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Four images of Boswellia trees: Boswellia sacra (upper left), Boswellia carteri (upper right), Boswellia sacra supersacra (lower left), and Boswellia sacra supersacra (lower right). ET’s Khan Solving “Ancient Puzzles” with Genetic Analysis of Frankincense

Assistant professor of biotechnology Abdul Latif Khan recently worked in collaboration with researchers at the University of Houston as well as at University of Nebraska,…
A portrait headshot of a woman with medium-light skin and short, dark hair in front of a plain grey background. She wears a black suit jacket and is smiling at the camera. ISE’s Xiang Serving as Co-PI on $1.5M Collaboration with Georgia Tech

Associate Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Yisha Xiang is participating in a multi-university research team led by Xiao Liu, the David M. McKenney Family Associate…
[Left to Right] Yan Yao, Jiajia Sun, Xuqing Wu, Jiefu Chen and Yueqin Huang are part of a program funded by the National Science Foundation to attract young students and to provide the mineral industry with a makeover. Wu is the UH lead on the $1 million initiative. Cullen-Supported Program Addresses Critical Workforce Gap in U.S. Mineral Industry

Amid demand for critical minerals ever rising, the minerals industry, a sector integral to high-tech products, defense systems and sustainable energy technologies, is facing a…
Amanda Nash is a graduate of the Biomedical Engineering program at Cullen, and she is now an Assistant Professor of Bioengineering at Rice University. BME graduate Nash now assistant professor at Rice University

For Amanda Nash, there isn’t one specific factor that can fully explain how she went from not planning on going to college at all, to becoming an Assistant Professor of…
Matt Zelisko, a light-skinned man with short brown hair and a beard, sits on the edge of a lecture hall table. He is wearing a red UH polo and black pants. PROMES Receives $100,000 Grant from ExxonMobil

The Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) has received $100,000 in funding support from ExxonMobil Corporation. The funding is…
Pietro Milillo, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at UH, and an international team, found that structures in North America are in the poorest condition and propose monitoring bridge stability from space. CEE’s Milillo, International Team Expose Weakness in Bridges Worldwide

A scientist at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering is helping reveal the world’s weakest bridges — and how to fix them before it’s too late. In a study of…
The Cullen College of Engineering has established a new partnership with the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) to launch a Gulf Coast Manufacturing Assistance Center Gulf Coast TMAC at UH) – which will focus on providing small and medium-sized businesses in the Gulf Coast region with access to the professional expertise of Cullen professors, students, and professional engineering staff. UH partners with TMAC to support small, medium manufacturers in the Gulf Coast Region

The Cullen College of Engineering has established a new partnership with the Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) to launch a Gulf Coast Manufacturing Assistance Center…
A photo of Sribala Gorugantu, who smiles in front of a grey background, from the shoulders up. She has olive skin and long, dark hair, and wears a red shirt under a black jacket. ChBE’s Gorugantu: Assistant Professorship and The Future of Circular Plastics

Sribala Gorugantu, Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is “very excited…
Cullen alum Maruti Mudunuru is now an Earth scientist and a Team Lead within the Subsurface Science Group at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he specializes in artificial intelligence (AI), data integration, and multi-physics modeling for subsurface science. Mudunuru thriving at PNNL thanks to CEE’s Nakshatrala, other lab mentors

Students come to study at the Cullen College of Engineering for many reasons, but for Maruti Mudunuru, there was a specific reason — and a specific person — that caused him to…
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) has joined the Axiom Space University Alliance, a global initiative created to expand scientific opportunities in microgravity research, technology development, R&D and commercial innovation in low Earth orbit (LEO). UH Joins Axiom Space University Alliance

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE) has joined the Axiom Space University Alliance, a global…