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Women in Engineering Become Women in Red at Spring Event March 30, 2017The Cullen College played host to the 3rd Women in Engineering spring event on March 8. The free event was funded by alumna Cynthia Oliver Coleman, P... |
 The Cullen College played host to the 3rd Women in Engineering spring event on March 8. The free event was funded by alumna Cynthia Oliver Coleman, P.E. (BSChE ’71). The event took place at the UH Hilton and included female engineering students, faculty and alumnae. Aside from networking, those in attendance were inducted into the Women in Red Movement, which will serve as a registry of female students and alumnae to serve as mentors for one another. |
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Senior’s Hologram Software Could be Used to Augment Reality March 24, 2017This article was originally published in the Daily Cougar. Please click here to read the article on the Daily Cougar website. Wearing a bulky... |
 This article was originally published in the Daily Cougar. Please click here to read the article on the Daily Cougar website.
Wearing a bulky version of La Forge’s visor from “Star Trek,” a man pinches and pulls the air in front of him; behind the lens of his futuristic goggles, reality is altered. |
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Hadi Ghasemi Creates New Material, Breaks Limits of Leidenfrost Phenomenon March 13, 2017UH engineer Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, is set to change history with his invention of a new material... |
 UH engineer Hadi Ghasemi, Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering, is set to change history with his invention of a new material that provides efficient heat dissipation at high temperatures and eliminates a 250-year-old scientific event known as the Leidenfrost Phenomenon. |
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PHOTOS: John Rogers Shares the Future of Soft Electronics for the Human Body at Engineering Rockwell Lecture March 10, 2017Imagine an electronic “tattoo” on your skin that could continuously monitor your health, or tiny, biocompatible sensors that could treat a traumatic... |
 Imagine an electronic “tattoo” on your skin that could continuously monitor your health, or tiny, biocompatible sensors that could treat a traumatic brain injury at the site. It may seem like science fiction, or at least a dream of a very distant future – but as John Rogers of Northwestern University explained to the UH community last week, these are both current examples of biocompatible devices that can integrate with the human body. |
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Engineering Student Op-Ed: Significant Figures March 2, 2017Significant Figures: A reflection on the film ‘Hidden Figures’ by an engineering student who hides her figure |
 Significant Figures: A reflection on the film ‘Hidden Figures’ by an engineering student who hides her figure |
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Making smart buildings smarter: mechanical engineering alumnus invents smart building technology March 2, 2017From his office in west Houston, UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Giancarlo Mitterhofer (BSME ’03) looks down at his smartphone and realizes... |
 From his office in west Houston, UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Giancarlo Mitterhofer (BSME ’03) looks down at his smartphone and realizes two things: he’s not making as much money as he could and his environmental footprint is growing instead of shrinking. |
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UH Society of Women Engineers Hosts High Schoolers March 2, 2017Approximately 120 Houston high school students blasted onto the UH campus to launch into engineering! The 5th annual “Launch into Engineering” is a... |
 Approximately 120 Houston high school students blasted onto the UH campus to launch into engineering! The 5th annual “Launch into Engineering” is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) outreach event to attract college-bound students to the STEM fields. |
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PHOTOS: Sharon Wood Shares Plans for Monitoring Deteriorating Concrete Bridges at Engineering Rockwell Lecture February 28, 2017If you drive in the U.S., the chances are pretty high that you’ve driven over a structurally deficient bridge at some point or another. In fact, over... |
 If you drive in the U.S., the chances are pretty high that you’ve driven over a structurally deficient bridge at some point or another. In fact, over two hundred million trips are taken each day across deficient bridges in America’s 102 largest metropolitan regions, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Report Card for America’s Infrastructure. |
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UH Engineer Explains Cellular Transport, Journal Publishes His Findings February 27, 2017In the high-energy world of Ashutosh Agrawal, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, two things turn the head of the man who always seems to... |
 In the high-energy world of Ashutosh Agrawal, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, two things turn the head of the man who always seems to be spinning with excitement about science: Discovering how nature works and seeing what happens when students understand it. “The two best parts of this profession are when you discover something fundamental and when you see that spark of understanding in a student’s eyes when you explain it,” said Agrawal. |
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Cullen College in the Community – Partnership with iEducate Teaches Success February 24, 2017When Jameel Jordan became a petroleum engineering student at the Cullen College he never dreamed he'd also become a mentor to third graders. “It... |
 When Jameel Jordan became a petroleum engineering student at the Cullen College he never dreamed he'd also become a mentor to third graders. “It never crossed my mind,” said Jordan. But the opportunity found him when he learned of iEducate, a group that pays you to share your knowledge of STEM courses (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) with students in Houston’s underserved communities. It seemed a good fit. Turns out it was perfect. |