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Chevron Inspires Houston-area Girls to Engineer the Future at Annual UH Event Chevron Inspires Houston-area Girls to Engineer the Future at Annual UH Event

A group of girls cheer ecstatically as they drop their carefully-engineered egg crate from a balcony of the UH Engineering building. It hits the ground with a thud and another… Read More
Phaneendra Kondapi Subsea Engineering Leader Joins Cullen College as Founding Director of Engineering Programs in Katy

As one of the pioneering instructors in the subsea engineering program, Phaneendra Kondapi is a familiar name at the UH Cullen College of Engineering. Now Kondapi is forging new… Read More
Ryan Poling-Skutvik examines a nanocomposite made of polystyrene grafted to silica particles Strong as Metal, Yet Lightweight Nanocomposite Materials from the Mind of Ph.D. Student

Ryan Poling-Skutvik, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Cullen College, took first place in the graduate student poster competition at the Society… Read More
Rawan Almallahi is packing for graduate school with a NSF fellowship in her bag NSF Graduate Research Fellow is Cullen College Senior

The chances of not winning a National Science Foundation (NSF) research fellowship are much greater than walking off with the coveted award. The odds go down substantially if you’… Read More
Sponsor Cynthia Oliver Coleman (left) with winner Tam Nguyen Women in Engineering Become Women in Red at Spring Event

The Cullen College played host to the 3rd Women in Engineering spring event on March 8. The free event was funded by alumna Cynthia Oliver Coleman, P.E. (BSChE ’71). The event… Read More
Faceoff: Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal and his brain control interface cap National Science Foundation Honors Scientists, like Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, who Support Troops

In honoring scientists who support U.S. troops, the National Science Foundation (NSF) shined a light on UH Cullen College engineer Jose Contreras-Vidal for his work improving… Read More
Konstantinos Kostarelos with his prototype that electro-kinetically removes sludge and gunk from crude oil pipes UH Engineer Creates New Technology to Keep Oil Flowing

Konstantinos Kostarelos, associate professor in petroleum engineering, is building a new device to address the issue of blockage inside crude oil pipes. It’s a big problem in the… Read More
James can manipulate the size and position of a hologram — in this case, a three-dimensional topographic map. Photo courtesy of Evan James Senior’s Hologram Software Could be Used to Augment Reality

This article was originally published in the Daily Cougar. Please click here to read the article on the Daily Cougar website. Wearing a bulky version of La Forge’s visor from “… Read More
Debora Rodrigues (left) and Yandi Hu hold mesh polyamide filter they will modify to advance water purification UH Engineers Join Forces to Transform Water Purification System

When it comes to clean water, Yandi Hu and Debora Rodrigues have a thirst for it. Hu, UH assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, works with Flint, Michigan on… Read More
Lifetime Achievement Award — Charles A. Beyer Engineering Alumni Association Announces 2017 Gala Honorees

The 2017 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala will be held at the Bayou City Event Center on Thursday, June 8, 2017. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering… Read More