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Yan Yao's Discovery Could Benefit Renewable Energy, Transportation, Personal Electronics Inexpensive Organic Material Gives Safe Batteries a Longer Life

Modern batteries power everything from cars to cell phones, but they are far from perfect – they catch fire, they perform poorly in cold weather and they have relatively short…
2017 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala Photos and Videos: 2017 EAA Gala

The 2017 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala was held at the Bayou City Event Center on Thursday, June 8, 2017. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering Alumni…
Lars Grabow Two Prestigious Catalysis Journals Elect Lars Grabow as Advisory Board Member

In the field of catalysis, which uses one material to initiate or speed up a chemical reaction, there are few researchers in the world as well-known or respected as Lars Grabow.…
Satellite image of Hurricane Katrina, Courtesy of NASA UH Engineer to Host Conference on Hurricane and Disaster Preparation and Recovery

The Gulf Coast has been spared a major hurricane in the past few years, but as most Houstonians know all-too-well, the wrath of Mother Nature is never far away. That’s why…
Ph.D. Student Presents Energy Harvesting Research at NASA Ph.D. Student Presents Energy Harvesting Research at NASA

It’s hard to imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about charging your cell phone or changing the batteries in your smoke detector. According to electrical and computer…
ECE Students Place Second at NASA Swarmathon Competition ECE Students Place Second at NASA Swarmathon Competition

Last April a team of four undergraduate students from the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department competed in the 2017 NASA…
Phaneendra Kondapi New Cullen College Engineering Programs Director Honored With Dual Awards From SPE

Even among the largest oil and gas organization serving managers, engineers, scientists and other professionals worldwide, Phaneendra Kondapi stands out. The Society of Petroleum…
frog Hadi Ghasemi’s Frog-Inspired Adaptive Surface Places in the Top Ten at NASA iTech Competition

Bill D. Cook Assistant Professor of mechanical engineering Hadi Ghasemi is freezing out the competition at the NASA iTech Cycle 2. Inspired by North American wood frogs, Ghasemi…