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Engineering News
Kostas Sierros Named Chair of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Kansas
Sierros will join KU as the new Chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective January 1, 2027. Sierros will assume the title of Harold L. and John E. Kipp Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
KU researchers awarded $10 million grant to advance sustainable chemical manufacturing
A $10 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation was awarded to a team of University of Kansas scientists to establish a research hub that will transform chemical manufacturing by developing fundamental design principles to make these products in a sustainable manner.
Department of Energy award will support KU research to develop new computational framework for improving simulations
Cheng Huang, assistant professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Kansas, has won a five-year, $875,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through the DOE’s Office of Science Early Career Research Program.
Connected by nanotech: KU researcher leads $4 million, multistate NSF grant to decode diseases
Foundation Distinguished Professor Steve Soper is leading a team of researchers who are developing nanotechnology that can identify diseases and health anomalies by analyzing the structure of proteins involved in the disease down to the individual amino acid level. This approach could change how doctors detect, monitor and treat complex diseases, such as the many forms of cancer.