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There was a time in the not-so-distant past when women in manufacturing jobs were hard to come by. It wasn’t until World War II when, faced with a depleted workforce, American women rolled up their sleeves and went to work in…
Photos: Women in Manufacturing Events Hosted at UH Engineering
Most of us are quite comfortable to report that over summer vacation we participated in the typical leisure activities that recharge our scholastic batteries. Maybe we hung out at the beach, hung ten on a surfboard or hung ten…
A Stellar Summer: Two Cullen College Students Space Out in Moscow
Brett Montoya and Canaan Martin, both space architecture graduate students from UH Cullen College of Engineering, won the Genesis Engineering Solutions (GES) Superior Design Award for their interior operational systems and layout…
Space Architecture Students Win Interior Spacecraft Design Competition
Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the Spring 2016 issue of UH Magazine. The nation’s space shuttles may be in museums, Constellation Program cancelled and the next generation rocket yet to be determined. The…
Straight From The Movies: Space Architecture Program Goes to Extremes
The UH Cullen College of Engineering is well on its way to becoming a Top 50 engineering college in the nation, earning a coveted spot on the list of the Best Engineering Schools of 2017 by U.S. News and World Report. The Cullen…
UH Engineering Climbs U.S. News Rankings, Earns Spot on List of Nation's Best Schools
On Wednesday, November 18, the University of Houston’s Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) hosted an invitation-only reception that brought together leaders in the space and aerospace industries across…
PHOTOS: SICSA Reception
A whopping 13 percent of Texas teens who took the 2015 SAT test indicated that they intended to study engineering in college. Engineering was listed as the second-most popular career choice for Texas teens — 22 percent of…
More Texas Teens Want to be Engineers When They Grow Up
No longer the stuff of science fiction, the details of how people work and live in space and other extreme environments have become a growing part of the economy. Education and training for the people who design and build those…
Space Architecture: From Outer Space to the Ocean Floor
A combination of nine university professors and industry professionals is joining the Cullen College of Engineering faculty at the University of Houston this semester. The majority are biomedical engineers with expertise ranging…
Cullen College Welcomes Nine Engineering Professors
The 2015 Research & Innovation magazine exemplifies the University of Houston’s revolutionary scientific discoveries, scholarship and ingenuity. In this issue you will read about UH researchers’ cutting-edge approaches to…
UH Research & Innovation Magazine Now Available
UH Cullen College of Engineering professors are known for offering undergraduate students unique opportunities to get involved in high-level research projects. One such opportunity is available through the National Science…
UH Engineering Professors Offer Unique Research Experiences to Undergrads
Beginning this Fall, San Jacinto College students will be eligible for a seamless transfer into the University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering. San Jacinto College has signed an articulation agreement with the University…
Engineering Students Now Have Seamless Transfer Option With UH
Engineering and computer science professions attract fewer women than other STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields in the United States. For more than a decade, professors at the UH Cullen College of…
G.R.A.D.E. Camp Redefines STEM Field Roles
For the first time in history, scientists are confident that exploration beyond Earth could realistically yield space tourism, Moon colonies, Mars missions and settlements, and extraterrestrial life, adding to the inevitable…
The Future of Space: Uncovering the Cosmos
The mystique of the most populous city in Texas was imprinted in the imaginations of people around the world when astronauts uttered “Houston” in their first communications from space during NASA’s heyday. Professor and former…
Aerospace Engineering Curriculum Launches to New Heights
The theory of space architecture sounds simple: design and build environments for outer space. Its completion, however, is anything but. And for engineers and designers looking to hone their skills at space architecture, only one…
Space Architecture Program Draws Academics From Around the World
Extreme Environment Workshop: Design for Survival -- Where and When it Matters Most Take part in an interdisciplinary undergraduate/graduate level course which explores urgent habitation challenges which are both common and…
Extreme Environment Workshop for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
When it comes to architecture, Larry Bell and the University of Houston are shooting for the stars…literally. Larry Bell launched the world’s first and only research and education program in space architecture at the University…
Shooting for the Stars: UH's Larry Bell Discusses Space Architecture
Read Larry Bell's full op-ed column, "A Discussion With Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar: Re-Engineering America's Space Leadership," at Forbes.com. Larry Bell is the director of the world's one and only space architecture graduate…
Larry Bell and Bonnie Dunbar Discuss Re-Engineering Space Program in Forbes.com Column