December 2, 2002

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NEW PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERING LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURISM SET TO LAUNCH IN SPRING 2003
Engineering Leadership and Entrepreneurism Program developed by the UH Cullen College of Engineering will prepare graduates to be more successful when assuming leadership roles in their companies and faced with real-world business challenges. The new program, which will launch this spring, is one of only a handful of its kind in the country, and represents a recent trend toward combining business concepts in engineering programs. Full story...

ENGINEERING PROFESSOR TO GIVE LECTURE FOR SIGMA XI FACULTY RESEARCH AWARD
UH chemical engineering professor Demetre Economou has been selected as the 2002 recipient of the Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award for distinguished contributions to scientific knowledge and its applications. He will be presenting his award lecture in W122 Engineering Bldg 2 on Friday, Dec. 6, at 10:30 a.m. The lecture is titled, "All in a Grain of Sand: The Microelectronics Revolution." Full story...

MASTER'S STUDENTS FROM MEXICO PROGRAM GRADUATE
Thanks to a new distance-education program at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, 14 students who are employed by Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in Mexico graduated Nov. 22 with master's degrees in petroleum engineering. It was the first time any of the students have ever been on the UH campus. Full story...

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