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ME graduate walks in commencement six decades after earning degree When John Berry Rogers (1950 BSME) attended the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering things were a lot different. The roads were not paved,…
Realizing a Dream
Bewildered faces no longer surprise Tom Wertz and Erik Pesek. It’s come to be a common reaction when these two University of Houston baseball players tell people they are pursuing engineering degrees. “It’s typical,” said Wertz,…
The Whiz Kids of UH Baseball
Although the U.S. electric power industry is one of the greatest engineering marvels of the 20th century, aging technology and an increase in demand create problems for the electricity infrastructure that need to be fixed. Venkat…
Engineering Researcher to Modernize Power Grid
The University of Houston executed two license agreements with SuperPower, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics. One agreement covers the intellectual property on second-generation (2G) high temperature…
UH, SuperPower Sign Superconducting Wire License Agreements
Mohammad Wasy Akhtar, a University of Houston mechanical engineering graduate student, was selected as this year’s recipient of the South Texas Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineering’s Hugh Scott Cameron Award…
Graduate Student Nabs ASME Scholarship
Two University of Houston professors are helping to keep your heart beating stronger, longer simply by monitoring the temperature of your fingertip. VENDYS, a device mechanical engineering professors Stanley Kleis and Ralph…
Engineering Researchers to Improve Test for Cardiovascular Disease
For more than two decades John Lienhard has told the stories of how human creativity forms our culture through the KUHF Radio program, “The Engines of Our Ingenuity.” A professor emeritus of mechanical engineering and history at…
CD Inspired by Radio Show Hosted by Engineering Professor to Benefit KUHF
New applied research hub to push commercialization of superconductor technology The University of Houston has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the state’s Emerging Technology Fund to aid in the development and…
Governor Presents UH With Grant to Advance Superconductivity in Texas
Christiana Chang lives where temperatures rarely dip low enough to produce snow let alone ice. Yet in a lab at the University of Houston she is in the midst of perfecting something that just may garner a smile from those in…
Technology Being Developed in UH Lab Could Put an End to Icy Commutes
Funding awarded to one University of Houston professor by the National Science Foundation is expected to advance energy research as part of a new International Institute for Multifunctional Materials for Energy Conversion (IIMEC…
Engineering Professor Part of International Center
Selvamanickam honored by Wire & Cable Technology International For contributions to the development and commercialization of second-generation high temperature superconducting wire, Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson…
UH Researcher Recognized for Technical Achievements
A country north of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf, Qatar ranks among the top 20 producers of oil worldwide. Though the natural resource is the cornerstone of their economy, Qatar wants more. Recently, they dedicated 2.8 percent…
Partnership to Boost Education, Research Overseas
Wide array of profitable, rare programs offered at UH In recent weeks Kaytie Curttright (2009 BSChE) has been settling into work as an engineer with Samsung Austin Semiconductors. The position, which has her responsible for…
Lucrative Lessons: Engineering Pegged as Degree With Highest Starting Salary
As a child, John “Danny” Olivas (1993 MSME) used to wonder what lay beyond the stars he peered at through a telescope on the roof of his El Paso, Texas home. These nights he spent with his father looking through the lens of the…
UH Alumnus to Lead Spacewalks on 128th Space Shuttle Flight
Logan Craft’s summer has started off like any other grade school students'. He visited the beach in Galveston, attended camp and spent several long days getting into mischief with friends. There is, of course, one exception. This…
Youngster's Engineering Aspirations Realized at UH
A device being developed by a team of researchers from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering could make it unnecessary for more than 23 million diabetics to submit to daily finger pricks to test glucose levels…
Study by UH Researchers Could Help Diabetics Better Monitor Glucose Levels
Students from two University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering departments were among those recognized at a luncheon on campus today honoring area engineering students’ high academic achievement. Hosted by the Texas…
College Names Outstanding Engineering Students
Larry Witte has just about enough hats to cover every day of the month tucked away in his closet. These baseball-style caps are not about fashion for this professor of mechanical engineering. Each represent a year he’s organized…
College to Host 20th Annual Engineering Golf Tournament
The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) announced Dec. 19 Fazle Hussain, Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is among three elected to the academy’s…
UH Professor Elected to Board of Directors for Texas Academy
A treatment being developed by two University of Houston researchers could allow athletes playing in the National Football League a faster return to the field after injury. With the support of $118,693 in grant funding from…
NFL Grant Supports Gene Therapy Study to Benefit Athletes