Nathan Varghese, graduating this semester with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, has packed as much as he could into four years at the University of Houston: learning a new city as a California transplant, serving as a…
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to recognize the stellar research and teaching efforts of 28 different members of its community with the 2024–25 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards.
The winners were announced at the…
Jacinta Conrad, Frank M. Tiller Professor in the Willam A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the American Association for the…
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to four professors that have earned University of Houston Faculty Awards for the 2024–25 academic year.
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and…
The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the 2025 rankings released on April 8.
Cullen is ranked…
More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of the President’s Circle Awards, presented by the…
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 2024–25 academic year.
Students are nominated by…
A total of 25 students from different organizations received more than $13,000 in scholarships and awards at the 2025 Industry Awards Night, hosted by the University of Houston’s Engineering Alumni Association at the Athletic/…
The University of Houston’s inaugural “Coogs for Energy” Hackathon has crowned its champions, with the top two teams heavily featuring students from the Cullen College of Engineering.
The event, hosted by UH’s Division of Energy…
A pair of University of Houston professors, known globally for their seminal contributions to crystal engineering with specific breakthroughs in the design of therapeutics to prevent crystallization in human diseases, are…
The man who turned the science of glow-in-the-dark stars into ways to detect disease, University of Houston Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Richard Willson, has been elected as a fellow…
The journey of Lewis Latimer began with growing up impoverished with no access to formal education. Eventually, Latimer became a prominent black figure in the energy sector as a chief draftsman, patent expert, and inventor. He…
William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Associate Professor Praveen Bollini has been named as the recipient of the 2025 Rutherford Aris Award of the International Symposia on Chemical Reaction…
William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering research professor Anil K. Bhowmick has been awarded the 2025 Award for Excellence in Adhesion Science from the Adhesion Society, which has been in…
The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) has expanded its reach with the establishment of a new chapter at the University of Houston.
The chapter was confirmed…
Cullen College of Engineering professors Birol Dindoruk, Megan Robertson and Francisco Robles Hernandez have joined the prestigious list of Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors.
The University of Houston now has 39…
Abraham E. Dukler Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering Jeffrey Rimer has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), a recognition that affirms the “high esteem with which his colleagues…
For the last 25 years, chemical and biomedical engineering research assistant professor Binh Vu, Ph.D., has made his home at the University of Houston. From enrolling as an undergraduate student and completing his bachelor's…
William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering assistant professor Gül Zerze, Ph.D., has earned a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award for $500,000 for her proposal, “Unveiling the Dynamics of…
Cullen College of Engineering students once again excelled at a national conference, as six different members of the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering earned awards at the 2024 annual…
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