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Sandy Geffert UH Mechanical Engineering Student Claims National NASA Fellowship

University of Houston engineering student Sandy Geffert has been named one of 20 national recipients of the Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program from NASA. Geffert…
Murat Aydin receives the Urvish Medh Memorial Award from Professor David Jackson at the UH Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering's first Graduate Research Conference. Photo by Jeff Shaw. First Graduate Research Conference Deemed a Success for ECE

Approximately 40 graduate students in the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering's electrical and computer engineering department (ECE) presented their work at the…
Ovidiu Crisan UH Sweeps IEEE Region V Conference For Second Consecutive Year

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) received high honors at the IEEE Region…
Professor Richard C. Willson Homeland Security Grant to Further Research Against Bioterrorism

UH researchers have been awarded a homeland security grant to develop a method for identifying bacteria and viruses that could be used in bioterrorism. The Homeland Security…
Informational Workshop on New Executive Engineering Development Program: May 12

The UH Cullen College of Engineering announces the launch this Fall of an elite program designed to give experienced technical professionals (engineers, scientists) the tools and…
Engineering Alumni Association Announces 2005 Recipients of the Distinguished Engineering Awards

Benton Baugh (1967 BSME) and Steven Simmons (1981 BSCE) will receive the Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award at the 2005 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards Dinner on…
Yamile Cendales Jackson (2000 PhD IE) gave birth to her son Zachary, he was 12 weeks premature and weighed only one pound, 15 ounces. Now Zachary is a thriving four year old, and Jackson used her experience to develop a hand mimetic device, the Zaky, which is named after her son, to help premature babies and their mothers feel closer to each other. This was also one of the stories featured in a made-for-TV movie “14 Hours”, which aired on TNT (April, 2005). Photo by Jeff Shaw. UH Engineering Alumna Develops Hand Mimetic Device For Premature Babies, Mothers

When Yamile Cendales Jackson (2000 PhD IE) gave birth to her son Zachary, he was 12 weeks premature and weighed only one pound, 15 ounces. Now Zachary is a thriving four year old…
UH Volunteers Help Install Computer Equipment at Third Ward Community Center

John Young and Bobby DeWeers from the UH Cullen College of Engineering, along with other UH staff volunteers from the UH Information Technology department and College of…
Mrinal Shah, who is pursuing a doctorate degree in chemical engineering at UH, presented his research recently at the Keck Annual Research Conference and received the second place award. Photo by Jeff Shaw. Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Develops Protein-Based Technology for Constructing Biosensors

The government’s task of safeguarding the nation hinges in part on its ability to quickly and accurately detect toxic biological agents. Graduate student Mrinal Shah’s recent…