Thanks to research work from a Cullen College of Engineering professor and his students, new standards for high-strength steel have been adapted by the Masonry Society (TMS), the organization that specifies building code…
The Cullen College of Engineering offers its congratulations to four professors that have earned University of Houston Faculty Awards for the 2024–25 academic year.
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and…
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received an award in the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (AAEES) 2025…
More than 60 professors from the Cullen College of Engineering were recognized for their accomplishments as scholars, researchers and academic innovators on March 31 as part of the President’s Circle Awards, presented by the…
Pietro Milillo, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been elevated to the esteemed status of Senior…
A review article authored by civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Pietro Milillo and postdoctoral fellow Yismaw Wassie, "Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar Multitemporal Deformation Monitoring: A review…
When you drink a nice refreshing glass of water, do you ever think, “Gee, I’m glad that polymeric desalination membrane did its job!”
Probably not, but maybe you should.
Those thin polyamide, or plastic-like, membranes work as…
On the barrier islands of Miami, 35 skyscrapers — including Trump Tower III — have sunk as much as eight centimeters, or three inches, into the ground since 2016, and researchers from the University of Houston have played a…
An assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering has been recognized as a rising star in environmental engineering and science, thanks to his research on…
Mim Rahimi, an assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation CAREER award for his research proposal into liquid-liquid…
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized the hard work and efforts of its entire workforce at the 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 8.
For a full gallery of photos from…
Last summer when the Titan submersible suffered a catastrophic implosion on its way to take passengers to see the Titanic shipwreck it was a dramatic example of the failure of a thin-walled structure. Those structures, which may…
Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz, a research assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and a co-investigator for the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM), is part of the 2023-25 cohort for…
Konrad Krakowiak, assistant professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, is quick to defer when he's offered praise for his research. For him, any…
Pietro Milillo, an Assistant Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, has secured a $200,000 grant from NASA funding for assessing NASA's…
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering will continue serving as the lead PI for a NASA project that examines land subsidence, flood forecasting and groundwater management in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia.
Hyongki…
After a competitive selection process, the U.S. National Science Foundation has chosen Debora Frigi Rodrigues, Ezekiel Cullen Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering,…
Two professors from the Cullen College of Engineering have been honored with election to the Fellow grade of membership for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
The professors chosen for the 2022 class are…
With a $675,000 grant from NASA, researchers at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and the University of California, Irvine are launching a new flood risk assessment project focusing on sandy beaches and…
A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a pair of grants that will utilize the one-of-a-kind machinery available at the University of Houston to conduct research into shear failures for a new type of…
