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The Cullen College of Engineering is proud to announce that the following students have been named Outstanding Juniors and Seniors for their respective departments for the 2024–25 academic year. Students are nominated by…
Cullen names Outstanding Students for 2024–25 Academic Year
The Cullen College of Engineering came together on March 5 for the 11th Women in Engineering Celebration, hosted in the Shamrock Ballroom of the UH Hilton. The event, underwritten by Cynthia Oliver Coleman, P.E. (’71), fosters a…
Women in Engineering Celebrate ‘Unstoppable’ Peers
A total of 25 students from different organizations received more than $13,000 in scholarships and awards at the 2025 Industry Awards Night, hosted by the University of Houston’s Engineering Alumni Association at the Athletic/…
EAA hosts 2025 Industry Award Night
Researchers at the University of Houston, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine, are developing new devices for treating children with hyperleukocytosis, a condition that develops when the body has an extremely high…
Small Device, Big Impact: Improving Safety of Life-Saving Treatments for Children with Leukemia
Renee Badilla, who expects to graduate from Cullen College with her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering in 2026, will be honored with the Cynthia Oliver Coleman, P.E. Rising Star Award at this year’s Women in…
Society of Women Engineers’ Badilla Honored with WIE Rising Star Award
New technology developed by researchers at the University of Houston could revolutionize medical imaging and lead to faster, more precise and more cost-effective alternatives to traditional diagnostic methods. For years, doctors…
UH Researchers Paving the Way for New Era in Medical Imaging
A new way to detect colorectal cancer through wearable sensors has reached a development milestone. University of Houston researcher Zhengwei Li has recently completed a Pilot Program initiative supported by NIMHD and HEALTH-RCMI…
BME’s Li Paves the Way for New Wearable Sensors to Detect Colorectal Cancer
Kirill Larin, Cullen Endowed Professor and the interim Chairman of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2025 SPIE Biophotonics Technology…
BME’s Larin wins 2025 SPIE Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
A three-year National Science Foundation program is underway at the University of Houston’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Center for Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology Center. The Research…
UH BRAIN Center, FDA Collaborate on NSF Program
Assistant professor of biomedical engineering Renita Horton, Ph.D., has been awarded the Lupus Research Alliance’s (LRA) Diversity in Lupus Research (DLR) Career Development Award. Lupus is a potentially debilitating autoimmune…
BME’S Horton Wins Career Development Award from Lupus Research Association
Renita Horton, assistant professor in the Cullen College of Engineering’s Biomedical Engineering Department, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in the amount of $522,253 for research concerning…
BME’S Horton Receives CAREER Award for Innovative Heart-on-a-Chip Research
Researchers at the University of Houston unveiled a groundbreaking advancement in X-ray imaging technology that could provide significant improvements in medical diagnostics, materials and industrial imaging, transportation…
UH Researchers Unveil Groundbreaking Technique in X-Ray Imaging
Metin Akay, Ph.D., the founding chairman and the John S. Dunn Endowed Professor of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded the 2024 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Engineering Medicine and Biology…
BME Founding Chair Akay Honored with IEEE Academic Career Achievement Award
Thomas Padgett, a biomedical engineering graduate from the University of Houston's Cullen College of Engineering, earned a fellowship to attend the National Science Foundation's 21st International Summer Academy BIO-X on AI, ML,…
BME student Padgett selected for NSF academy
The Cullen College of Engineering recognized the hard work and efforts of its entire workforce at the 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards, held during the Faculty-Staff Meeting on May 8. For a full gallery of photos from…
College recognizes outstanding personnel at 2023-24 Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! Replay available shortly after as well. Hello there to all friends and family of the Cullen College of Engineering's Spring 2024 graduation class! In honor of…
 2024 Cullen Spring Commencement Live Blog - Ceremony 1
REMINDER! You can view the ceremony live on YouTube by click here! Replay available shortly after as well. Hello there to all friends and family of the Cullen College of Engineering's Spring 2024 graduation class! In honor of…
 2024 Cullen Spring Commencement Live Blog - Ceremony 2
Lars Tebbe, an assistant professor of research in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the Cullen College of Engineering, has earned $90,000 in funding thanks to the Knights Templar Eye Foundation (KTEF) Career Starter Grant…
Research professor nabs Knights Templar grant
A new, $3 million gift will help reinforce the University of Houston’s long-standing mission to provide students with a world-class education and ensure they are given every opportunity to succeed in and out of the classroom. The…
$3 Million Gift Funds New Scholarships for Working Students at UH
Metin Akay, founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Houston and John S. Dunn Professor, is one of 50 top scientists from 34 elite universities to publish a roadmap for groundbreaking research…
BME's Metin Akay Featured in Study Highlighting Scientists’ Contributions to Engineering Advancements