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The Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston and Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair and Dean, are pleased to share the 2020-21 Faculty and Student Excellence Award…
23 honored with 2020-21 Faculty and Student Excellence Awards
Cullen College of Engineering professor Jeffrey Rimer, Ph.D., has been selected as the newest Associate Editor for Crystal Growth & Design, a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by the American Chemical Society. Rimer,…
Rimer picked as Associate Editor for ACS' Crystal Growth & Design
Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing Song Elected to Senior Member Class of 2021 Three University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researchers have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)…
Three UH Engineers Named to National Academy of Inventors
University of Houston Biomolecular Engineer Receives NSF CAREER Award to Explore Cells That Defy Efforts to Kill Them Mehmet Orman, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston Cullen…
UH's Orman Researching Why Antibiotic-Resistant Cells Persist
As part of the University of Houston’s virtual university-wide commencement ceremony tonight, the prestigious President’s Medallion will be awarded posthumously to the late William A. Brookshire. The medallion is awarded at the…
President’s Medallion to be awarded to Brookshire
A professor at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has earned another national distinction, as his work in providing unique learning experience for students was recognized by the Career Communications Group'…
UH's Henderson earns national Educational Leadership award
Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean of the UH Cullen College of Engineering, announced that 17 students and faculty members had been selected as recipients in the 2019-2020 Faculty and Student Excellence Awards,…
College honors 17 with yearly Faculty and Student Excellence Awards
The complexity and mystery of zeolites – porous aluminosilicate crystals – was what first attracted Dr. Jeffrey Rimer, the Abraham E. Dukler Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, to his current field of research. “I…
Rimer receives NSF grant for zeolite work
Two faculty members of the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized as recipients of the University of Houston's Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity for the 2019-20 academic year. The…
Rodrigues, Palmer honored with UH Awards for Excellence
Several members of the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized via the Office of the Provost's 2020 Faculty and Staff Awards, headlined by Dr. Richard Willson of Biochemical & Biophysical Sciences earning the…
Willson earns Esther Farfel Award; four others tabbed for faculty, staff honors
TAMEST Awards Recognize Texas’ Most Promising Researchers An engineer from the University of Houston has received the state’s top honor in engineering for his pioneering discoveries about how crystals form and how they can be…
UH Engineer Honored For Work in Crystal Engineering
Mike Harold, M.D. Anderson Professor and chairman of the chemical and biomolecular engineering department at UH Cullen College of Engineering, recently won the 2019 Southwest Catalysis Society (SWCS) Award for Excellence in…
UH Chemical Engineering Chairman Wins SWCS Award for Applied Catalysis
Ghasemi and Vekilov in the Spotlight Two Cullen College of Engineering faculty won the University of Houston’s Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity for the 2018-19 academic year. Hadi Ghasemi was…
Cullen College Faculty Win UH Research Awards
Cullen College engineering professors collaborate to solve monolayer catalyst mystery The South Texas Section (STS) of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) chose a paper written by two UH Cullen College of…
Paper Outlining Fuel Cell Discovery Wins AIChE Best Fundamental Paper Award
A global team of editors and board members at Industrial & Engineering Chemistry (I&EC) Research, a journal published by the American Chemical Society, scoured the world to identify influential, early career researchers…
Two UH Chemical Engineers Named to 2018 Class of Influential Researchers by I&EC Research
Three UH Cullen College chemical and biomolecular engineering professors received funding from the Welch Foundation for their contributions to basic chemical research that benefits humankind. These three-year grants extend from…
Cullen College Professors Earn $765K Welch Awards to Continue Life-Altering Research, Investigate Chemical Conundrums
Megan Robertson, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was honored in May with the 2018 Sparks-Thomas Award from the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society. During the conference in Indianapolis…
Environmentally Friendly Polymers Bring Spotlight to Cullen College Professor
NSF-Funded Work Holds Promise for Health Care, Energy, Other Fields Crystal formation is key to fields as disparate as drug design, biomedical diagnostics and petrochemical production, but significant questions remain about how…
UH Engineer Seeks to Learn More About Crystal Formation
Conrad and Yao sweep 'Associate Professor' category The Cullen College of Engineering faculty swept the associate professor category of the University of Houston’s Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative…
Cullen College Faculty Shine in UH Research Awards
An engineer from the University of Houston known for his groundbreaking work in crystal engineering has received the 2018 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research. Jeffrey Rimer, associate professor of chemical and…
UH Engineer Wins Welch Foundation’s 2018 Hackerman Award