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UH Engineering Students Take Second in Regional Design Competition

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&…
UH Engineering Students Take Second in Regional Design Competition
WELCOME Retreat a Huge Success

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…
WELCOME Retreat a Huge Success
College Launches "Step Forward" Program for High School Students

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…
College Launches "Step Forward" Program for High School Students
Engineering Professor to Study Female Student Motivations

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…
Engineering Professor to Study Female Student Motivations
BP Check Presentation

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…
BP Check Presentation
Consecutive 'Homecoming King' Titles Awarded to Engineering Students

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.…
Consecutive 'Homecoming King' Titles Awarded to Engineering Students
Director of PROMES Program Named Fellow by American Society for Engineering Education

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…
Director of PROMES Program Named Fellow by American Society for Engineering Education
PROMES Hosts a Summer Camp July 14-26 for 8th-11th Grade Students

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 Hosts a Summer Camp July 14-26 for 8th-11th Grade Students
PROMES Program Helps Students Sustain Success

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…
PROMES Program Helps Students Sustain Success