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Freshman engineering design team Marie Politte, Sheresa Burkey, Mauricio Salto and Crystal Ibarra, from the PROMES section of ENGI 1100, won second place in the Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference design competition.  Photo compliments of Julie Trenor. UH Engineering Students Take Second in Regional Design Competition
March 6, 2007
A team of four freshman engineering students won second place in the Texas A&M Regional Engineering Conference (TREC) design competition on February 10th. TREC, founded in 2001 by the Student Engineers Council at Texas A&…
Engineering students (from left) Maebeth Stiglet, Tomica Henson, Brandy Jones and Vinita Kapoor attempt a problem-solving exercise at the WELCOME Retreat last month. Photo provided by WELCOME. WELCOME Retreat a Huge Success
October 12, 2006
The University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering held its first annual Women-in-Engineering Retreat last month. A total of 35 students, about ten percent of the undergraduate female student body, attended the event. The…
PROMES program manager, John Matthews, chats with a group of Wheatley High School students at the Step Forward kick-off event held at UH on Sept. 29. Students joined their mentors for an afternoon of math contests and challenges.  Photo provided by Kathy Zerda. College Launches "Step Forward" Program for High School Students
October 10, 2006
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering has won a grant to help prepare high school students for academic success through a new, innovative program called…
Engineering Professor to Study Female Student Motivations
September 13, 2006
Julie Trenor, instructional assistant professor and director of undergraduate student recruitment and retention at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering, has received two grants to conduct research into the…
 BP Check Presentation BP Check Presentation
April 12, 2006
BP representative Gabe Cuadra (1988 BSChE) presents a check to UH Cullen College of Engineering Dean Raymond Flumerfelt and Vita Como, director of the Engineering Career Center. The gift will support the Program for Mastery in…
Consecutive 'Homecoming King' Titles Awarded to Engineering Students
November 23, 2004
Senior mechanical engineering student Okechukwu Ofili was named Homecoming King at halftime of the UH-East Carolina football game at Robertson Stadium. Ofili is the second consecutive king from the Cullen College of Engineering.…
Gerhard Paskusz, Ph.D. Director of PROMES, Professor of Electrical Engineering Director of PROMES Program Named Fellow by American Society for Engineering Education
May 13, 2003
Electrical Engineering Professor Gerhard Paskusz, founder and director of the college's highly successful Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies, will be recognized as a new Fellow Member of the American Society for…
PROMES Hosts a Summer Camp July 14-26 for 8th-11th Grade Students
April 8, 2002
The Program for the Mastery of Engineering Studies (PROMES) at the University of Houston invites students entering the 8th-11th grade to an all-expense-paid two-week program all about engineering July 14-26. Each week will be…
PROMES Program Helps Students Sustain Success
January 17, 2002
The first roots of one of the longest-running programs of its kind in the nation reach back more than 25 years ago, to a symposium in Washington, D.C., where UH engineering professor Gerhard Paskusz listened intently to the…