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On Thursday, February 7th, nearly 1,400 UH engineering students flocked to the UH Hilton to interview and meet with representatives from 110 of Houston’s leading companies at the spring 2019 Engineering Career Fair. Each year,…
Photos: UH Engineering Welcomes Over 100 Companies to Recruit Engineering Students
Meet Dwight Theriot, UH Cullen College 2018-2019 Outstanding Senior 2018-2019 Cullen College Outstanding Senior Dwight Theriot Graduation Year: 2018 Major: Mechanical Engineering GPA: 3.84 Dwight Theriot, a decorated U.S. Army…
Texas Veteran Achieves Dreams of Space and Engineering
Flexible, Low-Cost Solar Cell Device Key to Affordable Energy The journal Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications featured an article on the collaborative work of two UH Cullen College of Engineering research groups…
UH Research Breakthrough Lands Journal Cover
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported significant advances in stretchable electronics, moving the field closer to commercialization. In a paper published Friday, Feb. 1, in Science Advances, they outlined…
Researchers Report Advances in Stretchable Rubbery Semiconductors, Rubbery Integrated Electronics
Work Has Implications for Aircraft, Power Transmission Lines and More Icy weather is blamed for multibillion dollar losses every year in the United States, including delays and damage related to air travel, infrastructure and…
UH Researchers Report Breakthrough in Ice-Repelling Materials
The UH Cullen College celebrated the graduation of more than 400 engineers at the fall 2018 commencement ceremony on Thursday, December 13, hosted at the NRG Arena. The proud graduates included 253 bachelor's, 208 master’s and 30…
Photos: UH Engineering Celebrates More Than 400 Graduates at Fall 2018 Commencement
Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston, has been named a 2019 Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The honor is in recognition…
UH Superconductor Expert & Alum Elevated to IEEE Fellow
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering and several of its programs are ranked among the “best of the best” institutions in the country for veterans to earn degrees by College Factual in its 2019 Best for Vets…
UH Cullen College Ranked Among Top Engineering Schools for Veterans
Kyoseung Sim, who finished his Ph.D. in materials science and engineering under the guidance of mechanical engineering professor Cunjiang Yu this summer, won the Cullen College of Engineering’s Best Dissertation Award for his…
Materials Engineering Student Wins Best Dissertation Award for Soft and Curvilinear Wearable Electronics
Society of Engineering Science Honors Pradeep Sharma With the 2019 James R. Rice Medal Pradeep Sharma, M.D. Anderson Professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, received…
UH Mechanical Engineering Chairman Wins Prestigious National Award
American Chemical Society awards grant to mechanical engineer to study gas hydrates World-renowned for their anti-icing materials and research, UH engineer Hadi Ghasemi and his research group are applying their expertise to a new…
Unclogging Pipelines: New Research Promises Safer, More Efficient Offshore Oil Production
Terrance “Terri” Ivers, P.E. (BSME ’80), is coming home to the UH Cullen College of Engineering as the featured speaker at its commencement on Dec. 13 at the NRG Arena. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical…
Distinguished Alumnus, Bilfinger Executive to be UH Cullen College Fall 2018 Commencement Speaker
Collaboration Includes Research Opportunities for Faculty and Students The University of Houston announced a new collaboration with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Friday, including a $10 million gift from HPE to the…
UH Data Science Institute Receives $10 Million Boost from Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Materials Science Postdoc Takes Home Top Poster Prize A postdoctoral researcher working on soft functional electronic human machine interfacing (HMI) devices with the Yu Research Group at the University of Houston won first place…
Wearable Human Machine Interface Device Wins Big at 2018 Materials Today Conference
UH Cullen College’s REU Programs Focus on Materials Science, Neurotechnologies For 10 weeks over the summer, undergraduate students from across the U.S. became bonafide engineering researchers, working alongside some of UH Cullen…
Undergrads From Across the Country Work As UH Engineering Researchers Over Summer
Three online master’s programs in the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for providing high return on investment and best value in the 2019 Best Online Colleges rankings released by SR Education…
Bang for Your Buck: Three UH Engineering Online Master’s Programs Ranked Among Top in Nation for Return on Investment
Haleh Ardebili’s flexible, bendable and stretchable batteries powered through the competition at the NASA iTech Cycle 3 and earned a space among the top ten finalists. NASA iTech is a program that fosters innovative solutions to…
UH Startup Exostretch Powers to Top Ten Finalist Position with Battery of the Future
Haleh Ardebili, Bill D. Cook associate professor of mechanical engineering, was recently appointed as director of the UH Cullen College of Engineering's Innovation and Entrepreneurship initiative. Ardebili, an award-winning…
Haleh Ardebili Takes Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative to New Heights
Research end goal: 'improve the quality of human life.' When it comes to dangerous natural phenomenon, most people think of events like hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes. Hadi Ghasemi – Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of…
UH Engineering Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Ice Formation and Fight Icing
The Donation Will Allow Graduate Students to Work with NOV Engineers National Oilwell Varco has donated $1 million to the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston, a gift that will allow students earning their…
$1 Million Gift from NOV Boosts UH Engineering Research