Jun 21 2013
Dr. Yao hosted a lab tour for the STEP Forward Summer Camp. A group of high school students showed strong interests in the fuel cell car and battery demo David Pineda conducted.

Jun 19 2013
Dr. Yao led UH first SURF graduate and professional round-table discussion. Dr. Yao served at the table of Materials Science to discuss career interests with SURF students.

Jun 17 2013
Tiffany Au, Jamie Bassett from St. Agnes High School and Kyle Affeldt from Lansing High School joined the group for a two-week summer research.

Jun 3 2013
David Pineda joined the group as a SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship – UH) student for a 10-week research.

May 21 2013
Joeseph Whitehouse from UT San Antonio joined the group as a REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) student. He will stay in the group for conducting 10-week research.

April 14, 2013
We are very excited to participate the UH effort on 2013 Earth Day! See how we interact with K-12 Houstonians.

Oct 20 2012
Yao group set up a booth at 2012 Houston Energy Day, demonstrating the fruit battery.


Mar 1 2013
Yan Yao served as a judge representing TcSUH for 2013 Science and Engineering Fair.