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UH G.R.A.D.E. Camp Celebrates 15 Years of Introducing Engineering to New Generations of Girls September 6, 2018Spending summer days engineering can be creative, empowering and fun. Imagine taking bits and pieces of circuitry, plastic and metal to build robots...	Spending summer days engineering can be creative, empowering and fun. Imagine taking bits and pieces of circuitry, plastic and metal to build robots, then programming them to navigate mazes; venturing out into the warm sunshine with friends to collect water from the UH campus pond and testing it for invisible microbes; or creating Texas-shaped earrings using a 3-D printer. These are defining moments of doing, creating memories and building friendships.
UH Researchers Win $1M Award to Boost Student Success August 6, 2018 National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented students from low-income backgrounds The National...	National Science Foundation grant provides scholarships and support to academically-talented students from low-income backgrounds The National Science Foundation awarded a $999,029 grant to a team of University of Houston researchers for a new program aimed at studying the impact of scholarships, engagement and other support on low-income students and their academic success.
UH Students Exhibit Robots Created In Makerspace March 23, 2018New and interesting things are being made at the UH Makerspace, which opened this spring in the M.D. Anderson Library.	New and interesting things are being made at the UH Makerspace, which opened this spring in the M.D. Anderson Library.
From Exploding Hoverboards to Tomorrow’s Batteries: UH engineering team lands on front cover of prestigious publication March 12, 2018 A paper about safer batteries made with organic materials written by a team of researchers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering made the cover...	A paper about safer batteries made with organic materials written by a team of researchers at the UH Cullen College of Engineering made the cover of one of the world’s most prestigious chemistry journals — Angewandte Chemie International Edition, published by German publisher Wiley-VCH.
Ph.D. Student Presents Energy Harvesting Research at NASA June 8, 2017It’s hard to imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about charging your cell phone or changing the batteries in your smoke detector. According...	It’s hard to imagine a world where you don’t have to worry about charging your cell phone or changing the batteries in your smoke detector. According to electrical and computer engineering doctoral student, Fahira Sangare, that world may be closer than we think.
ECE Students Place Second at NASA Swarmathon Competition June 7, 2017Last April a team of four undergraduate students from the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department...	Last April a team of four undergraduate students from the UH Cullen College of Engineering’s electrical and computer engineering (ECE) department competed in the 2017 NASA Swarmathon at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The team placed second out of 19 teams.
UH Electrochemical Society Student Chapter off to a Successful Start May 8, 2017Assistant Professor Yan Yao and several electrical and computer engineering and material science students have founded the first Electrochemical...	Assistant Professor Yan Yao and several electrical and computer engineering and material science students have founded the first Electrochemical Society student chapter (UH ECS) at UH.
PHOTOS: Student Research Takes Center Stage at 13th Annual Graduate Research and Capstone Design Conference May 5, 2017The UH department of electrical and computer engineering hosted the Graduate Research and Capstone Design Conference (GRC/CDC) on April 28th at the...	The UH department of electrical and computer engineering hosted the Graduate Research and Capstone Design Conference (GRC/CDC) on April 28th at the UH Hilton. The day-long event included technical sessions in which graduate and undergraduate student research and projects were presented. The following Cullen College students were awarded for their outstanding research projects:
UH Materials Research Society Student Chapter Hosts Campus Symposium April 20, 2017The University of Houston-Materials Research Society Chapter (UH-MRS) hosted its first student symposium in the main lobby of engineering building 1...	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:
Ph.D. Student Studies Solid-State Batteries With Prestigious NASA Fellowship April 20, 2017Karun Kumar Rao, a first-year chemical engineering doctoral student in the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been offered a place in the esteemed...	Karun Kumar Rao, a first-year chemical engineering doctoral student in the UH Cullen College of Engineering, has been offered a place in the esteemed NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) program for his research on solid-state batteries.
