Two Engineering Presentations on Docket at Annual American Chemical Society Meeting
(August 23, 2004) UH Engineering Professors Shankar Chellam and Ramanan Krishnamoorti will be making presentations at the 228th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Aug. 22-26 in Philadelphia.

UH Engineer Stanley Kleis Receives Public Service Award from NASA
(August 19, 2004) Stanley Kleis, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, received one of NASA’s highest honors, the Public Service Medal, at the NASA Honor Awards Ceremony Tuesday at the Johnson Space Center. The award recognizes exceptional contributions to the mission of NASA by those who are not government employees. Pictured is William F. Readdy pinning Stanley Kleis with the Public Service Medal. Photo by Jeff Shaw.

Sen. Hutchison, Rep. Culberson Announce NanoHealth Funding
(August 18, 2004) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Houston) were on campus Aug. 18 to announce federal funding for the new Alliance for NanoHealth, of which the University of Houston is a founding member. Pictured are UH Engineering Dean Raymond Flumerfelt and Steven Pei meet with Conrad Masterson from the Nanotechnology Foundation of Texas. Photo by Jeff Shaw.

Sen. Hutchison, Rep. Culberson at UH to Announce NanoHealth Funding
(August 17, 2004) Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and Rep. John Culberson (R-Houston) will be on campus at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 18, to announce federal funding for the new Alliance for NanoHealth, of which the University of Houston is a founding member. The alliance, a coalition of five Houston research institutions, has been awarded $2.8 million in federal funds as part of the recently approved Department of Defense’s appropriations bill. Hutchison and Culberson led the way in acquiring this money along with Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Sugar Land).