Talk:Cullen College of Engineering

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The Cullen College of Engineering, one of twelve academic colleges at the University of Houston, was established in 1941 and is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Nearly 10,000 students are enrolled in engineering courses—7,869 undergraduates, 2,121 master's and doctoral students.

The Cullen College offers undergraduate degree programs in biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, construction, electrical, industrial, mechanical, petroleum and systems engineering as well as biotechnology, computer engineering and analytics, computer engineering technology, computer information systems, construction management, digital media, electrical power engineering technology, human resource development, mechanical engineering technology, retailing and consumer science, supply chain and logistics technology, and technology leadership and innovation management. It offers graduate degree programs in aerospace, biomedical, chemical, civil, computer and systems, electrical, environmental, geosensing systems, industrial, materials science, mechanical, petroleum and subsea engineering as well as biotechnology, computational health informatics, construction management, cybersecurity, engineering data science, foresight, global retailing, human resource development, mechanical engineering technology, network communications, space architecture, supply chain and logistics technology, and technology project management.

The college's master's programs in subsea engineering and space architecture are the first of their respective kinds in the United States. The college was named one of the best graduate schools for engineering in 2025 by U.S. News & World Report, and Its petroleum engineering program is ranked as one of the top ten in the nation.

Of 207 total tenure and tenure-track faculty members, fifteen belong to the National Academy of Engineering.

Academics

In 2023, the UH System Board of Regents approved the merger of the Cullen College of Engineering and the College of Technology. This expanded the College of Engineering’s seven component departments to 10 and established a Cullen presence at the UH at Sugar Land and UH at Katy instructional sites in addition to the college’s original home on the main UH campus in Houston’s Third Ward.

• Department of Biomedical Engineering
• William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Department of Engineering Technology
• Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences
• Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• Department of Information Science Technology
• Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Department of Petroleum Engineering
• Materials Engineering Program
• Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture
• Subsea Engineering Program

The Cullen College also offers the Honors Engineering Program in association with The Honors College at the University of Houston.

In 2018, an engineering building at the Cullen College was renamed the Durga D. and Sushila Agrawal Engineering Research Building. In 2024, ground was broken for a new academic building at the Sugar Land instructional site.^(?) Construction was completed in fall 2025. Originally called SAB2 and now known as Engineering 4, this building expanded the number of available Cullen classroom, office and laboratory spaces in Fort Bend County. The building is connected to SAB1, now known as Engineering 3, via skybridge.

Research

The Cullen College reported more than $50 million in research expenditures in 2025, with over 120 active laboratories across 29 research centers, institutes and industry consortiums.

Research focus areas

The Cullen College identifies and maintains six primary research focus areas:

Advanced Materials and Manufacturing

Supported by the Nanosystem Manufacturing Center, which is developing technology like an advanced neutral beam printer as well as supporting mask-making hardware for a high-throughput lithograph; the Selva Research group, which attracts a range of funding for materials and fabrication techniques for energy applications; and the multidisciplinary Texas Center for Superconductivity, which connects more than 200 faculty, postdoc fellows, visiting scholars and students to discover and improve new materials.

Aerospace

Supported by the NASA MIRO Inflatable Deployable Environments and Adaptive Space Systems (IDEAS2) Center, working to extend humanity’s presence in the solar system for “sustainable, long-term space exploration” as well as the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) – the only space architecture program of its kind worldwide.

Data Science, AI and Intelligent Systems

Supported by the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute as well as the Assured and Intelligent Robotics (AIR) Lab, which aims to enhance the reliability of safety-critical robotic systems in real-world scenarios.

Energy Innovation

In addition to its petroleum research efforts due to proximity, multiple ongoing research projects are investigating ways for technologists to extend the safety and performance of current battery technologies, as well as materials for their construction that go beyond the use of rare earth minerals.

Health and Wellbeing

Supported by the Building Reliable Advances and Innovations in Neurotechnology (BRAIN) center, which seeks to develop safe, effective and affordable neurotechnologies for diagnostics and rehabilitation, as well as the Center for Neuro-Engineering & Cognitive Science, which conducts neuro-engineering research across three separate colleges at the University of Houston.

