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Transformative Gift Initiates First Matching Gift by ‘$100 Million Challenge’ for Total Impact of at Least $6.5M The University of Houston has received a $4.5 million gift from the Thomas Michael Panos Family Estate to establish…
$4.5M Gift Supports Endowed Chair, New Lecture Series on Equity and Social Justice
The stature of the Cullen College of Engineering has increased again, as it improved by its ranking by one in the latest edition of U.S. News & World Report, up to the No. 66 rated graduate engineering program in the country…
Cullen College improves again in U.S. News & World Report rankings
A pair of Cullen College of Engineering professors have been honored in the University of Houston's 2021 Faculty Excellence Awards. Muayyad Al-Ubaidi, Ph.D., a professor of Biomedical Engineering, was one of three faculty members…
Al-Ubaidi, Ardebili honored by Faculty Excellence Awards
For University of Houston graduate and native Houstonian Javier Lopez Jr., it was repeated visits to the Space Center Houston with his parents and twin sister Cynthia that kindled a lifelong interest in the stars. “As a little…
ME, Space Architecture graduate Lopez making his interstellar mark
The company founded by a professor at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has received a $750,000 grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory to continue refining “icephobic” coatings for their aircraft,…
Elemental Coatings, Ghasemi receives $750k grant for 'icephobic' coatings
Thanks to a $50,000 grant from Boeing for a six-month lunar surface systems study, a researcher and her team at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering are designing potential rovers and habitats for usage on…
UH’s Bannova designing moon rovers, habitats
Professors at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering have received a $904,554 grant from the Office of Naval Research to procure equipment that will allow Micro-CT imaging, which utilizes x-rays to see inside…
UH expanding into Micro-CT for Advanced Materials development, thanks to Naval Research grant
When Pemu Utienyin examines the world she inhabits every day, the University of Houston junior says that she can’t just ignore the ways in which she could help. “As I walk, I see things, changes that need to be made,” she said. “…
ME student earns Provost’s Undergraduate Research Scholarship
Professor Donald J. Kouri passed away on February 9, 2021. He was 82. He joined the faculty of the University of Houston in 1967, having completed his doctoral studies in physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1965…
In Memoriam: Professor Donald J. Kouri
Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing Song Elected to Senior Member Class of 2021   Three University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researchers have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI…
Three UH Engineers Named to National Academy of Inventors
Six students from the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston have been honored by the Great Minds in STEM organization as 2020 scholars, and been rewarded with scholarships. For more than 30 years, GMiS has…
6 Cullen College students selected for Great Minds in STEM scholarships
Building on his already robust academic achievements from previous years at the University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering student Benjamin Estefano Diaz Villa has been recognized for his accomplishments and chosen as…
Diaz Villa honored as this year’s Outstanding Senior
A professor at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has received a $150,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to continue developing anti-ice coatings for aircrafts. Dr. Hadi Ghasemi, an…
Ghasemi, Elemental Coatings receives $150k grant for ice shedding research
When Wesley Combs was attending Houston Community College in his 10th grade year, he was primarily interested in the liberal arts. Even before graduating, he had written novels, and he thought that would be his career. However,…
Combs earns BEYA STEM award for Student Leadership
Seeing a need in the current literature, a professor from the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering led his colleagues in authoring a review article on developments in the field of nanoengineering. Dr. Hadi…
Review article from Ghasemi magnifies nanoengineering developments
Since January of this year, undergraduate Yonatan Mascorro of the Cullen College of Engineering’s Mechanical Engineering program has started a new morning regime – push-ups. “Well, I started this 25 push-up routine back in…
Cullen College student honored with Hispanic Heritage Youth Activist Award
Several professors and researchers at the University of Houston are among the most cited in the world, according to an October 2020 update by researchers from Stanford about paper citations. “A standardized citation metrics…
Papers from Cullen College of Engineering professors make the grade, analysis finds
Researchers Report Rubbery Bioelectronic Cardiac Patch Pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices used to monitor and treat arrhythmias and other heart problems have generally had one of two drawbacks – they are made with…
Implantable Device Can Monitor and Treat Heart Disease
The Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering ranked No. 6 in College Factual’s most recent rankings for the best value schools for majors. According to statistics provided by…
Mechanical Engineering earns #6 spot for value in College Factual 2021 ranking
Certain species of snake – think pit vipers, boa constrictors and pythons, among others – are able to find and capture prey with uncanny accuracy, even in total darkness. Now scientists have discovered how these creatures are…
How Do Snakes ‘See’ in the Dark? Researchers Have an Answer