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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>CEE Faculty/Staff,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The UH Cullen College of Engineering was highlighted in the June 2011 issue of the City of Houston’s <i>International Newsletter</i>. In particular, the college’s involvement in the UH Energy Research Park was the focus of the city’s interview with Dean Tedesco.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The article’s full text is below and the newsletter issue can be accessed at <a href="http://www.egr.uh.edu/news/0611/files/internationalnewsletter.pdf">http://www.egr.uh.edu/news/0611/files/internationalnewsletter.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The UHERP article is printed on page 4.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The University of Houston’s Energy Research Park (Park) is a 75-acre facility on the site of Schlumberger’s<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>former global headquarters. A central asset of the University’s ongoing program to obtain the coveted Tier One<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>designation, the research park is the first such facility in Houston to approach research related to energy matters in<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>a multidisciplinary manner that considers the sources, methods of production, distribution and conservation of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>energy. It is also the first such effort to invite major corporations to be tenants and long-term research partners.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The University’s formidable research capabilities in the areas of superconductivity, renewable and alternative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>energies, engineering, material science, and traditional energies such as oil and gas, are already being marshaled to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>take part in this opportunity, relocating research activities and even classroom instruction to the park in order to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>benefit from close proximity and collaboration with private sector partners. The spirit of public-private partnership<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>that characterizes the Park is transforming existing programs such as Petroleum Engineering, and creating new<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>certification programs such as Subsea Engineering, which is the first program of its kind offered in the U.S. and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>one of only four worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The guiding vision of the Park is to become a site of translational research that converts scientific ideas into<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>commercial products. Dr. Joseph Tedesco, Dean of the University of Houston’s Cullen College of Engineering,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>believes that translational research will make the Park “an institution of relevance and importance.” Research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>conducted at the Park will be “of relevance” to energy companies and complimentary business sectors, with<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>academic degree programs being further tailored to industry needs. For example, the University’s Petroleum<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Engineering degree program has been designed with significant input from major oil companies, including<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Marathon, BP, Exxon-Mobil, and Royal Dutch Shell. Dean Tedesco noted that the University “asked the oil<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>companies what they wanted and created a program that met their needs.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>With a focus on commercial relevance come investments in terms of dollars, time and ideas. The importance of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>the research performed at the Park will be measured by its economic impact on the Houston area. Dean Tedesco<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>asserts that “the data indicates that every one Federal dollar in research grants results in an additional eighteen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>dollars worth of economic impact.” A strong belief in the potential commercial value of the research and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>innovations taking place at the Park has been demonstrated by Houston’s corporate community—the newly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>completed petroleum engineering building has been 100% funded by the private sector.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Park’s success rests on the hard work of faculty and students at the University of Houston. Dean Tedesco<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>credits President Renu Khator as the key figure in propelling the University to pursue research more aggressively<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in its push for Tier One Status. The new attention gained by this drive has allowed the University to attract new<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>faculty and students from around the world through exchange programs, with the prospects of working with world<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>class researchers and being at the forefront of energy research. The University sees the Park as a vital investment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>in the city of Houston’s future by supporting traditional its economic foundation in oil and gas, while also helping<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>transition into the industries of tomorrow, such as nanotechnology, green technologies, and biotechnology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>For more information on the UH Energy Research Park or how your company can become a tenant, please visit:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>http://www.uh.edu/af/universityservices/erp/.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>