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Abraham E. Dukler Endowed Professor of Chemical Engineering Jeffrey Rimer has been elected as a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), a recognition that affirms the “high esteem with which his colleagues…
ChBE’s Rimer Elected AIChE Fellow
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
While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively scarce, expensive and difficult to…
ECE’s Canepa Part of International Team Working to Make Sodium Batteries Better
Eleven different University of Houston students were honored with scholarships at the annual American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects holiday dinner, including nine from the Cullen College of Engineering. ASIE is a…
9 Cullen students honored at ASIE holiday dinner
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C. Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $307,275 of a total $624,936 grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate potential methods of increasing…
Tech Division's Robles Hernández is Supercharging Superconductors with NSF Award
Yashashree Kulkarni, the Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has received the 2024 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)…
UH MAE’s Yashashree Kulkarni Wins 2024 ASME Materials Division Centennial Mid-Career Award
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $187,914 by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate a novel method of…
Tech Division's Robles Hernández Aims to Reduce Train Derailments with FRA Funding
The Cullen College of Engineering will celebrate six distinguished award winners at the inaugural 2024 Cullen Gala. This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 10 at the Hilton Americas Hotel. For more information, and to…
The Cullen College Honoring Six At Inaugural Cullen Gala
For Pradeep Sharma, the Cullen College of Engineering has literally been a second home. The 20-year University of Houston faculty member has spent countless hours engaged in research, teaching, mentorship and other activities…
Sharma Named Dean of UH Cullen College of Engineering
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science has chosen three University of Houston graduate students for its prestigious graduate research program. UH Ph.D. candidates Farzana Likhi, Caleb Broodo and Leonard Jiang were…
Cullen Grad Students Chosen for Prestigious Program
When Pradeep Sharma, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor of Mechanical Engineering and interim dean of the Cullen College of Engineering, won the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (…
Sharma Wins PNAS Cozzarelli Prize for Paper on Musical Perception
The University of Houston is proud to announce the appointment of two distinguished professionals to key leadership roles within the Office of Technology, Transfer, and Innovation (OTTI) under the Division of Energy and…
Two Cullen professors Selected to Help Advance Technology, Innovation at UH
Yashashree Kulkarni, the Bill D. Cook Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, will serve as the president of the Society of Engineering Science (SES) in 2024. SES dates back to 1963, when it was…
ME's Kulkarni elected president of the Society of Engineering Science
The University of Houston is collaborating with Texas A&M University to tackle the challenge hindering the use of Additive Manufacturing (AM), commonly known as 3D printing, for a variety of commercial applications – the need…
UH Collaboration with Texas A&M University to Provide Consistency in Metal Printing
University of Houston Transitioning Energy Innovations Into the Real World The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $10 million investment in three projects to develop novel technologies to manufacture high-performance…
Selva's Research Group Wins $2 Million in DOE Funding For High Performance Superconducting Tape Project
University of Houston, the Energy University, is proud to introduce the inaugural cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows – eight graduate students who are actively involved in innovative energy-related research across the…
Cullen Students Among Inaugural Cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows
Nathaly Andrea Castaneda Quintero had a successful career in the oil and gas industry for several years after getting her bachelor's degree from the Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia in 2014, but she knew…
Doctoral student Quintero wins CCA Poster Competition
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized 15 members of the faculty, staff and students at its 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 2. A full photo gallery can be found on…
Cullen honors 15 at 2022-23 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
The University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has improved two spots, to 69th overall of U.S. Engineering schools, in the latest yearly rankings by the U.S. News & World Report. Excluding private colleges and…
Cullen improves marks in latest U.S. News Grad School rankings
The graduate level programs Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering improved the most year-to-year, according to the latest rankings edition of U.S. News…
ME, IE grad programs improve in latest U.S. News & World Report rankings