- Prof Selva’s team awarded $1.5M by ARPA-E for Advanced HTS Conductors Customized for Fusion - Our team was awarded $1.5M by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-e) to develop high-performance, low-cost, high-strength superconductor tapes for compact fusion energy systems. https://arpa-e.energy.gov/?q=news-item/department-energy-announces-29-million-fusion-energy-technology-development (Read More)
- 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… (Read More)
- 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… (Read More)
- 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… (Read More)
