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Saurabh Prasad led the first workshop on computer vision for geospatial image analysis (GeoCV) at the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV). ECE’s Prasad Leads Critical Workshop at Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision

A professor in the Cullen College of Engineering hosted the first in what is expected to be a continuing series of workshops on specialized topics in computer vision at an…
Mim Rahimi [center] received an award with "Honor" distinction at the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) 2025 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Competition (E3S). It was presented by David Chin [left], the president of AAEES, and Daniel B. Oerther [right], the Executive Director of AAEES. CEE’s Rahimi Receives AAEES Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Award

Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an award in the American Academy of…
Hedda Grelz. Grelz Repeats as Big 12 Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year

For the second consecutive season, Houston fifth-year diver Hedda Grelz was selected as the Big 12 Conference Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the league…
Hien Van Nguyen, an associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors, is attached to a $391,000 project to use AI for design efforts to improve safety and drug delivery systems for organ targeting. ECE’s Nguyen part of effort to use AI for improving drug delivery systems

A researcher from the Cullen College of Engineering is contributing to a project that has received $391,588 in funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and…
Faiyaz Ahmad is soon to graduate with his bachelor’s degree in systems engineering. ISE Grad Ahmad Checks All the Boxes

Faiyaz Ahmad, who is soon to graduate with his bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (…
William Vines and Jessica Alanis. CEE Graduate Students Vines, Alanis take 1st at Texas Water Conference

A pair of master’s degree students in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering took home first place for their presentation at the…
Through the years, Professor Hanadi Rifai has conducted multiple sampling campaigns in Galveston including sampling associated with hurricanes Ike and Harvey. CEE’s Rifai Unveils New Model to Evaluate Impact of Extreme Events, Natural Hazards

When you’re on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it’s likely you’re not thinking about what happens just beneath the…
Guzel Musina has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association for her project, “Novel optogenetics tool for the mouse embryonic cardiodynamic research.” BME Grad Student Musina Receives AHA Fellowship Award

Guzel Musina, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association (AHA) for her project, “…
The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the 2025 rankings released on April 8. Cullen Remains Top 50 Public Engineering College, Per U.S. News & World Reports

The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the…
NSBE UH student members at the national conference in Chicago, IL. UH NSBE Wins Third Large Chapter of the Year Award in Less than a Decade

Earlier this month, the University of Houston’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) was recognized with the Large Chapter of the Year Award for the third…