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• Rigoberto Advincula to present Technical Focus Lecture at 2007 FutureCoat! Conference in Toronto

  - 2007-03-01

  The FSCT has announced that Rigoberto Advincula, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected to give the 2007 Technical Focus Lecture. The presentation will be part of the 2007 FutureCoat! Conference, to be held in conjunction with...

  Tags: Dr., polymer, professor, University of Houston

• "Thank you, Dr. Ciscel!" an interview with David H. Ciscel, Ph.D

  - 2006-09-22

  After 33 years at the University of Memphis, Dr. David H. Ciscel has announced his retirement. Within these years at the University, Dr. Ciscel has served in a number of different teaching and administrative positions at the Fogelman College of Business. On behalf of the Sparks Bureau of Business and...

  Tags: Bureau, Memphis, professor, University of Houston

• Ultraspecific Virus Identification.(Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency funds University of Houston to do research on bioterrorism)(Brief Article)(Editorial)

  - 2005-06-01

  By Elizabeth Tolchin, News Editor Researchers at the University of Houston are working on a project, now being funded by a new grant from the Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency, to develop a method for identifying bacteria and viruses that...

  Tags: agency, biology, Biotechnology, bioterrorism, Government, professor, SECURITY, University of Houston, virus

• Tribute to Dr. Ed O. Bennett

  - 2004-10-01

  Following a career that spanned 40 years, this tribology was hailed by many as the of lubricant fluid microbiology. Editor's note: TLT ran an obituary on Ed Bennett in our February issue, listing his numerous achievements in tribology and his inclusion in such publications as Who's Who in...

  Tags: Benefits, Editor, fluid, HEALTHCARE, professor, SOFTWARE, University of Houston

• Public professor: George Daly will be putting post-scandal Wall Street settlement money to use in educating the public about investing.(ProfilesInsuccess)

  - 2004-07-01

  Painesville, Ohio-born George G. Daly says he's lived a conventional life. Ha! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How conventional is working in the Nixon White House during Watergate? How conventional is running a private think tank doing studies for the Defense Department?...

  Tags: 401(k), Benefits, FINANCE, Investment, NFL, professor, University of Houston, White House

• The Record, Hackensack, N.J., Business People Column.

  - 2004-05-18

  The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 18--ROGER W. ANDERSON has joined Medco Health Solutions, Franklin Lakes, as senior vice president and chief pharmacist, a newly created position, effective July 1. Anderson, who holds a Ph.D. in public health, most...

  Tags: Fax, Hackensack, HEALTHCARE, M.D., pharmacist, pharmacy, professor, University of Houston, University of Texas

• Kudos celebrating member achievements.(Focus)(Brief Article)

  - 2004-05-01

  Ali Kamrani, Ph.D., was named an associate professor of industrial engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. Kamrani previously taught in the industrial and manufacturing systems engineering department at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. Prior to that, he founded and served as...

  Tags: engineering, Manufacturing, professor, University of Houston