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Dennis Webb. Photo by Thomas Shea. Longtime NASA Employee, UH Alumnus Reflects on Time with NASA

Dennis Webb (1976 BSEE) started with NASA during the last leg of the Apollo missions, still a rookie engineer on a University of Houston Co-op. Now, a veteran of the agency, the… Read More
Prof. Jerry Rogers Professor, Student Organization Honored at Annual ASCE Event

An associate professor in the UH Cullen College of Engineering and the university’s student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineering were both honored earlier this… Read More
Fazle Hussain UH Engineering Professor Receives High Honor From Caltech

A longtime Cullen College of Engineering professor was recently named a Moore Distinguished Scholar by the California Institute of Technology. Fazle Hussain, Hugh Roy & Lillie… Read More
Judy Rodriguez, a senior electrical engineering major, sorts through a wheelbarrow load of items pulled from Douglas' kitchen for anything. Photo by Thomas Shea. UH Engineering Students Reach Out to Help Hurricane Ike Victim

BACLIFF — From a folding chair in her driveway, Treva Douglas watched students from the Cullen College's Women In Engineering organization gut the flood-ravaged property she’s… Read More
biomedical engineering Board Approves New Biomedical Engineering Department at UH

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the establishment of the department of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering… Read More
Senior Michael Leba is pictured demonstrating research highlighted at the university’s Undergraduate Research Day. He was among 10 students from the Cullen College to participate in the annual event. Others from the college included Robert Hood, Max Lingamfelter, Basilios Sideris, Minh Tran, Nadia Dowla, Thuan Pham, Oliver Rivera, Arol Vicent and Kevin Weaver. Photo by Tom Shea. Engineering Students Present at Undergraduate Research Day

Michael Leba spent this past summer engrossed in the beginnings of a research project that may one-day aid diabetics. Only last month did the senior biomedical engineering major… Read More
Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan Hurricane Center Using Ike to Research Recovery Protocols, Protection Tools

From his driver’s seat, University of Houston Professor Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan has a clear view of exactly how the city is adjusting, now two weeks after Hurricane Ike’s… Read More
Ji Chen Professor Among Two Nationwide Named to Distinguished Lecturer Post

Ji Chen, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston, has been named a distinguished lecturer by the Electromagnetic Compatibility… Read More
nanoengineering Grant to Aid in Establishment of New Engineering Minor

To help facilitate a transition into the era of nanoscale-integrated systems, professors at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering are developing a… Read More
Benton Baugh (1967 BSME), adjunct professor of mechanical engineering and president of Radoil, Inc., has engineered a new tool to help secure the drilling riser on BP America's Thunder Horse during onset of a hurricane. Thunder Horse is the largest moored semi-submersible oil platform in the world. Photo by Thomas Shea. Adjunct Professor Develops Technology to Aid Energy Company in Hurricanes

Days before residents on the Gulf coast were evacuated for Hurricane Ike, aircrafts were ferrying crews in the area from the offshore rigs and platforms responsible for a quarter… Read More