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 2025-26 academic year.
Students are nominated by…
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Heads Association (ECEDHA) recognized their 2026 award recipients earlier this spring, and among them was Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor Badri Roysam,…
Remembered as a gifted engineer that always had time for his colleagues and students, the Cullen College of Engineering is expressing its condolences for Earl Joseph “Joe” Charlson, a 15-year professor in the Electrical and…
Hao Huang, a distinguished adjunct professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department and member of the National Academy of Engineering, served as a keynote speaker for the 2026 AI x Energy Summit.
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UH engineer discovers that lithium dendrites, a flaw in batteries, are unexpectedly strong and brittle allowing them to act like rigid needles inside batteries
Their stiffness—enhanced by a protective coating—…
Yan Yao, Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Houston, has been named the 2025 recipient of the ACS Energy & Fuels (ENFL) Division…
You probably heard it from your mom a thousand times — fresh air and sunshine; it’s the cure for most anything. Now scientists at the University of Houston concur, measuring the impact of mother’s advice on mother nature to find…
Hien Van Nguyen, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, served as the lead for an NIH-funded research project. His paper, “Interpreting Radiologist’s Intention from Eye Movements in Chest…
Seven University of Houston faculty members, including four from the Cullen College of Engineering, have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors — the most of any single Texas institution this year.
The…
A University of Houston engineering professor is warning that implanted cuff electrodes — widely used in therapy for epilepsy, depression and inflammatory disorders — could trigger unintended nerve stimulation for patients…
A passionate interest in their chosen topic and a range of engineering knowledge were the keys to success for the team of five that took home the audience award for the Fall 2025 UH NAE Grand Challenges Summit & Create@UH…
Two University of Houston scientists have once again been recognized among the world’s elite researchers for their significant scientific influence and highly cited contributions to energy research.
Professors Zhifeng Ren,…
Thanks to professional collaboration and a respect for quality research, the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering has received a gift of 50 software licenses…
Rohith Reddy, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering and a CPRIT Scholar in Cancer Research, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Applied…
Sai Bhargava Althurthi, a recent Ph.D. graduate from the Cullen College of Engineering’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, has been recognized with the IEEE Outstanding Paper Award for the IEEE Journal of…
Lihong Zhao, an assistant professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the Cullen College of Engineering, is the latest to earn a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from the Oak Ridge Associated…
Research Corporation for Science Advancement, the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation and the Frederick Gardner Cottrell Foundation have funded seven team proposals for collaborative projects pairing advances in automation and AI…
Low-battery anxiety may soon be a little less stressful thanks to a recent discovery by researchers at the University of Houston.
For decades, scientists have struggled to understand what, exactly, is happening inside a solid-…
An interdisciplinary team from the Cullen College of Engineering was awarded the Runner-Up Best Paper Award at the 2025 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2025), held in New Orleans in May.…
Abdullah H. Abdel-Khalek was part of this semester’s first graduating cohort of the Cullen College of Engineering’s Computer Engineering & Analytics (CEA) undergraduate students.
The CEA program combines computer engineering…
