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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
Cullen College alumnus Danny Olivas (far left) with the crew of the upcoming Discovery STS-128 mission. Photo courtesy of NASA. UH Alumnus to Lead Spacewalks on 128th Space Shuttle Flight

As a child, John “Danny” Olivas (1993 MSME) used to wonder what lay beyond the stars he peered at through a telescope on the roof of his El Paso, Texas home. These nights he spent… Read More
Haluk Ogmen NIH to Fund UH Study on Visual Perception

For years, scientists have been exploring the large portions of the brain that correlate to vision. Their efforts have led to a well-documented understanding of one portion of the… Read More
Dmitri Litvinov College Faculty Establish Houston Chapter of Professional Group

Thanks to faculty at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering the city will have a new chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers… Read More
GRADE campers participate in a game of circuit Bingo, one of many activities designed to open young girls minds to science and engineering, during the final week of the UH camp. Photo by Thomas Shea. UH Camp Designed to Open Girls’ Eyes to Science and Engineering

Crouching over the microscope, Janine Morgan steadied its focus just as she had done so many times prior with her toy kit at home. With her eyes trained intently on the eyepiece… Read More
Qingkai Yu ECE Researcher Unraveling the Secrets of Explosives

A University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering researcher is working on a piece of technology, invisible to the naked eye, that could help protect Americans from terrorist… Read More