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Fri, 01/31/2025

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.

Wed, 01/15/2025

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.

Tue, 12/10/2024

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.

Wed, 11/06/2024

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.

Tue, 10/29/2024

New $5 million DoE award supports KU startup’s green hydrogen energy research

With $5 million in support from U.S. Department of Energy, the University of Kansas and Avium, a startup firm founded by researchers from KU’s School of Engineering, aim to make clean hydrogen more affordable.

Fri, 09/13/2024

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.

Thu, 09/12/2024

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.

Wed, 08/21/2024

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.

Fri, 07/19/2024

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.

Wed, 07/10/2024

Panasonic Energy and University of Kansas to collaborate on EV battery technology and talent development

Panasonic Energy and the University of Kansas today announced that they have signed an agreement aimed at promoting the development of next-generation technologies and the cultivation of specialist expertise in the field of lithium-ion batteries.

Tue, 07/09/2024

KU Engineering associate dean recognized nationally for leadership and mentoring

Suzanne Shontz, School of Engineering associate dean for research and graduate programs, was named the 2024 winner of the James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication from the Krell Institute. The award will be presented later this year at the KU Lawrence campus.

Mon, 07/08/2024

KU Aerospace Engineering launches first CubeSat into orbit

A team of KU engineering students successfully launched a small satellite, called a CubeSat, aboard a NASA-sponsored Firefly Aerospace rocket. The university’s first satellite, known as “KUbeSat-1” reached orbit late in the evening July 3 when it was launched through NASA’s ELaNa 43 mission.

Tue, 06/25/2024

I2S scientist receives NSF award for research focused on cardiac tissue ablations

A computational scientist with the School of Engineering and Institute for Information Sciences (I2S) is part of a team of researchers that received $283,686 from the National Science Foundation to develop a scientific computing platform for characterization and monitoring of cardiac tissue ablations.

Wed, 04/24/2024

Jayhawk Astronaut Connects With KU Students From Space

Her query would be answered with cheers of affirmation from students and faculty from the School of Engineering, assembled in Woodruff Auditorium at the Kansas Union to hear insights, observations and encouragement from one of the University of Kansas’ most high-flying alumni. ...

Mon, 04/22/2024

KU Engineering to honor 2 alumni with Distinguished Engineering Service Award

School of Engineering alumni Zack Holland and Brian McClendon will receive the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 2. The Distinguished Engineering Service Award (DESA) is given each year to individuals who have maintained close association with the school and have made outstanding contributions to the engineering profession and to society.

Thu, 04/18/2024

Three KU professors of chemistry, economics and engineering named AAAS fellows

Three KU faculty members — Kristin Bowman-James, Donna Ginther and Bala Subramaniam — have been elected as 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellows, a distinct honor within the scientific community.

Fri, 04/12/2024

Icorium Engineering Company earns top-5 finish at 2024 Rice Business Plan Competition

Icorium Engineering Company, a sustainable engineering startup and spin-out company from KU, recently placed fifth overall and won more than $180,000 in investments and nondilutive cash and in-kind prizes at the prestigious Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University in Houston.

Tue, 04/02/2024

Alumni Profile - Kevin Cunningham

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Mon, 04/01/2024

Two KU Engineering Professors Recognized for Early Career Research Success

Two assistant professors from the University of Kansas School of Engineering have received prestigious national awards granted to early-career faculty whose research shows promise. ...

Tue, 02/27/2024

KU Engineering Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Research Into Wetlands’ Water-Quality Benefits

An assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Kansas who is studying the ability of wetlands to improve water quality by removing nitrate is winner of a five-year, $577,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. ...

Tue, 02/27/2024

KU Engineering Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Water Resources Research

Research conducted by an assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the University of Kansas that examines how humans have and will affect natural water systems was awarded a five-year, $609,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. ...

Wed, 02/21/2024

KU senior from Kansas City awarded full ride to University of Cambridge to pursue sustainable engineering

Elizabeth Appel, a senior in civil engineering with an emphasis in environmental engineering, is the most recent Jayhawk to be named a Gates Cambridge scholar, bringing the university’s total number of winners to four since the program was established.

Fri, 02/09/2024

University of Kansas renames Institute for Sustainable Engineering after The Wonderful Company

KU's Institute for Sustainable Engineering has a new name —Wonderful Institute for Sustainable Engineering-KU (WISE-KU). The naming builds on the university’s deep relationship with The Wonderful Company, a global agricultural company co-founded and led by Stewart and Lynda Resnick.

Thu, 01/25/2024

NASA Astronaut and KU Engineering Alum to Host Live Q&A from International Space Station (Opens in new window)

An out-of-this-world conversation — quite literally — is coming to the University of Kansas. ...

Mon, 01/08/2024

Engineering professor receives DARPA grant for research on radar signal processing

A faculty member in the University of Kansas Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science recently received a prestigious grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to research more effective ways of using the radar spectrum.

Tue, 12/12/2023

Google Earth creator Brian McClendon is KU’s newest National Academy of Inventors Fellow

LAWRENCE — The National Academy of Inventors has added another Jayhawk to its fellows. ...

Thu, 12/07/2023

Mary Rezac named new dean of KU School of Engineering

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has selected Mary Rezac as the next dean of the KU School of Engineering. Rezac currently serves as the dean of Washington State University’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. Her appointment as dean is effective March 1, 2024. ...

Mon, 11/13/2023

KU Engineering to partner on $4M Department of Defense grant

LAWRENCE — A research team from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will collaborate with partner institutions Kansas State University and the University of Tennessee Space Institute on a $4 million Department of Defense-sponsored project to enhance opportunities for students interested in pursuing STEM careers. ...

Tue, 10/31/2023

KU aerospace engineering students earn international design awards

LAWRENCE — Aerospace engineering students from the University of Kansas collected three awards in two major international design competitions, adding to the school’s record number of such honors. ...

Tue, 10/24/2023