KU Engineering

Great turnout for the kickoff celebration of the EARTH Center - headquartered at KU. This @NSF research facility will create a sustainable and circular refrigerant economy and help fight climate change. Rock Chalk!

Welcome to the hundreds of high school students visiting KU Engineering today for the annual high school design competition. Best of luck and Rock Chalk!

Join Engineering Dean Mary Rezac for a State of the School address + Q&A session today at 3:30 in the LEEP2 McClendon Atrium. At 5 p.m. is the engineering community barbecue on the engineering complex lawn. It's open to all engineering students, faculty and staff. Rock Chalk!

Nearly 200 employers await at today’s Engineering and Computing Career fair. It runs today until 4 at the Kansas Union, floors 4-6. Come find your dream job or ideal internship!

Attention engineering and computing students! The fall Engineering & Computing Fair is 11-4 tomorrow (9/25) at the Kansas Union. Polish your resume, put on your professional attire and go find that dream job or ideal internship. Nearly 200 employers are signed up to attend.

A nice gathering today for Engineering Assoc. Dean for Research Suzanne Shontz, winner of the 2024 James Corones Award in Leadership, Community Building and Communication from the Krell Institute.

Engineers Rock the Block is rockin’ - stop by LEEP2 and the engineering lawn any time until 1 p.m. Sunday to learn more about engineering student organizations and other opportunities to get involved!

Attention new and returning engineering students! Check out Engineers Rock the Block from 11-1 Sunday at LEEP2 and the engineering lawn. Learn more about engineering student organizations and other ways to get involved. There will be yard games, t-shirts and snacks.

KU’s Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH) is a major research center focused on developing sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. This week, the @NSF announced a $26 million grant to fund the center for five years. youtu.be/eFG9yP4_3A8

Big news! KU Engineering has won a $26M @NSF grant for a new research center - The Environmentally Applied Refrigerant Technology Hub (EARTH), which will develop sustainable refrigerants to address climate change. Prof. Mark Shiflett will lead the center. bit.ly/3MghYfi

We are saddened to learn of the passing of NASA astronaut Joe Engle at age 91. He was a 1955 KU aeronautical engineering grad and member of the NASA Class of '66. He commanded space shuttle missions in '81 and '85. He received KU's Distinguished Engineering Service Award in '82.

Excellent work from a team of KU Aerospace on the successful launch of KU’s first nano-satellite. The tiny device, known as a cube satellite, will orbit Earth and use a new method to measure the energy and type of primary cosmic rays hitting the Earth. bit.ly/4eTAvLk

It’s a beautiful day for a ceremony! Congrats to the Class of 2024!

The KU School of Engineering recognition ceremony kicks off at 8 a.m. at Memorial Stadium. For those who can’t be here in person, catch the livestream on the engineering home page: engr.ku.edu

Congratulations to KU Engineering alumni Zack Holland and Brian McClendon who will receive the school’s highest honor — the Distinguished Engineering Service Award — in a ceremony next month. Rock Chalk! bit.ly/4b8KutN

Join us at 4p Wed., April 3, in the Beren Center for the next KU Engineering Career Accelerator lecture. Flynn Collins, a 1998 KU mechanical engineering graduate who is a senior polyethylene planner with ExxonMobil, will deliver the lecture. Free pizza will be served.

Great group on hand to cut the ribbon for the full-scale distillation column in the KU chemical engineering unit operations lab. This is one of the few labs in the country that provides students with a hands-on, full-scale learning experience. Thanks to Koch for the support.

A nice crowd gathered in the LEEP2 McClendon Atrium for the official welcome for Dean Mary Rezac to the KU School of Engineering. Welcome and Rock Chalk!

Attention girl scouts of northeast Kansas! Registration is open for KU Engineering Discovery Day. Girl scouts get a chance to visit KU and explore the wonders of engineering. It runs from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Saturday, April 6. Registration details: bit.ly/43uEWqW

The next installment of the KU Engineering Career Accelerator lecture is at 4pm Wed., March 20, in the Beren Center, Slawson Hall. Cody LoMonaco with Burns & McDonnell will deliver the lecture. He earned his master’s in civil engineering from KU in 2015. Free pizza will be served