Resilient Communities

The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping (NCALM) has facilitated the re-discovery of ancient villages in Central and South America and floodwater behavior revelations post-Hurricane Harvey via research-quality airborne light detection and ranging (LIDAR) observations, as well as ongoing discoveries about the behavior of volcanoes and related emergency safety decisions with the aid of NASA-affiliated satellite data.

Research centers

The Cullen College has four research centers: the National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping, the Texas Center for Clean Engines, Emissions & Fuels, the Energy Devices Fabrication Laboratory, and the University of Houston Nanofabrication Facility.

Nanofabrication Facility

Managed by the Cullen College of Engineering, the University of Houston Nanofabrication facility was developed in cooperation with the Alliance for NanoHealth. The facility features a 3,300 square feet of cleanroom space equipped with devices for prototyping and characterization.

National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping

The National Center for Airborne Laser Mapping acquires airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) imagery for clients on a fee for service basis. The Center is operated in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley. NCALM is supported by the National Science Foundation and is associated with the multi-disciplinary Geosensing Systems Engineering and Science graduate program at the University of Houston.

Notable alumni

• Bill Callegari, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Rod Canion, co-founder and former president and chief executive officer of Compaq Computers
• Maurizio Cheli, European Space Agency astronaut
• Nancy Currie, NASA Astronaut
• Bonnie Dunbar, NASA astronaut, former president of the Museum of Flight
• J.D. Kimmel, former professional football player for the Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers.
• John D. Olivas, NASA astronaut
• Hubert Vo, member of the Texas House of Representatives
• Rex Walheim, NASA astronaut

References

References

1. "Facts". Retrieved 04 August 2025.

2. https://www.egr.uh.edu/people/nae-members "NAE Members". Retrieved 04 August 2025.

8. "Facts". Retrieved 04 August 2025.

• Why it should be changed:

These items should be changed to most accurately describe the University of Houston Cullen College programs community and current statistics.

129.7.106.214 (talk) 18:03, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

@129.7.106.214: I've moved the content of your edit request to /Update request for ease of readability. element 20:44, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

I've also reformatted it using Wiki markup. element 20:52, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

Not done for now: There are huge sections of unsourced text and it is promotional in tone. Encoded  Talk 💬 09:40, 13 September 2025 (UTC)

• What I think should be changed (include citations):

• Nearly 10,000 students are enrolled in engineering courses—7,869 undergraduates, 2,121 master's and doctoral students.

• The college's master's programs in subsea engineering and space architecture are the first of their respective kinds in the United States. The college was named one of the best graduate schools for engineering in 2025 by U.S. News & World Report, and Its petroleum engineering program is ranked as one of the top ten in the nation.

• Of 207 total tenure and tenure-track faculty members, fifteen belong to the National Academy of Engineering.

In 2023, the UH System Board of Regents approved the merger of the Cullen College of Engineering and the College of Technology. This expanded the College of Engineering’s seven component departments to 10 and established a Cullen presence at the UH at Sugar Land and UH at Katy instructional sites in addition to the college’s original home on the main UH campus in Houston’s Third Ward.

Department of Biomedical Engineering William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Engineering Technology Department of Human Development and Consumer Sciences Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Department of Information Science Technology Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Petroleum Engineering[3] Materials Engineering Program Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture[4] Subsea Engineering Program[5]

• In 2024, ground was broken for a new academic building at the Sugar Land instructional site. Construction was completed in fall 2025. Originally called SAB2 and now known as Engineering 4, this building expanded the number of available Cullen classroom, office and laboratory spaces in Fort Bend County. The building is connected to SAB1, now known as Engineering 3, via skybridge.

The Cullen College reported more than $50 million in research expenditures in 2025, with over 120 active laboratories across 29 research centers, institutes and industry consortiums.

• Why it should be changed:

It should be changed to accurately reflect the programs and standing of the university. The current information is wholly out of date.

Htownengineer (talk) 20:12, 23 January 2026 (UTC)

I'm tentatively declining this as it's not clear what you want changed. Can you reformat it like "Change XYZ" in Section K to "ABC"? RedBaron214 (talk) 20:34, 8 March 2026 (UTC)

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