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Professor Peter Strasser. Photo by Stephen Pinchback Engineering Researchers Make Fuel Cell Breakthrough

Research could cut thousands off the cost of fuel cell-powered vehicles The days of gasoline and diesel fuel are one step closer to ending thanks to new findings from the… Read More
UH NanoJapan participant Austin Head (right), and longtime friend Craig Corcoran, a mechanical engineering major at Rice University who also participated in the program, visit Lake Tazawa, Japan's deepest lake. Photo provided by Austin Head. Biomedical Engineering Student Conducts Research Overseas

Junior Austin Head spends 11 weeks investigating nanotechnology through the NanoJapan Program It is not uncommon for undergraduate engineering students to seek out research… Read More
UH students Jael Medrano, Dominique Lin, Adriana Rodriguez and Patricia Sanmiguel participate in a sand sculpting competition during the Women-in-Engineering Retreat on Sept. 8. The students were challenged to create their favorite marvel of engineering and this group decided to sculp Dolly the Sheep, the first mammal successfully cloned. Photo provided by Julie Trenor Second Annual Women-in-Engineering Retreat Fosters Growth, Teamwork

During the 2nd Annual Women-in-Engineering Retreat held September 8, UH Cullen College of Engineering students journeyed to Galveston for day of personal development workshops and… Read More
Douglas F. Muster Former Chairman of Mechanical Engineering Passes Away

Douglas F. Muster, Brown & Root Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the UH Department of Mechanical Engineering, passed away September 7, 2007. He was 88. Muster earned… Read More
High school science teacher Kelly Mizell conducted environmental research during the Research Experience for Teachers program two summers ago under the direction of Professor Hanadi Rifai. Photo by Jeff Shaw. Introducing Nanotech to Teachers

Nanotechnology research is usually practiced by those who have made a career out of working in a laboratory and reading the latest technology journal publications. A program… Read More
Pradeep Sharma, professor of mechanical engineering, is leading a group of researchers that has received a $1.22M NSF grant to develop a novel class of meta materials that generate electricity when placed under physical stress. Photo by Jeff Shaw. $1M Grant To Support Meta-Materials Research

Interdisciplinary team from three universities will seek to create “piezoelectrics on steroids.” Artificial limbs that can perform a variety of complex tasks by more closely… Read More
Allen Rhodes, Cullen College Adjunct & NAE Member, Dies

Allen Rhodes, a former adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has died. Rhodes passed away on Saturday, Aug. 18,… Read More
Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E. UH Names New Engineering Dean

The University of Houston has named Joseph W. Tedesco the sixth dean of the Cullen College of Engineering, effective Jan. 1, 2008. “I am delighted the Cullen College will benefit… Read More
Kirill Larin Navy Taps UH Researcher to Develop Diagnostic Tool

For as long as the U.S. Navy has had scuba divers, submarines and airplane pilots, it has had to deal with the effects of decompression sickness. This condition, which affects… Read More
Dean Raymond Flumerfelt, Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair, visits with Dr. Elizabeth Rockwell at his retirement event. Photo compliments of Nancy Clark, UH Office of Development. Cullen College of Engineering Bids Farewell to Dean Raymond Flumerfelt

University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering faculty, staff, alumni and friends, along with several university administrators, gathered at the Petroleum Club of Houston on… Read More