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Technology Division alum Prathibha Muraleedhara. Cybersecurity alum Muraleedhara now published author

Some might say that the writing is on the wall when it comes to digital security. For Technology Division alum Prathibha Muraleedhara, who earned her master's degree in… Read More
Associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan has been honored with the International Association of Advanced Materials' Advanced Material Award for his Department of Defense grant-sponsored work with chitin — the resilient, fibrous substance that protects the soft inner tissues of arthropods and helps mushrooms hold their shape. Biotech's Balan earns IAAM award

Associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan has been honored with the International Association of Advanced Materials' Advanced Material Award for his Department of… Read More
Miao Pan [left], associate professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, is co-PI for a collaborative research project with Tomoaki Ohtsuki [right], professor of Information and Computer Science at Keio University, Japan's most prestigious and first private institution of higher learning. ECE professors part of research with Japan's Keio University

The Cullen College of Engineering is now part of a research effort with faculty at Keio University, Japan's most prestigious and very first private institution of higher learning… Read More
UH assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Pietro Milillo presents results of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar, which measures infrastructure deformation from space with millimetric accuracy. Cullen Researcher Reveals Pre-Collapse Monitoring of Kakhovka Dam, Ukraine

On the morning of June 6, 2023, a substantial portion of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine — vital for water management and hydroelectric power generation — suffered a collapse while… Read More
The Houston Works Scholarship Fund will provide scholarship support to working junior and senior students in select majors at the C.T. Bauer College of Business, all majors at the Cullen College of Engineering and select majors in the Division of Technology. $3 Million Gift Funds New Scholarships for Working Students at UH

A new, $3 million gift will help reinforce the University of Houston’s long-standing mission to provide students with a world-class education and ensure they are given every… Read More
Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Program Director Margaret Kidd was recently featured on the cover of Breakbulk Magazine – a bimonthly worldwide project cargo and breakbulk shipping industry publication. SCLT’S Kidd featured on cover of international magazine

Supply Chain and Logistics Technology Program Director Margaret Kidd was recently featured on the cover of Breakbulk Magazine — a bimonthly worldwide project cargo and breakbulk… Read More
L to R: Scientists Michael Wang, Zachary Hood and Jianlin Li with Argonne and UH. Three Renowned Argonne Scientists Accept Joint Appointments at the University of Houston

Three top researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have accepted joint appointments in various capacities at the University of Houston. These… Read More
Marzia Cescon, the David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has received funding for her National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER proposal, “Data-Enabled Neural Multi-Step Predictive Control (DeMuSPc): a Learning-Based Predictive and Adaptive Control Approach for Complex Nonlinear Systems.” The award amount is $655,248. ME's Cescon earns CAREER award for automatic control work

For Marzia Cescon, the David C. Zimmerman Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, the news in January that she had earned funding for her National Science Foundation (NSF)… Read More
Kripa Adhikari, a doctoral candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, will work as an intern for AI/ML Models Testing at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Washington from May to August this year. Her advisor is Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala, associate professor and associate chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Ph.D. candidate Adhikari earns national lab internship

A doctoral candidate in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been hired for an internship with a national laboratory this… Read More
Bo Zhao, assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned funding from the National Science Foundation for a pair of research proposals in the past year. Zhao earns NSF funding for Kirchhoff's Law, solar research

Bo Zhao, assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned funding from the National Science Foundation for a pair of… Read More