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Two powerhouse engineers and inventors from the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering have secured coveted positions as Fellows in the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The election as academy Fellows of Vincent…
Two Cullen Professors Named NAI Fellows
Recognizing a distinguished career in improving integrated circuits via plasma etching, the American Physical Society (APS) has awarded a Cullen College of Engineering professor with one of its highest honors. Vincent M. Donnelly…
ChBE's Donnelly earns Will Allis Prize from APS
Jerrod Henderson, an assistant professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the Cullen College of Engineering's latest recipient of a National Science Foundation CAREER award.…
ChBE's Henderson earns NSF CAREER award
It was a bit of a “full circle” moment for Peter Vekilov, Moores Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, to learn he was the winner of the 2022 Frank Prize from the…
ChBE's Vekilov wins Frank Prize for crystal work
A professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Cullen College of Engineering has been recognized for his advancements in the field of chemical reaction engineering. Michael P.…
ChBE's Harold earns AlChE's Wilhelm Award
The Engineering Alumni Association and the Cullen College of Engineering will celebrate five distinguished award winners at the 2023 Engineering Alumni Awards Gala. This year's event will be held Thursday, June 8 in the Magnolia…
EAA honoring five at 2023 Awards Gala
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has been chosen for a prestigious Associate Editor position of Macromolecules, a publication of the American Chemical Society. Megan L. Robertson, Cullen College of Engineering…
ChBE's Robertson named Associate Editor of Macromolecules
For several years, the mentoring work of Jeffrey Rimer, Abraham E. Dukler Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been recognized internally. He has earned research and…
ChBE's Rimer wins Outstanding Mentor Award from CSGS
Four University of Houston professors have been named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) for their achievements in innovation that are making an impact around the world. James Briggs, Triantafillos…
Cullen's Mountziaris Named Senior Member of National Academy of Inventors
Being elected to Fellow status as part of the 2022 class for the American Physical Society for Jacinta C. Conrad – Frank M. Tiller Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the…
ChBE's Conrad chosen as 2022 APS Fellow
Megan Robertson, Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named one of the 45 Fellows of the 2022 class of the American Chemical Society. The fellows program began in…
ChBE's Robertson earns ACS Fellow status
The Cullen College of Engineering is happy to announce that the following eight members of the faculty have been promoted for the 2022-23 academic year. All promotions take effect as of Sept. 1, 2022. This listing is alphabetical…
Cullen announces 8 promotions for Fall 2022
The Cullen College of Engineering and Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph.D., P.E., the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Endowed Chair and Dean, are pleased to share the 2021-22 Faculty and Student Excellence Award winners. The initial announcement…
Cullen recognizes efforts of faculty, students with 2021-22 Excellence Awards
Four professors at the Cullen College of Engineering have been recognized for their exemplary work via the 2022 Faculty and Staff Awards, administered by the University of Houston's Office of the Provost. Roberto Ballarini,…
Four Cullen professors honored with UH awards
The research developments coming from the Single-Cell Lab of Navin Varadarajan, M.D. Anderson Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, have been recognized again with his…
Varadarajan praises work of students, collaborators for NAI Senior Member status
When Le Shorn Benjamin, Ph.D. initially saw the advertisement for a postdoctoral associate role focused on Engineering Education with Jerrod Henderson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of…
Benjamin receives inaugural ASEE Engineering Post Doctoral Fellowship
According to an updated paper from researchers at Stanford University, 46 past and present professors affiliated with the Cullen College of Engineering are among the Top 2 percent of cited research papers in the world. The…
Paper finds 46 Cullen College professors among Most-Cited
Triantafillos J. (Lakis) Mountziaris, Ph.D., the William A. Brookshire Department Chair of the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in UH’s Cullen College of Engineering, is the 2021 winner of…
ChBE Chair Mountziaris honored with AIChE's Thomas Baron Award
Anil K. Bhowmick, Ph.D., a research professor at the University of Houston’s International Polymer & Soft Matter Center within the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, will be the…
Bhowmick honored with 2022 Melvin Mooney Award from ACS
A multi-college effort to enhance opportunities for underrepresented student groups in the Houston region and beyond via the establishment of an Engineering Research Center has received a $100,000 planning grant from the National…
Henderson, Burleson, Rangel lead multi-college study for Engineering Education