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Urvi Bhatia is the 2025-26 Outstanding Senior at the Cullen College of Engineering. MAE’s Bhatia named Outstanding Senior for 2025–26

When Urvi Bhatia learned she was the Outstanding Senior at the Cullen College of Engineering for the 2025–26 academic year, she admitted with a laugh that she was “a little taken… Read More
Hao Huang, a distinguished adjunct professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and member of the National Academy of Engineering, served as a keynote speaker for the 2026 AI x Energy Summit. ECE’s Huang serves as keynote speaker for AI x Energy Summit

Hao Huang, a distinguished adjunct professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and member of the National Academy of Engineering, served as a keynote speaker… Read More
Yan Yao, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor, has found that lithium dendrites — hazardous growths inside lithium-ion batteries that power everything from smartphones to electric vehicles — are unexpectedly strong and brittle, signaling a need to rethink future battery design. Yao Exposes Structural Weakness Driving Lithium-ion Battery Failure

KEY TAKEAWAYS UH engineer discovers that lithium dendrites, a flaw in batteries, are unexpectedly strong and brittle allowing them to act like rigid needles inside batteries… Read More
Yan Yao (center) is recognized as the 2025 ACS ENFL Research Excellence Award recipient at the 2026 ACS Spring Meeting. He is pictured with Award Committee Chair Chunshan Song (left) and ENFL Division Chair Cesar Ovalles (right). ECE’s Yao wins 2025 ACS ENFL Research Excellence Award in Electrochemical Energy Storage

Yan Yao, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Houston, has been named the 2025… Read More
An exterior shot of a Cullen College of Engineering building at sunset. The sky blends from purple to yellow at the roofline, and some of the color is also reflected on the building's glass facade. Cullen College Maintains Designation as a Top 50 Public Engineering College, Per U.S. News & World Report

The Cullen College of Engineering maintains its distinction as a Top 50 public graduate engineering school in the United States, currently sitting at #45 nationwide according to U… Read More
Lars Grabow, the Dan Luss Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2026 recipient of the Catalysis Society of New York (CSNY) Excellence in Catalysis Award. ChBE’s Grabow earns Excellence in Catalysis Award

Lars Grabow, the Dan Luss Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, is the 2026 recipient of the Catalysis Society of New York… Read More
The University of Houston Energy Transition and the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy team up to tackle plastic waste. UH, Rice Join Forces to Scale Real-World Solutions to Global Plastics Crisis

The University of Houston Energy Transition Institute (UH-ETI) and the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are launching a… Read More
The Cullen College of Engineering extends its condolences to the friends and family of Halbert “Hal” F. Brinson, a respected engineer, researcher and educator that helped to found the Composites Engineering & Application Center (CEAC) at the University of Houston. Cullen faculty mourns loss of CEAC’s Brinson

The Cullen College of Engineering extends its condolences to the friends and family of Halbert “Hal” F. Brinson, a respected engineer, researcher and educator that helped to found… Read More
Largely on the strength of researchers from Cullen, the University of Houston is again on the National Academy of Inventors' 2025 Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents list. UH System Ranked Among Nation’s Leaders on NAI’s Most Patents Granted List

From improving battery life to reimagining prosthetics, the University of Houston continues to drive innovation that makes global impact. That’s how the UH System found itself… Read More
Bolstered by a new federal grant, UH professor Venkat Selvamanickam will lead a cross-institution team investigating the power of superconducting magnets to make fusion energy viable. Are We on the Verge of a Fusion Energy Revolution?

When considering a topic as complex and futuristic as nuclear fusion, at some point you have to step back and ask: Could this be a technology that changes the world within our… Read More