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More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized at the President's Circle Awards in March 2025. Cullen Professors Honored at UH President’s Circle Awards

More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of…
2025 mechanical engineering Ph.D. graduate Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh MAE Grad Ghalekohneh Says His Ph.D. is “Only the Beginning”

This story kicks off our series of graduating student profiles for the Spring 2025 Commencement season. Check back regularly throughout the next few weeks to learn more about some…
Associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Xingpeng Li has received a Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research. ECE’s Li Receives Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant

Associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and IEEE senior member Xingpeng Li, Ph.D., has received a Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for the…
Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been elevated to the esteemed status of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. CEE’s Milillo Elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has…
Students present their work to Joe Steinhardt [right], the co-founder of Don Giovanni Records and a professor at Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Hundreds Come to Sugar Land for DIGIFEST 2025

More than a hundred seniors from the Technology Division of the Cullen College of Engineering showed off their work in late March at DIGIFEST 2025, the digital media portfolio…
Two papers recently co-authored by Kamel Salama Endowed Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Tian “Tim” Chen, Ph.D., represent a new technological and engineering-focused foray into one of humanity’s oldest fields. MAE’s Chen Softens the Hard Sciences with New Research on Knitting

Two papers recently co-authored by Kamel Salama Endowed Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Tian “Tim” Chen, Ph.D., represent a new technological and…
The Cullen College of Engineering names its Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for the 2024-25 academic year. Cullen names Outstanding Students for 2024–25 Academic Year

The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that the following students have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for their respective departments for the 2024–25…
Maria Burns. Burns Elected President of the Texas Academy of Science

In a distinguished achievement highlighting the University of Houston’s growing influence in scientific leadership, the Cullen College of Engineering announces that Maria Burns,…