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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Cullen College Faculty and Staff:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I am happy to report that we had a successful ABET visit last week. There were a few minor issues cited by the visitors that we will be addressing as we move forward, but we continue to be fully accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET in all six programs up for review (chemical, civil, computer, electrical, industrial and mechanical).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Join me in thanking Dr. Dave Shattuck for his Herculean efforts to coordinate the review of our accredited undergraduate programs. Also, thank you to the department chairs and all the department coordinators for working diligently to prepare for the site visit. These coordinators include: Mike Nikolaou and Demetre Economou (ChE), Bill Rixey, Reagan Herman and Osman Ghazzaly (CIVE), Len Trombetta (ECE), Chris Chung (IE) and Rich Bannerot (ME). I’d also like to thank Ting Chen and John Glover, the biomedical engineering program coordinators, for their assistance during this process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Warm regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Joe Tedesco<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joseph W. Tedesco, Ph. D., P.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean and Professor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cullen College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>University of Houston<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:jtedesco@uh.edu">jtedesco@uh.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(713) 743-4207<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><img border=0 width=210 height=103 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01CC79D9.39586420"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>