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When Shiv Bhakta (’17), chemical engineering and economics major, graduated from high school in small-town Cypress, Texas in 2012, his next move was to enroll at the University of Houston. Being a first-generation college student…
Cullen Alum Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 - Energy List
Farshad Safi Samghabadi, a doctoral student at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned second place for his poster presentation at the 2023 Symposium for Frontiers in Soft Matter and Macromolecular Networks. Safi is a…
Conrad Group's Safi takes 2nd at Frontiers in Soft Matter symposium
The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) recently held its Annual Holiday Party, where they awarded scholarships to seven undergraduate and graduate students from the University of Houston's Cullen College…
Seven Cullen students earn 2023 ASIE scholarships
Three Cullen College of Engineering doctoral student graduates – all now working in industry – have been recognized for stellar work on their dissertations for the 2022-23 academic year. To recognize the value of the outstanding…
Fang, Mallette, Mozaffari honored for dissertations
University of Houston, the Energy University, is proud to introduce the inaugural cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows – eight graduate students who are actively involved in innovative energy-related research across the…
Cullen Students Among Inaugural Cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows
Surya Pratap Singh Solanki, a Ph.D. candidate from the Cullen College of Engineering's William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been picked to serve as co-chair for the next Gordon Research…
ChBE's Solanki named co-chair of upcoming GRS
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to the 16 students who have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for the 2022-23 academic year. Students are nominated by professors, with one junior and one…
Cullen recognizes 16 Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for 2022-23
The University of Houston's Engineering Alumni Association honored 42 different students with more than $21,000 in scholarships at the 2023 Engineer's Week Program, hosted in February Daniel Herrera, an Electrical Engineering…
More than 40 students honored at EAA celebration
A doctoral student from the Cullen College of Engineering is the latest member of the Department of Defense's Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program, after a competitive application and…
Doctoral student Sensenbach earns DoD SMART scholarship
Cynthia Oliver Coleman P.E., a distinguished alumni of the Cullen College of Engineering and a longtime supporter of the university, is one of seven women that received Fellow Grade in 2022 from the Society of Women Engineers at…
Alum Coleman P.E. honored as Fellow Grade by SWE
Aman Agrawal, a Ph.D. student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering, was among those presenting at this year's prestigious Gordon Research Conference…
ChBE's Agrawal elected to chair Gordon Research Seminar
A doctoral student in the William A. Brookshire Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been selected for a prestigious workshop at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.…
ChBE's Singh picked for MIT Rising Stars workshop
The Engineering Alumni Association (EAA) hosted another successful event on Feb. 22, as the 2022 Engineers Week Awards program recognized 50 students for their accomplishments. Since 2004, the EAA and industry donors have come…
EAA recognizes 50 students for academic achievements, leadership
Reflecting the organization's commitment to the community, the Dow Promise Program has awarded a $10,000 grant to the University of Houston branch of the National Society of Black Engineers, to partner with the Blodgett Urban…
UH NSBE receives $10k grant for community garden revamp
For Annabelle Koehler, a junior student in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and the Honors College, the school has provided her with…
Opportunities, community at UH allow ChBE's Koehler to flourish
A pair of student researchers in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized for their work by the Axalta Bright Futures…
Kim, Agrawal recognized by Axalta Bright Futures program
An interest in a variety of fields led Ramakrishna “Rama” Ponnapati to pursue his graduate research at the University of Houston, and that same drive to excel in multiple fields and to encourage the growth of others has led to…
UH grad Ponnapati recognized as OTC Emerging Leader
When Eray Aydil started at the Cullen College of Engineering in 1986, he didn't realize that he would be experiencing so many new opportunities for his professional development, research interests, and even his personal life.…
Cullen Grad Aydil Now Chairman at NYU
In 2020, just as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus caused a pandemic of respiratory illness called COVID-19, two chemical engineers and alumni of the University of Houston decided to pivot the product strategy of Luminostics, the…
Cullen Alums, Prof's Smartphone-Based COVID-19 Test Hits Market
Four students from the Cullen College of Engineering are among the winners of this year's University of Houston Graduate Research Showcase Virtual Poster Session. Held on March 22, the event showcases the breadth and depth of…
4 Cullen College graduate students honored for posters