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Shivaani Suresh Kanna has been named the recipient of the Engineering Technology Luminary Award for 2023 from the Technology Division at the Cullen College of Engineering. Meet Shivaani Suresh Kanna, Spring 2023 Engineering Technology Luminary Award winner

The Engineering Technology Luminary Award recognizes top-performing students who have demonstrated excellence in engineering technology in the Technology Division at the Cullen…
Surya Pratap Singh Solanki, a Ph.D. candidate from the Cullen College of Engineering's William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been picked to serve as co-chair for the next Gordon Research Seminar (GRS), which is focused on Chemical Reactions on Surfaces. ChBE's Solanki named co-chair of upcoming GRS

Surya Pratap Singh Solanki, a Ph.D. candidate from the Cullen College of Engineering's William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been picked…
Dean Joseph W. Tedesco presents Varad Joshi, teaching assistant in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, with a Teaching Excellence Award. Cullen honors 15 at 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards

The Cullen College of Engineering recognized 15 members of the faculty, staff and students at its 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff…
[Left to right] Lars Tebbe, Muna Naash, Muayyad R. Al-Ubaidi and Mustafa Makia have all contributed to research on a model to examine Usher syndrome. Team Led by BME's Naash Builds New Model to Examine Usher Syndrome

Usher syndrome, a rare inherited genetic disease, is a leading cause of combined deafness and blindness with type 2A (USH2A) being the most common form. USH2A, caused by mutations…
José C. Martínez, Instructional Assistant Professor in Computer Information Systems, speaks at the 2023 cloudathon@UH. cloudathon@UH continues to grow with 2023 edition

This Spring, more than 150 dedicated, tech-savvy students from five Texas universities gathered in the UH Student Center Ballroom to collaboratively solve a set of carefully…
Venkat Selvamanickam, head of the Selva Research Group at the University of Houston, is known globally for his work with superconductor wires. Selva Research Group's Breakthrough ‘Super Cool Conductor’ Advances to Final Round of DOE Competition

A University of Houston research team, the Selva Research Group, is one of seven teams that advanced to the final stage of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Conductivity-enhanced…
The Houston Mayor and the City Council have appointed Mackrena L. Ramos, P.E., to the City Park Redevelopment Authority and Tax Reinvestment Zone #12 Board of Directors. CE alum Ramos appointed to City Park Redevelopment Authority Board

The Houston Mayor and the City Council have appointed Mackrena L. Ramos, P.E., to the City Park Redevelopment Authority and Tax Reinvestment Zone #12 Board of Directors. Ramos is…
The University of Houston is among the Top 100 worldwide university utility patent holders for 2022. UH in NAI's Top 100 for Worldwide Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2022

In celebration of World IP Day, the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has released its annual list of the Top 100 worldwide university utility patent holders on April 26, with…