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Viraj Lele is a 2017 Industrial Engineering graduate of Cullen's Master of Engineering program. IE grad Lele provides a case study for importance of logistics

A graduate of the Industrial Engineering master's program at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering is now leading a team optimizing the operational dynamics at… Read More
Emma Clarke thrived at the Cullen College of Engineering, both academically and as a five-year starter for the women's soccer team. After earning her degree following the Fall 2022 semester, she is now an Engineer in Training with Morris + Associates in Cypress. CEE grad Clarke adjusts from pitch to professional life

For Emma Clarke, there was admittedly a bit of an adjustment period to life at the University of Houston. After all, a metro area with 7.3 million people is quite different than… Read More
Eden Torres is the 2023 Outstanding Junior for the Cullen College of Engineering's Petroleum Engineering Department. Torres balances fatherhood, work on path to academic excellence

Before he leaves for class each day, Cullen College of Engineering junior Eden Torres has a tradition that he does to help him focus as he heads out the door. “My family has a… Read More
Power systems experts from around the world gathering in St. Louis in 1904 to discuss anything and everything electrical, including the operation of the then new networks of synchronous generators. UH Historians team up with engineers to understand the future of the power grid

The University of Houston’s Center for Public History is playing a key role in a new interdisciplinary research project that aims to uncover the untold stories behind the North… Read More
The top five winning entries in the University of Houston's Critical Issues in Energy Writing and Poster Competition, sponsored by the UH Energy Transition Institute and the UH Energy Coalition, will receive cash awards totaling $7,000. UH Energy’s 2023 Writing Competition Focused on Net-Zero Future

Contest Open to University Students from the Greater Houston Area The first step to achieving any goal, including the ambitious pursuit of net-zero emissions by 2050, is to… Read More
Mohamed Soliman, William C. Miller endowed chair holder and Chairman of the Petroleum Engineering Department, was recognized as a 2023 Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing at the SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference and Exhibition. Soliman honored as 2023 Legend of Hydraulic Fracturing

A Cullen College of Engineering professor and department chairman is one of two recipients of one of the highest awards given by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE). Mohamed… Read More
Xiaonan Shan Researchers Study How Underserved Farmers Can Improve Crop, Impact Climate Change

University of Houston researchers are developing a program to teach small-scale, underserved and limited resources (SULR) farmers how to improve their crop production by reducing… Read More
Pietro Milillo, an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has secured a $200,000 grant from NASA funding for assessing NASA's Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program. NASA picks satellite research proposals from CEE's Milillo, Lee

Pietro Milillo, an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has secured a $200,000… Read More
Dana R. Flores, a doctoral candidate in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned the Ian C. Watson Fellowship for Membrane Advancement from the American Membrane Technology Association. CEE Ph.D. student Flores earns Watson fellowship

Dana R. Flores, a doctoral candidate in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned the Ian C. Watson Fellowship for… Read More
Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and professor of biochemical and biophysical sciences. Enhancing At-Home COVID Tests with Glow-In-The Dark Materials

Researchers at the University of Houston are using glow-in-the-dark materials to enhance and improve rapid COVID-19 home tests. If you’ve taken an at-home COVID-19 or pregnancy… Read More