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Four students from the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering have earned prestigious internships from the Air Force Research Laboratory. With a staff of roughly 4,200…
Four ME students earn summer internships at AFRL
The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is now the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. This change reflects a strengthened commitment to aerospace and…
Mechanical Engineering Department Changes Name
The University of Houston Cullen College Engineering is proud to name Karolos Grigoriadis, Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering, as the new Chair of the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, effective July 1. A…
Grigoriadis Named New Chair For The Department Of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
HOUSTON — Houston Swimming & Diving senior diver Hedda Grelz was named the Big 12 Women's Swimming & Diving Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league announced Wednesday. Grelz, a Spring 2024 graduate with a degree in…
ME grad Grelz named Big 12 Women's Swimming & Diving Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year
For Pradeep Sharma, the Cullen College of Engineering has literally been a second home. The 20-year University of Houston faculty member has spent countless hours engaged in research, teaching, mentorship and other activities…
Sharma Named Dean of UH Cullen College of Engineering
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering is part of a multi-million dollar research effort led by the University of Nevada that aims to decarbonize domestic iron and steel production. Ben Xu, an assistant professor in the…
ME's Xu part of $2M research into iron, steel production decarbonization
The University of Houston System ranks among the top 100 universities across the nation for the number of utility patents issued in 2023 on a list published today by the National Academy of Inventors. Utility patents are among…
UH System Ranks Among Top 100 U.S. Universities for Utility Patents
A celebratory contingent of cougars took over city hall on the afternoon of Tuesday, June 4, 2024, as the Houston City Council issued a proclamation for Cullen College Day. A photo gallery from the day can be found here! The…
Houston City Council celebrates Cullen College Day
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized the hard work and efforts of its entire workforce at the 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 8. For a full gallery of photos from…
College recognizes outstanding personnel at 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
With a multi-million-dollar grant from NASA, the University of Houston will open an aerospace engineering research center to support the space agency's strategic goal of extending human presence on the moon and Mars for…
UH Opening Aerospace Engineering Research Center with $5M NASA Grant
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! Replay available shortly after as well. Hello there to all friends and family of the Cullen College of Engineering's Spring 2024 graduation class! In honor of…
 2024 Cullen Spring Commencement Live Blog - Ceremony 1
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! Replay available shortly after as well. Hello there to all friends and family of the Cullen College of Engineering's Spring 2024 graduation class! In honor of…
 2024 Cullen Spring Commencement Live Blog - Ceremony 2
The Offshore Technology Conference is recognizing two University of Houston Cougars — one alumnus and one faculty member — among the conference’s 2024 Emerging Leaders. They are among an esteemed group of 11 individuals earning a…
Two Cullen Cougars Named 2024 OTC Emerging Leaders
The University of Houston was crowned national champions at the 2024 ITA National Wheelchair Tennis Championships, the premier competition in all of collegiate wheelchair tennis. In a remarkable display of skill, determination…
Cullen student, teammate win National Wheelchair Tennis Championship
When Pradeep Sharma, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and interim dean of the Cullen College of Engineering, won the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
Sharma Wins PNAS Cozzarelli Prize for Paper on Musical Perception
For Theophilus Kaaya, a proud University of Houston alumnus, his connection to his family was an important consideration when it came to initially picking a college, especially since he would be acclimating to the United States…
ME graduate Kaaya parlays doctorate into work at Boeing
A new, $3 million gift will help reinforce the University of Houston’s long-standing mission to provide students with a world-class education and ensure they are given every opportunity to succeed in and out of the classroom. The…
$3 Million Gift Funds New Scholarships for Working Students at UH
For Marzia Cescon, the David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the news in January that she had earned funding for her National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposal came as a welcome surprise. “I had…
ME's Cescon earns CAREER award for automatic control work
Bo Zhao, assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned funding from the National Science Foundation for a pair of research proposals in the past year. In February,…
Zhao earns NSF funding for Kirchhoff's Law, solar research
The University of Houston is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to key leadership roles within the Office of Technology, Transfer, and Innovation (OTTI) under the Division of Energy and…
Two Cullen professors Selected to Help Advance Technology, Innovation at UH