UH-Led Alliance Finalist for DOE's New Wind Turbine Research Center
(March 14, 2007) The University of Houston-led Lone Star Wind Alliance has been named one of two finalists for the Department of Energy’s new large-scale wind turbine research and development facility. Cullen College of Engineering Dean Raymond Flumerfelt and Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering Su Su Wang submitted the proposal to DOE on behalf of the alliance—made up of universities, government agencies and corporate partners—in an effort to attract the project to the Texas Coast.

Flumerfelt Interview, Biz Radio Download MP3 (7.2 MB | 7:52 min) Aired March 14, 2007

Cullen College Professor Wins Engineering Education Grant
(March 12, 2007) Julie Trenor, instructional and research assistant professor and director of undergraduate student recruitment and retention at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has won a grant to attend the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference & Exposition. Trenor was one of only four engineering educators from across the country to be awarded an ASEE-Engineering Research & Methods (ERM) Apprentice Faculty Grant.

UH Engineering Students Take Second in Regional Design Competition
(March 6, 2007) A team of four freshman engineering students won second place in the Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference (TREC) design competition in February. The design team from the PROMES section of ENGI 1100—Sheresa Burkey (CE), Crystal Ibarra (CE), Marie Politte (ME) and Mauricio Salto (CE)—beat out 25 teams from four other universities, including Kansas State University, Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University.