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Engineering Alumni Association Announces Recipients of the 2006 Distinguished Alumni Awards

Each year, the Engineering Alumni Association hosts the Distinguished Engineering Awards banquet to recognize alumni, faculty and friends of the University of Houston Cullen…
Electrical engineering junior Phuc Huynh receives a Goldwater Scholarship, a national award given to select undergraduate students nationwide who plan to pursue a career in research. Photo by Jeff Shaw. Electrical Engineering Undergrad Wins National Goldwater Scholarship

Phuc Huynh, a junior at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, was named a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards available…
Alumnus Appointed to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers Alumnus Appointed to the Texas Board of Professional Engineers

Cullen College of Engineering alumnus Daniel Wong, Ph.D., P.E., was recently appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve on the Texas Board of Professional Engineers. The Board is…
Electrical and Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Richard Barton falls into the dunk tank at the IEEE 27th Annual Chili Cookoff last Thursday. Photo by Jeff Shaw. IEEE Hosts 27th Annual Chili Cookoff, Provides Activities for Faculty and Students

The University of Houston Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter held its 27th Annual Chili Cook-Off on Thursday, March 9. More than 250 Cullen…
James Symons Symons Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Civil Engineering Professor Emeritus Recognized for Teaching and Research James Symons, Distinguished Cullen Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering with the University of Houston…
Electrical engineering graduate student Barry Craver takes second place at the 30th Semiannual Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston Student Symposium for his atom beam lithography research. Photo by Jeff Shaw. UH Grad Student Pushing the Boundaries of Nanotech Fabrication

Doctoral candidate takes second place at symposium with research A graduate student with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering took second place at the 30th…
Collegiate High School senior Harold Hale, Jr. participates in a superconductivity experiment by holding a metal rod close to an output terminal made of Tesla coil, sparking some 250, 000 volts of electricity. Photo by Jeff Shaw. College Hosts Prospective Students During Pre-Engineering Day

About 175 students from five area high schools visited the University of Houston last Friday to learn more engineering as a college major. The event, dubbed Pre-Engineering Day,…