University of Houston College of Engineering

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Dr. Peter Vekilov

$1.2 MILLION FROM THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH TO EXAMINE INTERACTIONS OF MALARIA DRUGS

Dr. Peter Vekilov is examining why the two drugs that most often cure malaria can also fail because they tend to fight each other.

UH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CHAIR ELECTED TO ASCE DISTINGUISHED MEMBER STATUS

Dr. Roberto Ballarini has been elected as a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Dr. Roberto Ballarini
UH graduate student Jacklyn N. Hall

THE CREATIVITY BEHIND CHEMISTRY

Jacklyn Hall's catalyst research has gained national recognition by the Department of Energy (DoE) Office of Science, with the opportunity to participate in the Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program.

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS WINS TOP HONORS

“Engineering With Faith,” and “Breaking Barriers: UH's First Black Woman Chemical Engineer,”  both took home top honors at the 35th annual AMA Houston Crystal Awards ceremony.

AMA Cystal Awards

LATEST RESEARCH

Dr. Jae-Hyun Ryou

Dr. Jae-Hyun Ryou is the lead author for a new research article published in Advanced Functional Materials, describing eye-movement sensors that can record data by less obstructive methods.

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Dr. Rose Faghih

A new paper from Dr. Rose Faghih, and her doctoral student Rafiul Amin have developed a new method to obtain brain information from raw electrodermal activity recordings. Applications could include tracking pain, cognitive stress tracking and wakefulness.  

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Dr. Stanko R. Brankovic's catalyst synthesis model

Dr. Stanko R. Brankovic, is the corresponding author for a new, multi-department perspective paper published in ACS Catalysis on potential advancements in catalyst synthesis.

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FACULTY NEWS

Dr. Richard Willson

Dr. Richard Willson is the recipient of the Alan S. Michaels Award in the Recovery of Biological Products for 2021 from the American Chemical Society Biochemical Technology Division.

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STUDENT NEWS

UH engineering building

GRADUATE STUDENTS RECEIVE TCSUH SCHOLARSHIPS

Faheem Ershad, Sahil Sharma, and Libo Wu are the three graduate engineering students that received the Cora Hawley Scholarship from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH).

FROM IRAN TO KANSAS TO TEXAS, ZELANI CONTINUES TO LEARN  

UH petroleum master's student Leila Zeinali, has strived to continue learning, first in her native Iran, then in Kansas and now at the Cullen College of Engineering.

UH petroleum master's student Leila Zeinali
UH Cullen College of Engineering graduates

SPRING 2021 UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT

The UH Cullen College of Engineering celebrated the Spring Class of 2021 in an in-person commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 15 at TDECU Stadium.

ALUMNI NEWS

UH alumni Dr. Melanie Hazlett

Melanie Hazlett, a December 2016 UH engineering graduate with a doctorate in chemical engineering, is now a professor with her own research lab at Concordia University in Montreal.

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COVID-19 UPDATES

Pursuant to the Governor’s executive order and effective immediately, the University is no longer mandating the wearing of face coverings. While we move forward to address appropriate edits to our COVID-19 protocols, any protocol that requires face coverings at UH will no longer be enforced; however, a person can continue to wear a face covering if they wish. Learn more details regarding this policy, here.

 

All members of our community should familiarize themselves with the official positive case protocols, which may be accessed on the university’s COVID-19 webpage, here.

 

Questions should be directed to the University of Houston's official COVID-19 Response Coordinator at covid19coordinator@uh.edu.

UH Cullen College of Engineering
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