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Faculty Accolades

A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has been honored by being elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, one of the highest honors of distinction provided by the organization. Ji…
ECE's Ji Chen earns IEEE Fellow distinction
For the second straight year, the same dynamic quartet of University of Houston scientists has been honored as world-class, highly cited researchers, acknowledging the remarkable and widespread impact of their scientific…
Repeat! Four University of Houston Researchers Named Most Cited in the World
For Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and associate director of the Power Electronics, Microgrids & Subsea Electrical Systems…
Krishnamoorthy wins inaugural IEEE PELS Young Exceptional Service Award
Project to Build More Robust Electrical Systems and Grow the Next Generation of Innovators in Power Electronics In today's dynamic environment where electricity demand is skyrocketing, power converters are the unsung heroes…
ECE's Krishnamoorthy Using NSF CAREER Award for Game-Changing Research
The Engineering Alumni Association and the Cullen College of Engineering will celebrate five distinguished award winners at the 2023 Engineering Alumni Awards Gala. This year's event will be held Thursday, June 8 in the Magnolia…
EAA honoring five at 2023 Awards Gala
Xingpeng Li, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been named an Emerging Leader by the 2023 Offshore Technology…
ECE's Li Named ‘Emerging Leader’ by Offshore Technology Conference
Nearly 60 UH Professors and Instructors Recognized During Pinning Ceremony  Each day, University of Houston faculty prepare students for the road ahead. That journey may lead to careers or graduate school. No matter the…
Cullen Faculty Complete Effective College Instruction Certificates
Harish Krishnamoorthy, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston, has been selected by the Gulf Research Program (GRP) of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine…
Krishnamoorthy Developing New Technologies to Improve Safety, Resiliency of Offshore Energy Systems
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced today the induction of 169 distinguished inventors to be NAI Fellows, which includes Hao Huang, a Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the…
ECE's Huang among NAI 2022 Class of Fellows
Four University of Houston scientists have been recognized among the world’s elite researchers for the significant and broad influence of their scientific work. The annual Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers includes…
Four UH Researchers Named Most Cited in the World
In two separate announcements, three staffers at the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized and awarded for their exemplary work as employees by the University of Houston. Miranda Vernon-Harrison, the Graduate…
Three Cullen employees honored with UH awards
The UH College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Department of Health and Human Performance Associate Professor Pranav J. Parikh and Cullen College of Engineering Professor Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal have been awarded the NIH…
UH Professors awarded $768K NIH grant to develop extensive neuromotor training
Mission: Microchips On July 20th, 53 years after Neil Armstrong took one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind, NASA announced target launch dates for the Artemis I mission, the agency’s long-awaited first step to…
Names of Artemis I Team Members Headed to Space on Microchips Made at University of Houston
UH Engineering Professor Kaushik Rajashekara, Fueled by Unrelenting Will to Achieve, is One of Three Recipients This Year "Professor Rajashekara does not see limits, only possibilities. Electric vehicles are changing the way the…
Rajashekara Named Global Energy Prize Laureate
The Cullen College of Engineering is happy to announce that the following eight members of the faculty have been promoted for the 2022-23 academic year. All promotions take effect as of Sept. 1, 2022. This listing is alphabetical…
Cullen announces 8 promotions for Fall 2022
The Cullen College of Engineering and Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair and Dean, are pleased to share the 2021-22 Faculty and Student Excellence Award winners. The initial announcement…
Cullen recognizes efforts of faculty, students with 2021-22 Excellence Awards
Zhu Han, a Moores professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has been selected for a three-year term as a Distinguished Speaker by the Association for Computing Machinery…
ECE's Han chosen as ACM Distinguished Speaker
Harish Sarma Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, is part of the 2022 class for the Offshore Technology Conference's Emerging…
ECE's Krishnamoorthy named OTC Emerging Leader
A professor from the Cullen College of Engineering's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is part of one of 20 teams or individuals chosen for the 2022 Accelerator for Cancer Therapeutics annual cohort. According to…
ECE's Shih selected for TMCi accelerator
University of Houston researchers have received $4.4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) for two projects developed in the Cullen College of Engineering and Texas Center…
ECE Professors Receive $4.4M to Develop Clean Energy Technologies