Christopher Lovero will graduate this semester with a degree in chemical engineering, ending a rich academic experience at the University of...
Top 20 Doctoral Program—National Research Council
UH Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Short Courses
Petroleum Refining Processes | Applications of Heterogeneous Catalysis
Welcome
Welcome to the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Houston where outstanding scholarship and cutting-edge research meets the real world of chemical engineering, energy engineering and biomolecular engineering. Ranked in the top 15 Chemical Engineering departments by the National Research Council, we have strong interactions with the Chemical and Energy industry and the Medical research and technology community in the Greater Houston area in seeking solutions to some of the grand challenges facing our society and humanity.
We graduate about 40 undergraduate chemical engineers, 15 part-time masters coming mostly from the local industry and 15 doctoral students each year who become leaders in industry, academe and government. We have internationally recognized expertise in environmental reaction engineering, plasma physics and processing, polymers and nanomaterials, conventional and sustainable energy, and in biomolecular engineering targeting novel and efficient ways to diagnose, mitigate and cure conditions of human health.
Research News
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Ask any professor: A good idea alone isn’t likely to receive serious research funding. Big awards almost always have some data that supports the project, that shows the researcher’s idea should work.
In a classic catch-22, though, getting this data itself takes money. Materials for experiments, graduate student time, lab space, computing power – none of these are free.
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Professor Michael Economides in the UH Cullen College of Engineering's department of chemical and biomolecular engineering contributed an article titled "The president's legacy on energy" to The Hill's Congress Blog, published
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Thanks to a recent grant from NASA, a University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering professor’s theories on crystal formation will be tested onboard the International Space Station.
Faculty Awards
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This month, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the 2013 winners of the UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty awards, in recognition of outstanding performance in teaching, research and service.
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This month, Dean Joseph Tedesco announced the 2013 winners of the UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty awards, in recognition of outstanding performance in teaching, research and service.
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The 2013 UH Cullen College of Engineering Alumni Awards Gala will be held at the Petroleum Club of Houston on Thursday, June 13, 2013. The annual event, hosted by the Engineering Alumni Association, recognizes the professional achievements and contributions of college alumni and faculty. This year's honorees are:
Student News
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Girls in grades eight through twelve enter the UH Cullen College of Engineering on Monday morning, new to the world of algorithms, motors and microscopes. By Friday, they’ve built and programmed a robot.
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Indranil Mitra, a Ph.D. candidate in chemical and biomolecular engineering, was selected for the Fifteenth National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering. This two-week program is held in August at Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The curriculum includes scattering theory, seminars, and beam line demonstrations.
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Two graduate students in the UH department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering won awards at the annual meeting of the southwest regional chapter of the North American Catalysis Society, held at Rice University on April 26.
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Student Spotlight
Faculty Publications
Tanneru, C.T., Rimer, J.D., Chellam, S., "Sweep Flocculation and Adsorption of Viruses on Aluminum Flocs During Electrochemical Treatment Prior to Surface Water Microfiltration", Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 4612-4618
, 2013
Media Mentions
Announcements
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, Cullen Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and professor of mathematics at UH. Find out more