ISIP Students Benefit from Professional Development Series
(November 17, 2005) University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering students were recently given a real world picture of their future in engineering while participating in a professional development series hosted by the college's Industrial Scholar Interns Program (ISIP). The program offered workshops on topics such as professionalism and ethics, diversity in women and resume writing, and gave students the opportunity to visit ISIP Partners, including KBR, to meet with professionals in the field.

UH Engineering Research Recognized at Annual Keck Conference
(November 4, 2005) University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering received two out of three top awards for research at the 2005 Keck Center for Interdisciplinary Bioscience Training Annual Research Conference poster competition. Chemical engineering graduate student Mariaclara Añez and Associate Professor Michael Nikolaou received second and third place, respectively, for their collaborative research projects presented at the poster competition. Over 100 research posters were submitted from various Gulf Coast Consortia member institutions. Añez is pictured (on right) with fellow UH computer science graduate student and project collaborator, Catherine Putonti.

Professor Presents Smart Materials at Mechanical Engineering Conference
(November 4, 2005) Gangbing Song, UH associate professor of mechanical engineering, presented his state-of-the-art smart materials and their applications at the 18th Annual Mechanical Engineering Conference at the Instituto Technologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.