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A smiling headshot photo of Jerrod Henderson. He wears a blue suit jacket and a red tie. ChBE’s Henderson’s $1.2M Engineering Educator Training Program Welcomes Co-PIs and 3 New Postdocs

“Authentic Community-Engaged Scholarship in STEM Education Postdoc Training Program,” a project led by principal investigator and William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and… Read More
At UH, Alamgir Karim, Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is integrating polymers into the hand so that the fingers will move. ChBE’s Karim Assists in Designing Robotic Hands for Use in Health, Agriculture, Manufacturing

In the rapidly evolving robotics industry, today’s robots that might appear humanlike and dexterous still can’t do what people do, lacking the ability to perform fine manipulation… Read More
Karolos Grigoriadis, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Endowed Professor & MAE Department Chair, as well as the Director of the Aerospace Engineering Graduate Program, speaks at an event for this year's American Bureau of Shipping Academic Excellence Scholarship recipients. 39 ABS Scholarship Recipients Recognized at MAE Celebration Event

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering recognized at an Oct. 16 event 39 students that qualified this year as American Bureau of Shipping (… Read More
Enebeli, a black man with short dark hair and a short beard, looks directly at the camera. He wears a black shirt under a dark grey jacket and stands in front of a blue background. ChBE PhD Enebeli Places 3rd at NOBCChE 3MR Competition

Chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate Elvis Enebeli was awarded third place in the 2025 National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical… Read More
Cutline: Kalyana B. Nakshatrala, the Carl F. Gauss Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston, has received a $690,050 grant from the Army Research Office (ARO), a directorate of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory, to advance the development of self-healing composite materials. CEE’s Nakshatrala Awarded Army Research Laboratory Grant for Self-Healing Materials

Imagine bridges, aircraft or military vehicles that can heal themselves after damage — much like skin repairing after a cut or bone after a break. It might sound like science… Read More
Thanks to valuable input from the University of Houston’s Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) program, Galveston’s DS Imports LLC has increased its revenue by 10 percent and has begun expanding its manufacturing in the state. Recently established UH TMAC helps DS Imports navigate compliance for defense contract success

Thanks to valuable input from the University of Houston’s Texas Manufacturing Assistance Center (TMAC) program, Galveston’s DS Imports LLC has increased its revenue by 10 percent… Read More
A photo of a young man with short, dark hair and olive skin. He is wearing a light blue shirt and framed from the chest up. He stands in front of a light red brick wall. CEE’s Parajuli Awarded Concrete Masonry Engineering Scholarship by NCMA

Samvid Parajuli, a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the Paul and Helen Lenchuk Engineering… Read More
Sai Bhargava Althurthi, wearing a dark blue suit and lighter blue shirt, stands in front of a wall of portraits. He has dark hair and a short, dark beard. ECE Grad Althurthi Receives IEEE Outstanding Paper Award

Sai Bhargava Althurthi, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been recognized with the IEEE… Read More
Ammonium urate, a salt that can form kidney stones, naturally bends and twists during crystallization. Opening Doors to Smarter Devices and Safer Drugs, ChBE’s Rimer Controls Crystal Formation

From creating flexible gadgets to better medicines, the art of bending crystals is reshaping technology and health, and at the University of Houston a crystals expert makes it… Read More
Lecturer Zeinab Zargar, Ph.D., serves as the coordinator and a mentor for the Externship program in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering. Petroleum students reaping rewards of focused externship programs

With the help of significant industry partners and the support of faculty members, students in the Petroleum Engineering Department are getting unique opportunities to apply their… Read More