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A group of students wearing white clean suits, face masks, shoe covers, and goggles stand in front of a projector screen in a classroom. Only their eyes are visible behind the clear goggles. NIIMBL eXperience at UH Promotes the Promise of Biomanufacturing Futures

The Cullen College of Engineering hosted 15 college freshman and sophomores from nine states, representing 14 different community and four-year colleges and universities, at UH’s… Read More
Led by Mim Rahimi, a professor at UH’s Cullen College of Engineering, a team has made two significant breakthroughs that could reduce the cost of capturing harmful emissions from power plants. UH Researchers Unveil Breakthrough in Carbon Capture

Sometimes less really is more — at least that is the case when it comes to improving carbon capture systems, according to a team of researchers at the University of Houston. Led… Read More
A headshot of Hyongki Lee, a man with short, dark hair and eyeglasses, in front of a blue background. He is wearing a dark suit, light shirt, and a blue tie. CEE’s Lee Seeks to Further Expand Flood Forecasting Framework

Kaspar J. Willam Professor Hyongki Lee’s satellite-driven inundation forecasting framework, Forecasting Inundation Extents using REOF (Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function) (FIER… Read More
Manmohan Singh [pictured], a research assistant professor of biomedical engineering, has worked with Biomedical Engineering chairman Kirill Larin and two professors from the University of Western Australia to write a new review paper on the advantages and limitations of optical coherence elastography (OCE). Paper from BME’s Larin, Singh examines growth of non-invasive mechanical imaging technique

A new review paper published in Nature Reviews Methods Primers from the research group of Kirill Larin, Cullen Endowed Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, highlights… Read More
Tianfu Wu, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Houston, is developing a method thanks to a $1 million Impact Award to send medication directly to the spleen where certain immune cells cause the disease known as lupus. BME's Wu Creates New Drug Delivery System to Tackle Lupus

With a $1 million Impact Award from the U.S. Department of Defense, Tianfu Wu, a University of Houston biomedical engineer, is developing a method to send medication directly to… Read More
Zhengwei Li, an assistant professor and Presidential Frontier Faculty Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering Department with a joint appointment in the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, has received $629,000 in funding for his proposal, “Wireless, Closed-Loop System to Restore Urological Dysfunction after Spinal Cord Injury.” BME’s Li earns NIH Trailblazer Award for spinal cord injury rehab

An assistant professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has received $629,000 in funding to conduct research into helping patients recover after spinal cord injuries. Zhengwei… Read More
Nirathi Keerthi Govindu, a woman with long, dark hair and olive skin, smiles at the camera in front of a gold and black background. ISE’s Govindu Awarded $10,000 TIP Grant for Innovative Lab Space at Katy

Instructional Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Nirathi Keerthi Govindu has received a $10,000 Teaching Innovation Program (TIP) grant to fund her… Read More
Matt McDonald with a portion of the net after the Houston Cougars took the championship game of the Big 12 men's basketball conference tournament. IE alumnus McDonald engineering Ws for Coogs’ basketball

As the Houston Cougars men’s basketball team made their run to the national championship game in 2025, a Cullen College of Engineering graduate was on the sidelines and in the… Read More
Vipulanandan, a man with medium-dark skin, stands before a wall of bookshelves holding matching dark red hardcover books with his hands clasped in front of him. He wears a dark suit and red tie. CEE’s Vipulanandan To Retire After Four Decades with Cullen College

August 31, 2025, will mark the retirement of Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Cumaraswamy “Vipu” Vipulanandan, placing the capstone on over forty years of… Read More
George Z. Tan, an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine, is the First Prize Winner of the 2025 Manufacturing & Design Outstanding Teaching Award from the Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers. ISE’s Tan wins IISE M&D Outstanding Teaching Award

George Z. Tan, an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and the Tilman J. Fertitta… Read More