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Pradeep Sharma and Matthew Zelisko ME Chairman and Student Publish Paper on World's Thinnest Piezoelectric Material in Nature Communications

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…
Gila Stein Chemical Engineering Researcher Makes Device Fabrication Easier, Thanks to NSF Grant

Have you ever wondered how the tiny components and devices inside of your cell phone are made? The devices inside of your phone and computer – like the integrated circuits,…
Agaoglu with his award-winning poster from the ARVO conference. ECE Ph.D. Student Expands Research to Cover Cross-Eyed Monkeys

If you think computer engineering, Rhesus monkeys and optometry have nothing in common, think again: they have Mehmet Agaoglu. Agaoglu is a Ph.D. student in the electrical and…
Civil & Environmental Engineering Researcher Wins NASA's New Investigator Award

Hyongki Lee, assistant professor in the Cullen College’s department of civil and environmental engineering, has won NASA’s New (Early Career) Investigator Award in Earth Science.…
G.R.A.D.E. Camp Introduces Engineering to a New Generation of Girls G.R.A.D.E. Camp Introduces Engineering to a New Generation of Girls

It’s no secret women are underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. A 2011 report by the U.S. Department of Commerce showed only one…
2014 EAA Gala PHOTOS: 2014 EAA Gala

The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual Alumni Awards Gala on June 12 at the Houston Petroleum Club. The event is held every year in honor of several Cullen…
Cullen College Alumnus and Compaq CEO and Co-Founder Speaks at MIT Enterprise Forum Cullen College Alumnus and Compaq CEO and Co-Founder Speaks at MIT Enterprise Forum

Cullen College alumnus as well as Compaq co-founder and CEO Rod Canion recently spoke about the future of technology at an MIT Enterprise Forum on June 5 at the University of…
DOE Spotlights ChBE Professor on Office of Science Homepage

The Department of Energy (DOE) has highlighted a Cullen College professor on its Office of Science homepage. Megan Robertson, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular…
Ron Cambio stands with PROMES scholarship student at the PROMES 40th Anniversary Reconnect and Mixer. Shell Engineering Retirees Give Endowment to PROMES Program at 40th Anniversary Party

One little known fact about the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s PROMES program (Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies) is that the program’s year-to-…
Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar $1.5M Grant Will Help UH Re-Think 'Gateway' Math, Science Classes

The University of Houston has received a $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to help solve a national shortage in the number of Americans with college…