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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
An expert in maritime safety, UH Professor Weihang Zhu [left] found that offshore crane safety standards vary wildly across the globe. Assisting Professor Zhu, UH doctoral student Pratikshya Tiwari helped compare the rigorous but differing offshore crane standards of the United States, the United Kingdom and Norway. Cullen Engineers Offer Roadmap to Close the ‘Human Error’ Gap in Offshore Crane Safety

University of Houston professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu is spearheading an effort to redefine offshore safety, releasing a new roadmap designed to… Read More
The University of Houston Energy Transition and the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy team up to tackle plastic waste. UH, Rice Join Forces to Scale Real-World Solutions to Global Plastics Crisis

The University of Houston Energy Transition Institute (UH-ETI) and the Center for Energy Studies (CES) at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy are launching a… Read More
Largely on the strength of researchers from Cullen, the University of Houston is again on the National Academy of Inventors' 2025 Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents list. UH System Ranked Among Nation’s Leaders on NAI’s Most Patents Granted List

From improving battery life to reimagining prosthetics, the University of Houston continues to drive innovation that makes global impact. That’s how the UH System found itself… Read More
Tasha Bennett. HDC’s Bennett Develops New Resource on Electronic Learning Design

A faculty member in the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering recently published a new open educational resource (OER) with the support of UH Libraries Open… Read More
An older man with light skin, white hair and a short white beared smiles at the camera. He is shown from the shoulders up and is wearing black-rimmed glasses and a black jacket over a light-colored collared shirt. He is wearing a red UH lapel pin on his jacket. Engineering Ingenuity: TLIM’s Innovation Principles at UH Katy

The University of Houston Katy Campus offers several distinct technology and engineering degree programs, including Computer Engineering & Analytics, Construction Engineering… Read More
Professor Jian Shi, left, examines e-waste with Graduate Researcher Chuyue Wang and Professor Kailai Wang. Cullen’s Shi, Wang Map a Path to US Mineral Sovereignty Through E-Waste

Inside America’s junk drawers sits an untapped fortune, and a national and economic security solution. As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, University of Houston… Read More
Yulanda Campbell, a proud graduate with multiple degrees from the University of Houston, came from humble roots - a town of fewer than 600, with a drive of more than eight hours. IST’s Campbell excels going from 160 to 30,000

Yulanda Campbell left a town of fewer than 600 people for a campus with more than 30,000 students, and nothing about that leap felt small for her. She grew up in Matador, Texas,… Read More
Two men stand facing each other in conversation. The man on the left is bald and wears a grey suit jacket over a red collared shirt. The man on the right has dark hair and wears a dark suit over a white collared shirt. Both men have light skin. People-Centered Careers Event Returns to UHSL in Spring 2026

This November, the Human Resource Development (HRD) program in Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences (HDCS) hosted its first… Read More
Four team members are shown from the shoulders up in a darkened, red-lit room. UH Team Takes First Prize in VIVERSE Global Hackathon

Two UH-based teams recently took top honors in the VIVERSE Spark 2025 Global Hackathon — a worldwide challenge for university teams passionate about immersive tech, digital… Read More