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SECME Students Compete in Mousetrap Car Races

Nisarg Patel, Michael Lieder and Nickolaus Schlegel from Basha Elementary School in Arizona participate in a Mousetrap Competition June 28 at the 28th Annual SECME Summer…
From left, Dezranique Stansberry, Chase Williams and Arielle Auguillard hold up the robot they built during UH’s GRADE camp. Photo by Jeff Shaw Girls Make the Grade at Weeklong Engineering Camp

In 1979, only about 12 percent of women in the United States enrolled in engineering courses. Today, about 20 percent of them enroll in engineering courses and go on to receive…
Trucks on Treadmills — Air Quality Studies Top Priority for Engineers at UH

The Unveiled Facility Develops and Tests Technologies to Reduce Diesel Engine Emissions A program to clean up diesel emissions in Houston is ready to shift into high gear as the…
Quality Studies Top Priority for Engineers at UH

UH’s Diesel Vehicle Research and Testing Facility, initiated in advance of the Bush administration’s Clean Air Nonroad Diesel Rule signed by the EPA in May, will be unveiled to…
Electrifying: Teachers Learn How Semiconductors Are Produced At High Tech Educational Symposium

Middle and high school math and science educators from across the country are learning how semiconductors are produced so they can motivate students to pursue high tech careers…
UH Engineering Communicators Receive Over a Dozen Awards

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering's Office of Communications recently added 14 awards to its list of accolades this year. Last week, the Public Relations…
SEMI “High Tech U” Program Hopes to Offset Decline of Technology Workers in the U.S.

Middle and high school math and science educators from across the country will learn how semiconductors are produced so they can motivate students to pursue high tech careers…
Daughters Follow Fathers' Footsteps as UH Employees

On June 20, fathers and their children everywhere will have dinner, exchange presents and visit with each other in honor of Father’s Day. For some, it has been weeks — even months…
SECME Summer Institute at UH Will Be Engineering a Brighter Future

UH is hosting the 28th Annual Summer Institute of SECME June 14-July 1, bringing together 650 or so teachers, advisers, educational specialists, parents and students to…
UH Engineers Use Newest Superconductor to Fabricate Wires and Coils

UH engineers became one of the first few in the world to fabricate wires and coils from magnesium diboride (MgB2), the most recent superconductor yet to be discovered, and their…