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FMC Technologies representatives Preston Bruce and Chris Egan present $1,000 to Andres Michel and Fernando Alquicira of the UH Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists (MAES) for winning first place in the EAA Engineering Community Outreach Competition. Photo by Jeff Fantich EAA Hosts Fifth Annual Engineers Week Reception, Program

Event, raising close to $100,000 in its history, honors UH students and organizations For the last six weeks the University of Houston Chapter of the Society of Mexican American… Read More
Alumni, Student Honored With Young Engineer of Year Award

Current and former University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering students were among those named by area professional organizations recently as their 2009 Young Engineers of… Read More
Larry Witte, professor of mechanical engineering, launched the UH Engineering Golf Tournament twenty years ago. Photo by Tom Shea. College to Host 20th Annual Engineering Golf Tournament

Larry Witte has just about enough hats to cover every day of the month tucked away in his closet. These baseball-style caps are not about fashion for this professor of mechanical… Read More
Rodrigo Feliu College Names Outstanding Engineering Students

Students from two University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering departments were among those recognized at a luncheon on campus today honoring area engineering students’… Read More
College to Launch New Petroleum Engineering Undergraduate Degree

More challenging for the petroleum industry than finding new ways to extract hard-to-reach resources may be locating the people to do it. At the University of Houston Cullen… Read More
BP’s Gerald Balboa, Elizabeth Nguyen (2006 BSChE) and Gabriel Cuadra (1988 BSChE) present UH President Renu Khator with a $300,000 check and an environmentally friendly solar utility vehicle. Photo by Tom Shea. $300,000 Donation From BP Includes Solar Vehicle

Solar-Powered Buggy Part of $300,000 Gift for Research, Academics The University of Houston’s commitment to green initiatives received a welcome boost last night when BP America… Read More
Ramanan Krishnamoorti Krishnamoorti Named Department Chair, APS Fellow

The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has appointed Professor Ramanan Krishnamoorti to serve as chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering… Read More
Fazle Hussain UH Professor Elected to Board of Directors for Texas Academy

The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) announced Dec. 19 Fazle Hussain, Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Mechanical… Read More
Professor Dmitri Litvinov, director of the Center for Integrated Nanosystems, received a high field vibrating sample magnetormeter (shown above)—one of three instruments donated to the center by Seagate Technology LLC—to further the study of magnetic nanodevices. Photo by Tom Shea. College to Benefit From Major Research Instruments Donated by Seagate

Seagate Technology LLC has donated sophisticated research equipment, designed to measure and characterize magnetic materials and devices, to the University of Houston Cullen… Read More
Rehan Momin (back row, second from left), senior electrical engineering major, is pictured with his design team at the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers national conference. The team captured first place in the organization's Extreme Engineering Challege, a competition challenging students to design a water supply system for an impoverished country. Photo courtesy of SHPE. Extreme Engineering

Cullen College student takes home first place in rigorous round-the-clock competition Rehan Momin, a senior electrical engineering major, was among a group of students last month… Read More