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Always a proud Cougar, William C. Miller, Jr. shows off his UH ring Remembering Proud UH Engineer William C. Miller, Jr.

UH alumnus and prominent South Texas oilman William C. Miller, Jr. (1955 BSPE) died April 16, 2017. He was 94. Miller was a lifelong supporter of the UH Cullen College of… Read More
Winners all around at the UH-MRS symposium! UH Materials Research Society Student Chapter Hosts Campus Symposium

The University of Houston-Materials Research Society Chapter (UH-MRS) hosted its first student symposium in the main lobby of engineering building 1. At the symposium students… Read More
Top, Karun Kumar Rao works at a battery panel. Below, he holds a solid non-liquid battery with advisors (from left) Yan Yao and Lars Grabow Ph.D. Student Studies Solid-State Batteries With Prestigious NASA Fellowship

Karun Kumar Rao, a first-year chemical engineering doctoral student in the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been offered a place in the esteemed NASA Space Technology… Read More
Youssef El Waziry is representing UH internationally Cullen College Grad Student Analyzes Oil Fractures, Wins SPE Best Paper Award

Petroleum engineering Ph.D. student Youssef El Waziry nabbed first place in the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast North America regional student paper contest and is… Read More
Chong Dai is using chemistry to clean up the environment Environmental Graduate Student Wins Highest ACS Honor

Chong Dai, Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has won the American Chemical Society (ACS) Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student… Read More
Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of electrical and computer engineering, will head the new NSF-funded BRAIN Center Academia, Industry Collaborate on Solutions to Neural Disease, Injury

Neurological disorders like Parkinson’s, the aftermath of stroke, limb loss and paralysis significantly diminish the length and quality of life – affecting about one in six people… Read More
Space-Savvy UH Students May Apply for Moscow Summer Intern Program Space-Savvy UH Students May Apply for Moscow Summer Intern Program

Students at the University of Houston are eligible to participate in the Moscow Summer Intern Program as part of a student initiative of the Baker Institute Space Policy Program.… Read More
Grant Mottershaw (right) in Detroit with Max Rumbaugh III and below, Mottershaw building the UH FSAE chassis Accelerating Success: Cullen College Senior Wins Automotive Leadership Award

Grant Mottershaw, a senior in mechanical engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, received the 2016 Rumbaugh Outstanding Student Leader Award in Detroit at the Society of… Read More
UH IEEE Student Chapter Named Best in the Region by IEEE National UH IEEE Student Chapter Named Best in the Region by IEEE National

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering (IEEE-UH) received high honors at the 2017… Read More
From left, Janice Quiroz Perez, director of the Engineering Career Service Center, and Fluor rep Allison Welch check out the new closet Ribbon Cut on New Fluor-Sponsored Cullen College Career Closet

Just yesterday it seemed to be an empty office space you probably ignored as you walked off the elevator on the third floor of the Cullen College of Engineering Building Two. What… Read More