The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that 22 professors will be joining the faculty across 10 departments for the 2026–27 academic year.
The hires are highlighted by Rakesh Agrawal and Sangtae Kim, two…
Rakesh Agrawal, a long-time member of the National Academy of Engineering with a deep background in various means of energy production, will join the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering this…
An internationally recognized chemical engineer for his work on microhydrodynamics, computational drug discovery, Sangtae Kim will be joining the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the…
Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Jerrod Henderson has received the 2026 AIChE Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Research from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. This award,…
Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow, CPRIT Scholar and assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Akash Gupta has received $50,000 from the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research…
Rising senior Jesus Cleto, a participant in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Stutts Program for Undergraduate Research, recently attended the 29th American Association for Crystal…
A recent paper by William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Associate Professor Omar Abdelrahman and Graduate Research Assistant and Ph.D. Candidate Atharva Burte, published in ACS Catalysis, has…
Adjunct Professor James Brazdil of the Cullen College of Engineering’s William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received the 2026 Southwest Catalysis Society (SWCS) Award for Excellence in…
Jeff Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been invited to speak at the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Awards Summit, held by the Texas Academy of…
Engineers from the University of Houston, MIT and Harvard have developed a new mRNA-based strategy that dramatically amplifies the T-cell response to vaccines — an advance that could lead to far more powerful cancer vaccines and…
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that the following students have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for their respective departments for the 2025-26 academic year.
Students are nominated by…
Lars Grabow, the Dan Luss Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2026 recipient of the Catalysis Society of New York (CSNY) Excellence in Catalysis Award.
The award…
After a multi-year hiatus, the AIChE UH Chem-E-Car team competed at the 2025 regional competition this past spring, earning them an invitation to return to compete in the final international competition in Boston, Massachusetts,…
Akash Gupta, a research scientist known for developing advanced delivery systems for cancer immunotherapies while working at MIT, will join the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering William A. Brookshire Department…
Seven University of Houston faculty members, including four from the Cullen College of Engineering, have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors — the most of any single Texas institution this year.
The…
Assistant Professor Jerrod Henderson of the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ 2025 William W. Grimes Award, which recognizes “a…
Addressing the staggering power and energy demands of artificial intelligence, engineers at the University of Houston have developed a revolutionary new thin-film material that promises to make AI devices significantly faster…
The University of Houston Innovation Council capitalized on Houston’s thriving entrepreneurial spirit in a first-of-its-kind event, bringing together entrepreneurs from around the region to share their success stories while…
Frank M Tiller Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Jacinta Conrad, PI, has received $259,749 in NSF funding for her proposal, Collaborative Research: Effect of Polymer…
“Authentic Community-Engaged Scholarship in STEM Education Postdoc Training Program,” a project led by principal investigator and William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering assistant professor…
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