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Photo by Thomas Shea University Opens State-of-the-Art Clean Room

Researchers from Greater Houston area welcome Even the tiniest speck of dust can be a nuisance when you are working with nano-sized objects. That’s because these objects are so…
Wallace "Wally" Anderson poses outside the engineering buildings last spring. Photo by Thomas Shea Former Engineering Professor, Department Chair Dies

Wallace “Wally” Anderson, a former University of Houston department chair, died Tuesday in Galveston as a result of complications following a fall. He was 87. During his 39 years…
Zimmerman Partnership to Boost Education, Research Overseas

A country north of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf, Qatar ranks among the top 20 producers of oil worldwide. Though the natural resource is the cornerstone of their economy,…
Chemical engineering senior Rhys Forgie works in the lab as part the college's Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Photo by Thomas Shea. Lucrative Lessons: Engineering Pegged as Degree With Highest Starting Salary

Wide array of profitable, rare programs offered at UH In recent weeks Kaytie Curttright (2009 BSChE) has been settling into work as an engineer with Samsung Austin…
Metin Akay, recently named founding chair of the college's new department of biomedical engineering, shares his vision for the future of biomedical sciences at University of Houston at BioHouston's August Breakfast Forum on Aug. 21, 2009. Photo by Thomas Shea. Founding Chair Named to Department of Biomedical Engineering

Internationally known researcher, educator from ASU to fill spot Metin Akay has been tasked with leading the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s new…
College Research Expenditures See Increase, Set Record

Research grant and contract expenditures by University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering faculty totaled more than $21.8 million in fiscal year 2009, the largest ever on…