Research

The University of Kansas is a major research university with a long and successful record of research collaboration promoted through independent and two NSF multidisciplinary research centers that focus on common themes. KU is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research Extensive University and has been a member of the Association of American Universities since 1909.

Each department in the KU School of Engineering has access to modern, fully equipped facilities and labratores.

The following labs are located on the University's West Campus or at off-campus facilities in Lawrence:

• the Center for Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, (CEBC), a multi-university NSF Engineering Research Center;
• the Space Technology Center, a focal point of NASA-sponsored research;
• the Center for Remote Sensing for Ice Sheets (CReSIS);
• the Information & Telecommunications Technology Center (ITTC);
• the Kurata Thermodynamics Laboratory (KTL); and
• the Flight Research Laboratory (FRL).

Research facilities on the main campus include the:

• Transportation Research Institute (TRI);
• Infrastructure Research Institute (IRI);
• Biomechanics Engineering Laboratory;
• Design Technologies Lab;
• Tertiary Oil Recovery Project (TORP);
• the Intelligent Systems and Automation Laboratory (ISA); and
• a variety of computer-integrated manufacturing and computer-aided engineering facilities.

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