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Making molecules is no easy task. An increasingly attractive approach: have bacteria do the work for us. Such efforts are part of the growing discipline of synthetic biology, where biological processes are altered to achieve…
JACS Article Outlines Development of New Biosensor
Wind turbines, aircraft, and automobiles could become more tough and durable thanks to research being conducted at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. All of these use composites, materials that contain two…
Professors’ NSF Grant To Develop Advanced Adhesives for Composites
The Cullen College of Engineering is part of a new University of Houston center that focuses on best practices in the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education to address the state’s need for…
New UH Center Provides Training and Support for STEM Educators
Tracy Ngu graduated with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the UH Cullen College of Engineering in May 2012. She now works as a process engineer at Technip USA here in Houston. While at the Cullen College, Tracy was an active…
Meet Cullen College Alumna Tracy Ngu, Process Engineer at Technip USA
Media Contact: Angela Hopp713-743-8153 HOUSTON, July 18, 2013 – Engineers who intend to take the Fundamentals of Engineering state exam in the fall to obtain professional licensure are encouraged to enroll in a review course…
Review Course for State Board Exam in Engineering Offered at UH This Fall
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 Studies…
High School Seniors Explore Engineering at UH
The 2013 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala was held at the Petroleum Club of Houston on Thursday, June 13, 2013. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering Alumni Association, recognizes the professional…
PHOTOS: Engineering Alumni Awards Gala 2013
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
Vita Como, director of the UH Cullen College of Engineering's career center, has devoted much of her career to passing on words of wisdom to soon-to-be college graduates on how they can land their dream jobs straight out of…
Director of Engineering Career Center Featured in Houston Chronicle: Job-Landing Advice for College Students
Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, today announced that it will be working with the University of Houston System and nine other state university systems and public university flagships to explore the…
Ten State University Systems and Public Flagships, including UH System, Join Coursera to Explore MOOC-based Learning and Collaboration on Campus
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
Ask any professor: A good idea alone isn’t likely to receive serious research funding. Big awards almost always have some data that supports the project, that shows the researcher’s idea should work. In a classic catch-22, though…
UH Seed Funding Supports New Research in Catalysis, Nanofabrication
Professor Michael Economides in the UH Cullen College of Engineering's department of chemical and biomolecular engineering contributed an article titled "The president's legacy on energy" to The Hill's Congress Blog, published on…
ChBE's Michael Economides Writes The Hill's Congress Blog: "The President's Legacy on Energy"
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
This month, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the 2013 winners of the UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty awards, in recognition of outstanding performance in teaching, research and service. Karolos Grigoriadis, Professor of…
Cullen College Honors Faculty for Excellence in Teaching and Research
The 2013 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala will be held at the Petroleum Club of Houston on Thursday, June 13, 2013. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering Alumni Association, recognizes the professional…
UH EAA Honors Distinguished Alumni, Faculty
Congratulations, Cullen College of Engineering grads!! View photos from last Saturday's commencement at our Flickr page.
Photos: UH Cullen College of Engineering Commencement!
Earlier this week, the University of Houston hosted a panel discussion at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) which focused on our success in working with the energy industry to establish the popular undergraduate petroleum…
UH Offshore Technology Conference Featured in FuelFix
The University of Houston will be live streaming this Saturday's commencement for the Cullen College of Engineering. The spring 2013 engineering commencement will take place this Saturday, May 11th, 9:00am to 11:00am at the…
Watch This Saturday's Commencement From Your Computer!

 


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