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Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering's Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the amount of $522,253 for research concerning congenital cardiac fibrosis and vascular cell dysfunction. BME’S Horton Receives CAREER Award for Innovative Heart-on-a-Chip Research

Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the… Read More
Cullen Gala The Cullen College Honoring Six At Inaugural Cullen Gala

The Cullen College of Engineering will celebrate six distinguished award winners at the inaugural 2024 Cullen Gala. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 10 at the… Read More
2023-24 IISE officers stand in front of the entrance to the Cullen College of Engineering IISE Student Chapter Wins Third Consecutive Gold Award

Continuing their proud tradition for the third year in a row, the University of Houston's Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers student chapter has been recognized with… Read More
SCLT master's degree student Suhaib Kaissi is breaking down the boundaries between student, academic, and industry professional while keeping a keen eye focused on the future. Master's Student, TA, Industry Professional: SCLT's Kaissi Offers Sound Return on Investment

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology master's degree student Suhaib Kaissi is breaking down the boundaries between student, academic, and industry professional while keeping a… Read More
Founding chair and John S. Dunn Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering Metin Akay (center), with IEEE EMBS 2025 VP of Technical Activities Gert Cauwenberghs (left) and 2024 President Paul Sajda (right). BME Founding Chair Akay Honored with IEEE Academic Career Achievement Award

Metin Akay, Ph.D., the founding chairman and the John S. Dunn Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics… Read More
Chemical engineering graduate student Dipayan Chakraborty has been awarded the 2024 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award for Crystallization & Evaporation for his work on cholesterol crystallization. ChBE Graduate Student Chakraborty Earns AIChE Research Award

Chemical engineering graduate student Dipayan Chakraborty has been awarded the 2024 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Separations Division Graduate Student Research… Read More
Emeritus Professor of Digital Media and prior Hartman/Dennis Service to Education Awardee Jerry Waite (right) presents the 2024 award to Alters (left). Digital Media Professor Alters Receives GCEA Service to Education Award

Instructional associate professor of digital media Monika Alters has been awarded the 2024 Hartman/Dennis Service to Education Award by the Graphic Communications Education… Read More
Karolos Grigoriadis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Chair, Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering and director of the Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program at UH, will lead the new center for aerospace engineering research. The New Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department: A Year in the Life of Chair Karolos Grigoriadis

Moores Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Chair Karolos Grigoriadis has had quite the year. After nearly three decades as a… Read More
Researcher Ankita Leekha with a bottle of NanoSTING University of Houston Researchers Create New Treatment and Vaccine for Flu and Various Coronaviruses

Team Develops Two Nasal Sprays — An Immune Activator and a New Vaccine — To Prevent Virus Transmission A team of researchers, led by the University of Houston, has discovered two… Read More
SPE Student Chapter members with current SPE President Terry Palisch (center right) and faculty advisor Ganesh Thakur (center left). SPE Recognized with Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter

The University of Houston's student chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) was recently awarded the 2024 Presidential Award for Outstanding Student Chapter (PAOSC) in… Read More