Many academics, can be comfortable sticking strictly to their laboratory, or making incremental improvements to existing research, but that's never been the mindset for Dimitrios Kalliontzis, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering — and that's part of why the Cullen College of Engineering was so appealing to him.

A professor at the Cullen College of Engineering has received a pair of grants that will utilize the one-of-a-kind machinery available at the University of Houston to conduct research into shear failures for a new type of concrete, UHPC.

Although the locations and challenges have changed, there has always been one constant for Omar Khalid – learning as much as he can, in a variety of fields and disciplines.