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Excellence Among Our Cougar Engineers

With a culture of achievement and attainment, it is no surprise that Cullen students continue to move the needle on scholarship, student success, and national competitiveness. 

Cleto stands with his poster while addressing another conference attendee. Cleto wears a dark jacket over a white shirt. The other attendee wears a grey shirt and stands with their back toward the camera, arms crossed. ChBE’s Undergrad Cleto Presents with PhDs at 29th AACG West Conference

Rising senior Jesus Cleto, a participant in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering’s Stutts Program for Undergraduate Research, recently… Read More
Taiwo Adebiyi [right] poses with his advisor, assistant professor Ruda Zhang [left], after earning the 2025-26 Andrea Prosperetti Research Computing Student Award. Ph.D. candidate Adebiyi earns SCIPE Chishiki AI Fellowship

An attractive research environment was the selling point for the University of Houston for Taiwo Adebiyi, but the doctoral student has excelled in his own ways at the Cullen… Read More
[Second from left, to right] Cullen College of Engineering students Anna Nguyen, Alan Romero and Tom Nguyen earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition. Cullen takes 2nd place at Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition

A group of senior design course students have earned a second place finish in the Texas Water 2026 Student Design Competition, thanks to their analysis of a water reclamation… Read More
Milton Rosa, a computer engineering technology student, has been selected as a SMART Scholarship recipient for 2026. Rosa selected for DoW’s SMART scholarship

When Milton Rosa reflects on what he has accomplished at the Cullen College of Engineering as a computer engineering technology student and being selected as a SMART Scholarship… Read More
Meyerland homes being overtaken by flood waters in Hurricane Harvey in 2017. Cullen Researchers Use AI to Unlock Decades of Hidden Flood Risk Data

KEY TAKEAWAYS Using AI, UH engineers developed a framework to extract flood hazard data from historical flood insurance maps. The team applied the framework to three case studies… Read More
Team Pulse Grid, the first place winners of the Spring 2026 Hackathon hosted by UH Energy. Cullen students among winning teams at UH Energy Spring 2026 Coogs for Energy Hackathon

A team looking at the quality of Permian Basin natural gas with export standards that featured students from the Cullen College of Engineering took first place in the Spring 2026… Read More
A young woman with light olive skin and straight, dark hair past her shoulders stands in front of a red and white research poster. She is wearing a navy blue top under a black suit jacket. She is smiling at the camera. MET Undergrad Juarez Uribe Wins Gold in Rice Competition with Ph.D. Peers

Mechanical engineering technology undergraduate Sarai Juarez Uribe took first place with her three-minute lightning talk at the inaugural Rice BioWear Workshop at Rice University… Read More
A group of students stands in front of a presetation poster. They are all wearing similar lanyards and smiling at the camera. UH’s Chem-E Car Team Takes 23rd at International Final

After a multi-year hiatus, the AIChE UH Chem-E-Car team competed at the 2025 regional competition this past spring, earning them an invitation to return to compete in the final… Read More
A man with medium-light skin and dark hair is show from the shoulders up. He is wearing glasses with a heavy top rim and has a short, small beard. He is pictured in front of a grey background. Yousef Abu Amneh Receives PCI Project Precast Award of Excellence

CEE Ph.D. student and graduate research and teaching assistant Yousef Abu Amneh recently represented the University of Houston at the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)… Read More
ASME-UH officers stand in front of the engineering building on UH's main campus. They are all wearing matching dark blue shirts. ASME-UH Wins Second Student Section Award in Pursuit of Engineering Excellence

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at the University of Houston, a professional student organization that aims to lead engineering students to success in all… Read More

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