum Computing.
Group receives funding from Mitsubishi
(May 2020)
- Our group received funding from Mitsubishi Materials to develop Biaxially-textured Titanium Nitride Coatings for Cutting Tool.
AMPeers and our UH group selected for DOE Phase I SBIR
(May 2020)
- AMPeers and our research group have been selected for funding for Phase I SBIR project on “Low-cost Manufacturing of Round REBCO Wires for Accelerator Magnets” from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of High Energy Physics
Siwei Chen awarded 2021 Cora Hawley scholarship
(April 2020)
- Siwei Chen, Ph.D. student, has been awarded the 2021 Cora Hawley scholarship by the Texas Center for Superconductivity (TCSUH)
Patent application “Superconductor article with directional flux pinning” was granted
(March 2020)
- Our group’s patent application “Superconductor article with directional flux pinning” was granted U.S. patent 10,607,753.
High Performance Flexible Electronics developed in Prof. Selva’s group
Tired of lugging that heavy laptop in your padded backpack? Here’s an idea: When you’re finished using your laptop, just roll it up, fold it, stick it in your back pocket and bolt. That’s the incredible future being created in a UH Cullen College of Engineering laboratory – a flexible, thin-film transistor (TFT) that may one day make your current laptop a dinosaur.
Prof. Selva’s team awarded $4.5 M by the U.S. Department of Energy for Advanced Manufacturing of Superconductor Wire for Next Generation Machines
With their potential for big savings through increased energy efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions, interest in improving the manufacturing of superconductor wire is at an all-time high. The U.S. Department of Energy Monday announced a $4.5 million grant to Venkat Selvamanickam, MD Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston, to boost the advanced manufacturing of high-performance superconductor wires for next generation electric machines. The award is one of 13 projects funded to advance technologies for energy efficient electric motors through applied research and development.
https://energy.gov/eere/amo/next-generation-electric-machines-project-descriptions
University of Houston Materials Research Society (UH-MRS) Student Chapter hosts symposium on campus led by Prof. Selva’s group members
Meysam Heydari Gharacheshmeh, president of the UH-MRS Student Chapter and Dr. Pavel Dutta, Faculty Advisor to UH-MRS Chapter, led the efforts in organizing the event. Other core officers and event organizers were Dr. Ying Gao, Devendra Khatiwada, Sicong Sun and Soumen Kar, all of Prof. Selva’s group. Forty poster presenters affiliated with different departments such as Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical and Materials Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, presented high quality research work at the symposium. Rudra Pratap, Ph.D. student in Prof. Selva’s group won the third place award in the symposium.