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Engineering may not be elementary, but elementary-aged students can still enjoy engineering. And they did, en masse, during two Passport to UH events hosted by the Cullen College’s subsea engineering program. On Jan. 20, baby…
Subsea Engineering’s “Passport to UH” is a Passport to Fun for Young Students
The University of Houston is one of the best universities in the world to earn an engineering degree from, according to 2017 rankings released by CEOWorld Magazine. The UH Cullen College of Engineering was ranked No. 73 in the…
UH Ranks Among Best Universities for Engineering and Technology by CEOWorld Magazine
Stellar academics, strong career prospects for graduates and affordability are among the reasons the University of Houston has been featured in The Princeton Review’s 2017 edition of “Colleges That Pay You Back: The 200 Schools…
UH Among Top U.S. Universities for Return on Investment and Upward Mobility
Undergraduate mechanical engineering students Tam Nguyen, a senior, and Serrae Reed, a junior, focus on their studies with the precision of the engineers they are becoming. Upon graduation, Nguyen has an engineering job nailed…
Cullen College of Engineering’s 2016-2017 Outstanding Students Named
Stabilizing oil prices have prompted producers to return to both shale and offshore projects, but the industry still needs to cut costs. A new workforce program offered by the University of Houston Cullen College of engineering…
UH Engineering to Offer Data Analytics Certificate for Energy Industry
In his continued spirit of generosity, UH Engineering alumnus William A. Brookshire has donated $1 million to the Cullen College of Engineering to create the William A. Brookshire Teaching Excellence Award Endowment. According to…
Generous Engineering Alumnus William A. Brookshire Funds $1M Scholarship for Teachers
Every year, as a marketing activity, the leadership board of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH, recently named outstanding large chapter of the year by the national organization, brainstorms to create the next…
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH is Number One in the U.S.A.
Beginning this fall, the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering will offer two energy-focused engineering courses at the Houston Community College (HCC) Northwest-Katy Campus, about a mile north of Interstate 10 at…
University of Houston Offers Energy-Focused Engineering Courses in Katy
The Cullen College of Engineering proudly welcomes some of the most brilliant minds in the engineering field to its faculty during the 2016 - 2017 year. Biomedical Engineering Member of the National Academy of Engineering Jerome…
20 New Faces and Brilliant Minds Join the UH Cullen College of Engineering Faculty, Including Four National Academy of Engineering Members
Computer simulation software allows engineers to predict how certain materials will perform under specific – and often extreme – conditions. For instance, major advances in aerospace and flight were made possible due to…
PHOTOS: H. David Hibbitt Rockwell Lecture
Friends of the UH Cullen College of Engineering gathered for barbeque, drinks and games to celebrate the college’s 75th anniversary and gear up for the 2016 UH Football Homecoming game on Saturday, Nov. 12th outside of…
PHOTOS: UH Engineering Celebrates 75th Anniversary and Homecoming
A recent article published by Forbes.com lauds the University of Houston as an epicenter of energy and engineering education and research, calling the school “increasingly a rival to places like MIT in advancing not just cleaner…
Forbes.com Lauds University of Houston as Leader in Engineering Research and Education
There are a lot of decisionmaking trade-offs on the path to a sustainable future. Michael Kavanaugh, senior principal at Geosyntec Consultants Inc. and member of the National Academy of Engineering, visited the UH Cullen College…
PHOTOS: Michael Kavanaugh Engineering Rockwell Lecture
Houston’s leaders in industry, academia and government who make up the UH Cullen College’s Engineering Leadership Board (ELB) gathered for the annual ELB Dinner at The Houston Club on Nov. 11. Joseph W. Tedesco, Elizabeth D.…
PHOTOS: Engineering Leadership Board Dinner and Meeting
Subsea engineering students enrolled in the “Design of Subsea Blowout Preventers” course at the UH Cullen College of Engineering took part in a once-in-a-lifetime field trip to tour the research and development (R&D)…
Subsea Engineering Students Tour Cameron’s R&D Laboratory
Once upon a time you got your best action and science fiction fix from the movies. “2001: A Space Odyssey” showed us how pedestrian structures on the moon might seem; Walt Disney brought us tiny robots called microbots in “Big…
VIDEO: Engineers and Engineering in the Movies
There was a time in the not-so-distant past when women in manufacturing jobs were hard to come by. It wasn’t until World War II when, faced with a depleted workforce, American women rolled up their sleeves and went to work in…
Photos: Women in Manufacturing Events Hosted at UH Engineering
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is well on its way to becoming a Top 50 engineering college in the nation, earning a coveted spot on the list of the Best Engineering Schools of 2017 by U.S. News and World Report. The Cullen…
UH Engineering Climbs U.S. News Rankings, Earns Spot on List of Nation's Best Schools
Serving as the home to the world’s largest medical center, a thriving energy industry and an array of multicultural communities, the city of Houston is a vibrant center for diversity. The University of Houston, located in the…
Professor Utilizes Diversity to Prepare Students for Subsea Industry
On Feb. 17, the Cullen College of Engineering celebrated the 5th anniversary of the subsea engineering program at the Petroleum Club of Houston. The evening’s keynote speaker was Alistair Vickers, senior vice president of Global…
PHOTOS: Subsea 5th Anniversary Dinner