UH IEEE Student Chapter Named Best in the Region by IEEE National April 10, 2017The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering (IEEE-UH)...	The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) student chapter at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering (IEEE-UH) received high honors at the 2017 IEEE Region 5 Annual Conference and Student Competitions held in Denver, Colorado this April.
UH Society of Women Engineers Hosts High Schoolers March 2, 2017Approximately 120 Houston high school students blasted onto the UH campus to launch into engineering! The 5th annual “Launch into Engineering” is a...	Approximately 120 Houston high school students blasted onto the UH campus to launch into engineering! The 5th annual “Launch into Engineering” is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) outreach event to attract college-bound students to the STEM fields.
Cullen College in the Community – Partnership with iEducate Teaches Success February 24, 2017When Jameel Jordan became a petroleum engineering student at the Cullen College he never dreamed he'd also become a mentor to third graders. “It...	When Jameel Jordan became a petroleum engineering student at the Cullen College he never dreamed he'd also become a mentor to third graders. “It never crossed my mind,” said Jordan. But the opportunity found him when he learned of iEducate, a group that pays you to share your knowledge of STEM courses (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) with students in Houston’s underserved communities. It seemed a good fit. Turns out it was perfect.
Becker’s Robots and Students Visit Charter School February 21, 2017When Aaron Becker, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Cullen College, took seven engineering students to the UH...	When Aaron Becker, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the Cullen College, took seven engineering students to the UH Charter elementary school to play with robots, he wasn’t just opening young minds – he was upholding the charter school’s vision to help students fulfill their potential through wonder and discovery.
Spring Engineering Career Fair a Success February 16, 2017Aside from attaining knowledge itself, most students attend college to find a path forward in their lives, searching for a career that suits them. At...	Aside from attaining knowledge itself, most students attend college to find a path forward in their lives, searching for a career that suits them. At the Engineering Career Fair, that job is made easier as company representatives from the Houston area drop in to offer opportunities, mentor students and share stories of how they went from being a college student to a company employee.
Cullen College of Engineering’s 2016-2017 Outstanding Students Named February 3, 2017Undergraduate mechanical engineering students Tam Nguyen, a senior, and Serrae Reed, a junior, focus on their studies with the precision of the...	Undergraduate mechanical engineering students Tam Nguyen, a senior, and Serrae Reed, a junior, focus on their studies with the precision of the engineers they are becoming. Upon graduation, Nguyen has an engineering job nailed down at Shell, and Reed is conducting research on solar cells and the efficiency in which light is harvested for energy production.
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH is Number One in the U.S.A. December 16, 2016Every year, as a marketing activity, the leadership board of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH, recently named outstanding large...	Every year, as a marketing activity, the leadership board of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at UH, recently named outstanding large chapter of the year by the national organization, brainstorms to create the next slogan that typifies their mission.
Journal Features ECE Doctoral Student’s Battery Research on Cover December 7, 2016Yifei Li, a former doctoral student in the Cullen College’s department of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), was garnering international...	Yifei Li, a former doctoral student in the Cullen College’s department of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), was garnering international attention for his battery research before he’d even earned his degree.
The Media Comes Calling: Excitement Over Invention That Turns Smartphone into a Microscope November 16, 2016An invention by a University of Houston engineer that turns your smartphone into a microscope, allowing it to detect whether your pond water is...	An invention by a University of Houston engineer that turns your smartphone into a microscope, allowing it to detect whether your pond water is healthy, is getting attention in the media. Houston’s CBS affiliate, KHOU-TV Channel 11 aired a story about the invention of the DotLens, which came to life in the laboratory of electrical and computer engineering Associate Professor Wei-Chuan Shih.
From Houston to Hawaii: Two Cullen College Ph.D. Students Speak at Prestigious Conference November 9, 2016Two Cullen College of Engineering Ph.D. students, studying under the direction of Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Stanko...	Two Cullen College of Engineering Ph.D. students, studying under the direction of Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Stanko Brankovic, are back from Honolulu, Hawaii, where they presented talks on their groundbreaking work at the biggest conference in the electrochemistry field.

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