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Surya Pratap Singh Solanki, a Ph.D. candidate from the Cullen College of Engineering's William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been picked to serve as co-chair for the next Gordon Research…
ChBE's Solanki named co-chair of upcoming GRS
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized 15 members of the faculty, staff and students at its 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 2. A full photo gallery can be found on…
Cullen honors 15 at 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
The University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has improved two spots, to 69th overall of U.S. Engineering schools, in the latest yearly rankings by the U.S. News & World Report. Excluding private colleges and…
Cullen improves marks in latest U.S. News Grad School rankings
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has been chosen for a prestigious Associate Editor position of Macromolecules, a publication of the American Chemical Society. Megan L. Robertson, Cullen College of Engineering…
ChBE's Robertson named Associate Editor of Macromolecules
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to the 16 students who have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for the 2022-23 academic year. Students are nominated by professors, with one junior and one…
Cullen recognizes 16 Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for 2022-23
The University of Houston's Engineering Alumni Association honored 42 different students with more than $21,000 in scholarships at the 2023 Engineer's Week Program, hosted in February Daniel Herrera, an Electrical Engineering…
More than 40 students honored at EAA celebration
For several years, the mentoring work of Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been recognized internally. He has earned research and…
ChBE's Rimer wins Outstanding Mentor Award from CSGS
Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy test, then you’ve taken what is scientifically…
Enhancing At-Home COVID Tests with Glow-In-The Dark Materials
A doctoral student from the Cullen College of Engineering is the latest member of the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program, after a competitive application and…
Doctoral student Sensenbach earns DoD SMART scholarship
Four University of Houston professors have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for their achievements in innovation that are making an impact around the world. James Briggs, Triantafillos…
Cullen's Mountziaris Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors
Controlling Crystal Growth Has Implications for Array of Medicines Yes, dolphins get kidney stones, too. And how did we find this out? You can thank the Navy. In fact, move over Navy SEAL – the bottlenose dolphin is another…
Dolphin Research Leads to New Method to Possibly Improve Pharmaceuticals
A team of researchers at the University of Houston is reporting the success of their new method for the early diagnosis and monitoring of lupus nephritis – at home. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy test, then you’…
Early Diagnosis and Monitoring of Lupus Nephritis – On Your Smartphone
After contributing for several years to the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Assistant Professor Jerrod A. Henderson will now have a more direct role in its development following his selection as…
ChBE's Henderson picked for associate editor position
Cynthia Oliver Coleman P.E., a distinguished alumni of the Cullen College of Engineering and a longtime supporter of the university, is one of seven women that received Fellow Grade in 2022 from the Society of Women Engineers at…
Alum Coleman P.E. honored as Fellow Grade by SWE
Being elected to Fellow status as part of the 2022 class for the American Physical Society for Jacinta C. Conrad – Frank M. Tiller Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the…
ChBE's Conrad chosen as 2022 APS Fellow
If there's one thing that Cullen College of Engineering graduate Mona Setoodeh would stress to the young women entering the workforce, it would be for them to not shy away from advocating for themselves. “Know what you're worth,…
ChBE grad Setoodeh, president of CH-IV, newest board member
For Mingjian Wen, a new Assistant Professor and Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, the interplay of…
ChBE's Wen aims to address renewable energy challenges with computers
Aman Agrawal, a Ph.D. student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, was among those presenting at this year's prestigious Gordon Research Conference…
ChBE's Agrawal elected to chair Gordon Research Seminar
Megan Robertson, Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named one of the 45 Fellows of the 2022 class of the American Chemical Society. The fellows program began in…
ChBE's Robertson earns ACS Fellow status
A doctoral student in the William A. Brookshire Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been selected for a prestigious workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.…
ChBE's Singh picked for MIT Rising Stars workshop

 


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