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Create@UH Program

Create@UH

A critical element of undergraduate engineering education is the capstone/senior design experience in which students work in teams to develop solutions that address real-world design problems. The Cullen College of Engineering developed the Create@UH program to enhance this experience for all engineering undergraduate students. Working in close collaboration with departments and their design course faculty leaders, Create@UH provides support for curricular-based design activities for all engineering undergraduate majors through:

 

Sponsorship

Do you have more design projects than you have time for? UH engineering undergraduate students can help you complete these projects at a fraction of the consultant cost.

The focus of student design projects is to provide students with meaningful learning experiences in which they work in teams with faculty guidance to apply the knowledge and skills acquired through their degree programs. See examples of students’ skills and prior projects:

Sponsorship options include:

  1. Funding a specific project to obtain valuable solutions for an existing engineering design challenge all while building relationships with our students and faculty experts.
    • Projects start in both fall and spring and last 1-2 semesters. Submit your specific idea for a design project by mid-July to start in the fall and by mid-November to start in the spring.
  2. Making a donation to provide students with the support needed to bring real-world solutions to life.
    • On our giving page, please select “Create@UH Program” in the “Choose Your Designation” field.

To sponsor a capstone/senior design project, please contact us at createuh [at] uh.edu (createuh[at]uh[dot]edu).

 

Design Labs/Makerspaces

Safety is always the first priority in Create@UH labs. Students must complete safety training upon their first visit to a lab and consent to following all safety policies. Labs have equipment needed to support design project work that students can check-out and use in the lab.

Room E129, Engineering Building 2

Room E129, Engineering Building 2 (above), is available for use by all engineering undergraduate majors for curricular-based project work. Students enrolled in a capstone/senior design course can make a reservation to use this space (log-in with your CougarNet username and password, when connected via UHSecure; VPN connection required when off campus). Reservations can be one time only or recurring for the semester (no-shows for recurring reservations will be cancelled for the remaining weeks of the semester). Walk-ins are also welcome (based on space availability).

NOTE: Students not enrolled in a capstone/senior design course will not automatically have access to the reservation system. Please see the lab assistant in E129 for help.

Bates Law Building

Future space (above) for a new lab/makerspace on the ground floor of the Bates Law Building will be available for students to use soon. Stay tuned for further announcements.

 

Project Showcase Events

Create@UH Showcase events highlight engineering undergraduate students’ remarkable work on their design projects for an audience of alumni and industry representatives. Held at the end of each semester (fall and spring).

Project showcase events

Please contact us at createuh [at] uh.edu (createuh[at]uh[dot]edu) to RSVP for this event and/or sign-up to present your design project in the poster session, which is open to all engineering undergraduate students (all majors in the Cullen College).

Prior event audience choice awardees:

  • Fall 2024 — Project entitled “Engineering Better Medicine: Carbon Nanotubes for Cancer Care” (by mechanical engineering students)
  • Spring 2024 — Project entitled “GotYourBack” (development of a bullet-proof backpack liner by mechanical engineering students)