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Taiwo Adebiyi [right] poses with his advisor, assistant professor Ruda Zhang [left], after earning the 2025-26 Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Student Award. Ph.D. candidate Adebiyi earns SCIPE Chishiki AI Fellowship

An attractive research environment was the selling point for the University of Houston for Taiwo Adebiyi, but the doctoral student has excelled in his own ways at the Cullen…
A woman with tan skin and light brown hair past her shoulders sits on a tan-colored couch. She is wearing a pinkish-red vest and pencil skirt with a white blouse underneath. HDCS Alum Marisa Mireles: A Perfect Fit for O&G

HDCS graduate Marisa Mireles, who graduated with her BS in Consumer Relations and Marketing in 2004 and currently serves as Business Development Manager for Tulsa Inspection…
A new mathematical model developed at UH shows that targeted investments in a small number of critical assets can significantly improve infrastructure resilience and disaster recovery. New Infrastructure Model By ISE’s Lim Prioritizes Disaster Spending for Vulnerable Cities

A University of Houston engineering professor is helping cities, utilities and transportation agencies prepare for and recover from natural disasters. All these organizations face…
A man with light skin and dark hair smiles at the camera. He is wearing glasses and a grey suit jacket in front of a mottled blue background. ECE’s Chen Receives IEEE Award for Outstanding Performance

Professor and Chair of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Ji Chen, Fellow IEEE, Fellow AIMBE, was recently selected by the EMC Society to receive the 2026 Richard…
An Asian man with tan skin and short, dark hair smiles at the camera in front of a grey background. He is wearing eyeglasses as well as a dark suit jacket over a light-colored collared shirt and a gold tie. UH, MD Anderson Partner to Develop Reduced Immune Suppression Radiation Therapy Plans

Radiation therapy is one of the most widely used tools in cancer treatment and is designed to deliver targeted doses of radiation directly to tumors. Unfortunately, however, the…
Kaushik Rajashekara, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been elected as an international fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE). ECE’s Rajashekara elected as international fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering

Kaushik Rajashekara, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor and a member of the National Academy of Engineering, has been elected as an international…
Participants look on during a Biomanufacturing Certificate (Microcredentialing) Program held by Cullen’s Biotechnology Department in June. UH Biotechnology, UH Energy Successfully Complete Hands-On Biomanufacturing Certificate Program

UH Energy in collaboration with the Biotechnology Program in the Department of Engineering Technology at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering recently…
Cullen College of Engineering professor of electrical and computer engineering Wei-Chuan Shih. ECE’s Shih hoping to detect lung cancer from a few drops of blood, thanks to CPRIT grant

A new $900,000 grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute (CPRIT) to Wei-Chuan Shih, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will support efforts to…
A man with light tan skin and short, silver hair faces the camera. He wears a dark jacket over a blue collared shirt and stands in front of a grey background. He is shown from the shoulders up. ChBE’s Brazdil Receives SWCS Award for Excellence in Applied Catalysis

Adjunct Professor James Brazdil of the Cullen College of Engineering’s William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has received the 2026 Southwest…
[Second from left, to right] Cullen College of Engineering students Anna Nguyen, Alan Romero and Tom Nguyen earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition. Cullen takes 2nd place at Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition

A group of senior design course students have earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition, thanks to their analysis of a water reclamation…