Student Success

Cullen teams place in UH Energy's Innovation Commercialization Competition
September 29, 2023
The world is full of good ideas, but only some of them become viable and real. “You don’t see the full impact of a good idea until someone figures out a way to convert it to a usable product or service that has value, brings it… 		Several teams of students and professors from the Cullen College of Engineering earned distinction at this year's UH Energy Innovation Commercialization Competition.
Cullen student Varghese recognized for AI-focused structure research
August 21, 2023
After natural disasters, many people are understandably worried about the potential for structural damage to their homes. The research work of a Cullen College of Engineering Ph.D. student and his advising professor aims to… 		Subin R. Varghese.
Students Shine in DOE’s American-Made Carbon Management Competition
June 8, 2023
GreenHouston, a team of University of Houston students mentored by Assistant Professor Jian Shi from the UH Cullen College of Engineering, created a winning proposal for an optimized carbon dioxide transportation pipeline… 		GreenHouston team members from L to R: University of Houston students Steven Chen, Fatemeh Kalantari (team leader), Massiagbe Diabate, Bethel Mbakaogu, and Simon Peter Nsah Abongmbo.
Computer Engineering grad Earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
June 1, 2023
Fellowship to Support Studies in Computational and Applied Mathematics Damon Spencer, a University of Houston May graduate receiving dual degrees in mathematics and computer engineering, has earned a National Science Foundation… 		Damon Spencer, who received dual bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and computer engineering, earned a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. He plans to pursue a doctorate in computational and applied mathematics in the Department of Computational Applied Mathematics and Operations Research at Rice University.
Cullen recognizes 16 Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for 2022-23
April 13, 2023
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to the 16 students who have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for the 2022-23 academic year. Students are nominated by professors, with one junior and one… 		The Cullen College of Engineering recognizes 16 students who have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors.
More than 40 students honored at EAA celebration
April 7, 2023
The University of Houston's Engineering Alumni Association honored 42 different students with more than $21,000 in scholarships at the 2023 Engineer's Week Program, hosted in February Daniel Herrera, an Electrical Engineering… 		Students received awards and scholarships at the 2023 Engineer's Week.
UH Team Develops Novel Microscope To Design Better High-Performance Batteries
February 9, 2023
Lithium-ion batteries have transformed everyday lives – almost everyone has a smartphone, more electric vehicles can be spotted on the roads, and they keep power generators going during emergencies. As more portable electronic… 		As Assistant Professor Xiaonan Shan observes, recent UH graduate Guangxia Feng works on the operando reflection interference microscope (RIM) inside a “glove box,” since the lithium-ion battery electrolyte is flammable.
Cougar Spotlight: Sayed Named First UH Recipient of Noted Power Electronics Fellowship
August 19, 2022
In another first for the University of Houston, doctoral student Hussain Sayed became the institution’s inaugural recipient of the Joseph John Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship Award in Power Electronics for 2022.  Sayed, a Ph.D.… 		Doctoral student Hussain Sayed became the University of Houston's first recipient of the Joseph John Suozzi INTELEC® Fellowship Award in Power Electronics.
ECE doctoral candidate Sayed takes home presentation award from 2022 IEEE APEC
April 20, 2022
A doctoral candidate at the Cullen College of Engineering took home an outstanding paper presentation award at the 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference in March. Hussain Sayed, a doctoral candidate in the Electrical and… 		Hussain Sayed, a doctoral candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and at the Power Electronics, Microgrids, and Subsea Electrical Systems Center (PEMSEC), was awarded for his research presentation at the 2022 IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference.
New research suggests method for mapping Obesity-Related hormones
April 19, 2022
According to the CDC, obesity prevalence in the United States was 42.4 percent in 2017–2018, and obesity prevalence in the United States climbed from 30.5 percent to 42.4 percent between 1999 and 2018. Obesity has been linked to… 		Rafiul Amin, a Cullen doctoral graduate now working as an engineer at Aeva, is lead author for a new research paper about two hormones in a cohort of patients with obesity.
