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Noorullah Shareef Mohammad, who earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology in India and recently graduated from the Cullen College of Engineering with his master’s degree…
Greener Buildings, Silver Screens — Tech Division Grad Mohammad Finds His Passions at UH
When Supply Chain and Logistics Technology senior and Fall 2024 banner bearer Tran Ngo receives her degree at the Cullen College of Engineering Commencement this month, it won’t just be a culmination of her own effort — it will…
Banner Bearer Ngo thrives in America thanks to family
Edward Ratner, a computer information systems lecturer in the Department of Information Science Technology at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors…
CIS Lecturer Earns Prestigious Honor from National Academy of Inventors
Laith Al-Hayek, a supply chain and logistics technology student graduating this month, describes the last few years as “quite a journey,” full of international travel and learning how to live on his own. Al-Hayek was born in…
Crossing Oceans – SCLT Grad Al-Hayek’s Houston Homecoming
Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy launched an ARPA-E Program called GOPHURRS, which stands for Grid Overhaul with Proactive, High-speed Undergrounding for Reliability, Resilience, and Security, and it has allocated $34…
Cullen researchers part of $3.3M Project to Improve Undergrounding Electric Power Lines
The naysayers and detractors of online gaming and its ill effects on youth might need to stand down. That’s what science is telling us in a new report in the journal Human Resource Development International from Melika…
Old Stereotypes of Online Gaming Upended by New Report from Cullen professor
With funding from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL), the Biotechnology program at the Cullen College of Engineering's Technology Division will be hosting students from colleges and…
UH Biotechnology to host NIIMBL eXperience @ UH 2025
Earlier this spring, representatives of the Technology Division’s digital media program and CougAR Lab, including associate professor of digital media Tony Liao, Ph.D., connected with Sugar Land’s own Class AAA baseball team, the…
Digital Media Wows the Space Cowboys at Constellation Field Tech Night
Jamaan Alanazi, a Technology Project Management graduate student, came to the University of Houston to study project management in 2022 after bouncing between home and abroad due to the initial COVID-19 outbreaks. His experiences…
Tech Division’s Alanazi Excels in TPM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture has chosen a University of Houston project as one of 12 nationwide aimed at improving soil health and productivity through innovative tools and…
Doing the Dirty Work: UH Part of $7.9M Initiative to Promote Soil Health and Tackle Climate Change
In a collaborative project between the Harris County Office of County Administration’s Sustainability Office and the University of Houston, researchers, county staff and the Harris County energy management team within the…
ECE Faculty Partner with Harris County on Vision for Sustainable Energy Future
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C. Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $307,275 of a total $624,936 grant by the National Science Foundation to investigate potential methods of increasing…
Tech Division's Robles Hernández is Supercharging Superconductors with NSF Award
Collaborative Team Develops Custom Molds with $2.7M NIH Grant Professor Fatima Merchant, department chair of engineering technology at the University of Houston, is part of a multi-institutional research team designing patient-…
Next-Level Breast Reconstruction After Cancer
Assistant professor of human resource development Melika Shirmohammadi, Ph.D., was recognized earlier this summer with the Reviewer of the Year award from Human Relations, a prominent academic journal. This award is given in…
HRD’s Shirmohammadi Recognized as Reviewer of the Year by Journal “Human Relations”
Professor of mechanical engineering technology Francisco C Robles Hernández, Ph.D., has been awarded $187,914 by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to investigate a novel method of…
Tech Division's Robles Hernández Aims to Reduce Train Derailments with FRA Funding
SCLT student, Supply-Chain Industrial Distribution Organization (SIDO) vice president, and recent ITMA Scholarship recipient Jenifer Mendoza reflects on her experience as a buyer intern with CITGO -- from the ways the Cullen…
Internship Q&A with SCLT Undergraduate Jenifer Mendoza
Instructional associate professor of digital media Monika Alters has been awarded the 2024 Hartman/Dennis Service to Education Award by the Graphic Communications Education Association (GCEA), of which she has been a member for…
Digital Media Professor Alters Receives GCEA Service to Education Award
Nine Executive Master’s in Human Resource Development (HRD) students recently returned from a global learning experience in Prague, Czechia (known widely in English as the Czech Republic). This week-long engagement provides a…
9 HRD students complete program in Czech Republic
The University of Houston's cloudathon@UH – an annual competitive team opportunity for students to showcase their cloud-based architecture, configurations and operations skills – reached new heights this spring as registration…
Winners crowned at the 2024 cloudathon@UH
Technology Project Management graduate student Revati Sangle was recently awarded the Project Management Institute (PMI) Global Accreditation Center's 2024 Chapter Student Club Scholarship. This award recognizes Sangle's active…
TPM Student Awarded by Project Management Institute
The University of Houston celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $65 million academic building in ceremonies at the UH at Sugar Land instructional site. Before faculty, staff, students and community leaders, UH officials turned…
Officials Break Ground on New Technology Building at UH at Sugar Land Instructional Site
New friends, free food, free stuff – what's not to love? The Cat's Back, the University of Houston's traditional welcome back event for new and returning students, took place late August as campus came back to life with the start…
Women in Technology lead the way for new semester
Technological innovation is a multi-faceted, globally driven landscape, with the sharing and exchanging of perspectives vital to growth, success and honing the cutting edge. This semester, the Technology Division is proud to be…
Technology Division Welcomes Trio of Moroccan Fulbright Scholars
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce the hiring and promotion of 31 faculty members for the 2023-2024 academic year. All employees were hired after a competitive search process and multiple rounds of interviews…
Cullen College of Engineering welcomes 31 new faculty members
Growing Field Opens Promising Opportunities in Human Sciences A new federally funded program at the University of Houston is meeting the growing need for well-trained professionals in the retailing and consumer science industry…
New Program Eases Obstacles for Qualified Students Seeking Careers in Retailing, Consumer Science
Returning at age 51 to finish a college degree at 54 – amid a global pandemic, no less – is a tall undertaking. Ann Clark, recognized at the May graduation ceremonies as the oldest graduate receiving a bachelor's degree in the…
HRD's Clark follows dreams, earns degree at 54
“What is the statement you want to make here today?” That's the question that rings out to the crowd from Computer Science student and camp mentor Isaiah Johnson. He’s inquiring about toilet paper garment designs at an impromptu…
DesignYOU! Camp offers coding to Third Ward middle schoolers
Whether preferring to shop for new designer goods, visit the farmer's market or frequent the local “buy nothing” webpage, every individual in a community is, at some level, a consumer. Consumption concerns the acquisition of food…
Johnson, Mudd named as AAFCS-TX officers
The Cullen College of Engineering's Technology Division presented awards to recognize six faculty, staff and students for their commitment to excellence during the Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards ceremony at their end of…
Technology Division honors 6 at 2023 Excellence Awards