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Dr. Hyongki Lee, an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, has been awarded a grant from the K-Water Institute of South Korea to study flood monitoring…
Lee receives grant for South Korean water, satellite project
Two faculty members of the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized as recipients of the University of Houston's Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity for the 2019-20 academic year. The…
Rodrigues, Palmer honored with UH Awards for Excellence
As the City of Houston and the state of Texas take steps to reopen after the COVID-19 pandemic, a trio of researchers connected to the University of Houston has developed a planning tool to identify vulnerable portions of the…
Researchers' tool identifies Houston populations vulnerable to COVID-19
Dr. Stacey Louie, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received a $12,000 grant to support a student and research work on how contaminants interact with water. The funding comes from the Texas…
Louie, Berté awarded grant for water contaminant research
Drones have become a quick and relatively inexpensive way to capture on-the-ground images of geographic areas, offering valuable information to soldiers and others. But those images have a drawback: they often can’t accurately be…
UH Researchers Improving Resolution in 3D Data Collected by Drones
On Tuesday, March 17, U.S. News & World Report released its updated 2021 rankings of best graduate engineering programs in the country. The UH Cullen College of Engineering has increased once again and is now rated No. 67. …
Cullen College Listed Among Best Engineering Graduate Schools of 2021
UH Engineers Join Project to Study Options for Deployment Researchers from the University of Houston, backed by $4 million in funding from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, have joined a pilot project testing the use…
Can New Kind of Power Plant Improve Air Quality, Resilience?
Over 100 individuals joined representatives from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering and Houston Community College last Thursday, Feb. 20, for the first official UH/HCC Engineering Academy Information Session…
New UH/HCC Engineering Academy Steps Into The Spotlight
Engineering students address needs in the UH and Houston communities It’s the season of giving, and students who are enrolled in the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) are…
UH PROMES Scholars Give Back This Holiday Season
Intelligent.com, a student-focused website, included three online programs offered by the UH Cullen College of Engineering in its 2019/2020 national rankings list of best public institution programs. The college's online master's…
Three Online UH Engineering Programs Rank Among Best In Nation
Klotz views engineering as a 'license to change the world.' Houston civil engineer and UH Cullen College of Engineering alumnus D. Wayne Klotz (MSCE ’76) was named the keynote speaker for the college’s fall 2019 commencement on…
Distinguished Alumnus Wayne Klotz To Speak At Fall 2019 UH Cullen College Commencement
UH graduate students inspire each other with accomplishments Graduate students representing the UH Cullen College of Engineering shone bright in the university-wide Graduate Research Showcase hosted Nov. 1, 2019 by the UH…
Cullen College Students Shine in UH Graduate Research Showcase
Hyongki Lee, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has a lot of experience using data collected by Earth-observing technologies (such as satellites)  for solving water…
A Collaboration of Satellites and Villages: UH Professor Continues Work With NASA and Mekong River Stakeholders To Address Flooding and Other Critical Issues
Researchers share video of their Advanced Naval Technology Exercise Discretion is an integral part of covert reconnaissance missions. With that in mind, a team of UH Cullen College of Engineering researchers are working on a $1…
UH Engineers Test Biodegradable Self-Guided Reconnaissance Devices
The second installment of UH Engineering's Distinguished Rockwell Lecture Series was held on Friday, September 13 and featured Lai-Yung Ruby Leung, a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Battelle Fellow of…
Photos: Fall 2019 Rockwell Lecture Series Presents “Global Warming and Extreme Events”
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently awarded $300,008 to two UH Cullen College of Engineering professors for their research into the development of coatings designed to play a role in water purification.  The award…
UH Cullen College Engineering Faculty Win NSF Grant for Water Purification Study
Sensytec Wins Houston MassChallenge, HAN Investment Prize Money and Recognition from Rice Alliance Sensytec, a UH startup, is busy cementing its reputation with multiple wins this month. On Sept. 5, it was chosen as one of three…
UH Startup Sensytec Builds a Foundation of Wins
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is kicking off the 2019-2020 academic year by welcoming seven new faculty members to its teaching and research rosters. They bring expertise in a wide variety of fields ranging from…
The UH Cullen College of Engineering Welcomes Seven New Faculty Members
The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) held its annual meeting on August 22nd at Saint Arnold’s Brewery. This annual event furthers the EAA’s mission of championing, supporting and uniting the Cullen College’s students, faculty…
Photos: Engineering Alumni Association Hosts 2019 Annual Meeting
This summer, UH Engineering hosted over 40 college students from the South China University of Technology for the first-ever, three-week resilient civil infrastructure summer workshop. The program (July 19- August 12, 2019) led…
UH Cullen College of Engineering Hosts Students from South China University of Technology for First-Ever Civil Summer Workshop