A longtime Cullen College of Engineering professor was recently named a Moore Distinguished Scholar by the California Institute of Technology.
Fazle Hussain, Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor of…
Days before residents on the Gulf coast were evacuated for Hurricane Ike, aircrafts were ferrying crews in the area from the offshore rigs and platforms responsible for a quarter of U.S. oil and 15 percent of natural gas…
Funds from a nearly $400,000 grant received by two mechanical engineering professors could help researchers better understand the origins of the super-charged piezoelectric effect at the nanoscale.
Building on research he’s…
Tunisia, on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa and its close neighbor, Egypt, will each become regular stamps in the passports of two engineering faculty members during the next three years.
A nearly $60,000 grant received…
Shola Nurudeen may be a little more excited than most about Monday’s broadcast of the 2008 Olympic Games.
That’s because her son, Selim Nurudeen, will be competing for her home country of Nigeria in the preliminary heats of the…
Two mechanical engineering professors will have a hand in creating technology that could give those on the long waiting list for a heart transplant a second chance.
Matthew A. Franchek, biomedical engineering program director and…
Seven faculty members from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering in May received grants totaling more than $500,000 from the Norman Hackerman Advanced Research Program.
ARP is a competitive, peer-reviewed grant…
Ralph W. Metcalfe, professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering and mathematics, was recently appointed chair of the National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular Devices Study Section.
The study section’s scientific review…
Two engineering organizations earlier this year presented awards to Kirill V. Larin, assistant professor of biomedical and mechanical engineering, for achievements in his biomedical optics and imaging research.
The 2008…
The large crowd at the University of Houston and American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ annual Cajun Crawfish Boil fundraiser paid off big for students seeking scholarships in the Cullen College of Engineering.
Event Chair…
Houston-area high school seniors toured UH Cullen College of Engineering April 25 as part of a Shadow Day organized by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The event, the first of its kind on the engineering campus,…
Five UH Cullen College of Engineering students were recently each awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the National Association of Energy Engineers Foundation to be used for courses directly related to energy engineering or energy…
NSF grant will fund more than 30 students over the next five years
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has won a $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to provide scholarships for students in the…
A professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is developing an imaging device that could increase the success of patients attempting to have children through in vitro fertilization.
Kirill Larin,…
Douglas F. Muster, Brown & Root Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the UH Department of Mechanical Engineering, passed away September 7, 2007. He was 88.
Muster earned his B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical…
Interdisciplinary team from three universities will seek to create “piezoelectrics on steroids.”
Artificial limbs that can perform a variety of complex tasks by more closely mimicking natural movement and levels of strength and…
Allen Rhodes, a former adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has died. Rhodes passed away on Saturday, Aug. 18, from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was…
For as long as the U.S. Navy has had scuba divers, submarines and airplane pilots, it has had to deal with the effects of decompression sickness. This condition, which affects those who experience sudden, drastic changes in the…
The Department of Energy has selected the University of Houston-led Lone Star Wind Alliance as a partner in the development of one of the nation’s first facilities for developing and testing large-scale wind turbine blades to be…
Industry leaders, UH researchers explain the advantages of developing this resource in the state
Leaders in the field of wind energy from industry and from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering laid out the…
