Extreme Environment Workshop: Design for Survival -- Where and When it Matters Most
Take part in an interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate level course which explores urgent habitation challenges which are both common and…
According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, less than one of every four workers in a STEM field in the United States is a woman. The science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields are unequivocally male-dominated, and…
The Cullen College of Engineering’s own Bonnie Dunbar, M.D. Anderson Professor of mechanical engineering and Director of Aerospace Engineering, was honored last month by the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, where…
In recent years, the Gulf Coast region has been tremendously affected by the landfall of large hurricanes. In 2005, Category 3 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the coastal regions of Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, and in…
The University of Houston’s colleges of business and engineering have gained new support from one of the city’s energy leaders, which has donated money to a variety of programs and student support services.
Phillips 66, a Houston…
The Cullen College of Engineering’s subsea engineering program was the focus of a new video piece produced by UH Energy featuring two subsea students, Nebolisa Egbunike and Megan Wood.
The subsea engineering department at UH is…
There are a handful of naturally occurring materials, known as piezoelectric materials, which generate electricity if you bend, stretch, or apply another mechanical force to them, and vice versa – if you apply a voltage across…
In the case of Kavita Selva, 14-year-old daughter of M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical Engineering Venkat Selvamanickam, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Selvamanickam, who also serves as director of the Texas…
Plenty of college students around the country are using the summer months to catch up on their favorite TV shows, work on their base tans and reconnect with old friends. For one Cullen College junior, however, these three months…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) was created by the U.S. Congress in 1950 to promote the progress of science and its applications in national functions like healthcare and defense. In the 64 years since its inception, NSF…
Haleh Ardebili, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has won a one-year, $10,000 New Investigator Award from the NASA Texas Space Center Grant Consortium to develop flexible,…
Three crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end more than six months on the orbiting laboratory Tuesday, May 13 (U.S. time), and NASA TV will provide complete coverage of their return to…
Although still a relatively new program to the UH Cullen College of Engineering, the subsea engineering program is already a major player in worldwide subsea engineering education, technological development and policymaking. The…
Gangbing Song, a professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s department of mechanical engineering, measures his achievements in one distinct way. “My students’ success is my success,” he said. But now, his success can be…
Each spring, the University of Houston recognizes exceptional faculty member across the university at the annual UH Faculty Excellence Awards Ceremony. This year, nine Cullen College of Engineering faculty members were honored…
The second installment of this semester’s Rockwell Distinguished Lecture Series last Friday was a packed-house event. “Soft Materials and Soft Machines” was presented by Harvard’s Zhighang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett…
The sun broke through the morning clouds just in time for over 120 golfers to tee off at the 25th annual Cullen College of Engineering golf tournament on Monday, April 7.
The golf tournament, sponsored this year by LJA…
As part of its ongoing effort to support entrepreneurship among its faculty and students, the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is hosting an Intellectual Property Training Series for the second year in a row.…
The Cullen College of Engineering faculty members have made their final decisions on this year’s overall Outstanding Junior and Senior Award recipients, and the winners are Connor Fernandez, chemical engineering junior, and Ryan…
Last November, we told you about a team of UH Cullen College of Engineering students who were chosen to take a coveted ride in NASA’s reduced gravity aircraft, known as the “Vomit Comet.” The UH “Cougarnauts” team members were…
