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Christine Ehlig-Economides Christine Ehlig-Economides Makes Appearance on The EnergyMakers Show

One of the Cullen College’s newest faculty members sat down with Russ Capper of The EnergyMakers Show last week to discuss hydraulic fracturing, alternative energy and more.…
Stella Vasquez Cullen College Staff Members Elected to UH Staff Council

Three staff members from the Cullen College of Engineering were recently elected to the University of Houston Staff Council. Stella Vasquez, Administrative Assistant to the Dean,…
Yan Yao ECE Professor Developing Sodium-Ion Batteries With NSF Award

Last June, Texas Gov. Rick Perry drove an electric car made by Tesla Motors in front of the Texas State Capitol Building in Austin – a symbolic gesture meant to signify his…
Hadi Ghasemi Mechanical Engineering Professor Makes Headlines with MIT Postdoctoral Research

Hadi Ghasemi, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is relatively new to the Cullen College of Engineering, but his postdoctoral work performed at the Massachusetts…
Mechanical Engineering Professor Wins IEEE Award for Superconducting Materials Research

Venkat “Selva” Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of mechanical engineering, has been named one of the first recipients of the inaugural 2014 IEEE (Institute for…
Tom Holley Appears on Energy Makers Show

The Energy Makers Show, a webcast sponsored by Comcast Business, has a history of shaping their episodes around the expertise of Cullen College professors, and this week’s episode…
Extreme Environment Workshop for Undergraduate and Graduate Students

Extreme Environment Workshop: Design for Survival -- Where and When it Matters Most Take part in an interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate level course which explores urgent…
Phaneendra Kondapi, KBR adjunct professor of subsea engineering E&P Magazine Spotlights Subsea Engineering Program

The Cullen College of Engineering’s ever-expanding subsea engineering program made headlines this week in E&P Magazine’s “Training tomorrow’s subsea engineers.” The article…
Energy Institute High School Sees the Future at UH

Students from the Houston Independent School District’s new Energy Institute High School, a magnet school for energy careers, spent Wedneasday, August 6, at the University of…
Rahul Pandey (right) receives third place in SPE Gulf Coast Regional Paper Contest Chemical Engineering Student Wins Third Place in SPE Regional Paper Contest

Rahul Pandey, a Ph.D. student studying chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, took home a third place prize from the UH-…