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For ten weeks during the summer, 12 undergraduate students from across the country are getting the chance of a lifetime on the UH campus, becoming engineering researchers in the Cullen College’s Research Experience for…
The Research Experience For Undergrads Inspires Students
Three Cullen College chemical engineering Ph.D. students have returned from Denver, Co. where they were special guests at the 25th North American Meeting (NAM25) of the North American Catalysis Society. Sashank Kasiraju, who…
Work With Catalysts Changes Grad Students Into Award Winners
Karun Kumar Rao, a first-year chemical engineering doctoral student in the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been offered a place in the esteemed NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program for his research on…
Ph.D. Student Studies Solid-State Batteries With Prestigious NASA Fellowship
The University of Houston-Materials Research Society Chapter (UH-MRS) hosted its first student symposium in the main lobby of engineering building 1. At the symposium students presented their work to an esteemed crowd of…
UH Materials Research Society Student Chapter Hosts Campus Symposium
The chances of not winning a National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowship are much greater than walking off with the coveted award. The odds go down substantially if you’re still an undergraduate who hasn’t yet been…
NSF Graduate Research Fellow is Cullen College Senior
Ryan Poling-Skutvik, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Cullen College, took first place in the graduate student poster competition at the Society of Rheology Conference in Tampa, Florida. Poling-…
Strong as Metal, Yet Lightweight Nanocomposite Materials from the Mind of Ph.D. Student
Approximately 120 Houston high school students blasted onto the UH campus to launch into engineering! The 5th annual “Launch into Engineering” is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) outreach event to attract…
UH Society of Women Engineers Hosts High Schoolers
Significant Figures: A reflection on the film ‘Hidden Figures’ by an engineering student who hides her figure I had high expectations as I walked into the theater with twenty of my fellow UH Society of Women Engineers (SWE)…
Engineering Student Op-Ed: Significant Figures
When Jameel Jordan became a petroleum engineering student at the Cullen College he never dreamed he'd also become a mentor to third graders. “It never crossed my mind,” said Jordan. But the opportunity found him when he learned…
Cullen College in the Community – Partnership with iEducate Teaches Success
Vivek Yadav, studying for his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Cullen College, earned third place for his presentation at the "Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research" session at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (…
Graduate Research Assistant Awarded for Work in Polymers
Aside from attaining knowledge itself, most students attend college to find a path forward in their lives, searching for a career that suits them. At the Engineering Career Fair, that job is made easier as company representatives…
Spring Engineering Career Fair a Success
Undergraduate mechanical engineering students Tam Nguyen, a senior, and Serrae Reed, a junior, focus on their studies with the precision of the engineers they are becoming. Upon graduation, Nguyen has an engineering job nailed…
Cullen College of Engineering’s 2016-2017 Outstanding Students Named
Every year, as a marketing activity, the leadership board of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH, recently named outstanding large chapter of the year by the national organization, brainstorms to create the next…
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH is Number One in the U.S.A.
Earning a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering means you are among the most talented chemical engineers in the U.S. – the UH program is ranked as one of the top 25 places in…
UH Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Degree Among Best in Nation
Life’s persistent and most urgent question is “What are you doing for others?” — Martin Luther King Jr. By Dr. King’s measure, the answer – from generous University of Houston supporters – is the gift of education. Through three…
Nine Cullen College Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Students Awarded with Scholarships
The October issue of CEP Magazine, published by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), is highlighting Jami Summey-Rice, a UH Cullen College chemical engineering student whose path to engineering has taken some…
Cullen College Engineering Student Profiled in National Journal
At the University of Houston, graduate students aren’t the only ones diving into research this summer. Undergraduate students are gaining hands on research experience through the UH Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF…
Undergrads Engineer the Future of Research at the Cullen College
The International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) awarded Yuying Song, a chemical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College, the 2016 Colt Refining Student Award for her work exploring catalysts made of precious…
Doctoral Student Wins Prestigious Award for Work with Precious Metals
Two students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at UH (TcSUH). Meysam Heydari Gharahcheshmeh, a materials engineering doctoral student, received the Houston…
Two UH Engineering Students Receive Texas Center for Superconductivity Scholarships
Katy Olafson, a chemical engineering doctoral student at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, received a 2016 American Institute of Chemical Engineering (AIChE) Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award. Working with…
Chemical Doctoral Student Wins AIChE Research Award