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Bonnie Dunbar Retired Astronaut, Engineering Educator to Lead Aerospace Engineering Program

Who better to lead an aerospace engineering program than a retired astronaut with an engineering Ph.D. and a passion for education? That’s a very brief resume of Bonnie Dunbar, a… Read More
Society of Petroleum Engineers Lee Named Gulf Coast SPE Engineer of the Year

John Lee has one more plaque to hang on the wall. Lee, Professor and Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair in the college’s Petroleum Engineering… Read More
Rodrigues High Schoolers Get Research Experience in Faculty Lab

Though it’s not mentioned as often as teaching or research, service is an important part of the faculty job description. And despite its relatively low profile, professors take… Read More
Houston Chronicle Director of Engineering Career Center Featured in Houston Chronicle: Job-Landing Advice for College Students

Vita Como, director of the UH Cullen College of Engineering's career center, has devoted much of her career to passing on words of wisdom to soon-to-be college graduates on how… Read More
student Ten State University Systems and Public Flagships, including UH System, Join Coursera to Explore MOOC-based Learning and Collaboration on Campus

Coursera, a leading massive open online course (MOOC) platform, today announced that it will be working with the University of Houston System and nine other state university… Read More
Indranil Mitra and Nikhila Mahadevapuram ChBE Graduate Students Selected for National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering

Indranil Mitra, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, was selected for the Fifteenth National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering. This two-week program… Read More
Members of the College's biomedical engineering department met with Turkish government officials at a recent gathering in Houston. BME Faculty Meet with Turkish Health Minister

Members of the biomedical engineering department at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering met with Turkey’s Minister of Health during his recent visit to Houston… Read More
'UH Mappers Help Find Lost World': Cullen College Professor Featured in Houston Chronicle "UH Mappers Help Find Lost World": Cullen College Professor Featured in Houston Chronicle

A team of UH Cullen College of Engineering researchers who helped uncover a lost world in the rainforests of Honduras were featured in the Houston Chronicle today. The research… Read More
German news magazine Der Spiegel featured the incredible research of professor Jose Luis "Pepe" Contreras-Vidal, who has developed a thought-controlled robotic exoskeleton which can be used to help paralyzed patients regain their mobility. ECE Professor's Thought-Controlled Robot-Exoskeleton Featured in "Der Spiegel"

German news magazine Der Spiegel — one of Europe's largest publications of its kind — featured the incredible research of professor Jose Luis "Pepe" Contreras-Vidal, who has… Read More
Venkat Selvamanickam Professor Helping Develop Alternative Energy Storage Device

If you don’t like the weather, give it a few minutes and it’ll change. That bit of homespun wisdom is actually a big problem for the renewable energy industry. The amount of… Read More