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Through the years, Professor Hanadi Rifai has conducted multiple sampling campaigns in Galveston including sampling associated with hurricanes Ike and Harvey. CEE’s Rifai Unveils New Model to Evaluate Impact of Extreme Events, Natural Hazards

When you’re on a sandy beach or the banks of a river, transformed by rolling waves or slightly still waters, it’s likely you’re not thinking about what happens just beneath the… Read More
Guzel Musina has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association for her project, “Novel optogenetics tool for the mouse embryonic cardiodynamic research.” BME Grad Student Musina Receives AHA Fellowship Award

Guzel Musina, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship by the American Heart Association (AHA) for her project, “… Read More
The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the 2025 rankings released on April 8. Cullen Remains Top 50 Public Engineering College, Per U.S. News & World Reports

The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the… Read More
NSBE UH student members at the national conference in Chicago, IL. UH NSBE Wins Third Large Chapter of the Year Award in Less than a Decade

Earlier this month, the University of Houston’s chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) was recognized with the Large Chapter of the Year Award for the third… Read More
More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized at the President's Circle Awards in March 2025. Cullen Professors Honored at UH President’s Circle Awards

More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of… Read More
2025 mechanical engineering Ph.D. graduate Sina Jafari Ghalekohneh MAE Grad Ghalekohneh Says His Ph.D. is “Only the Beginning”

This story kicks off our series of graduating student profiles for the Spring 2025 Commencement season. Check back regularly throughout the next few weeks to learn more about some… Read More
Associate professor of electrical and computer engineering Xingpeng Li has received a Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research. ECE’s Li Receives Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant

Associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and IEEE senior member Xingpeng Li, Ph.D., has received a Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Grant for the… Read More
Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been elevated to the esteemed status of Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. CEE’s Milillo Elevated to IEEE Senior Member

Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has… Read More
Students present their work to Joe Steinhardt [right], the co-founder of Don Giovanni Records and a professor at Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Hundreds Come to Sugar Land for DIGIFEST 2025

More than a hundred seniors from the Technology Division of the Cullen College of Engineering showed off their work in late March at DIGIFEST 2025, the digital media portfolio… Read More
Two papers recently co-authored by Kamel Salama Endowed Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Tian “Tim” Chen, Ph.D., represent a new technological and engineering-focused foray into one of humanity’s oldest fields. MAE’s Chen Softens the Hard Sciences with New Research on Knitting

Two papers recently co-authored by Kamel Salama Endowed Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Tian “Tim” Chen, Ph.D., represent a new technological and… Read More