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Technology Licensing Co. to Handle Commercialization of Resulting Products Two engineers with University of Houston affiliations have been awarded a U.S. patent for a new process for the separation and assay of biochemical…
DNA Production Patent Awarded to Two UH-Related Engineers
A UH chemical engineer Peter Vekilov is clearing up some questions about how insulin crystals grow in a new study that may have applications in drug design and computer chip technology.
Insulin Study Sheds Light on Physics of Crystal Growth
Luigi Saputelli's doctoral dissertation on a proposed self-learning reservoir management system recently claimed second place in the Society of Petroleum Engineers 2003 Gulf Coast Regional Paper Contest. Many variables come into…
Chemical Engineering Graduate Claims Regional SPE Dissertation Prize
Dean Raymond Flumerfelt announced the winners of this year's faculty teaching and research awards at the UH Cullen College of Engineering's annual Faculty and Staff Meeting on April 22. Karolos Grigoriadis claimed the W. T.…
Dean Announces 2003 Faculty Awards for Teaching, Research
At the May 9th commencement ceremony, the University of Houston will award honorary degrees to a top government official, a renowned professor, an exceptional basketball coach and a celebrated entertainer. The four honorees are…
Engineer One of Four Awarded UH Honorary Degrees
Four faculty members of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering were honored last week at the university faculty awards presentation. Vemuri Balakotaiah, Karolos Grigoriadis, David Shattuck and Osman Ghazzaly were…
Four Cullen Faculty Members Honored at UH Faculty Awards Dinner
Brian Henderson, a junior chemical engineering major, pitched five shut-out innings and gave up only four hits to lead the Houston Cougars baseball team past the Rice Owls, the nation's number one team, Wednesday. The performance…
Junior Engineering Major Throws Five Shutout Innings to Key Win over No. 1 Rice
Karen Coym has a small army of gas canisters standing at attention, carefully insulated in one corner of her lab. The gases need to travel across the room and into her various workspaces -- in very precise amounts and mixtures.…
Ph.D. Candidate Chose UH for Its Strong Connections with Industry
Stuart Long and David Shattuck, professors from the Cullen College of Engineering, have been invited to be Fellows of the Honors College at the University of Houston. They have been appointed for a renewable, three-year term of…
Engineering Professors Long, Shattuck Appointed Fellows of the UH Honors College
The work of University of Houston chemical engineering associate professor Peter Vekilov and assistant research professor Oleg Galkin is on the cover of this week's issue of "Science" magazine. The striking image on the cover is…
Work of UH Engineers on Cover of 'Science'
University of Houston chemical engineer Peter Vekilov has disproved the applicability of existing theories explaining how and why proteins and other small molecules congeal into solids while dissolved in water, their natural…
UH Chemical Engineer Disproves Preconceived Notions Of Phase Transitions In Solutions
A lineup of nationally renowned energy experts and scholars will present “Behind the Gas Pump: Implications of Our Dependence on Mideast Oil.” Michael Economides, UH professor of chemical engineering, will be one of the…
America's Dependence On Mideast Oil Fuels 'Behind The Gas Pump' Symposium At UH
UH Chemical Engineering Professor Demetre Economou has been selected as the 2002 recipient of the Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award "for distinguished contributions to scientific knowledge and its applications." He will be…
Economou To Give Lecture For Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award
In an effort to improve the region's air quality, the city of Houston Wednesday (Aug. 7) approved a $3.8 million contract with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering to test new technologies that may help reduce…
$3.8 Million Contract Approved by City for UH Air Quality Studies
University of Houston chemical engineering student Rosalia Wisinger has been named a National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) scholar, an honor that reflects her hard work and involvement in the UH Cullen…
UH Chemical Engineering Student Named NACME Scholar
David Dawlearn, lab machinist in the University of Houston Department of Chemical Engineering, spends his spare time "clowning around" for local causes. Last month, Dawlearn joined ABC Channel 13 and the March of Dimes for the…
UH Engineering Staff Member David Dawlearn Clowns Around For A Cause
Three Cullen College of Engineering faculty members were honored Tuesday at a University of Houston luncheon where 17 UH educators and researchers received awards based on nominations from faculty, staff and alumni. William G.…
Cullen College Faculty Members Honored at Awards Ceremony
UH Chemical Engineering Professor Demetre Economou has been selected as the 2002 recipient of the Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award "for distinguished contributions to scientific knowledge and its applications." The award, given by…
Economou Receives Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award
Chemical Engineering Professor and University of Houston alumnus Vemuri Balakotaiah has been chosen as a John and Rebecca Moores Professor for his outstanding contributions to teaching, research and service at UH. This five-year…
Balakotaiah Named Moores Professor
Chemical engineering student May Shek recently received the 2002 Wilbur L. and Judy L. Meier Outstanding Senior Award for her scholastic qualities and dedicated involvement in the UH Cullen College of Engineering. Shek received a…
Chemical Engineering Student May Shek Receives Meier Outstanding Senior Award from the UH Cullen College of Engineering

 


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