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Retailing and Consumer Science lecturer Blake Mudd was recently honored with the New Achiever Award at this year's American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Texas (AAFCS-TX) Annual Conference. Tech Division's Mudd earns New Achiever Award

Retailing and Consumer Science lecturer Blake Mudd was recently honored with the New Achiever Award at this year's American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Texas (… Read More
Alamgir Karim, the Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, is a part of a collaboration between researchers at three universities to redesign robotic hands to increase their dexterity. ChBE's Karim co-PI on design research for robot hands

A professor from the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering is part of a collaboration between researchers at three universities to… Read More
Haleh Ardebili, the new assistant vice president of Entrepreneurship and Startup Ecosystem, and Michael Harold, assistant vice president for Intellectual Property and Industrial Engagements at the University of Houston. Two Cullen professors Selected to Help Advance Technology, Innovation at UH

The University of Houston is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to key leadership roles within the Office of Technology, Transfer, and Innovation… Read More
Gül H. Zerze, an assistant professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been chosen for a two-year term as an inaugural member of the Early Career Board for the American Chemical Society's Journal of Chemical Theory and Computations. ChBE's Zerze picked for inaugural JCTC board

Gül H. Zerze, an assistant professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been chosen for a two-year term as an inaugural member… Read More
Joe Powell, founding executive director of the UH Energy Transition Institute. UH’s Energy Transition Institute Leader Appointed to Department of Energy Committee

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm appointed Joe Powell, the founding executive director of the Energy Transition Institute at the University of Houston, to the U.S.… Read More
Supply Chain & Logistics Technology Program Director Margaret Kidd addresses students taking part in the Technology Division's second annual Catapult Career Summit. Sugar Land hosts HISD students for hands-on Catapult Career Summit

More than 450 high school students from 12 Houston Independent School District (HISD) schools recently visited UH's Sugar Land Instructional Site for a hands-on day of learning… Read More
Four Ph.D. students from the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering secured second place in the 2024 Chevron National Engineering Week Competition, held in February. Petroleum Ph.D. students take 2nd in Chevron competition

Four Ph.D. students from the Department of Petroleum Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering secured second place in the 2024 Chevron National Engineering Week… Read More
Yashashree Kulkarni, the Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, will serve as the president of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) in 2024. ME's Kulkarni elected president of the Society of Engineering Science

Yashashree Kulkarni, the Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, will serve as the president of the Society of Engineering Science (… Read More
Yuan Zi, a doctoral student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, was chosen for a Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Professional summer research internship in Germany. [Photo by James Bai.] Ph.D. student Zi thrives during RISE internship

An engineering student completing his doctorate at the University of Houston was honored by being selected for a Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)… Read More
Xingpeng Li, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, is working on a solution to allow the seamless integration of renewable energy sources with the rest of the power grid. ECE's Li Using CAREER Award to Ensure Continuous Quality Electricity for All

In the race to achieve a net-zero future based on clean energy, renewable energy sources like solar and wind power have emerged as potential champions in the battle against… Read More