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The University of Houston has awarded Gangbing Song, professor of mechanical engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering, a 2012 Excellence in Research and Scholarship Award. Pradeep Sharma, chairman of the mechanical…
Song Wins Research Award from UH
John Lienhard, M. D. Anderson Professor Emeritus of Technology and Culture with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, is no stranger to mass media. He has been broadcast thousands of times on public ratio…
Lienhard’s Inventing Modern Featured by Amazon
From finding directions to making phone calls, working on laptops to driving hybrid and electric cars, much of life is lived through battery-powered devices. It’s no surprise, then, that developing better batteries is a major…
Researcher Improves Batteries through Hybrid Nanoparticles
David Zimmerman, a professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, passed away Tuesday, April 10, 2012. Zimmerman earned his doctorate, master’s and bachelor’s degrees in mechanical…
College Mourns Passing of ME Professor David Zimmerman
A team of four undergraduates in the UH Cullen College of Engineering have been named semi-finalists for the MIT Clean Energy Prize, an energy innovation competition. This is the first time that UH has been represented in the…
Engineering Undergrads Represent UH in Energy Innovation Challenge
Cullen College Professor of Mechanical Engineering Gangbing Song has been named the recipient of the 2012 Outstanding Professional Service Award from the Aerospace Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The award is…
ASCE Honors Professor Song for Aerospace Service
The Cullen College of Engineering has welcomed a new faculty member to the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Philippe Masson joins the department as an assistant professor. In his previous appointment as a research faculty…
UH Department of Mechanical Engineering Welcomes New Faculty Member
The UH Cullen College of Engineering has named Pradeep Sharma the new chair of its Department of Mechanical Engineering, an appointment effective Jan. 1, 2012. Sharma, who has been with the college since 2004, has been named the…
Sharma Named Chair of UH Mechanical Engineering
Students with the University of Houston’s Honors Engineering Program (HEP) recently participated in a Habitat for Humanity build project earlier this month in northeast Houston. In the joint event with KBR, HEP students helped…
Honors Engineering Students Build Habitat for Humanity Home
The University of Houston will lead a public-private research team that has been awarded $3.1 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a low-cost superconducting wire that could be used to power future wind…
UH-led Team Receives $3.1 Million DOE Award to Develop Superconducting Wire for Wind Turbines
Researchers with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have won a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation Program to acquire one of the most advanced systems in the…
NSF-MRI Grant Bolsters Cullen College Failure Mechanics Research
Engineering, construction and services firm KBR has made a $50,000 donation to the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s new Subsea Engineering Program. The program focuses on the design and installation of underwater infrastructure…
KBR Makes Gift to Subsea Program
Individuals suffering from devastating spinal cord injuries may one day benefit from research being conducted at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. Dong Liu, assistant professor with the college’s Department…
Professor Developing Injection-Based Paralysis Treatment
Students from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering spent their summer conducting research as part of the 2011 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. The fellowship provides funding for…
Engineering Students Perform Interdisciplinary Research
Houston energy professionals gathered for Subsea Engineering Industry Day on Tuesday, hosted by the UH Cullen College of Engineering and McDermott International Inc. The event focused on the UH Subsea Engineering Program, and…
Energy Professionals Give Feedback on Subsea Engineering Program
The UH Cullen College of Engineering and McDermott International Inc. invite members from Houston's petrochemical industry to Subsea Engineering Industry Day. The Cullen College of Engineering is looking for partners to provide…
Subsea Engineering Industry Day: June 28
In 1953, Charles Dalton began taking night classes part-time at the University of Houston. Now, nearly 60 years later, he’s almost ready to leave. It’s not that Dalton took decades to earn his bachelor’s degree. In fact he…
Dalton Retiring after 51 years
A lifetime separates two special University of Houston engineering students who are graduating this spring. David Levy is receiving two bachelor's degrees, one in mechanical engineering and the other in mathematics. George Hall,…
Two UH Engineering Graduates Separated by 70 Years
Dean Joseph Tedesco recognized UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty members for outstanding teaching and research during the 2010-2011 academic year at the college's Spring Faculty/Staff Meeting May 3. Demetre Economou,…
College Faculty Recognized for Teaching, Research
Medical diagnoses from the state of an injured knee to the possible existence of a tumor can hinge on a readout from a magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI). But these images don’t always provide answers. In black and white…
Professor Creating Color-Coded MRIs