Research by Faghih, 4 ECE students spotlighted at conference
March 16, 2022
Four students and a faculty member affiliated with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering had their research papers spotlighted at the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics… 		Four students and a faculty member affiliated with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering had their research papers spotlighted at the 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference (EMBC).
EAA recognizes 50 students for academic achievements, leadership
February 25, 2022
The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) hosted another successful event on Feb. 22, as the 2022 Engineers Week Awards program recognized 50 students for their accomplishments. Since 2004, the EAA and industry donors have come… 		Haley Conley, posing with friends.
UH NSBE receives $10k grant for community garden revamp
January 31, 2022
Reflecting the organization's commitment to the community, the Dow Promise Program has awarded a $10,000 grant to the University of Houston branch of the National Society of Black Engineers, to partner with the Blodgett Urban… 		UH NSBE members volunteering at a previous community event at the Blodgett Urban Gardens.
Three Cullen students awarded ASIE scholarships
December 15, 2021
The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) has awarded three scholarships for 2021 to students attending the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston. Each student received a monetary award,… 		The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) has awarded three scholarships for 2021 to students attending the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston.
Biomed, ECE, McGovern collaboration leads to new epilepsy research
December 7, 2021
A recently published paper from a team of researchers and students from multiple departments at the Cullen College of Engineering and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth proposes a way to provide real-time, continuous… 		Rose T. Faghih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a member of the BRAIN Center, is senior author for a new paper about tracking the seizure state of epileptic patients in real-time.. The first author for the paper is Alexander Steele, a doctoral student of Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal, Ph.D., Cullen Distinguished Professor and Director of the NSF IUCRC BRAIN Center, and the research is a collaboration between two UH departments and the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth.
Paper from CML outlines new Approach for Management of Cushing's disease
September 7, 2021
Researchers from the Cullen College of Engineering are exploring ways to automate the administration of medicine for patients suffering from Cushing's syndrome, with a proposal establishing architecture for that recently… 		Researchers from the Cullen College of Engineering, including doctoral student Hamid Fekri Azgomi, are exploring ways to automate the administration of medicine for patients suffering from Cushing's syndrome, with a proposal establishing architecture for that recently published in Frontiers in Neuroscience.
Altered Microstructure Improves Organic-Based, Solid State Lithium EV Battery
June 17, 2021
Only 2 percent of vehicles are electrified to date, but that is projected to reach 30 percent by 2030. A key toward improving the commercialization of electric vehicles (EVs) is to heighten their gravimetric energy density –… 		Yan Yao, Ph.D., is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering.
ECE students Fekri Azgomi, Amin among 21 students presenting at national meeting
June 11, 2021
A pair of Cullen College of Engineering students are among 21 nationwide that gave live presentations at the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' meetings from June 2 through June 4… 		Rafiul Amin (left), Ph.D. graduate Dilranjan Wickramasuriya (left center) and Hamid Fekri Azgomi (right) speak with Rose Faghih (right center) about the MINDWATCH project. Amin and Fekri Azgomi gave a presentation on the research for the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' meetings from June 2 through June 4 in 2021.
Student project TrueStep takes 1st at design competition
May 28, 2021
A four-person team of students at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering has won a pair of awards for their project – a soft robotics exoskeleton – after presenting at the Excellence in Senior Design… 		Cullen College of Engineering TrueStep Capstone team members Arnold Emeh, Rukaiya Batliwala, Anthony Pham and Tanvi Parikh won two awards at the 2021 Excellence in Senior Design Competition at the University of Texas at Dallas.
New research method from Faghih, Amin allows more reliable brain information inference using electrodermal activity
May 13, 2021
A new paper from Rose Faghih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Computational Medicine Laboratory, and her doctoral student Rafiul Amin describes how they have developed a… 		A new paper from Rose Faghih, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of the Computational Medicine Laboratory, and her doctoral student Rafiul Amin describes how they have developed a novel inference engine to obtain brain information from raw electrodermal activity (EDA) recordings, eradicating previous challenges from earlier methods.