$92,000 in scholarship funding was awarded to 50 construction management (CM) students for 2025–2026 by the Construction Management Industry Advisory Board (CMIAB), as announced at the Board’s Spring 2026 meeting earlier this…
An assistant professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a $690,000 grant to explore a new method to measure seafloor motion, an important component when it comes to assessing offshore earthquake and tsunami…
Civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Dimitrios Kalliontzis was recently appointed to the 2026 University Marine Energy Research Community (UMERC) Board of Directors. UMERC, under the Department of Energy’s (DOE…
A passionate interest in their chosen topic and a range of engineering knowledge were the keys to success for the team of five that took home the audience award for the Fall 2025 UH NAE Grand Challenges Summit & Create@UH…
A strong connection to a faculty member of the Cullen College of Engineering is what initially drew Sheng-taur “S.T.” Mau to join the faculty himself, and it is also part of why he and his family decided to fund an endowment for…
Kalyana Nakshatrala, Carl F. Gauss Professor and Associate Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, has been elected to the Environmental Molecular…
A University of Houston scientist has teamed with international partners to examine how Antarctica’s massive glaciers are shifting and how that could predict sea level changes. Their latest collaboration offers the most precise…
Imagine bridges, aircraft or military vehicles that can heal themselves after damage — much like skin repairing after a cut or bone after a break. It might sound like science fiction, but that’s the future Kalyana B. Nakshatrala…
Samvid Parajuli, a PhD student and graduate research assistant in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the Paul and Helen Lenchuk Engineering Student Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic…
A scientist at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering is helping reveal the world’s weakest bridges — and how to fix them before it’s too late.
In a study of 744 bridges across the globe published in Nature…
Students come to study at the Cullen College of Engineering for many reasons, but for Maruti Mudunuru, there was a specific reason — and a specific person — that caused him to choose the University of Houston.
“Dr. Kalyana…
Sondos Hlayhel, a Ph.D. student in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, is the 2025–26 recipient of the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation’s Houston Chapter’s…
Sometimes less really is more — at least that is the case when it comes to improving carbon capture systems, according to a team of researchers at the University of Houston.
Led by Mim Rahimi, a professor at UH’s Cullen College…
Kaspar J. Willam Professor Hyongki Lee’s satellite-driven inundation forecasting framework, Forecasting Inundation Extents using REOF (Rotated Empirical Orthogonal Function) (FIER) has received funding from both NASA (for…
August 31, 2025, will mark the retirement of Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Cumaraswamy “Vipu” Vipulanandan, placing the capstone on over forty years of service to the Cullen College of Engineering.…
Kaspar J. Willam Professor Hyongki Lee (PI) and co-PIs Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Chair Professor Craig Glennie, Research Associate Professor Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz and Assistant Professor Surui…
An interdisciplinary team from the Cullen College of Engineering was awarded the Runner-Up Best Paper Award at the 2025 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE 2025), held in New Orleans in May.…
The Cullen College of Engineering had a significant presence at this year’s Italian Research Day in the World 2025, celebrated locally by several organizations, with several professors presenting keynote addresses and serving as…
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…
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! A replay will be available after the ceremonies as well.
Hello to all friends, family and colleagues of the Cullen College of Engineering’s Spring 2025 graduation…
