One of the fiercest fighting martial artists in the world sits in an office in the UH Cullen College of Engineering. Sandy Geffert (2001 BSME) is a UH honors graduate, a first-year graduate student and the undergraduate student advisor for the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She is also a highly decorated world-class karate champion. Click here to read more.

John H. Lienhard, M.D. Anderson Professor of Mechanical Engineering and History, Emeritus, is one of four individuals to receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters during UH's May 11 commencement ceremony. Lienhard has gained international visibility as the writer and voice of the syndicated public radio program, The Engines of Our Ingenuity, produced by KUHF-FM. The program is carried by more than 20 public radio stations in the U.S. and aired internationally by the U.S.

University of Houston engineer Fazle Hussain's recent acquisition of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fluid Dynamics Award for 2002 establishes him as the world's most highly decorated scholar within the field of fluid dynamics.

Since 1988, mechanical engineering professor John Lienhard's nation-wide radio show 'Engines of Our Ingenuity' uses history to reveal the way art, technology and ideas shape us. Visit the website for streaming audio and transcripts from his shows.

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering paid tribute to its faculty and alumni who are members of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) at a special dinner on May 2, 2001 at the UH Hilton.

Fazle Hussain, UH Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is the latest UH engineering faculty member to be elected to NAE. He joins a handful of other UH professors and alumni who have received this professional honor.