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Focus on joint research and competitive education for students The University of Houston recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), declared by the Indian…
UH Signs MoU with Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy
The UH Cullen College of Engineering's biannual Parameters magazine earned the American Marketing Association's (AMA) Crystal Award for best public relations/communications newsletter. Finalists in the category included UH's…
UH Cullen College's 'Parameters' Magazine Wins Crystal Award from American Marketing Association
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
UH Engineer Says DOE-Funded Work Will Capture Methane, Other Emissions Thanks to advances in drilling technology, there is enough natural gas in the U.S. to last well into next century and beyond. This has renewed the idea of…
New Natural Gas Catalyst Would Boost Clean Transportation
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
Jacinta Conrad, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, coauthored an editorial titled “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow?” published in April in the…
UH Professor Helps Address Female Representation in Fellow Awards
Distinguished chemical engineer and BASF executive Heidi Alderman will be the featured speaker at the UH Cullen College of Engineering 2018 commencement on Friday, May 11. Alderman - who currently serves as senior vice president…
BASF Executive Heidi Alderman to be UH Cullen College 2018 Commencement Speaker
Wins National Award to Further Research With a perfect score on his research proposal, chemical and biomolecular engineering researcher Mehmet Orman received the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)…
Researcher Takes New Approach to Antibiotic Tolerance
The Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston was a happening place this weekend — rockets launched into the sky with great puffs of smoke, robots performed amazing feats, and propeller-powered cars raced down…
UH Engineers, Chevron Introduce Houston-area Girls to STEM Fun
NSF-Funded Project Targets African-American, Latino Boys Both the medium and the message are STEM – encouraging fourth and fifth-grade African-American and Latino boys to embrace the cool factor of science, technology,…
Boys, Fathers and Mentors Work Together for STEM Engagement
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is several steps closer to landing a spot among the Top 50 engineering colleges in America. The 2019 U.S. News and World Report rankings place the Cullen College on the list of the Best…
UH Engineering Rises in U.S. News Rankings
A Cullen College of Engineering professor, who is working to improve treatments for battling cancer, received a grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the organization that funds…
Chemical Engineer Wins CPRIT to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy
President Trump’s budget for the next fiscal year proposes a number of cuts, including defunding the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (USCSB). The non-partisan, independent body assesses chemical accidents — such as the West Fertilizer…
UH Engineering Professor Warns of the Dangers of Defunding the Chemical Safety Board in Forbes
Every academic year, the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering celebrates student academic achievement by choosing an Outstanding Senior and an Outstanding Junior. Not only do the chosen represent hard work and…
UH Cullen College Recognizes Outstanding Students
Students at the UH Cullen College of Engineering aren't just expected to do well in their labs and classes -- engineering students are expected to work in their respective fields of study while pursuing their degrees in order to…
Top Companies Recruit UH Engineers at Fall Career Fair
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
The UH Cullen College of Engineering held its fall convocation ceremony on Thursday, December 14, recognizing nearly 450 graduating students at the Bayou City Events Center. The ceremony featured a keynote address from UH alumna…
PHOTOS: Cullen College Celebrates Nearly 450 Graduating Students at Fall 2017 Convocation Ceremony
Work at UH Has Implications for Subsea Design and Operations A team of researchers from the University of Houston is working with the oil industry to develop new ways to predict when an offshore drilling rig is at risk for a…
Researchers Study Deepwater Gas Formation to Prevent Accidents
Life as a college student is fraught with challenges: keeping up with classes, making new friends, learning new fields of study and working jobs and internships. But imagine also having to learn a new language and adjust to a…
Coping with Culture Shock: Director of Graduate Admissions Pens Article on International Student Experience
How do you describe materials that aren’t quite liquids, gases or solids? More importantly, how do you model these materials? That’s a big question for scientists and engineers who toil in the world of complex fluids, which…
PHOTOS: Ronald Larson Engineering Rockwell Lecture

 


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