Professor, Student Organization Honored at Annual ASCE Event
(October 29, 2008) Jerry R. Rogers, an associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, was presented with the Lifetime Service Award. He was among four from across the state selected to receive the award, presented for enduring service and leadership to ASCE at the Texas, national and branch levels. In addition, the University of Houston chapter of ASCE was presented the Student Chapter Certificate of Merit for their 2007-08 annual report.

Researchers at UH Explore use of Fat Cells as Heart Attack Therapy
(October 27, 2008) Stanley Kleis, associate professor of mechanical engineering, and his research team are utilizing a tiny, state-of-the-art bioreactor to study the introduction of adipose-derived stromal cells, which are found in fatty tissue, to the heart muscles. The bioreactor will be used to determine how the heart reacts to the stromal cells in an effort to help improve its recovery after a heart attack. Kleis originally developed the bioreactor as a long-term cell culture system for NASA's unmanned space flights, for which he won the agency's Patent Application Award last spring.

UH Engineering Professor Receives High Honor from Caltech
(October 27, 2008) Fazle Hussain, Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, was named a Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar by the California Institute of Technology. The Moore Distinguished Scholars Program was established to invite researchers of exceptional quality, who are distinguished at both the national and international level, to visit Caltech for three to six months. Hussain is the sole recipient of the award for the 2008-09 year in the division of engineering and applied sciences.

Board Approves New Biomedical Engineering Department at UH
(October 21, 2008) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the establishment of a department of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. As the college's sixth department, it will be among several initiatives outlined in the Cullen College’s strategic plan intended, along with an overall plan by the university, to help boost UH to tier one status.

UH Engineering Students Reach Out to Help Hurricane Ike Victim
(October 17, 2008) Students from the college's organization, Women in Engineering-UH traveled to Bacliff to gut a home badly damaged by Hurricane Ike flood waters. The organization teamed with CORE Alliance, a group formed three years ago by two Houston-based churches to aid in relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Nine Cullen College of Engineering students participated in the outreach event.

Engineering Students Present at Undergraduate Research Day
(October 10, 2008) Ten engineering students showcased their research projects at the University of Houston's Undergraduate Research Day on Oct. 2. Students presented research on everything from developing tools for the treatment of cancer to the effects of cardiac stent placement. One student in particular—biomedical engineering senior Michael Leba—spent the summer researching in the college's Biomedical Optics Laboratory to determine whether there is a direct correlation between cornea thickness and changes in glucose concentrations.