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2016 Engineering Alumni Association Gala PHOTOS/VIDEOS: 2016 Engineering Alumni Association Gala

The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) hosted its annual Alumni Awards Gala on June 9 at the Hilton Americas in downtown Houston. The EAA Gala was established in 1987 to… Read More
UH Researchers Discover New Chemical Sensing Technique UH Researchers Discover New Chemical Sensing Technique

UH engineers have reported a new technique to determine the chemical composition of materials using near-infrared light. The work could have a number of potential applications,… Read More
Di Yang, assistant professor of mechanical engineering UH Engineer Improves Computer Model to Find Better Oil Spill Remediation Strategies

After a major oil spill, government agencies and energy companies have limited time to make decisions on how to remediate the disaster and clean up the spilled oil. Officials… Read More
Tianfu Wu and Chandra Mohan Research Identifies New Blood Biomarkers for Lupus

Biomedical engineers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering have identified several new blood biomarkers that can help to predict which lupus patients will progress towards more… Read More
ECE Alumna Shares Her UH Experience with The Lunar Cougar ECE Alumna Shares Her UH Experience with The Lunar Cougar

Raquel Padilla, an electrical and computer engineering alumna from the UH Cullen College, was recently spotlighted in the Lunar Cougar. In a Q&A feature conducted by Joelle… Read More
Kirill Larin UH Engineer Targets Corneal Disease Through Imaging and Analysis

A biomedical engineer at the University of Houston is developing new techniques to map the structural integrity of the human cornea, work that could lead to more effective… Read More
Montoya and Martin's overall layout concept Space Architecture Students Win Interior Spacecraft Design Competition

Brett Montoya and Canaan Martin, both space architecture graduate students from UH Cullen College of Engineering, won the Genesis Engineering Solutions (GES) Superior Design Award… Read More
Xin Yan, mechanical engineering Ph.D. student UH Engineers Shed New Light on Behavior of Nanomaterials

In a recent paper published in the journal Nano Letters, mechanical engineers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering describe a novel method for characterizing and understanding… Read More
Tiffany Yao, Julia London and Abby Zinecker UH Female Engineers Help NASA’s Small Satellites Complete Bigger Missions

Three UH Engineering undergraduate students are improving NASA’s CubeSat missions by programming the small satellites to orient and stabilize themselves based on the position of… Read More
Straight From The Movies: Space Architecture Program Goes to Extremes Straight From The Movies: Space Architecture Program Goes to Extremes

Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2016 issue of UH Magazine. The nation’s space shuttles may be in museums, Constellation Program cancelled and… Read More