NSF Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis
(CEBC)
The vision of the CEBC is to make available to industry
"sustainable" manufacturing processes - improved processes that
minimize their "environmental footprint" while remaining profitable.
This NSF-funded Engineering Research Center established in 2003 has
laboratories, offices and conference rooms at KU's Life Sciences
Research Laboratory at 1501 Wakarusa Dr., Building A in Lawrence.
The center is lead by Bala Subramaniam, Dan F. Servey distinguished
professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at KU.
NSF Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets
(CReSIS)
Established in summer of 2005, this NSF-funded Science and
Technology Center has office and laboratory space in Nichols Hall on
KU's West Campus. The multidisciplinary, multi-institutional center
is developing new sensors, methods of collecting data, communication
tools and modeling to better understand the mass balance of the
world's polar ice sheets and their contribution to global sea-level
change. The center is led by Prasad Gogineni, Deane E. Ackers
distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer
science at KU.
Information and Telecommunication Technology Center
(ITTC)
Located in Nichols Hall on KU's West Campus, the ITTC provides
additional laboratory space for many engineering faculty. The center
conducts fundamental research and develops technologies in the areas
of computing, communications, and sensors at the University of
Kansas. The center's six research laboratories cover a wide range of
projects, from increasing the speed and efficiency of the Internet
and making technology more user-friendly to developing radars that
monitor dangerous railroad crossings. The center is led by Victor
Frost Dan F. Servey distinguished professor of electrical
engineering and computer science.
Transportation Research Institute
The Transportation Research Institute at the University of Kansas
School of Engineering is a new venture that seeks to build upon the
strengths of KU research efforts in transportation by fostering
cross-disciplinary inquiry into emerging transportation issues that
have broad societal significance. TRI provides an organizational
framework that focuses on current and future research activities,
primarily aimed at public transportation design, evaluation and
application as an integrated, functional process. KU research labs
and institutes that collaborate under the TRI umbrella include the
Flight Research Lab, the Infrastructure Research Institute, the
Intelligent Systems and Automation Laboratory, the Energy Research
Center, and the Policy Research Institute.
