The Energy Coalition, a collaborative University of Houston student organization, is hosting the 2019 Energy Night on Monday, November 4, at the Student Center. The event will bring in leading experts who can share insights and…
New flexible biocompatible sensor targets cardiovascular diseases
Wearable electronics – from smartwatches to fitness trackers – are experiencing rapid growth in recent years. New technological advances are prioritizing even more…
Device is First Step Toward a More Sophisticated Artificial Nervous System
In work that combines a deep understanding of the biology of soft-bodied animals such as earthworms with advances in materials and electronic technologies…
Jerrod Henderson Recognized for Diversity and Student Success Efforts
Jerrod Henderson, instructional associate professor at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, will receive the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni Award from his alma…
The Inside Story of a Tech Startup
SurfEllent, a UH startup which brings innovative and durable anti-icing coating technologies to the market, is hot, hot, hot! It has raised $470,000 in funding and the year is not over yet.
The…
New Method Fills a Need in Emerging Applications for Electronic Devices
Contact lenses that can monitor your health as well as correct your eyesight aren’t science fiction, but an efficient manufacturing method – finding a way to…
Three mechanical engineering professors at the UH Cullen College of Engineering won grants from the National Science Foundation totaling $867,309. These funds enable professors to work on critical research on various topics that…
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is kicking off the 2019-2020 academic year by welcoming seven new faculty members to its teaching and research rosters. They bring expertise in a wide variety of fields ranging from…
The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual meeting on August 22nd at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. This annual event furthers the EAA’s mission of championing, supporting and uniting the Cullen College’s students, faculty…
This summer, UH Engineering hosted over 40 college students from the South China University of Technology for the first-ever, three-week resilient civil infrastructure summer workshop.
The program (July 19- August 12, 2019) led…
NSF grant to Rice, UH, Texas Southern will help future science, engineering professors
HOUSTON – (Aug. 13, 2019) – Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the University of Houston (UH) have won a multimillion-dollar…
UH Cullen College partners with HCC to Better Serve Students, Industries
The recently announced partnership between the new University of Houston at Katy – set to open this fall – and Houston Community College (HCC) to enable…
Device Also Can Serve as Robotic Skin, Relaying Information Back to the User
Wearable human-machine interfaces – devices that can collect and store important health information about the wearer, among other uses – have benefited…
Faculty, students recognized for innovation, creative entrepreneurial spirit
Innovation is the engine that drives all of humanity’s greatest achievements – from the creation of the first wheel to electricity to heart transplants…
The American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) honored the UH Cullen College of Engineering with an award recognizing its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness.
The college is one of 74 engineering programs around the…
‘To the moon and beyond’ marks 50th anniversary of first lunar landing
The Conversation, an independent and not-for-profit publisher of news, commentary and analysis, is marking the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing with a…
Kamel Salama, former professor of mechanical engineering with the UH Cullen College of Engineering, died Friday, July 12, 2019 at M.D. Anderson Hospital following an extended illness. He was 87.
Passionate about science and…
Engineering Students Learn as They Travel
While many people dream of seeing the world one day, a group of UH Cullen College of Engineering students recently returned from Brazil as part of the first engineering faculty-led study…
Pradeep Sharma, M.D. Anderson Professor and chair of the mechanical engineering department at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, is having a good year. He received the 2019 James R. Rice Medal from the Society of Engineering…
SurfEllent, a startup which brings innovative durable anti-icing coating technologies to the market, competed in the Texas A&M New Ventures Competition (TNVC) for the first time this year and performed extremely well. It won…
