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The Engineering Alumni Association holds its annual meeting and networking event at Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston on Aug. 22, 2019. Photos: Engineering Alumni Association Hosts 2019 Annual Meeting

The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual meeting on August 22nd at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. This annual event furthers the EAA’s mission of championing, supporting… Read More
South China University of Technology students attend inaugural summer workshop at the UH Cullen College of Engineering Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. Hosted by Dr. Gangbing Song and Dr. Yi-Lung Mo. UH Cullen College of Engineering Hosts Students from South China University of Technology for First-Ever Civil Summer Workshop

This summer, UH Engineering hosted over 40 college students from the South China University of Technology for the first-ever, three-week resilient civil infrastructure summer… Read More
UH Cullen College of Engineering Helps Grow a New Generation of Researchers UH Cullen College of Engineering Helps Grow a New Generation of Researchers

UH Cullen College of Engineering Helps Grow a New Generation of Researchers Research Experience Exposes Undergrads to Opportunities in Materials Science, Neurotechnologies… Read More
UH Engineer Offers Proposals to Improve Nation's Electric Grid. Photo: Getty Images UH Engineer Offers Proposals to Improve Nation’s Electric Grid

Xingpeng Li Submitted Two Winning Proposals to DOE Competition Balancing electricity supply and demand is challenging, and the prospect of blackouts carries a substantial economic… Read More
Phaneendra Kondapi, interim assistant dean and founding director for engineering programs at UH at Katy and a professor with UH’s subsea engineering program at the Cullen College of Engineering. UH Engineering Faculty Earn International Recognition From Society of Petroleum Engineers

Assistant Dean, National Academy of Engineering Member In the Spotlight The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) recognized two UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty members… Read More
Rice University, Texas Southern University and the University of Houston have won a National Science Foundation grant to help underrepresented minorities pursuing academic careers in engineering and science. The principal investigators are, from left: Reginald DesRoches and Canek Phillips of Rice, Pradeep Sharma and Hanadi Rifai of the University of Houston, Yvette Pearson of Rice and Wei Wayne Li of Texas Southern University. (Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University) Houston universities team up to boost minorities in academia

NSF grant to Rice, UH, Texas Southern will help future science, engineering professors HOUSTON – (Aug. 13, 2019) – Rice University, Texas Southern University (TSU) and the… Read More
The tiny bursts of sweat released in response to psychologically arousing stimuli can be measured using wearable technology. Brain Stimulation for PTSD Patients

Sweat Response Can Make Stimulators Responsive For 8 million adults who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder in any given year, medication and cognitive therapy have been… Read More
Lupus nephritis is one of the most frequent and severe clinical manifestations of lupus, representing a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Photo courtesy: GettyImages Blood Clotting Proteins Discovered as Biomarkers of Lupus Nephritis

Finding Could Lead to Better Clinical Disease Monitoring University of Houston researcher Chandra Mohan is reporting in Arthritis Research and Therapy that clotting proteins, both… Read More
The University of Houston at Katy campus – set to open this fall – will offer programs in high demand throughout the Greater Houston region – engineering and nursing. New Engineering Academy Puts UH at Katy in the Lime Light

UH Cullen College partners with HCC to Better Serve Students, Industries The recently announced partnership between the new University of Houston at Katy – set to open this fall… Read More
Cunjiang Yu, Bill D. Cook Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UH, led a project to develop a multifunctional, ultra-thin wearable human-machine interface. A Wearable Device So Thin and Soft You Won’t Even Notice It

Device Also Can Serve as Robotic Skin, Relaying Information Back to the User Wearable human-machine interfaces – devices that can collect and store important health information… Read More