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The School of Engineering is currently hosting a multitude of opportunities to connect. Looking to visit the School of Engineering, email studyengineering@ku.edu.
If you are a high school counselor or a teacher looking to bring a group of your students to visit, please reach out to our Student recruiter, Brian Murakami, at brian.murakami@ku.edu.
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Events
Engineering News
Engineering a better future: KU School of Engineering to host annual STEM competition for high school students
KU Engineering's High School Design Competition is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 23 at the engineering complex on KU’s campus. The registration deadline is Oct. 7.
New KU Engineering IHAWKe student lounge named for Joyce and Mike Shinn
The new lounge for IHAWKe, the School of Engineering’s Diversity and Women’s Programs, will be named the Michael G. & Joyce N. Shinn Student Lounge.
University of Kansas awarded $26 million for new Engineering Research Center from National Science Foundation
KU is the lead institution for a new National Science Foundation Gen-4 Engineering Research Center — Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) — that will focus on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. EARTH is led by Foundation Distinguished Professor Mark Shiflett in the Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the KU School of Engineering.
Research will establish best ‘managed retreat’ practices for communities faced with climate change disaster
A University of Kansas researcher is leading National Science Foundation-funded work to understand how managed retreat — where communities at risk from floods and fires relocate to safer areas — is approached across geographies, nations and cultures.