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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…
Engineering Professors Among Select Few to Receive State ARP Funding
A well named home page with a professional feel and accessible links—that’s what regional judges with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Student Branch Web Site Contest had to say about a University of Houston…
UH Engineering Student Takes Home Top Regional Web Design Award
A University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering professor has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to study a more efficient, cost effective way to produce platinum fuel…
Professor Receives Grant for Fuel Cell Catalyst Research
University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering students were recognized on April 19 for the design and performance of one of two robots entered in the 2008 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Region 5 Technical…
UH Engineering Students Compete in Robotics Competition
Bruno Breitmeyer, professor of psychology at UH, and Haluk Ogmen, chair and professor of electrical & computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, have published their third book in two years on visual…
UH Professors Publish Third Book on Visual Perception
The aroma of award winning chili and the sounds of the latest music filled the air at the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) UH Student Chapter’s 29th Annual Chili Cook-Off on March 13 outside of the…
Annual IEEE Chili Cook-Off Draws Large Crowd
Haluk Ogmen, chair and professor of electrical & computer engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has published this third book in three years on the phenomena surrounding visual perception, specifically how and…
Professor Publishes Third Book Surrounding Visual Perception
Telemedicine and telesurgery applications motivate Yuhua Chen to develop more sophisticated networking equipment. Yuhua Chen knows she’s lucky to live in Houston. The assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering…
UH Researcher Building Next-Generation Internet
New nano-fabrication technique enables the creation of squares and other features that hold promise for the future of computing. A team of professors with the Center for Nanomagnetic Systems at the University of Houston Cullen…
In Nanotech, It's Hip to be Square
Betty Barr receives first-ever Provost Faculty Advising Award With nearly 25 years of experience advising students, Betty Barr, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Houston Cullen…
Professor Honored for Excellence in Advising
College names Carmona and Huynh most outstanding students for 2006–2007 The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has named its Outstanding Junior and Senior students for the 2006-2007 academic year. Both students…
Cullen College Honors its Best and Brightest
Nanopantography technique to create billions of nanotech devices in a matter of hours. A team of researchers with the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has filed a patent for new technology that could take…
New Technique Could Speed Mass Production of Nanotech Devices
Dmitri Litvinov’s second project with the U.S. Navy will establish guidelines for nanoscale magnetic device design and production. A professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has received a grant from…
Professor Studying Scalability in Nanotechnology
A professor with the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering is conducting research that could help drive the data storage industry for years to come, as well as enable the creation of unimagined medical devices.…
Professor Works to Improve the Longevity of Magnetic Data Storage Devices
A contingent from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has returned from India with informal agreements to discuss research and educational partnerships with institutions throughout the country. The group,…
Cullen College Delegation Returns from India with Plans for Future Talks
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