Outreach and Events


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Join us on campus!

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

Find all upcoming events below. 

Questions? Contact us at explore_engr@ku.edu.





Events

Engineering News

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Engineering Faculty Member Wins Prestigious Early-Career Presidential Award

Two KU professors — Anthony Fehr, associate professor of molecular biosciences, and Gibum Kwon, associate professor of mechanical engineering — were recently chosen for the PECASE Award, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career researchers who show great potential for leading scientific advancements in the 21st century.
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KU strengthening national defense partnership with new office

The Office of National Defense Initiatives combines the expertise of the former Office of Graduate Military Programs with KU's three Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs.
Ron Barrett-Gonzalez shows off the prototype of a “hexcopter.”

Aerospace engineer Ron Barrett-Gonzalez named National Academy of Inventors Fellow

For the second year in a row, the National Academy of Inventors has added a Jayhawk engineer among its Fellows. Ron Barrett-Gonzalez, professor of aerospace engineering, was named among the 170 academic inventors in the 2024 class.
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KU Engineering signs agreement with US Cyber Command to aid in security efforts

KU's Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science and Institute for Information Sciences are leading the technical side of this collaboration, and the university’s Office of National Defense Initiatives will be among the main units that will contribute to initiatives through this agreement.