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The University of Houston and Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) are pleased to announce a new, comprehensive articulation agreement to establish a seamless transfer pathway for WCJC students interested in pursuing any of the 11 Technology undergraduate degree programs offered within the Cullen College of Engineering. UH, Cullen, WCJC announce new transfer agreement

The University of Houston and Wharton County Junior College (WCJC) are pleased to announce a new, comprehensive articulation agreement to establish a seamless transfer pathway for… Read More
Some of the recipients that have received scholarships as part of the 2026-27 cohort from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH) with their advisors. [Left to right] Professor C. W. Chu, Ihina Mahajan, Raiki Fujikawa, Susancy Sherin, Edmond Nasr, Vidhi Joshi, Asad Ali, Huma Nawaz and Professor Zhifeng Ren. Mahajan, Sherin and Ali are engineering students at Cullen. Three 2026-27 Cullen, TcSUH Scholarship Recipients Present Research in 6th Annual TcSUH Scholarship Symposium

Three graduate students in the Cullen College of Engineering have received scholarships from the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TcSUH) as… Read More
Cullen College undergraduate biomedical engineering senior Ethan Shaw. BME student Shaw excels in biosystems research at Cullen, other institutions

For Cullen College undergraduate biomedical engineering senior Ethan Shaw, what you’re growing in your garden isn’t strictly a matter of horticulture. It is a systems-engineering… Read More
A bald man with medium-dark skin, shown from the shoulders up, stands in front of a white background and smiles at the camera. ECE’s Rajashekara elected Non-European Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering’s Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor Kaushik “Raja” Rajashekara, Member NAE, Fellow IEEE,… Read More
A smiling headshot photo of Jerrod Henderson. He wears a blue suit jacket and a red tie ChBE’s Henderson Awarded $400K for “Photovoice: Visualizing Undergraduate Student Engineering Identities”

Assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Jerrod Henderson has received nearly $400,000 in NSF funding for his project “Research: Photovoice: Visualizing… Read More
The winner of the 2026 NATAS Outstanding Achievement Award – the Mettler – is Anil Bhowmick, a research professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. [Left to right] Rigoberto Advincula, a professor at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee; Bhowmick; Matthias Wagner, a product manager at Mettler Toledo; and Larry Judovits, a member of NATAS and retired principal scientist of more than 35 years at Arkema. ChBE’s Bhowmick wins 2026 Mettler from NATAS

Anil K. Bhowmick, a research professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of… Read More
A light skinned woman with short, silver hair is shown from the shoulders up. She stands in front of a light-colored background and wears a light pink suit jacket. She is smiling at the camera. HDCS Department Chair Stewart Receives AAFCS Lifetime Legacy Award

Human Development and Consumer Sciences Department Chair and professor Barbara Stewart received the Lifetime Legacy Award from the American Association of Family and Consumer… Read More
The University of Houston and the Cullen College of Engineering mourns the loss of professor Howard Carl Gifford, who passed away on June 10, 2026. Cullen, UH mourn loss of BME’s Howard Gifford

The University of Houston and the Cullen College of Engineering mourn the loss of professor Howard Carl Gifford, who passed away on June 10, 2026. Howard valiantly fought… Read More
UH undergrad Josh Brown poses in the Netherland while on a study aboard program. MAE student Brown Connecting Global Perspectives to Local Sustainable Action

From global learning to local action, University of Houston mechanical engineering junior Josh Brown is exploring how lessons from around the world can inspire more resilient… Read More
An example of some of the native vegetation that will be studied for wetland restoration potential as part of a $500,000 Environmental Protection Agency grant. The UH team is led by Abdul Latif Khan of Cullen’s Biotechnology program, and also features Xiaonan Shan, an associate professor of Electrical Engineering, and Shuhab Khan, professor of Remote Sensing in NSM’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. ET’s Khan-led UH team earns $500k EPA grant to research wetland restoration

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Houston has received a $500,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate nature… Read More