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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…
Cullen Engineers Offer Roadmap to Close the ‘Human Error’ Gap in Offshore Crane Safety
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…
UH, Rice Join Forces to Scale Real-World Solutions to Global Plastics Crisis
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…
Cullen’s Shi, Wang Map a Path to US Mineral Sovereignty Through E-Waste
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…
Cullen Biotech engineers: While Melatonin Puts Us to Sleep, It Wakes Up Plants
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…
UH Biotechnology Program to Host NIIMBL eXperience @UH in 2026
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 “…
ET’s Khan Solving “Ancient Puzzles” with Genetic Analysis of Frankincense
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…
Cullen faculty members, HAUL host 2 successful summer camp weeks
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…
NIIMBL eXperience at UH Promotes the Promise of Biomanufacturing Futures
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…
MET’s Zhu Receives Third NSF RET Award
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…
MET’s Fan Receives Half-Million Dollar CAREER Award
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…
Cullen Mourns Passing of Faulkenberry
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…
Oldest Graduate Walks Cullen Commencement at 74
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…
2025 Cullen Spring Commencement Live Blog
The seventh annual cloudathon@UH, a cloud computing and network design event for college and university students, featured record attendance in the first year it was held at the University of Houston’s Sugar Land campus. Event…
cloudathon@UH Shines at Sugar Land in 2025
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…
28 Honored With 2024-25 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to four professors that have earned University of Houston Faculty Awards for the 2024–25 academic year. The Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and…
Cullen Professors Earn UH Faculty Awards for 2024-25 Academic Year
More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of the President’s Circle Awards, presented by the…
Cullen Professors Honored at UH President’s Circle Awards
The past few years have made one thing clear: The Texas power grid needs to get stronger and smarter if it’s going to keep up with the state’s needs. The Texas grid presently is capable of producing and delivering about 9…
Cullen Energy Experts Are Reimagining the Grid
Cullen College of Engineering professors Birol Dindoruk, Megan Robertson and Francisco Robles Hernandez have joined the prestigious list of Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors. The University of Houston now has 39…
Three Cullen Professors Named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors
Associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan, Ph.D., and assistant professor Abdul Khan, Ph.D., of the Technology Division’s Department of Engineering Technology are collaborating with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension…
Engineering Technology Faculty Collaborate to Empower Justice-Involved Youth