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A heavy-duty engine dynamometer is one of many new additions to the Texas Diesel Research and Testing Center. Photo by Thomas Shea. UH Diesel Center Finishes Expansion Doubling Size, Capabilities

The Texas Diesel Testing and Research Center at the University of Houston recently finished an expansion doubling its size and increasing its means to research and test retrofit… Read More
Dmitri Litvinov UH Researchers Nab New NIH Grant to Construct, Test Cancer Tool

A team of University of Houston researchers is among a select few to be awarded a competitive grant from the National Institutes of Health to create a technology that more… Read More
University of Houston Nanofabrication Facility. Photo by Thomas Shea. University Opens State-of-the-Art Clean Room

Researchers from Greater Houston area welcome Even the tiniest speck of dust can be a nuisance when you are working with nano-sized objects. That’s because these objects are so… Read More
Wallace "Wally" Anderson poses outside the engineering buildings last spring. Photo by Thomas Shea Former Engineering Professor, Department Chair Dies

Wallace “Wally” Anderson, a former University of Houston department chair, died Tuesday in Galveston as a result of complications following a fall. He was 87. During his 39 years… Read More
David Zimmerman Partnership to Boost Education, Research Overseas

A country north of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf, Qatar ranks among the top 20 producers of oil worldwide. Though the natural resource is the cornerstone of their economy,… Read More
Chemical engineering senior Rhys Forgie works in the lab as part the college's Research Experience for Undergraduates program. Photo by Thomas Shea. Lucrative Lessons: Engineering Pegged as Degree With Highest Starting Salary

Wide array of profitable, rare programs offered at UH In recent weeks Kaytie Curttright (2009 BSChE) has been settling into work as an engineer with Samsung Austin Semiconductors… Read More
Metin Akay, recently named founding chair of the college's new department of biomedical engineering, shares his vision for the future of biomedical sciences at University of Houston at BioHouston's August Breakfast Forum on Aug. 21, 2009. Photo by Thomas Shea. Founding Chair Named to Department of Biomedical Engineering

Internationally known researcher, educator from ASU to fill spot Metin Akay has been tasked with leading the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s new Department… Read More
research College Research Expenditures See Increase, Set Record

Research grant and contract expenditures by University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering faculty totaled more than $21.8 million in fiscal year 2009, the largest ever on… Read More
Stuart Long NSF Grant to Fund Programs Boosting Interest, Pursuit of STEM Fields

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Houston a five-year, $2 million grant to support programs for recruiting and retaining students in science,… Read More
Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section SPE Section Pledges First Professorship in Petroleum Engineering

In support of the University of Houston’s expanding petroleum engineering program, the Society of Petroleum Engineers Gulf Coast Section has committed $250,000 to establish a… Read More