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Vincent Donnelly, professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been honored by the American Vacuum Society for his 30-plus years of plasma research. The AVS named…
Donnelly Honored for Decades of Plasma Research
One of the Cullen College of Engineering’s newest professors has co-authored an article appearing in one of the nation’s most prestigious scientific journals. The paper, co-written by Jacinta Conrad, assistant professor in the…
Professor’s Bacteria “Slingshot” Finding Published in PNAS
The Southwest Catalysis Society, the local chapter of the North American Catalysis Society, has honored one of its founders for a lifetime of work in catalysis research and practice. James Richardson, professor emeritus of…
Richardson Honored by Catalysis Society
Dean Joseph Tedesco recognized UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty members for outstanding teaching and research during the 2010-2011 academic year at the college's Spring Faculty/Staff Meeting May 3. Demetre Economou,…
College Faculty Recognized for Teaching, Research
The Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology featured an article by Cullen College Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Vince Donnelly on the cover of its January/February 2011 issue. The paper "Plasma-surface…
Plasma Reaction Paper Featured on Journal Cover
A UH Cullen College of Engineering professor has received a grant to develop a new method of testing potential vaccines, and will use this approach to fight a virus identified as an emerging bioterrorism threat. Navin Varadarajan…
Researcher Wins NIH Grant to Test Vaccines for Chikungunya Virus
A team of undergraduates from the UH Cullen College of Engineering took second place at the regional Chem-E Car Competition held last month at Texas A&M University. The competition, which took place during the American…
Cullen College Places Second in Chem-E Car Competition
The Cullen College's Texas Diesel Research and Testing Center was founded, in part, to develop technologies that reduce emissions from diesel vehicles. Researchers at the center have worked to cut pollution from everything from…
Diesel Center Researching Marine Vehicle Emissions
Using a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston will retrofit Houston Independent School District school buses with a system that…
Diesel Center Researchers Earn $1M EPA Grant to Retrofit HISD School Buses
Engineers from across the United States and Mexico are set to come to the University of Houston later this month for an event honoring the late Neal Amundson. Amundson, who passed away on Feb. 16 at the age of 95, was the Cullen…
Amundson Tribute Set for March 14
The UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will host a talk by one of the world’s leading experts on biomaterials drug delivery and pharmaceutical bioengineering, Nicholas Peppas, on Friday, March 4. Peppas is the…
UT's Peppas to Speak at Friday's Payatakes Lecture
Neal Amundson, Cullen Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Mathematics, passed away yesterday at the age of 95. "We are deeply saddened at the great loss of Neal Amundson to our UH…
"Father of Chemical Engineering" Neal Amundson Passes Away
Eliminating tens of thousands of manual lab experiments, two University of Houston professors are working toward a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics. While current practices typically last for more than a…
Team Hopes to Cut Years Off Development Time of New Antibiotics
University of Houston professor Richard C. Willson has been named a 2010 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), which is the world's largest general scientific society and publisher of the…
UH Professor Richard Willson Named 2010 AAAS Fellow
For pioneering research in the areas of crystallization and protein aggregation, Peter Vekilov, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society. “This fellowship…
Professor Named Fellow of the American Physical Society
Research from a Cullen College of Engineering professor has made the cover of one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals. The research by Jeff Rimer, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular…
Cullen College Professor’s Work on Cover of Science
Discovery featured in October 8 issue of Science Sometimes, the smallest things can make a huge difference. Take something as seemingly minor as the way bacteria move. Research from UH Cullen College of Engineering Assistant…
Researcher Uncovers ‘Walking’ Bacteria
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering boasts one of the nation’s top doctoral programs in chemical engineering. That’s according to the most recent evaluation of Ph.D. programs released by The National Academies…
Chemical Engineering Shines in National Rankings
Researchers at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have received a grant to develop a method for mass-producing devices less than 10 nanometers in size, addressing one of the most significant barriers to their…
UH Researchers Developing Nanoscale Manufacturing Technique
Using a $1 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston will retrofit school buses with a system that attempts to diminish the negative…
Diesel Center Researchers Earn EPA Grant to Retrofit School Buses

 


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