›› Partnership to Boost Education, Research Overseas
The Qatar National Research Fund recently awarded UH engineering researchers two separate grants totaling $2.4 million to collaborate with researchers in that country not only to advance science research, but also education. The first grant will fund research to explore ways of eliminating harmful pollutants from vehicle exhaust without sacrificing fuel efficiency. The second grant will fund research into structural health monitoring, whereas researchers will measure the vibration response of objects to not only detect potential damage, but also the extent. Read more…

›› UH Alumnus to Lead Spacewalks on 128th Space Shuttle Flight
UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Danny Olivas (1993 MSME) will be aboard NASA shuttle Discovery when it launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this month. Bound for the International Space Station, the crew of the STS-128 mission will be spending 13 days in outer space to replace an ammonia tank used to move excess heat from inside the space station to radiators outside as well as retrieve a large pallet of science experiments from outside the station's Columbus Laboratory to bring back to Earth. Read more…

›› Youngster's Engineering Aspirations Realized at UH
Logan Craft, a 10-year-old from Baytown, toured the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering recently after penning a handwritten letter directly to the UH system president expressing interest in the mechanical engineering program. Craft wrote the letter during college week at his elementary school just prior to the summer break. He said he hoped to learn more about UH, which he has pegged as his first choice university. Read more…

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Undergraduate Students: Important Curriculum Info

Course Announcment: MECE 3345 will now be offered in both long semesters. This class has grown to nearly 50 students and climbing, so if your schedule allows, please consider taking the same lecture in the Spring 08. Students taking MECE 3345 in the spring may take MECE 3245 (lab) next Fall 08 or later. As before, MECE 3245 will continue to be offered both long semesters.