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UH doctoral graduate Cynthia V. Castro's proposal, “Green infrastructure scaling from local observations to regional applications as a coupled human-water system,” was selected for a $174,000 fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Doctoral Grad Castro Earns NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship
November 4, 2021
Cynthia V. Castro, Ph.D., can describe firsthand the importance of networking and being thoroughly prepared. For the Cullen College of Engineering graduate, both aligned for her… Read More
Annabelle Koehler, a junior student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and the Honors College, has flourished at the University of Houston. Opportunities, community at UH allow ChBE's Koehler to flourish
November 3, 2021
For Annabelle Koehler, a junior student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and the… Read More
Anil K. Bhowmick, Ph.D., a research professor at the University of Houston’s International Polymer & Soft Matter Center within the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will be the recipient of the 2022 Melvin Mooney Distinguished Technology Award. Bhowmick honored with 2022 Melvin Mooney Award from ACS
November 2, 2021
Anil K. Bhowmick, Ph.D., a research professor at the University of Houston’s International Polymer & Soft Matter Center within the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical… Read More
University of Houston M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering Navin Varadarajan will use a $1.8 million grant to develop and validate what he calls Multiscale Intelligent Convergence (MusIC) to offer unprecedented insights into the function of immune cells. Mapping the Complexity of T Cells to Improve Immunotherapy
November 2, 2021
It is not an exaggeration to say that immunotherapy has revolutionized cancer treatment. Nor is it boastful to say University of Houston M.D. Anderson Professor of chemical and… Read More
University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega led an international team that has advanced electroceutical research for treatment of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and sepsis. UH Researcher Advances Understanding of How the Nervous System Controls Organs
October 25, 2021
An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research… Read More
Lidar-based 3D image of the site of Buenavista on the day of sunrise alignment. Image by Takeshi Inomata, University of Arizona. Airborne mapping identifies nearly 500 sites and patterns, re-conceptualizing early Mesoamerica
October 25, 2021
Through the analysis of airborne laser mapping (lidar), an international team of researchers – including several from the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of… Read More
Miao Pan, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the principal investigator for a new NSF grant, “Towards Federated Learning over 5G Mobile Devices: High Efficiency, Low Latency, and Good Privacy.” NSF grant funds research by Pan, Fu into wireless for AI
October 20, 2021
A pair of researchers from the Cullen College of Engineering have received $500,000 from the National Science Foundation to lower energy consumption and service delay, two key… Read More
In a paper published recently in Science Advances, Yashashree Kulkarni, Ph.D., Bill Cook Professor of Mechanical Engineering (pictured) and recent Ph.D. graduate Dajla Neffati offer a novel solution to brittle intermetallics with their collaborators at Purdue University. Kulkarni, Neffati, Purdue researchers describe new methods for intermetallic strength
October 19, 2021
Nobody would want to drive a car made of a very strong material that shatters in a collision, so the design of materials with high strength as well as high ductility – or less… Read More
Doctoral student Aman Agrawal. Kim, Agrawal recognized by Axalta Bright Futures program
October 18, 2021
A pair of student researchers in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized… Read More
Dan W. Burleson, Ph.D., an Instructional Associate Professor with the First Year Experience and the Director for Engineering Student Innovation and Design Experience, is spearheading the college's effort to establish the NAE's Grand Challenges Scholars Program at the Cullen College of Engineering. Cullen enters into NAE Grand Challenges Scholars Program
October 15, 2021
As part of the Cullen College of Engineering's continued effort to provide robust and diverse learning opportunities, starting on Oct. 15 students can apply to be part of the… Read More