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The Final Battle: Department of Defense Awards UH Engineer for Career in Advancing Immunotherapy
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UH Engineer Developing Next-Generation of Efficient Cars
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Jeffrey Rimer: Advancing Treatment for Kidney Stones and Winning Awards
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UH Engineer Peter Vekilov Pioneers New Field of Crystal Study
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Working with Catalysts Grad Students Become Award Winners
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Finding New Cures for an Old Disease
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A Giant in the Field of Catalysis, UH’s Lars Grabow Elected to Helm Two Journals
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Cullen College Ranked Among Top 25 Schools to Earn a Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering
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(Re) Engineering the Chemical WorldNew issue of Transport magazine now available. Click here to explore.
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Named Best Engineering School of 2017 by U.S. News & World Report
Research News
 A team of researchers led by a UH chemical and biomolecular engineer will design microorganisms that can convert natural gas liquids (NGLs) into useful products more efficiently than current technologies. |
Designing Microorganisms to Convert Natural Gas Liquids into Useful Products October 19, 2017 |
 Navin Varadarajan receives National Science Foundation award to boost effectiveness of immunotherapy Back in the days when all medicines were made out of chemicals found in nature, manufacturing drugs was somewhat of a breeze. Take aspirin, for example. The chemical makeup of aspirin is simple; When you look at the drug under a microscope its molecules will all look exactly the same. Aspirin is as easy to characterize as it is to manufacture. |
Biomanufacturing the Next Generation of Cancer-Killing Immune Cells October 16, 2017 |
 For UH chemical engineer Navin Varadarajan, it isn’t enough to conduct laboratory research, publish papers, earn grants and win awards for his work in immunotherapy, which utilizes the body’s own immune cells to attack tumors. |
Department of Defense Awards UH Engineer for Career in Advancing Immunotherapy October 2, 2017 |
Faculty Awards
 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 |
 Each spring the University of Houston shines a spotlight on the faculty’s best and brightest, honoring them with teaching and research awards. Read more about the Cullen College of Engineering professors who earned the distinction below! |
UH Honors Cullen College Professors for Excellence in Teaching and Research April 26, 2017 |
Student News
 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 |
 The University of Houston-Materials Research Society Chapter (UH-MRS) hosted its first student symposium in the main lobby of engineering building 1. At the symposium students presented their work to an esteemed crowd of professional members across various engineering and science disciplines at UH. The 40 presenters came from different departments including chemistry, physics; and chemical, mechanical, materials and electrical engineering. UH-MRS winners are: |
UH Materials Research Society Student Chapter Hosts Campus Symposium April 20, 2017 |
Recent Faculty Publications
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Yan Sun, Praveen Pitliya, Chang Liu, Xiong Gong, Alamgir Karim, Dharmaraj Raghavan, "Block Copolymer Compatibilized Polymer: Fullerene Blend Morphology and Properties," Polymer, In Press , 2017 |
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. Find out more
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