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The top five winning entries in the University of Houston's Critical Issues in Energy Writing and Poster Competition, sponsored by the UH Energy Transition Institute and the UH Energy Coalition, will receive cash awards totaling $7,000. UH Energy’s 2023 Writing Competition Focused on Net-Zero Future

Contest Open to University Students from the Greater Houston Area The first step to achieving any goal, including the ambitious pursuit of net-zero emissions by 2050, is to…
Mohamed Soliman, William C. Miller endowed chair holder and Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Department, was recognized as a 2023 Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. Soliman honored as 2023 Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing

A Cullen College of Engineering professor and department chairman is one of two recipients of one of the highest awards given by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Mohamed…
Xiaonan Shan Researchers Study How Underserved Farmers Can Improve Crop, Impact Climate Change

University of Houston researchers are developing a program to teach small-scale, underserved and limited resources (SULR) farmers how to improve their crop production by reducing…
Pietro Milillo, an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has secured a $200,000 grant from NASA funding for assessing NASA's Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. NASA picks satellite research proposals from CEE's Milillo, Lee

Pietro Milillo, an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has secured a $200,000…
Dana R. Flores, a doctoral candidate in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned the Ian C. Watson Fellowship for Membrane Advancement from the American Membrane Technology Association. CEE Ph.D. student Flores earns Watson fellowship

Dana R. Flores, a doctoral candidate in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned the Ian C. Watson Fellowship for…
Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of biochemical and biophysical sciences. Enhancing At-Home COVID Tests with Glow-In-The Dark Materials

Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy…
Shayne Sensenbach has been chosen for the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program. Doctoral student Sensenbach earns DoD SMART scholarship

A doctoral student from the Cullen College of Engineering is the latest member of the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART)…
Siddhartha Paul, a Civil Engineering Ph.D. student at the Cullen College of Engineering, is one of four recipients of the 2022 American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Fellowships for Membrane Technology. Ph.D. student Paul earns AMTA Fellowship

Siddhartha Paul, a Civil Engineering Ph.D. student at the Cullen College of Engineering, is one of four recipients of the 2022 American Membrane Technology Association (AMTA) and…