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Researcher Takes New Approach To Antibiotic Tolerance
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UH Engineering Rises in U.S. News Rankings
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Chemical Engineer Wins Cprit To Improve Effectiveness Of Cancer Immunotherapy
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UH Engineer Wins Welch Foundation’s 2018 Hackerman Award
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Cullen College Ranked Among Top 25 Schools to Earn a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering
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Research News
 Wins National Award to Further Research
With a perfect score on his research proposal, chemical and biomolecular engineering researcher Mehmet Orman received the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Career Transition Award, meant to help initiate a successful bioengineering career as an independent research scientist. Orman will use the $250,000 prize to investigate cells that are resistant to antibiotics. |
Researcher Takes New Approach to Antibiotic Tolerance April 4, 2018 |
 A Cullen College of Engineering professor who is working to find improve treatments for battling cancer received a grant from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the organization that funds groundbreaking cancer research and prevention programs in the state. |
Chemical Engineer Wins CPRIT to Improve Effectiveness of Cancer Immunotherapy March 1, 2018 |
 Researchers Say Emerging Technologies Could Greatly Reduce Plastic Waste Most of the 150 million tons of plastics produced around the world every year end up in landfills, the oceans and elsewhere. Less than 9 percent of plastics are recycled in the United States, rising to about 30 percent in Europe. |
Scientific Advances Can Make it Easier to Recycle Plastics November 17, 2017 |
Faculty Awards
 An engineer from the University of Houston known for his groundbreaking work in crystal engineering has received the 2018 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research. Jeffrey Rimer, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Cullen College, will be recognized at a luncheon later this month. |
UH Engineer Wins Welch Foundation’s 2018 Hackerman Award February 2, 2018 |
 The scientist who made the first advancement in the treatment of kidney stones in three decades, Jeffrey Rimer, Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Associate Professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been awarded for his work two more times. |
Expert in Crystallization and Advancing Cures for Kidney Stones, UH Engineer Wins Awards August 7, 2017 |
 The 2017 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala was held at the Bayou City Event Center on Thursday, June 8, 2017. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering Alumni Association (EAA), celebrates the professional achievements and contributions of college alumni and faculty. |
Photos and Videos: 2017 EAA Gala June 16, 2017 |
Student News
 Every academic year, the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering celebrates student academic achievement by choosing an Outstanding Senior and an Outstanding Junior. Not only do the chosen represent hard work and dedication, but also passion and intellectual curiosity. They serve to inspire. For 2017-2018, the two students are: Biomedical engineering senior Megan Goh and chemical engineering junior Christine Stroh. These are their stories.
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UH Cullen College Recognizes Outstanding Students February 20, 2018 |
 For ten weeks during the summer, 12 undergraduate students from across the country are getting the chance of a lifetime on the UH campus, becoming engineering researchers in the Cullen College’s Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU). |
The Research Experience For Undergrads Inspires Students July 25, 2017 |
 Three Cullen College chemical engineering Ph.D. students have returned from Denver, Co. where they were special guests at the 25th North American Meeting (NAM25) of the North American Catalysis Society. Sashank Kasiraju, who studies under the direction of Assistant Professor Lars Grabow, Wendy Lang, who studies under Mike Harold, chair of chemical and biomolecular engineering and Wei Qin, mentored by Jeff Rimer, Ernest J. and Barbara M. |
Work With Catalysts Changes Grad Students Into Award Winners July 18, 2017 |
Recent Faculty Publications
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Raja B, Pascente C, Knoop J, Shakarisaz D, Sherlock T, Kemper S, Kourentzi K, Renzi R F, Hatch AV, Olano J, Peng BH, Ruchhoeft P, Willson RC, An embedded microretroreflector-based microfluidic immunoassay platform. Lab on a chip, 6: 1625-35, , 2016 |
Neal R. Amundson Endowed Chair of Chemical Engineering
In honor of an engineer, an educator, a colleague and a friend, the UH Cullen College of Engineering would like to establish an endowed chair named after the late Dr. Neal R. Amundson. Find out more
Upcoming Seminars
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Nanoemulsions: Building Complex Materials from Tiny Droplets 04/20/2018 - 10:30am |
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