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A map of a disaster area created by by NCALM. Disaster Recovery Gets Boost from NSF Grant

One of the biggest challenges following a natural disaster is simply getting help to where it’s needed. After an event like a hurricane or earthquake, debris and standing water…
Bonnie Dunbar, Larry Bell, Forbes.com Larry Bell and Bonnie Dunbar Discuss Re-Engineering Space Program in Forbes.com Column

Read Larry Bell's full op-ed column, "A Discussion With Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar: Re-Engineering America's Space Leadership," at Forbes.com. Larry Bell is the director of the world…
ChBE Grad Student Wins AIChE Travel Award

Manjesh Kumar, a Ph.D. candidate in the UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, was selected by the Catalysis and Reaction Engineering (CRE) Division Travel Awards…
Cheryl Sershen BME Researcher Wins SIAM/AWM Award

Cheryl Sershen, Ph.D., received an Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) travel award and presented her research at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)…
Working with archeologists in Belize, NCALM researchers were able to create topographical maps of a Mayan city through dense vegetation. These maps located ruins and features that hadn’t been discovered during years of more traditional archeological exploration and research. Laser Mapping Center Gets NSF Funding

With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the University of Houston’s National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has, in the past few years: located ancient…
Center: Bonnie Dunbar with University of Houston physics faculty working with high school physics teachers. Photo provided by TAMEST. Dunbar Pens Blog Post on Changing the STEM Education Conversation

Professor Bonnie Dunbar, retired astronaut, National Academy of Engineering member and alumna of the Cullen College of Engineering, has written a guest blog post on The Academy of…
Photo Credit: NASA ECE’s Small Satellite Research Lab Receives NASA Funding

Thanks to electrical and computer engineering faculty members David Jackson and Ji Chen, the University of Houston will be among only 13 universities chosen by NASA to design and…
Top Ten Resources for Engineering Students Top Ten Resources for Engineering Students

For new engineering students, balancing the many aspects of college life can be a challenging experience. That’s why the University of Houston offers a number of resources to help…
The Cullen College of Engineering Career Fair, where many of Houston's industry leaders recruit new talent right on campus. "Engineering futures are always bright:" The Houston Chronicle Reports on the Cullen College

It is no secret that an engineering degree is worth quite a bit of money these days. According to data from the 2013 report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers…
UH/Rice SPE Chapter Splits into Two Groups

The undergraduate Petroleum Engineering Program at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is booming, with roughly 525 students set to enroll this fall – a huge…