Aerospace engineering students from the University of Kansas earned first place and second place in an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) team design competition. In addition, two students earned the highest score and second-highest score in an AIAA individual contest.
Google Vice President of Engineering and KU alumnus Brian McClendon will discuss software and hardware of cloud computing including MapReduce and Global File System (GFS) at noon, Monday, Nov. 16, in the Apollo Room of Nichols Hall at the University of Kansas. McClendon is co-creator of Google Earth. The features of Google Earth are possible because of the scalable nature of its server infrastructure.
A new book based on a University of Kansas engineering student’s master’s thesis could serve as a how-to guide for U.S. businesses that want to succeed in China.
Professor Wolfgang Kuhn, managing director of the Water Technology Center at the Engler-Bunte Institute at the University of Karlsruhe, will deliver a special guest lecture Friday, Nov. 13, at the University of Kansas. Kuhn will cover “Organic Micropollutants in the Environment: How Pure is Pure?” at 3:30 p.m. in the Spahr Engineering Classroom, 2 Eaton Hall. The presentation is free.
The School of Engineering will host an Open House for graduate programs on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m., in the Eaton Hall Atrium. Anyone interested in graduate study is invited to join the School of Engineering at its first Open House for Graduate Programs.
It was only fitting that the Seaman High School Vikings of Topeka should sweep the 2009 KU School of Engineering High School Design Competition Tuesday, Oct. 27. The competition theme this year was Rock (Chalk) the Boat.
The Vikings not only rocked the boat, they swept the competition.
The Kansas Talent Consortium, a collaborative effort of career services offices from the state’s four-year public institutions, will hold the Graduate & Professional School E-vent, a weeklong series of online chats and webinars focusing on post-graduation options. The GPS E-vent will run Monday, Oct. 26, through Friday, Oct. 30. GPS E-vent is free, however students must register at www.ecc.ku.edu to take part.
All-nighters are all in a day's work for KU graduate students collecting data as part of NASA's Operation Ice Bridge Mission to study polar ice.
Wednesday’s mission was a chance for the University of Kansas’ SNOW and Ku-Band radars to shine. NASA’s Operation Ice Bridge leaders took advantage of favorable weather patterns and made the rapidly disappearing sea ice the target of the day.
Radar developed at the National Science Foundation Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets is providing valuable data about the state of the world's ice sheets in Antarctica.
