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Four Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Win Kokes Travel Awards Four Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Win Kokes Travel Awards

Four graduate students from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering received prestigious Kokes Awards for the 24th North… Read More
Student Team Sweeps Robotics Competition in Oklahoma Student Team Sweeps Robotics Competition in Oklahoma

A team of electrical and computer engineering students from the University of Houston recently took the top trophy at a robotics competition at Oklahoma State University (OSU) for… Read More
Roger Eichhorn Remembering Roger Eichhorn: Former Dean Passes Away at 84

Roger Eichhorn, former dean of the Cullen College, passed away on Monday, May 4, 2015 in Houston, Texas. He was 84 years old. Eichhorn became the dean of the University of Houston… Read More
Jeffrey Rimer and Peter Vekilov PNAS Publishes UH Research on Hematin Crystallization and Inhibition

More than three billion people – almost half of the world’s population – are at risk of contracting malaria, which is spread by infected mosquitos. In 2013, an estimated 200… Read More
Shih in his lab at UH. International News Outlet Highlights Professor's Lens Research

A Cullen College researcher has made international news with his creation of an optical lens that can be placed on a smartphone camera to serve as a microscope. Wei-Chuan Shih,… Read More
Venkat Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of mechanical engineering Faculty Members Honored with Cullen College Teaching and Research Excellence Awards

At this month’s Cullen College of Engineering faculty and staff meeting, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the recipients of the 2014–2015 faculty excellence awards, which recognize… Read More
UH Engineer Developing Improved Diagnostic Techniques for Pathologists

When performing diagnoses, pathologists rely heavily on qualitative chemical staining techniques that date back to the 19th century to detect signs of disease in tissue biopsies,… Read More
From left: UH students Varun Sreenivas, Shanisha Smith, Rose Sobel, Amin Kiaghadi UH Team Wins the Texas Energy Innovation Challenge

Graduate students from the University of Houston won top honors in the Texas Energy Innovation Challenge with a plan to harness geothermal energy to treat water produced during… Read More
A representation of Becker's custom environments. ECE Professor's Research Video Chosen for Computational Geometry Symposium

If you’ve ever played the popular puzzle game “Tilt,” you’re already somewhat familiar with Aaron Becker’s research. Along with his research team, Becker, an assistant professor… Read More
College Announces New Doctoral Programs in Petroleum and Geosensing Systems Engineering

The UH Cullen College of Engineering continues its tradition of providing innovative and industry-relevant academic programs by officially announcing the approval of two new Ph.D… Read More