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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
A longtime Cullen College of Engineering professor was recently named a Moore Distinguished Scholar by the California Institute of Technology. Fazle Hussain, Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of…
UH Engineering Professor Receives High Honor From Caltech
Days before residents on the Gulf coast were evacuated for Hurricane Ike, aircrafts were ferrying crews in the area from the offshore rigs and platforms responsible for a quarter of U.S. oil and 15 percent of natural gas…
Adjunct Professor Develops Technology to Aid Energy Company in Hurricanes
Tunisia, on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa and its close neighbor, Egypt, will each become regular stamps in the passports of two engineering faculty members during the next three years. A nearly $60,000 grant received…
NSF Grant to Fund Cross Country Collaborations for UH Researchers
Funds from a nearly $400,000 grant received by two mechanical engineering professors could help researchers better understand the origins of the super-charged piezoelectric effect at the nanoscale. Building on research he’s…
Grant to Help Further Study of Nanoscale Piezoelectric Effect
Shola Nurudeen may be a little more excited than most about Monday’s broadcast of the 2008 Olympic Games. That’s because her son, Selim Nurudeen, will be competing for her home country of Nigeria in the preliminary heats of the…
Son of UH Engineering Lecturer to Compete in Olympic Games
Two mechanical engineering professors will have a hand in creating technology that could give those on the long waiting list for a heart transplant a second chance. Matthew A. Franchek, biomedical engineering program director and…
Engineering Professors Part of Study on New Artificial Heart Technology
Seven faculty members from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering in May received grants totaling more than $500,000 from the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program. ARP is a competitive, peer-reviewed grant…
Engineering Professors Among Select Few to Receive State ARP Funding
Ralph W. Metcalfe, professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering and mathematics, was recently appointed chair of the National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Devices Study Section. The study section’s scientific review…
Engineering Professor to Head NIH Study Section