January 7, 2002

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(January 7, 2002) Industry partnerships and grants equaling $1 million from the U.S. Department of Energy assist Kishore K. Mohanty, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Institute for Improved Oil Recovery, in cracking open the secrets of porous, oil-containing rocks.

(January 2, 2002) The UH Cullen College of Engineering now offers master's programs in Petroleum Engineering and Industrial Engineering in Mexico to Petroleos Mexicanos employees. This program is in partnership with the Universidad La Salle in Mexico City.

(December 21, 2001) A record $12.3 million in research grants was received at UH in November, the largest one-month total in the institution's 75-year history. Civil and environmental engineering professor Deborah Roberts and researcher David Herman received $328,492 from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service for "Biodegradation of Synthetic Drilling Mud Base Fluids in the Gulf of Mexico Sediments."

(December 19, 2001) The archived webcast from the UH Cullen College of Engineering convocation ceremony on Dec. 14 is now available.

UH NEWS: (December 14, 2001) Dave Maggard, formerly vice president of sports administration at Turner Sports/Time Warner Inc. and director of athletics at the University of Miami (Florida) and University of California-Berkeley, has been named athletics director at UH.

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