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Stanko Brankovic, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has won a grant worth up to $1.6 million from the United States Department of Defense.…
UH Researcher Developing New Type of Magnetic Field Sensor
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has won a grant to help prepare high school students for academic success through a new, innovative program called…
College Launches "Step Forward" Program for High School Students
Cullen College of Engineering Associate Dean Stuart Long has been named UH's associate dean of undergraduate research and of The Honors College, effective Sept. 1. The Office of Undergraduate Research is charged with the task of…
Engineering's Stuart Long Appointed Undergraduate Research Associate Dean for UH
University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering alum Vesna Mirkovic (BSEE 1999) has received the Outstanding Inventor Award from the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. Mirkovic and a colleague, William Spencer…
Alum Receives Award for Work in Alternative Energy
University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering Alumnus Mitch Bunnell (1985 BS EE) recently signed a contract to incorporate his company’s Digital Molecular Matter (DMM) technology into video games developed by George Lucas’…
UH Engineering Alumnus Signs Major Deal With LucasArts
A tabletop system capable of screening tens of thousands of drug candidates in an hour and a tool that can provide a foolproof cancer diagnosis with miniscule quantities of tissue obtained through non-invasive means are just two…
Nanomagnetics Research Utilized for Medical Technology Development
Research Could Provide the Foundation for Creating Drugs and Treatments for Brain Injuries A professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is embarking on a research project that will show exactly how “…
UH Engineering Professor Studying Brain Plasticity
Betty Barr, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was honored as the 2005 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Outstanding Educator of the Year at the group’s Region 5 Technical,…
Betty Barr Receives Regional IEEE Outstanding Educator Award
Several members of the Cullen College of Engineering were honored at the annual research day of the University of Houston chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society and global honor society of scientists and engineers.…
Student Researchers Honored at Sigma Xi Research Day
Research conducted by faculty members with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering and the Baylor College of Medicine may end up saving a lot of people from a very bad vacation. Paul Ruchhoeft, assistant…
UH Researchers Working On "Cruise Ship Virus" Diagnostic Tool
Phuc Huynh, a junior at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, was named a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards available to undergraduate students. The scholarship provides…
Electrical Engineering Undergrad Wins National Goldwater Scholarship
The University of Houston Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter held its 27th Annual Chili Cook-Off on Thursday, March 9. More than 250 Cullen College of Engineering faculty, staff, students,…
IEEE Hosts 27th Annual Chili Cookoff, Provides Activities for Faculty and Students
Doctoral candidate takes second place at symposium with research A graduate student with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering took second place at the 30th Semiannual Texas Center for Superconductivity at the…
UH Grad Student Pushing the Boundaries of Nanotech Fabrication
This year’s Outstanding Senior and Junior awards at the Cullen College of Engineering have been given to Ying Hu and Julian Vargas of electrical and mechanical engineering, respectively. Hu and Vargas along with students…
College Names Outstanding Senior, Junior Student
Researchers with the University of Houston’s Well Logging Laboratory presented a new technology at the group’s fall Industrial Consortium meeting that could result in consumers paying lower prices at the gas pump. The Well…
UH Researchers Present New, More Cost Efficient Well Logging Technology
College of Engineering Graduate Students to Research Nanomagnetics in Naval Research and Development Centers Projects including the detection of biological agents, development of new techniques used to uncover land mines and the…
NSF-Navy Civilian Service Fellowship Program Established
Three University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering professors claimed top research innovation awards from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the state agency has announced. Civil and environmental engineering…
UH Engineering Research Claims Two TxDOT Awards for Innovation
Strides in vision research employing neuro-engineering and computational neuroscience earned one UH engineering professor a coveted spot in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) peer review group. Haluk Ogmen, department chair…
Neuro-Engineering, Vision Research Earn UH Professor NIH Appointment
Approximately 40 graduate students in the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering's electrical and computer engineering department (ECE) presented their work at the department’s first Graduate Research Conference held…
First Graduate Research Conference Deemed a Success for ECE
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering’s student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) received high honors at the IEEE Region Five Conference. The organization won all four…
UH Sweeps IEEE Region V Conference For Second Consecutive Year