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A record-setting group of more than 200 participants set the tone for the lofty goals hit by the Fall 2024 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges Summit & Create@UH Showcase, held at the Cullen College of Engineering in early December on the eve of finals. NAE Grand Challenges Summit, Create@UH Showcase swells to 200+ participants

A record-setting group of more than 200 participants set the tone for the lofty goals hit by the Fall 2024 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges Summit &… Read More
Forward-thinking materials scientist Yan Yao, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from TAMEST. [Photo courtesy of TAMEST (Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology).] ECE’s Yao wins 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award in Engineering from TAMEST

Forward-thinking materials scientist Yan Yao, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen… Read More
Tran Ngo, the Fall 2024 banner bearer. Banner Bearer Ngo thrives in America thanks to family

When Supply Chain and Logistics Technology senior and Fall 2024 banner bearer Tran Ngo receives her degree at the Cullen College of Engineering Commencement this month, it won’t… Read More
Computer Information Systems lecturer Ed Ratner was named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. CIS Lecturer Earns Prestigious Honor from National Academy of Inventors

Edward Ratner, a computer information systems lecturer in the Department of Information Science Technology at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been… Read More
Laith Al-Hayek, a supply chain and logistics technology student graduating this month, describes the last few years as “quite a journey,” full of international travel and learning how to live on his own. Crossing Oceans – SCLT Grad Al-Hayek’s Houston Homecoming

Laith Al-Hayek, a supply chain and logistics technology student graduating this month, describes the last few years as “quite a journey,” full of international travel and learning… Read More
The students at the Engineering Alumni Association Student Organization Awards. Engineering Alumni Association awards student orgs

The Engineering Alumni Association is offering its congratulations to the four student organizations that were awarded this year at the Engineering Alumni Association Student… Read More
The idea to bring the Doctor of Nursing Practice program to India began at a meeting of this trio. From left, Sushila Agrawal, Durga D. Agrawal, member, UH System Board of Regents and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. Agrawals instrumental in bringing 2 Doctor of Nursing programs to India universities

With support from the University of Houston’s Andy & Barbara Gessner College of Nursing, two universities in India — MGM Institute of Health Sciences in Mumbai and Krishna… Read More
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, is part of the 2025 cohort for the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists' 40 Under 40 Recognition Program. CEE’s Rahimi named to 40 Under 40 class by AAEES

An assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been recognized as a rising star in environmental engineering… Read More
University of Houston researchers (L to R): Xuqing Wu, associate professor of computer information systems; Yueqin Huang, assistant professor of information science technology and Jiefu Chen, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering. Cullen researchers part of $3.3M Project to Improve Undergrounding Electric Power Lines

Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy launched an ARPA-E Program called GOPHURRS, which stands for Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability,… Read More
Yan Yao and Zhaoyang Chen. ECE Ph.D. student Chen makes battery breakthrough, authors cover article in Advanced Energy Materials

Cullen College of Engineering Ph.D. student Zhaoyang Chen’s research article, “Manipulating Hardness to Construct Favorable Electrode Microstructures for All-Solid-State Batteries… Read More