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Jakob and Grace Lee, Cullen graduates in Mechanical Engineering, met and fell in love at the college. MAE Alum Finds Career, Partner, Thanks to UH

For Grace Tuttle, choosing to attend the University of Houston ultimately provided her with more than just an education and a career — It led to her meeting her husband at the… Read More
Matt Zelisko, wearing a red UH polo shirt, sits at the edge of a grey lecture hall table. PROMES Director Zelisko is Ready to Grow

PROMES (Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies) is a longstanding effort by the Cullen College of Engineering to enhance engineering students’ performance and provide them… Read More
Daniel Floryan, Kalsi Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, has been selected for the 2025 Young Investigator Program Award by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. MAE’S Floryan earns AFOSR Young Investigator Program award for energy efficiency research

Daniel Floryan, Kalsi Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, has been selected for the 2025 Young Investigator Program Award by the Air Force Office of… Read More
Weihang Zhu wears a blue and white collared shirt against a grey background in this headshot. He has short, dark hair, and is wearing glasses. MET’s Zhu Receives Third NSF RET Award

Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu has been awarded $599,999 to fund his Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site project, Industries of the Future… Read More
Zheng Fan, wearing a light-colored polo shirt, stands with his arms crossed in front of a dark wall with rows of portraits. MET’s Fan Receives Half-Million Dollar CAREER Award

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Zheng Fan has been awarded $549,771 for his CAREER Award proposal, Understanding the Formation of Pore-Free Interlayers… Read More
Pieremanuele Canepa, Robert A. Welch Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering. ECE’s Canepa earns Scialog funding

Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have funded seven team proposals for… Read More
Bo Zhao, smiling, wears a blue collared shirt and is standing in front of a grey background with his arms crossed. MAE’s Zhao Receives NSF CAREER Award

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering’s Assistant Professor Bo Zhao has been awarded $549,770 for his NSF CAREER proposal, “Understanding and Controlling Nonreciprocal Thermal… Read More
The research team for Muayyad Al-Ubaidi [third from left] and Muna Naash [third from right]. Cullen, UH Receives $1.1M Gift for Biomedical Engineering Research

The University of Houston and the Cullen College of Engineering have received a generous $1.1 million gift from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation to advance… Read More
Lihong Zhao. ECE’s Yao, Zhao Recharge Battery Potential

Low-battery anxiety may soon be a little less stressful thanks to a recent discovery by researchers at the University of Houston. For decades, scientists have struggled to… Read More
Joshua Genova. Genova, Cabrera, Hoskere Earn Runner-Up Best Paper Award at ASCE i3CE 2025 for Intelligent Repair-Robotics Breakthrough

An interdisciplinary team from the Cullen College of Engineering was awarded the Runner-Up Best Paper Award at the 2025 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil… Read More