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Professor Richard Liu (left) works with graduate students Yu Cai and Yinan Xing on the vehicle-mounted laser device developed in the Cullen College’s Subsurface Sensing Lab. Photo by Thomas Shea Engineering Researcher Set to Improve on TxDOT Road Maintenance Device

Drivers may think the only thing standing between them and a collision in rush hour traffic is their brakes, but really the friction generated as their tires move over a road’s… Read More
Ramanan Krishnamoorti Chair Selected to Participate in NAE Symposium

Ramanan Krishnamoorti will be among a select group of 88 researchers convening in California this September for the National Academy of Engineering’s 15th Annual U.S. Frontiers of… Read More
Logan Craft, 10, is given a demonstration on smart materials by Ph.D. student Claudio Olmi during one stop on a tour of the college June 30. Photo by Thomas Shea. Youngster’s Engineering Aspirations Realized at UH

Logan Craft’s summer has started off like any other grade school students’. He visited the beach in Galveston, attended camp and spent several long days getting into mischief with… Read More
Hanadi Rifai UH Researchers Part of $1.25 Million SSPEED Center Study on Ike

Hanadi Rifai hopes to leave behind some of the discomforts area residents experienced last year after Hurricane Ike should another big storm pass through Houston. A civil and… Read More
Michael Harold UH Study to Focus on Reducing Pollutants in Vehicle Exhaust

Potential for more efficient, cheaper aftertreatment system being studied with $3.2 million DOE grant It is no wonder Houston ranks high on the list of the nation’s most polluted… Read More
Mark Finley, general manager of Global Energy Markets and US Economics at BP, presents statistical energy data to a group of Cullen College faculty and students on June 15. Photo by Pin Lim. BP Economist Explains Volatility in the Energy Market

Mark Finley shares data from BP’s 2009 Statistical Review of World Energy Last year the world experienced an unprecedented rise and fall of oil prices—the barrel of oil that cost… Read More
Jiming Bao ECE Researchers to Redesign Key Material Used in Electronics, Solar Device

Study could expand device capabilities On a bright day, every 10 square feet of the earth’s surface is exposed to near 1,000 watts of energy from the sun. That translates to about… Read More
Scott Prengle holds an old photograph showing his father, H. William Prengle, and other chemical engineering faculty posing for a picture in Y Building during a visit to the structure recently. Photo by Thomas Shea. Saying Goodbye to the Y

Alumnus, son of a ChE department founder shares his memories The rain was steady and cold, but Scott Prengle (1981 BSEE, 1984 MSEE) had braved it without an umbrella. Ducking his… Read More
Cullen College alumni Gabe Cuadra, Michael Harold, Duane Germenis and Daniel Wong at the EAA Distinguished Engineering Alumni Banquet June 5. Photo by Thomas Shea. Speakers Honor Achievements of Alumni, University at Awards Dinner

They have served University of Houston advisory boards, city council, area youth organizations, even given time to organize college fundraisers. Alongside this outreach, all have… Read More
Photo by Thomas Shea. UH’S Leadership in Creation of Ship Channel Security District Commended

Southwest Public Safety Technology Center Key in Forging Public-Private Partnership The University of Houston is being credited with playing a pivotal role in the creation of the… Read More