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KU Engineering to honor 2 alumni with Distinguished Engineering Service Award
University of Kansas 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.
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Google Earth creator Brian McClendon is KU’s newest National Academy of Inventors Fellow
The National Academy of Inventors has added another Jayhawk to its fellows. Brian McClendon, research professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, was named among the 162 academic inventors in the 2023 Class of Fellows on Dec. 12.
Mary Rezac Named New Dean of KU School of Engineering
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.
KU Engineering to Partner on $4M Department of Defense Grant
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 pursui
KU Aerospace Engineering Students Earn International Design Awards
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.
Project Will Harden 5G Wireless Communication Networks for Military Use with $5 Million From NSF
A new push to strengthen security of 5G wireless communications networks for use by the U.S. armed forces will be centered at the University of Kansas.
KU Engineering’s Annual Tiberti Lecture To Focus on Sustainable Leadership
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.
Startup Central Project Will Educate and Support Biomedical Researchers Turning Innovations Into New Companies
Bringing an idea from a lab to patients and consumers can be a complicated and intimidating process involving patents, governmental regulations, product development, business structuring, hiring issues and many more complex considerations.
Students Invited to KU Engineering High School Design Competition
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.
KU Offers New Cybersecurity Engineering Degree
A new engineering 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
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.