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Engineering seniors John Hemmick and Osaid Shamsi receive a first place award in the Region 5 IEEE Technical, Professional and Student Conference regional circuit design competition. Photo by Tom Shea. UH Team Excels in Regional Circuit Design Competition

A duo from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering relied on problem solving skills and classroom instruction to secure the first place title at a regional circuit… Read More
Undergraduate biomedical student Shaun Khan studies a BioRad Thermocycler located in the new Biomedical Engineering Bioanalytics Undergraduate Laboratory. Also pictured are Laura Gutiérrez, Ph.D., manager of the lab, and students James Liu and Valor Thomas. Photo by Tom Shea. College Unveils New Undergraduate Lab Space

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has opened a laboratory devoted to enhancing undergraduate education through hands-on instruction in bioanalytics. The… Read More
Multi-Million Dollar NSF Grant to Fund Science Enrichment Program

University of Houston researchers received a nearly $3 million grant this month to support an initiative aimed not only at enriching the education of university graduate students… Read More
Kirill Larin Study by UH Researchers Could Help Diabetics Better Monitor Glucose Levels

A device being developed by a team of researchers from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering could make it unnecessary for more than 23 million diabetics to… Read More
Ji Chen NSF Grant to Fund Center Focused on Electromagnetic Compatibility Research

In an effort to reduce electromagnetic interference in electronic devices, engineering professors at the University of Houston and the Missouri University of Science and… Read More
Suresh Khator UH to Provide Technical Training in International Partnership

The University of Houston has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Angolan university intended to boost technical training and reduce the southwestern African nation’s… Read More
IEEE Holds 30th Annual Chili Cook Off IEEE Holds 30th Annual Chili Cook Off

A brave professor holding down the dunking booth was not the only wet one at the UH Chapter of the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Chili Cook Off… Read More
Undergraduate biomedical engineering students Arjun Vasan (left) and Basilios Sideris demonstrate how to operate the homemade lab instrument they developed over the course of the last year. Photo by Thomas Shea. Undergraduate Students Construct Lab Instrument

Inside the Cullen College’s Biomedical Engineering Research Core Laboratory is a one-of-a-kind instrument that could help scientists better understand how radiation from low-level… Read More
Nanoengineering Minor Planned for Fall 2009 Start

The University of Houston Provost’s Office is expected to approve the launch of a nanoengineering (NEMO) minor centered on preparing students for careers in the rapidly growing… Read More
Sophomore biomedical engineering majors Kevin Shih and Sheetal Shah sort medical supplies for Project Cure, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supplying needy hospitals and clinics overseas with the tools to fight disease. Photo by Thomas Shea. Effecting Change: UH Engineering Students Aid Needy Hospitals Overseas

Dominique Lim spent the better part of her life in a country where diseases that modern medicine have made practically unheard of are commonplace. In her native Philippines, a… Read More