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Industrial engineering alumnus Victor Zaloom A Passion for Paying it Forward: Q&A With Victor Zaloom

Victor Zaloom (Ph.D. IE '70) is a man with interests as broad and deep as the industrial engineering (IE) field in which he works. A professor of industrial engineering at Lamar… Read More
Industrial engineering student Amanda Herrera The Reality of Project-Based Learning

Industrial engineering professor Randal Sitton begins his "Engineering Systems Design" class with the same introduction each year: "This is the hardest class you're ever going to… Read More
Yan Yao, a University of Houston engineering professor, wins a Scialog award for his work with batteries. Battery Expert Powers Up With a Scialog Award

When it comes to batteries, UH engineer Yan Yao never runs out of award-winning ideas. Yao, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the UH Cullen College… Read More
UH engineering researchers made Angewandte Chemie International Edition From Exploding Hoverboards to Tomorrow’s Batteries: UH engineering team lands on front cover of prestigious publication

Yan Yao Receives Scialog Award A paper about safer batteries made with organic materials written by a team of researchers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering made the cover of… Read More
Dr. Phaneendra Kondapi, director of the subsea engineering program at the University of Houston. Diving Deep to Launch UH Subsea Engineering to New Heights: Q & A with the New Subsea Program Director

When it comes to subsea engineering education, the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has a tradition of taking the lead. UH started the country’s first academic… Read More
Cunjiang Yu, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Houston, won a 2018 ONR Young Investigator Award UH Researcher Developing Smart Artificial Skin Inspired by Underwater Masters of Camouflage

Cunjiang Yu wins 2018 Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award Imagine U.S. Navy divers wearing camouflage ‘skin’ suits and gathering intelligence. They could swim… Read More
Dr. E. May, UH biomedical engineering professor, appointed NSF program director UH Biomedical Engineering Professor Appointed by National Science Foundation as Program Director

Researcher says 'Science has no boundaries and it’s exciting to see that in action.' Elebeoba E. May, associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston… Read More
How it Works: The Basics of Wind Energy How it Works: The Basics of Wind Energy

Have you ever wondered how wind energy is used to generate electricity or how wind turbines work? In a new video series titled “How It Works,” mechanical engineer Daniel Araya… Read More
Navin Varadarajan, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is fighting against cancer by working to improve the effectiveness of T-cell immunotherapy. Chemical Engineer Wins CPRIT to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy

A Cullen College of Engineering professor, who is working to improve treatments for battling cancer, received a grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas… Read More
D. Wayne Klotz, a University Houston engineering alumnus, received the 2018 Outstanding Practitioner in Water Resources Engineering Award from the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE) UH Alumnus Wins Prestigious National Engineering Award

Klotz views engineering as a 'license to change the world.' Houston civil engineer D. Wayne Klotz (1976 MSCE) has added another feather in his cap. The University of Houston… Read More