June 6, 2002

Latest College News…

(June 5, 2002) The Engineering Alumni Association will give its Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award to Frank Adamek, vice president of customer quality for ABB Vetco Gray, and Dennis Petersen, president of Lockwood, Andrews and Newnam, Inc. Kathy Rhodes, director of marketing for Cobb, Fendley and Associates, Inc., will receive the Roger Eichhorn Leadership Service Award. Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, will be the keynote speaker for the 2002 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Downtown Houston. Full story...

(May 29, 2002) The flash version of the Parameters magazine is now available. The UH Cullen College of Engineering magazine is viewable online through html, flash and pdf formats. Full story...

(May 28, 2002) The archived webcast from the UH Cullen College of Engineering convocation ceremony on May 11 is now available. Watch the Class of 2002 engineering graduates receive their diplomas: full story.

May 28, 2002) A look at Frank Tiller's achievements to date reveals that he not only conducted groundbreaking research in his field - chemical engineering - he also led the college into a new era of unprecedented academic excellence and played a major role in assisting Latin American universities to develop engineering curriculum and effective administrations. Full story...

(May 24, 2002) It may be difficult to imagine a major earthquake ripping an abyss across the coastal flatlands of Houston, Texas, where the probability of such a catastrophe is extremely low. Yet, Houston is home to one of the world's premier experts on the effects of earthquakes on concrete buildings and bridges. Full story...

(May 14, 2002) Recent UH electrical engineering graduate Benjamin J. Fasenfest has been awarded the prestigious Tau Beta Pi graduate fellowship. Full story...

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Events (also visit the college's calendar)…

Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner
Friday, June 7, 2002
Four Seasons Hotel, Downtown Houston

Engineering Alumni Association Annual Meeting
Thursday, August 8, 2002
6pm, Athletics/Alumni Center, UH campus

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