Venkat “Selva” Selvamanickam, M.D. Anderson Chair Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, is this year’s recipient of the Esther Farfel Award, the highest honor given by the University of Houston to its faculty…
Bin Hu, an assistant professor of Computer Engineering Technology in the Department of Engineering Technology at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an award from NVIDIA in support of his research.
His project, “…
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 recipient for 2026, his mind doesn’t go to grades…
Associate Professor of Engineering Technology Lei Fan has received an NSF CAREER Award in the amount of $500,018 for his proposal, Optimal Integration of Flexible Data Centers in Power Systems via Quantum Dynamics. This project “…
Two Cullen College of Engineering students participated in the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology Industrial Student Automation Club (IASC-SAIT) International Student Games last month, with one student bringing home a…
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 in Houston, Texas last month. The workshop, hosted…
University of Houston professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu is spearheading an effort to redefine offshore safety, releasing a new roadmap designed to identify and close critical gaps in international crane…
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 strategic partnership to advance scalable, market-ready…
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 researchers have unveiled a breakthrough supply…
In an interesting turn of botanical events, University of Houston engineers report that while melatonin keeps us asleep, it wakes up plants, helping them grow.
Melatonin, a hormone produced in the brain and reproduced…
For the third consecutive year and with funding from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), the Biotechnology program at the University of Houston (UH) will host STEM students from…
Assistant professor of biotechnology Abdul Latif Khan recently worked in collaboration with researchers at the University of Houston as well as at University of Nebraska, California, and University of Nizwa in Oman to publish “…
An energy transition and AI usage summer camp hosted by faculty at the Cullen College of Engineering in collaboration with the Houston Area Urban League (HAUL) allowed 34 teenagers and young adults to learn about the fundamentals…
The Cullen College of Engineering hosted 15 college freshman and sophomores from nine states, representing 14 different community and four-year colleges and universities, at UH’s National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing…
Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Weihang Zhu has been awarded $599,999 to fund his Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Site project, Industries of the Future Research Experience for High School Teachers.
This…
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology Zheng Fan has been awarded $549,771 for his CAREER Award proposal, Understanding the Formation of Pore-Free Interlayers through Automated in situ Diagnosis to Tame Lithium…
The Cullen College of Engineering expresses its condolences to the family of Luces Maurice Faulkenberry, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Engineering Technology.
Faulkenberry passed away peacefully on April 28 at the age of 82. He…
James “Jim” Martin, a Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) graduate who walked at last weekend’s commencement ceremony, wasn’t just the oldest graduate of this semester’s Cullen College of Engineering class — he was the oldest…
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! A replay will be available after the ceremonies as well.
Hello to all friends, family and colleagues of the Cullen College of Engineering’s Spring 2025 graduation…
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to recognize the stellar research and teaching efforts of 28 different members of its community with the 2024–25 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards.
The winners were announced at the…
