CULLEN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
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Jeffrey Rimer will lead the newly formed Welch Center for Advanced Bioactive Materials Crystallization. The new grant program, open to all Texas institutions, is meant to accelerate progress in fundamental chemical research.
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Megan Robertson will use a $4 million grant from The Welch Foundation’s new Catalyst for Discover Program to develop innovative chemical processes to transform plastic waste into useful materials.
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Chandra Mohan and Hien Van Nguyen have received a $3 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to bring AI into the diagnostic picture.
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Krakowiak won the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his research focused on implementing practical modifications for construction materials by examining and improving them on the molecular scale.
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Henderson won the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his work focused on strengthening the future of engineering by encouraging all citizens to participate in the STEM career field.
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The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to welcome 31 new professors and lecturers for the 2023-2024 academic year, as part of its continuing effort to grow the faculty and provide high quality instruction for undergraduate and graduate students, along with supporting its rapidly expanding research enterprise.
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Kidney stones are notorious for being one of the most painful ailments, Jeffrey Rimer has received another grant to continue his group’s research into using the compound hydroxycitrate (HCA) to slow their growth.
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Two more universities, West Virginia University (WVU) and Georgia Institute of Technology, have been funded by the National Science Foundation and are set to join the Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology (IUCRC BRAIN), housed at the University of Houston.
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Chandra Mohan is reporting the first use of the powerful imaging mass cytometry (IMC) to examine the kidneys of patients with lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus), an autoimmune disease that can affect multiple organs and become fatal, and to diagnose lupus nephritis (LN) in those patients.
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Michael Harold is the 2023 recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) R. H. Wilhelm Award in Chemical Reaction Engineering, sponsored by ExxonMobil Research & Engineering Company. The recipients of this award will have advanced the frontiers of chemical reaction engineering through originality, creativity, and novelty of concept or application.
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Jamison Kovach is the recipient of the 2023 Industrial Engineering and Operations Management (IEOM) Society International’s Lean Six Sigma Award. This award recognizes outstanding best practices using Lean and Six Sigma.
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Peter Vekilov is the recipient of the Frank Prize from the International Organization for Crystal Growth. The honor is given every three years for “significant fundamental (not necessarily theoretical) contributions to the field of crystal growth.” Vekilov is the 14th recipient in its 34-year history.
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Bo Zhao is the recipient of the 2023 Elsevier/JQSRT Raymond Viskanta Young Scientist Award, one of the highest honors for faculty early in their careers in the field of radiative transfer.
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These six Cullen College doctoral students are part of the inaugural cohort of UH-Chevron Graduate Fellows - Kripa Adhikari, Chirag Goel, Meghana Idamakantim, Erin Picton, Mohamad Sarhan, and Swapnil Sharma.
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Subin R. Varghese is an author of “Unpaired image-to-image translation of structural damage.” Varghese presented his paper at the Engineering Mechanics Institute’s annual conference and won second place at the Structural Health Monitoring and Control paper competition.
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The newly merged Cullen College hosted its 2023 Cullen College Golf Tournament at the BlackHorse Golf Course on September 7, drawing over 100+ golfers to help raise funds in support of the College’s academic programs.
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Terrance “Terri” Ivers (BSME '80) is taking a new approach to energy production in Deepwater Drilling. With Ivers’ new innovative use of “Wellbays” oil extractors will extract oil with more efficiency, safety, and have direct surface access to accompanying equipment.
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Rockwell Lecture Series — Water: How Secure Are We? Sustainability Of Water Resources
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10-6-2023
2:30 p.m.
Melcher Hall – Room 170
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Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni Luncheon
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10-18-23
11:00 a.m.
The Ballroom at Tanglewood, 5430 Westheimer Rd, Houston, TX 77056
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Rockwell Lecture Series — A Systems Approach to Modeling, Control, and Design for Electrified Mobility
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11-30-2023
2:30 p.m.
CBB - 118
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Your donation towards the Dean’s Fund can help ensure that Cullen College of Engineering has the support needed to educate the next generation of Engineers.
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UH Cullen College of Engineering
E421 Engineering Bldg 2, Houston, TX 77204-4007
713-743-7593
The University of Houston is an EEO/AA institution.
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