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Camps Immerse High Schoolers in Engineering

The UH Cullen College of Engineering hosted two camps last month, giving area high school students a head start in the world of engineering. STEP Forward Camp, hosted by the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES…
Camps Immerse High Schoolers in Engineering
Out of the Darkness Campus Walk Held at UH

The UH Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) sponsored the 3rd Annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk at Lynn Eusan Park last Saturday. The student-led event benefits the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention…
Out of the Darkness Campus Walk Held at UH
Engineering Alums Create Online Social Marketplace

It started as a conversation among friends, about a common issue of college life: the price of textbooks. Ade Adesanya (BSEE '11) recalls the discussion with Eric Imasogie (BSIE '10). "We decided there is no reason why anyone…
Engineering Alums Create Online Social Marketplace
NSBE Awards $10,000 to PROMES Program

The National Society of Black Engineers has named the Cullen College’s Program for the Mastery of Engineering Studies (PROMES) a winner of a 2012 ExxonMobil – NSBE Engineering Impact Award. The award was given in recognition…
NSBE Awards $10,000 to PROMES Program
Summer Engineering Camps Challenge and Motivate High School Students

High school students explored the world of engineering at two camps this summer, hosted by the UH Cullen College of Engineering. STEP Forward Camp, led by the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), is a weeklong…
Summer Engineering Camps Challenge and Motivate High School Students
PROMES Sponsors Out of Darkness Walk

The Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES), an engineering excellence program at the Cullen College of Engineering, sponsored the 2nd Annual Out of the Darkness Campus Walk held at the University of Houston last…
PROMES Sponsors Out of Darkness Walk
UH Hosts STEM Outreach Event

The University of Houston, this weekend, was host to the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering (TAME) 25th Annual Statewide Math and Science Competition. Encouraging women and underrepresented minorities to become more…
UH Hosts STEM Outreach Event
Students Demonstrate Curious Inventions During End of Semester Presentation

Unlike the light bulb or the computer, inventions on display in one Cullen College of Engineering classroom last week will never be mass-produced for the American home. A rough construction from household items, childhood toys…
Students Demonstrate Curious Inventions During End of Semester Presentation
High School Seniors Get a Taste of College at UH Engineering Camp

Fifty high school seniors from across the country got a hands-on introduction to engineering last month through a camp offered by the Program for Mastery in Engineering Studies (PROMES) in the University of Houston Cullen College…
High School Seniors Get a Taste of College at UH Engineering Camp
Engineering Professor Honored for Work with Minority Students

Gerhard Paskusz, professor emeritus at the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering and founder of its groundbreaking PROMES Program, is being honored this week for his efforts to advance the prospects of minorities in…
Engineering Professor Honored for Work with Minority Students