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Raymond Flumerfelt, director of the petroleum engineering program, is presented with a check from the college's Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board. Photo by Jeff Fantich. Sixth Annual Engineers Week Event Raises Money for Students, Programs

A University of Houston program, intended to help meet the workforce needs of the energy industry, along with several of its students, last week got a boost from area engineers.… Read More
Archana Sharma Alumni Honored During National Engineers Week

Four University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering alumni were among those honored recently by area professional organizations as their 2010 Young Engineers of the Year. The… Read More
Abdeldjelil Belarbi Alumnus to Fill Chair Post in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Abdeldjelil “DJ” Belarbi will return to his roots in December when he takes over as chair of the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Civil and… Read More
Cullen College alumnus Danny Olivas (far left) with the crew of the upcoming Discovery STS-128 mission. Photo courtesy of NASA. UH Alumnus to Lead Spacewalks on 128th Space Shuttle Flight

As a child, John “Danny” Olivas (1993 MSME) used to wonder what lay beyond the stars he peered at through a telescope on the roof of his El Paso, Texas home. These nights he spent… Read More
Scott Prengle holds an old photograph showing his father, H. William Prengle, and other chemical engineering faculty posing for a picture in Y Building during a visit to the structure recently. Photo by Thomas Shea. Saying Goodbye to the Y

Alumnus, son of a ChE department founder shares his memories The rain was steady and cold, but Scott Prengle (1981 BSEE, 1984 MSEE) had braved it without an umbrella. Ducking his… Read More
Cullen College alumni Gabe Cuadra, Michael Harold, Duane Germenis and Daniel Wong at the EAA Distinguished Engineering Alumni Banquet June 5. Photo by Thomas Shea. Speakers Honor Achievements of Alumni, University at Awards Dinner

They have served University of Houston advisory boards, city council, area youth organizations, even given time to organize college fundraisers. Alongside this outreach, all have… Read More
Gabriel W. Cuadra Alumni to be Honored at Annual Dinner

Four University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering alumni will be recognized next month at the 2009 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner. Established in 1987, the… Read More
FMC Technologies representatives Preston Bruce and Chris Egan present $1,000 to Andres Michel and Fernando Alquicira of the UH Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) for winning first place in the EAA Engineering Community Outreach Competition. Photo by Jeff Fantich EAA Hosts Fifth Annual Engineers Week Reception, Program

Event, raising close to $100,000 in its history, honors UH students and organizations For the last six weeks the University of Houston Chapter of the Society of Mexican American… Read More
Alumni, Student Honored With Young Engineer of Year Award

Current and former University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering students were among those named by area professional organizations recently as their 2009 Young Engineers of… Read More
Larry Witte, professor of mechanical engineering, launched the UH Engineering Golf Tournament twenty years ago. Photo by Tom Shea. College to Host 20th Annual Engineering Golf Tournament

Larry Witte has just about enough hats to cover every day of the month tucked away in his closet. These baseball-style caps are not about fashion for this professor of mechanical… Read More