UH Materials Science and Engineering
Combining science and engineering principles to solve real-world problems and create new materials in nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology, energy, manufacturing, and environment.
Research Excellence
Because of their size, these very small particles have unique properties that our faculty leverage to create fluorescent biological labels, deliver…
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Research in this domain in the Materials program focuses on novel and unique materials for energy generation and storage and on superconducting…
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Advancing the field of electronics and photonics through transformative materials science research, College faculty discover new materials, seek to…
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Research Feature
Plastic Encapsulated Microelectronics
Hygroscopic Swelling: For many years, moisture induced swelling in plastic encapsulant in microelectronic package was ignored. Recently, new techniques of swelling measurements revealed that swelling coefficient is comparable to the coefficient of thermal expansion (… Read more