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Watch our video for the NSBE's "Walk for Education!" There’s one morning each year when the members of the UH chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) wake up early to pack hundreds of goody bags full of…
VIDEO: NSBE Students Hit the Pavement for the "Walk for Education"
The Engineering BOS (Beginning of Semester) Party was held last night in front of the engineering buildings. Hundreds of students attended the event and enjoyed free food, drinks, music and games. To view photos from this year's…
PHOTOS: BOS Party 2013
The 9th annual Undergraduate Research Day took place on Thursday, October 10th. It showcased the achievements of 130 undergraduate researchers from the University of Houston through poster presentations. Student presenters…
PHOTOS: Undergraduate Research Day 2013
Members of two UH organizations brought engineering to Brazilian high school students last month as part of their global outreach efforts. “One Day in Engineering” (“Um Dia na Engenharia”) was planned by Gabriela Bernardes,…
Engineering Students Travel to Brazil for Outreach
Did you know that students who are active members of organizations tend to have more positive college experiences than those who aren’t? “Educational researchers tell us that students tend to do much better in college when they…
Why You Should Join a Student Organization
Manjesh Kumar, a Ph.D. candidate in the UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected by the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division Travel Awards Committee to receive a travel award to attend the…
ChBE Grad Student Wins AIChE Travel Award
Last week, the UH Cullen College of Engineering welcomed a group of high school students who spent a week exploring engineering at the STEP Forward Camp. The weeklong program, led by the Program for Mastery in Engineering…
High School Seniors Explore Engineering at UH
We asked a few of our undergrads here at the UH Cullen College of Engineering to film their lives for two weeks so we can show the world an honest, first-hand account of what it is like to be an engineering student at the…
Video: Undergrad Life at the Cullen College of Engineering
Girls in grades eight through twelve enter the UH Cullen College of Engineering on Monday morning, new to the world of algorithms, motors and microscopes. By Friday, they’ve built and programmed a robot. Girls Reaching and…
Engineering, Camp-Style
Indranil Mitra, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, was selected for the Fifteenth National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering. This two-week program is held in August at Argonne National Laboratory…
ChBE Graduate Students Selected for National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering
Two graduate students in the UH department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering won awards at the annual meeting of the southwest regional chapter of the North American Catalysis Society, held at Rice University on April 26.…
ChBE Graduate Students Win Presentation Awards
Katy Olafson, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering and co-advised by Drs. Peter Vekilov and Jeffrey Rimer, has been awarded a one-year predoctoral fellowship in the Gulf Coast Consortia/W.M. Keck Center for…
PhD Candidate Olafson Selected for Keck Predoctoral Fellowship
Matthew Oleksiak, a graduate student in the department of chemical and biomolecular engineering, was awarded the 2013 Richard J. Kokes Travel Award from the North American Catalysis Society (NACS) to attend the upcoming NACS…
ChBE Graduate Student Matthew Oleksiak Awarded Kokes Travel Award
Alexandra Lupulescu, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Houston Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected as the winner of the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division Poster Competition held during…
ChBE PhD Candidate Wins Three AIChE Awards
The University of Houston Chem-E Car team competed at the 2012 AIChE National Competition recently, taking fifth place, the highest that UH has achieved at the national level. Students representing UH were An Dinh (team lead),…
UH Chem-E Car Team Places Fifth at National Competition
Engineering students and professionals connected at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 2012 Southwest Regional Conference last month, hosted by the UH AIChE student chapter. The event, held at UH, comprised…
AIChE Student Chapter Hosts Regional Conference
Two students at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have been chosen as Outstanding Senior and Junior for the 2011-2012 academic year. Senior Brian Clark and Junior Preston Broom were selected from a group…
Cullen College Announces 2011-2012 Outstanding Students
Pranit Metkar, a graduate research assistant in the UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected as a winner at the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Poster Session held during the 2011 AIChE Annual…
UH ChBE Researcher Wins Award at Annual Meeting
Students from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering spent their summer conducting research as part of the 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The fellowship provides funding for…
Engineering Students Perform Interdisciplinary Research
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