Student Success
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Seven from Cullen College of Engineering Surge into SURF Program June 24, 2020 For the summer of 2020, the Cullen College of Engineering had seven students selected for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.... |
 For the summer of 2020, the Cullen College of Engineering had seven students selected for the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. The SURF program is open to sophomores, juniors and seniors that will be not be graduating in the year of the fellowship. A 3.0 GPA is required for full-time students, and only University of Houston main campus students are eligible. |
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Students provide videos to public modeling spread of COVID-19 May 1, 2020A class of graduate students at the University of Houston has worked to create seven videos on YouTube about modeling the spread of COVID-19 among... |
 A class of graduate students at the University of Houston has worked to create seven videos on YouTube about modeling the spread of COVID-19 among different populations, under the oversight of Dr. Rose T. Faghih, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and the director of the Computational Medicine Laboratory. |
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UH Engineering State-Space Estimation Course Projects Presented At Two IEEE Conferences December 18, 2019Dilranjan Wickramasuriya and Hamid Fekri Azgomi, doctoral students of Rose Faghih, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UH Cullen... |
 Dilranjan Wickramasuriya and Hamid Fekri Azgomi, doctoral students of Rose Faghih, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, made several presentations at two different IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) conferences in November. |
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Seven UH Engineering Students Win 2019 ASIE Scholarships November 19, 2019The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) awarded seven of their 22 engineering scholarships this year to students attending the... |
 The American Society of Indian Engineers and Architects (ASIE) awarded seven of their 22 engineering scholarships this year to students attending the UH Cullen College of Engineering. The selected undergraduate and graduate students represent six of the college’s seven engineering departments. Here are the UH scholarship winners: Engineering – Undergraduates |
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Cullen College Researchers A Big Part of EMBC 2019 October 21, 2019 Featured UH Research Marries Health Care and Engineering Rose Faghih, assistant professor, and several other UH Cullen College of Engineering... |
 Featured UH Research Marries Health Care and Engineering
Rose Faghih, assistant professor, and several other UH Cullen College of Engineering faculty and students were an integral part of the 2019 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Conference held in Berlin, Germany. The theme was “Biomedical engineering ranging from wellness to intensive care.” |
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Record Number of UH Engineering Students Headed to Germany for Research and Adventure May 7, 2019Eight University of Houston students – all from the Cullen College of Engineering and the Honors College – won 2019 DAAD RISE research scholarships... |
 Eight University of Houston students – all from the Cullen College of Engineering and the Honors College – won 2019 DAAD RISE research scholarships and an opportunity to work at top German universities and research institutions this summer. |
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Omron Lab Helps UH Engineering Students Get Real-World Technology Experience May 2, 2019 UH, Omron Automation Looking to the Future The UH Cullen College of Engineering and Omron Corp. recently celebrated the official unveiling of the... |
 UH, Omron Automation Looking to the Future
The UH Cullen College of Engineering and Omron Corp. recently celebrated the official unveiling of the Omron Senior Design and Robotics Laboratory with cookies, punch and a wide variety of robots. Company representatives and faculty mingled with students and checked out different senior capstone projects – from a sorting robot to a mobile robotic billboard. |
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UH Students and Alumni Earn Prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships April 30, 2019 Recipients Include Three Cullen College Coogs Seven current and former University of Houston students – three of whom represent the Cullen... |
 Recipients Include Three Cullen College Coogs
Seven current and former University of Houston students – three of whom represent the Cullen College of Engineering – have earned highly coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) graduate research fellowships. |
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Endowed Scholarship For UH Electrical and Computer Engineering Students February 28, 2019 Cullen College Beneficiary of Hickman Estate in Colorado Herbert David Hickman (BSEE ’59) from Colorado gifted his home to the UH Cullen College... |
 Cullen College Beneficiary of Hickman Estate in Colorado
Herbert David Hickman (BSEE ’59) from Colorado gifted his home to the UH Cullen College of Engineering to establish an endowed scholarship, with preference for electrical and computer engineering students. |
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Cullen College Junior Wins Student Leadership Award for the 2019 BEYA STEM Conference January 30, 2019Joshua Frenchwood, an electrical engineering junior at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, won a Student Leadership Award from the Career... |
 Joshua Frenchwood, an electrical engineering junior at the UH Cullen College of Engineering, won a Student Leadership Award from the Career Communications Group Inc. and the Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Conference. He will be recognized at the Student Leadership Awards Dinner at the 2019 BEYA STEM Conference in Washington, D.C. in February. |
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Undergrads From Across the Country Work As UH Engineering Researchers Over Summer October 23, 2018 UH Cullen College’s REU Programs Focus on Materials Science, Neurotechnologies For 10 weeks over the summer, undergraduate students from across... |
 UH Cullen College’s REU Programs Focus on Materials Science, Neurotechnologies
For 10 weeks over the summer, undergraduate students from across the U.S. became bonafide engineering researchers, working alongside some of UH Cullen College’s brightest minds to solve some of the world’s most pressing technical challenges with science and ingenuity. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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: |
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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: |
