January 12, 2026

Dr. Debalina Sengupta Speaks on NPR’s Hello Houston Highlighting UH Energy White Paper on EPR

Dr. Debalina Sengupta, Assistant Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the UH Energy Transition Institute (ETI), recently appeared on NPR’s Hello Houston to discuss how a unified federal policy could strengthen plastic recycling efforts in the United States. The conversation was informed by ETI’s latest UH Energy white paper, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for Plastics Packaging: Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities for Policies in the United States.

• Processing & Efficiency
• Policy & Governance
• Energy Transition Institute

January 12, 2026

Student Spotlight: Hisham Habli

Meet Hisham Habli, a senior Chemical Engineering student at the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering with a strong interest in process engineering and process safety management.

• Workforce & Education
• People & Partnerships

December 17, 2025

Student Spotlight: Navmi Naik

PhD student Navmi is transforming seawater into affordable green hydrogen through breakthrough catalysts. Her award-winning research and leadership has strengthened the university’s energy community.

• Workforce & Education
• People & Partnerships

December 8, 2025

Team Net Positive Takes First Prize at the Fall 2025 Coogs for Energy Hackathon

• Resilience
• Workforce & Education
• People & Partnerships
• Events
• Energy Transition Institute

November 24, 2025

Second Coogs for Energy Hackathon a Resounding Success

• Workforce & Education
• People & Partnerships
• Events
• Energy Transition Institute

November 19, 2025

CCME Engages at the 2025 American EPC Projects Forum to Advance Carbon Management Collaboration

The University of Houston’s Center for Carbon Management in Energy (CCME) participated in the 2025 American EPC Projects Forum, joining more than 300 delegates and 40 speakers focused on LNG, hydrogen, ammonia, CCUS, and low-carbon fuels. Executive Director Charles McConnell highlighted the critical role of engineering excellence and carbon management in advancing the energy transition. Sessions on EPC risk allocation, modularization, supply-chain resilience, and carbon-capture integration underscored the need for practical, scalable solutions. CCME representatives, including PhD student Zhiyuan Li, engaged with industry leaders to discuss FOAK project challenges and strengthened partnerships essential for accelerating commercially deployable low-carbon technologies.

• Workforce & Education
• People & Partnerships
• Events
• Carbon Management