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1 in 8 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime. Of those that have surgery, more than 40% will have additional breast reconstruction surgery. Next-Level Breast Reconstruction After Cancer

Collaborative Team Develops Custom Molds with $2.7M NIH Grant Professor Fatima Merchant, department chair of engineering technology at the University of Houston, is part of a… Read More
The Cullen College of Engineering welcomes associate professor George Tan to its faculty ranks for the 2024-25 academic year. IE Department Welcomes Third NSF CAREER Award Winner to Faculty Ranks

The Cullen College of Engineering welcomes associate professor George Tan to its faculty ranks for the 2024-25 academic year as part of his joint appointment in the Tilman J.… Read More
Assistant professor of human resource development Melika Shirmohammadi, Ph.D., was recognized earlier this summer with the Reviewer of the Year award from Human Relations, a prominent academic journal. HRD’s Shirmohammadi Recognized as Reviewer of the Year by Journal “Human Relations”

Assistant professor of human resource development Melika Shirmohammadi, Ph.D., was recognized earlier this summer with the Reviewer of the Year award from Human Relations, a… Read More
Nancy Currie-Gregg (Ph.D. ‘97) has joined the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Texas A&M University as a professor of practice for the 2024-25 academic year. UH IE Alum Joins ISE Department at TAMU

Nancy Currie-Gregg (Ph.D. ‘97) has joined the Industrial & Systems Engineering Department at Texas A&M University as a professor of practice for the 2024-25 academic year… Read More
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $187,914 by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate a novel method of neutral temperature determination on the nation's railroads. Tech Division's Robles Hernández Aims to Reduce Train Derailments with FRA Funding

Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $187,914 by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Railroad… Read More
SCLT student and SIDO vice president Jenifer Mendoza reflects on her experience as a buyer intern with CITGO. Internship Q&A with SCLT Undergraduate Jenifer Mendoza

SCLT student, Supply-Chain Industrial Distribution Organization (SIDO) vice president, and recent ITMA Scholarship recipient Jenifer Mendoza reflects on her experience as a buyer… Read More
Wesley Bennett is the Director of Engineering for Koppl Pipeline Services, Inc., and currently pursuing his master's degree in engineering management. IE Student Spotlight: Master's in Engineering Management Student Bennett Comes Full Circle

Wesley Bennett, currently pursuing his master's degree in engineering management, has refused to allow setbacks to keep him from finding success in the Cullen College of… Read More
Representatives of Cullen College and the local government gathered for a reception after the proclamation concluded. Sugar Land City Council Celebrates Cullen College Day

City hall was seeing red on the evening of Tuesday, August 20, 2024, as the Sugar Land City Council issued a proclamation for Cullen College Day.  See the photos here!… Read More
David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Marzia Cescon, Ph.D., has been awarded $370,774 of a total $802,774 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a joint project with Arizona State University entitled "First-Principles Informed Data-Enabled Predictive Digital Twin of Human Physiology". MAE's Cescon Using NSF Grant to Investigate Digital Twins for Healthcare Applications

David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Marzia Cescon, Ph.D., has been awarded $370,774 of a total $802,774 from the National Science… Read More
University of Houston Prof. Alamgir Karim, Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, first suggested rain as a possible source of distilled water that would have existed in the era when protocells first formed. The investigator of the new research trained under Karim while at the University of Houston. Life From a Drop of Rain: New Research Suggests Rainwater Helped Form the First Protocell Walls

A Nobel-winning Biologist, Two Engineering Schools, and a Vial of Houston Rainwater Cast New Light on the Origin of Life on Earth One of the major unanswered questions about the… Read More