The Cullen College of Engineering remains among the Top 50 public graduate engineering schools in the nation according to U.S. News & World Reports, coming in at #44 in the 2025 rankings released on April 8.
Cullen is ranked…
More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of the President’s Circle Awards, presented by the…
Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been elevated to the esteemed status of Senior…
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that the following students have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for their respective departments for the 2024–25 academic year.
Students are nominated by…
A review article authored by civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Pietro Milillo and postdoctoral fellow Yismaw Wassie, "Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Multitemporal Deformation Monitoring: A review…
A total of 25 students from different organizations received more than $13,000 in scholarships and awards at the 2025 Industry Awards Night, hosted by the University of Houston’s Engineering Alumni Association at the Athletic/…
The University of Houston’s inaugural “Coogs for Energy” Hackathon has crowned its champions, with the top two teams heavily featuring students from the Cullen College of Engineering.
The event, hosted by UH’s Division of Energy…
When you drink a nice refreshing glass of water, do you ever think, “Gee, I’m glad that polymeric desalination membrane did its job!”
Probably not, but maybe you should.
Those thin polyamide, or plastic-like, membranes work as…
The Cullen College of Engineering expresses its condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Sheng-taur “S.T.” Mau, a former civil engineering professor and department chairman.
Mau passed away in December 2024 in…
On the barrier islands of Miami, 35 skyscrapers — including Trump Tower III — have sunk as much as eight centimeters, or three inches, into the ground since 2016, and researchers from the University of Houston have played a…
Eleven different University of Houston students were honored with scholarships at the annual American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects holiday dinner, including nine from the Cullen College of Engineering.
ASIE is a…
An assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been recognized as a rising star in environmental engineering and science, thanks to his research on…
In the global push to address the negative impacts of climate change, carbon dioxide removal has emerged as a key economic and environmental strategy. Methods such as direct air capture, direct ocean capture, bioenergy and soil…
A doctoral candidate from the University of Houston's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has co-authored a transformative study that redefines approaches to assessing earthquake damage using cutting-edge remote…
A paper recently co-authored by Md Murad Hossain Khondaker, a civil and environmental engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Houston, may hold key insights that allow for better predictions of catastrophic flooding…
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) announces Mackrena Ramos, P.E., vice president and business group director at LAN, has been named the 2024 Engineer of the Year by Houston Hispanic Architect and Engineers (HHAE).
Ramos…
The Cullen College of Engineering extends its condolences to the family and friends of Ganesh L. Ghurye, Ph.D., a distinguished graduate of the college and the University of Houston.
Ganesh passed away after a three-year battle…
University of Houston researchers make significant strides in automating Antarctic glacier monitoring using advanced satellite radar techniques.
University of Houston researchers have validated a method that uses deep learning to…
Can artificial intelligence transform the practice of structural engineering?
Imagine a future where structural engineers not only rely on their own knowledge and experience, computational tools, or evaluation equipment, but also…
The Cullen College of Engineering will celebrate six distinguished award winners at the inaugural 2024 Cullen Gala.
This year’s event will be held on Thursday, October 10 at the Hilton Americas Hotel. For more information, and to…
