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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

Project will harden 5G wireless communication networks for military use with $5 million from NSF

Wed, 10/11/2023

KU Engineering’s annual Tiberti lecture to focus on sustainable leadership

LAWRENCE — The chairman, CEO and founder of the first African American employee stock ownership plan corporation in Missouri will deliver this year’s J.A. Tiberti Family Lecture at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...

Tue, 10/10/2023

STARTUP Central project will educate and support biomedical researchers turning innovations into new companies

A $3 million initiative based at the University of Kansas will empower biomedical researchers in public universities and colleges across several Plains states to carry their innovations to the marketplace.
Thu, 10/05/2023

Students invited to KU Engineering High School Design Competition

LAWRENCE — High school students, start your engines! The future of engineering is revving to race as the University of Kansas School of Engineering hosts its annual STEM competition — High School Design: Race to Innovate — set to take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 25. ...

Mon, 09/25/2023

KU offers new cybersecurity engineering degree

A new degree program at the University of Kansas will send students into the cybersecurity market armed with tools to create programs and systems that protect the world’s most critical assets from hacking, ransomware and other immensely disruptive crimes and mischief generated during the digital age. Students completing the required 126 credit hours will be equipped to protect data, computer systems and networks from unauthorized access and destruction involving government entities.
Fri, 09/08/2023

KU Benefactor Robert Beren Passes Away at 97

Robert Beren, 97, a pioneer and longtime leader in the oil and gas industry in Kansas and benefactor of the School of Engineering, died Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023, at his home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. ...

Mon, 08/28/2023

School of Engineering establishes virtual institute to combat cyberthreats

LAWRENCE — A new virtual institute established at the University of Kansas School of Engineering will train the next generation of military and civilian leaders to better combat the growing threat of cyberattacks and protect the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS). ...

Fri, 08/11/2023

2023 Rock Chalk Welcome (Back)!

First-year Jayhawks arriving at KU and students returning for another exciting year — welcome (back) to campus! The university and the School of Engineering have a a series of opportunities scheduled to welcome students and help forge connections for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Thu, 07/06/2023

KU Engineering alumnus Murli Tolaney and son donate $100,000 for environmental engineering scholarship

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas School of Engineering alumnus Murli Tolaney is donating $50,000 to strengthen the Tolaney Family Scholarship he established 15 years ago. His ongoing goal: help KU environmental engineering students follow in his academic and professional footsteps, a career that included building MWH Global into an international...

Tue, 06/20/2023

KU Engineering professor surveys earthquake damage in Turkey

LAWRENCE — When Rémy Lequesne worked his steel-toed boots over the pervasive rubble of apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and dozens of other structures damaged and destroyed by a massive earthquake in early February in Turkey, he faced the real-life devastation already known by so many: more than 50,000 dead, more...

Wed, 04/19/2023

Three to receive KU Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award

LAWRENCE — Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4. ...

Tue, 04/18/2023

KU Engineering students craft ‘Simulearn’ app to win KC Fed Code-A-Thon

Mon, 04/17/2023

KU Engineering Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Datacenter Networking Research

An assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is the winner of a five-year, $533,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research rethinking the internal networking of datacenters — work to reduce latency, cut power consumption and accelerate speeds, all by maximizing the capacities of...

Mon, 04/17/2023

KU Engineering Professor Wins Award for Research into Turbulent Combustion

An assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is winner of a three-year, $450,000 grant from the U.S. Air Force for his work using data-science techniques to understand and model combustion physics and to help improve combustion devices’ performance and safety. ...

Mon, 04/17/2023

KU Engineering Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award for Water-Contaminant Research

An assistant professor at the University of Kansas School of Engineering is the winner of a five-year, $560,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for his research into microbes that can break up chemicals in soil and groundwater. ...

Wed, 03/29/2023

KU researchers strengthen American dams, levees with technological innovation

Wed, 03/08/2023

KU engineering professor, research leadership team member wins research award

LAWRENCE — A professor of engineering and a member of the senior research leadership team at the University of Kansas is being honored for leading research that fuses biology, materials science and engineering into repairing tissue functions, addressing dental and oral diseases and restoring oral health as well as developing...

Wed, 03/01/2023

21 KU Engineering Faculty Members among Most Cited Researchers in the World, Study Shows

Fri, 02/10/2023

KU, K-State faculty receive Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards

LAWRENCE — Four faculty members at two Kansas universities were named recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence. ...

Mon, 02/06/2023

KU team develops virtual reality therapy system that aids clients, therapists with real-time brain data

Wed, 12/14/2022

KU Engineering SELF Fellows design bus bench prototype for city of Lawrence; additional projects in the works

LAWRENCE — Engineering students at the University of Kansas have designed and built a prototype of a new bench for bus stops in the city of Lawrence. The project was part of a revamped leadership program for undergraduates in the School of Engineering, designed to give students hands-on design and...

Tue, 12/13/2022

Researchers at CReSIS build radar system to extend range of ice surveys and close 'data gaps'

Tue, 11/29/2022

Petroleum engineering professor wins international ‘Breakthrough Research of the Year’ award

Tue, 11/29/2022

KU Engineering student receives prestigious Boren Award

LAWRENCE — A University of Kansas junior from Overland Park has been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship for $25,000 to study at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, in 2023. ...

Mon, 11/14/2022

KU Engineering professor named editor of newly launched international academic journal focused on radar

LAWRENCE — A professor at the University of Kansas School of Engineering has been named the first editor of a new academic journal. ...

Fri, 11/11/2022

$750K donation to expand operations at KU Engineering’s National Center for Construction Safety

LAWRENCE — An anonymous donor has made a 10-year pledge to help fund ongoing operations at the Craig & Diane Martin National Center for Construction Safety at the University of Kansas School of Engineering. ...

Wed, 10/19/2022

KU Engineering professor wins $100K award to research wastewater intensification

LAWRENCE — A prestigious award from the Water Research Foundation will provide the opportunity for a University of Kansas School of Engineering professor to research a breakthrough approach to improving water quality. ...

Wed, 10/12/2022

Report shows tectonics to be main driver of hillslope 'connectivity'

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