Seminar Examines Storm Drainage Issues
(September 28, 2001) An archive of the Drainage Forum: The Allison Experience webcast from the conference is now available.

Salary Survey Shows UH Grads Among Tops In Salary
(September 26, 2001) The UH Campus Recruitment Salary Survey shows that most UH graduates received higher salary offers than comparative data of national averages. Recent UH alumni offers ranked higher in five of the nine engineering disciplines, including chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and MS/mechanical, compared to the mean of comparative data.

Engineering Alumni Association Celebrates the College's 60th Anniversary at Homecoming
(September 25, 2001) The Engineering Alumni Association will host a special Homecoming tailgate party to celebrate the UH Cullen College of Engineering's 60th Anniversary on Saturday, October 20. Play in the volleyball tournament, compete in Armchair Olympics, eat BBQ and enjoy children's games and tailgating.

UH Selected for a DOE Project to Improve Arctic Oil Production
(September 24, 2001) Under the direction of UH chemical engineering professor Kishore Mohanty, the special challenges confronting oil producers working in the Arctic will be the focus of a new research project funded through the U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory. UH will receive nearly $600,000 in federal funding for a three-year effort.

Engineering Professor Receives Teaching Award
(September 21, 2001) Devotion to students and excellent teaching evaluations are some of the reasons Keith Hollingsworth, associate professor of mechanical engineering, is receiving the El Paso Energy Teaching Excellence Award in Engineering.

Seminar Examines Storm Drainage Issues
(September 17, 2001) An archive of the Drainage Forum: The Allison Experience webcast and copies of the presentations from the Sept. 14 conference will be posted within the next two weeks.

IEEE/AES Honors UH Professor & Alumnus
(September 13, 2001) UH engineering professor Guanrong "Ron" Chen and alumnus James N. Ortiz have been selected to receive the M. Barry Carlton Award from the IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Society.

Hurricane Expert To Speak At Storm Seminar
(September 10, 2001) Neil Frank, the nation's foremost authority on hurricanes and tropical storms, is scheduled to join storm damage experts at a Sept. 14 conference to address the impact of Tropical Storm Allison and the lessons learned from the deluge. Check to see the program with presenter listings.

Vipu Named New Chair for Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
(September 7, 2001) Cumaraswamy "Vipu" Vipulanandan has been named the new chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. The appointment was effective Sept. 1.

New Faculty Strengthen Research at UH
(September 6, 2001) Virtual teams, see-through concrete and sickle cell anemia represent just a few of the new areas of research being explored by faculty who joined UH for the 2001-02 academic year. Peter Vekilov, new associate professor of chemical engineering, is featured.

Peter G. Vekilov joins the UH Cullen College of Engineering as an associate professor of chemical engineering. His research includes the control of the polymerization of sickle-cell hemoglobin that he says may lead to a cure for sickle cell anemia. He also studies the thermodynamics of protein in solutions and is working on new techniques to crystallize proteins faster, allowing scientists to study the structure of molecules more closely. View video clip of Vekilov interview (requires Real Player)

Prior to UH, Vekilov was an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. His most recent honors include the 2001 UAH Foundation Research and Creative Achievement Award and the 1995 International Union of Crystallography Young Scientist Award given at the Sixth International Conference on Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules in Hiroshima, Japan.

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