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…
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Hello to all friends, family and colleagues of the Cullen College of Engineering’s Spring 2025 graduation…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Hemp has become increasingly popular for its versatile uses — CBD-rich varieties are in high demand for pharmaceutical products, while fiber-rich varieties are valued for industrial applications like textiles. Now, a new…
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…
With funding from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), the Biotechnology program at the Cullen College of Engineering's Technology Division will be hosting students from colleges and…
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has chosen a University of Houston project as one of 12 nationwide aimed at improving soil health and productivity through innovative tools and…
In a collaborative project between the Harris County Office of County Administration’s Sustainability Office and the University of Houston, researchers, county staff and the Harris County energy management team within the…
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…
Collaborative Team Develops Custom Molds with $2.7M NIH Grant
Professor Fatima Merchant, department chair of engineering technology at the University of Houston, is part of a multi-institutional research team designing patient-…
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…
Unlocking Potential
Venkatesh Balan sees a climate hero in an unlikely little creature: microalgae that have proven remarkably effective at removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
In the Microbiome and Genomics Lab at the…
The Technology Division's associate professor of biotechnology Venkatesh Balan, Ph.D., was recently selected to participate in the 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) E. Kika De La Garza…
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized the hard work and efforts of its entire workforce at the 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 8.
For a full gallery of photos from…
