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The Cullen College of Engineering expresses its condolences to the family, friends and former colleagues of Sheng-taur “S.T.” Mau, a former civil engineering professor and department chairman. Mau passed away in December 2024 in…
College extends sympathies to family, friends of S.T. Mau
Cullen College alumni and friends enjoyed a beautiful day at BlackHorse Golf Club for the annual UH Engineering Golf Tournament, with the UH Alumni Association team taking home the prestigious Dean's Cup. For a full photo gallery…
Photo Gallery: Players Celebrate Low Scores, Perfect Weather at 2024 Engineering Golf Tournament
The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce the addition of three new members with decades of industry experience between them to its Executive Leadership Board. Joining the board are Jim Francis, the CTO/Vice…
Francis, Gutierrez, Walk newest members of Cullen's Executive Leadership Board
The inaugural Cullen Gala was a roaring success, as a glamorous contingent representing the greater Houston Region and proud alumni highlighted what Coogs can achieve with a strong educational foundation. Held at the Hilton…
Cullen Gala video, photos now available
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) announces Mackrena Ramos, P.E., vice president and business group director at LAN, has been named the 2024 Engineer of the Year by Houston Hispanic Architect and Engineers (HHAE). Ramos…
Cullen alum Ramos Named HHAE Engineer of the Year
The Cullen College of Engineering extends it condolences to the family of Ronald Lohec, a graduate of the mechanical engineering program at the University of Houston and a long-time benefactor of the institution. Lohec passed…
College mourns passing of longtime supporter Lohec
An alumni of the Cullen College of Engineering has been selected by The Houston Business Journal as one of 45 honorees in the fifth-annual Most Admired CEO Awards. Daniel Wong, CEO of Tolunay-Wong Engineers, Inc., is a 1988…
Cullen alum named one of city's Most Admired CEOs
The Cullen College of Engineering extends its condolences to the family of Gerlene “Gerri” R. Snider, a longtime benefactor to the College and the University of Houston. Along with her husband Larry, a UH alumnus, she established…
College mourns the passing of Gerri Snider
For D. Wayne Klotz (MSCE '76), it wasn't a tough decision when it came to the specific resource he wanted a new Cullen College of Engineering fellowship to support. The 2018 recipient of The Outstanding Practitioner in Water…
Klotz family establishes new fellowship for graduate students
University of Houston Alumnus, Wife, Expand Legacy of Support to Cullen College of Engineering University of Houston alumnus Larry Snider achieved great success throughout his career as an engineer, leading companies and…
Larry and Gerri Snider Gift $1M for First Industrial Engineering Endowed Chair
Gwen Salama, the wife of the late Dr. Kamel Salama – a professor at the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering and the director of the Materials Engineering program – said his charm and social nature were evident…
Endowment established in memory of Dr. Kamel Salama
Dr. Joseph W. Tedesco, Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean of the UH Cullen College of Engineering, announced May 29 that Dr. Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan has been selected as the recipient of the newly-established Honorable Daniel Wong…
Wong Endowed Professorship to support Vipulanandan
Cullen College Beneficiary of Hickman Estate in Colorado Herbert David Hickman (BSEE ’59) from Colorado gifted his home to the UH Cullen College of Engineering to establish an endowed scholarship, with preference for electrical…
Endowed Scholarship For UH Electrical and Computer Engineering Students
The UH Cullen College of Engineering's biannual Parameters magazine earned the American Marketing Association's (AMA) Crystal Award for best public relations/communications newsletter. Finalists in the category included UH's…
UH Cullen College's 'Parameters' Magazine Wins Crystal Award from American Marketing Association
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is several steps closer to landing a spot among the Top 50 engineering colleges in America. The 2019 U.S. News and World Report rankings place the Cullen College on the list of the Best…
UH Engineering Rises in U.S. News Rankings
Alumni and friends of the UH Cullen College of Engineering gathered at the Dish Society restaurant in Katy for the first Alumni Breakfast with Dean Joseph Tedesco on Friday, Feb. 2. Guests enjoyed an intimate breakfast with…
2018 Alumni Breakfast with Dean Tedesco: UH Engineering’s Growth, Success and Goals for the Future
As a child in Lebanon, Abe Najjar (BSEE ’89, MSEE ’91) never dreamed he would one day be working in Houston as an engineer for one of the largest engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies in the U.S. Najjar’s…
From Lebanon, With Love: Alumnus Abe Najjar Supports Electrical Engineering Students With Endowed Scholarship
Since earning his master’s degree in petroleum engineering from the UH Cullen College in 1986 Stuart Filler has witnessed his alma mater undergo many positive transformations, eventually outgrowing its reputation as a “city…
Alumnus Donates First Library to Petroleum Engineering Department
In the early days of personal computing, Cullen College alumnus Rod Canion (bachelor’s in electrical engineering 1966, and master’s in electrical engineering 1968) left the security of his job at Texas Instruments and co-founded…
Success In and On the Air: UH Alumni and Compaq Founder Featured on NPR
More than 150 UH civil engineering alumni, faculty and students gathered at the HESS Club on Westheimer to reconnect and honor the memory of Charles Beyer at the 14th annual Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Luncheon…
PHOTOS: Alumni Reconnect in Memory of Charles Beyer at 2016 Civil & Environmental Engineering Alumni Luncheon