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Jeremy Palmer, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, resolves water dispute. UH Professor Discovers Issue at the Root of Seven-Year Water Dispute

Palmer uses programming experience to crack scientific stalemate A scientific quest, started with genuine curiosity and a passion for research, turned into a Hatfield-McCoy style… Read More
Julie Rogers, a Cullen College mechanical engineering senior and a G.R.A.D.E. Camp counselor, works with camper Natalie Cramer, an 8th-grader from Pearland. UH G.R.A.D.E. Camp Celebrates 15 Years of Introducing Engineering to New Generations of Girls

Spending summer days engineering can be creative, empowering and fun. Imagine taking bits and pieces of circuitry, plastic and metal to build robots, then programming them to… Read More
UH Professor Christine Ehlig-Economides Wins Top SPE Honor. Photo Credit: UH Energy UH Engineering Professor Chosen for Highest Honor From Society of Petroleum Engineers

SPE Recognizes Christine Ehlig-Economides With Honorary Membership The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) bestowed its highest honor – the SPE/AIME Honorary Membership – on… Read More
Before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already developed a neural tube. Watching an Embryo’s Neural Tube Close

First-in-Class Technology to Deliver Images of Birth Defect as it Happens In those precious weeks before a woman even realizes she’s pregnant, an embryo will have already… Read More
Danny Guevara, a UH undergrad studying mechanical engineering, heads to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California. First-Generation Student Wins Prestigious Internship

UH Engineering Undergrad Headed for Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Danny Guevara, a first-generation college student at the University of Houston, was recently selected for the… Read More
Engineering Alumni Association Hosts 2018 Annual Meeting Photos: Engineering Alumni Association Hosts 2018 Annual Meeting

The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual meeting on Thursday, August 23 at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. This annual event furthers the EAA’s mission of championing,… Read More
Bacteria - time and again - have come up with ways to fight back against antibiotics and survive A New Take on Fighting Multi-Drug Resistant Bacteria

UH Researchers Receive $3.5 M to Find Best Combinations of Antibiotics Two UH researchers have won a five-year, $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and… Read More
UH Researcher Working on DOE Project For Safer Storage of Nuclear Waste UH Engineer Part of $800K DOE Study Targeting Safer Storage for Nuclear Waste

Rimer: ‘Understanding Formation Process of Zeolites is Key.’ About 20 percent of the electricity produced in the United States of America is generated at nuclear power plants,… Read More
The University of Houston System Board of Regents presented the Regents’ Academic Excellence Award to the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s PROMES program. UH College of Engineering PROMES receives Regents’ Academic Excellence Award

The University of Houston System Board of Regents presented the Regents’ Academic Excellence Award to the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for Mastery… Read More
Ilknur Telkes (Ph.D. BME 2017) published in prestigious PNAS journal with paper on research conducted at UH. UH Alumna’s Paper Lands In Prestigious PNAS Journal

Collaborative Effort Yields Parkinson’s Disease Research Findings Ilknur Telkes, who earned a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Houston last year and was a… Read More