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For undergraduates seeking an enriched academic experience, spending a summer conducting research opens a world of opportunities. Students from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering who are on the track to…
Engineering Research Gives Undergrads an Academic Boost
It sounds like the setup to a bad joke: How many engineers does it take to boil water? Actually, to do so as efficiently as possible, it takes two (plus their research teams). The two in question are Dong Liu and Paul Ruchhoeft,…
Cooling System Research Wins NSF Support
Friends and colleagues gathered to honor Professor Larry Witte at a reception this month, celebrating his exemplary career of 45 years at the University of Houston. Witte joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in 1967 as…
Longtime Mechanical Engineering Professor Larry Witte Retires
They are called the Oscars of the science world, and a professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has just won his second in three years. Venkat Selvamanickam, MD Anderson Chair Professor of…
Selvamanickam Wins Second R&D 100 Award in Three Years
The defining characteristic of nanotechnology, where devices and their features are measured in billionths of a meter, is size. But size isn’t the only thing that sets the nano-realm apart. Materials and devices can behave…
Paper Outlines First Observation of Nano-scale Phenomenon
The University of Houston has awarded Gangbing Song, professor of mechanical engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering, a 2012 Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award. Pradeep Sharma, chairman of the mechanical…
Song Wins Research Award from UH
John Lienhard, M. D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Technology and Culture with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, is no stranger to mass media. He has been broadcast thousands of times on public ratio…
Lienhard’s Inventing Modern Featured by Amazon
From finding directions to making phone calls, working on laptops to driving hybrid and electric cars, much of life is lived through battery-powered devices. It’s no surprise, then, that developing better batteries is a major…
Researcher Improves Batteries through Hybrid Nanoparticles
David Zimmerman, a professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Zimmerman earned his doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical…
College Mourns Passing of ME Professor David Zimmerman
A team of four undergraduates in the UH Cullen College of Engineering have been named semi-finalists for the MIT Clean Energy Prize, an energy innovation competition. This is the first time that UH has been represented in the…
Engineering Undergrads Represent UH in Energy Innovation Challenge
Cullen College Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gangbing Song has been named the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Professional Service Award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The…
ASCE Honors Professor Song for Aerospace Service
The Cullen College of Engineering has welcomed a new faculty member to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Philippe Masson joins the department as an assistant professor. In his previous appointment as a research…
UH Department of Mechanical Engineering Welcomes New Faculty Member
The UH Cullen College of Engineering has named Pradeep Sharma the new chair of its Department of Mechanical Engineering, an appointment effective Jan. 1, 2012. Sharma, who has been with the college since 2004, has been named…
Sharma Named Chair of UH Mechanical Engineering
Students with the University of Houston’s Honors Engineering Program (HEP) recently participated in a Habitat for Humanity build project earlier this month in northeast Houston. In the joint event with KBR, HEP students helped…
Honors Engineering Students Build Habitat for Humanity Home
The University of Houston will lead a public-private research team that has been awarded $3.1 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a low-cost superconducting wire that could be used to power future wind…
UH-led Team Receives $3.1 Million DOE Award to Develop Superconducting Wire for Wind Turbines
Researchers with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have won a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program to acquire one of the most advanced systems in the…
NSF-MRI Grant Bolsters Cullen College Failure Mechanics Research
Engineering, construction and services firm KBR has made a $50,000 donation to the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s new Subsea Engineering Program. The program focuses on the design and installation of underwater infrastructure…
KBR Makes Gift to Subsea Program
Individuals suffering from devastating spinal cord injuries may one day benefit from research being conducted at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. Dong Liu, assistant professor with the college’s Department…
Professor Developing Injection-Based Paralysis Treatment
Students from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering spent their summer conducting research as part of the 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The fellowship provides funding for…
Engineering Students Perform Interdisciplinary Research
Houston energy professionals gathered for Subsea Engineering Industry Day on Tuesday, hosted by the UH Cullen College of Engineering and McDermott International Inc. The event focused on the UH Subsea Engineering Program, and…
Energy Professionals Give Feedback on Subsea Engineering Program